A participatory digital mapping platform to rethink demolition, preserve the existing built environment, and promote rehabilitation.
PROJECT PRESENTATION
The Atlas of Demolition is a participatory platform dedicated to the preservation and valorization of existing buildings. Through a living, collaborative map, the project records buildings threatened by demolition, neglect, or irreversible transformation—often overlooked in official heritage registers. These architectures, rich in cultural and historical value, embody the memory of territories and serve as a key lever in reducing the environmental impact of construction.
The Atlas brings together public data, citizen contributions, and visual narratives to create an evolving inventory of architecture at risk. It functions both as a tool for recognition and as an action interface, allowing users to identify planned demolitions, propose alternative futures, and foster engagement and collaboration among stakeholders, institutions, and citizens. By encouraging rehabilitation and transformation, the platform seeks to reactivate existing buildings rather than erase their history.
Inspired by similar initiatives in other regions, the project aims to shift perceptions of demolition by revealing and promoting possible alternatives. Initially deployed at the scale of Greater Paris, the Atlas of Demolition opens the way for a collective movement to safeguard, reinvent, and transmit our built heritage.
The Atlas of Demolition is a participatory platform dedicated to the preservation and valorization of existing buildings. Through a living, collaborative map, the project records buildings threatened by demolition, neglect, or irreversible transformation—often overlooked in official heritage registers. These architectures, rich in cultural and historical value, embody the memory of territories and serve as a key lever in reducing the environmental impact of construction.
The Atlas brings together public data, citizen contributions, and visual narratives to create an evolving inventory of architecture at risk. It functions both as a tool for recognition and as an action interface, allowing users to identify planned demolitions, propose alternative futures, and foster engagement and collaboration among stakeholders, institutions, and citizens. By encouraging rehabilitation and transformation, the platform seeks to reactivate existing buildings rather than erase their history.
Inspired by similar initiatives in other regions, the project aims to shift perceptions of demolition by revealing and promoting possible alternatives. Initially deployed at the scale of Greater Paris, the Atlas of Demolition opens the way for a collective movement to safeguard, reinvent, and transmit our built heritage.
THE TEAM
The Atlas of Demolition is led by three architects united by a shared conviction: in the context of questioning current architectural production models in the face of the climate emergency, it is essential to make destructive construction dynamics visible and to promote rehabilitation as a crucial lever for more equitable and sustainable urbanism.
The team draws on the complementary backgrounds of Sarah Evdokias, an architect trained in Copenhagen and Montreal and practicing in Paris; Manon Chiorri, an architect recently involved in several rehabilitation projects in Paris; and Bruno Malusa, ARB architect, researcher-teacher, and founder of the interdisciplinary studio reWork.
The Atlas of Demolition is led by three architects united by a shared conviction: in the context of questioning current architectural production models in the face of the climate emergency, it is essential to make destructive construction dynamics visible and to promote rehabilitation as a crucial lever for more equitable and sustainable urbanism.
The team draws on the complementary backgrounds of Sarah Evdokias, an architect trained in Copenhagen and Montreal and practicing in Paris; Manon Chiorri, an architect recently involved in several rehabilitation projects in Paris; and Bruno Malusa, ARB architect, researcher-teacher, and founder of the interdisciplinary studio reWork.
