Compare the daily lives of the residents of Chapelle International with the original project in order to document the gap between the spaces as designed and the spaces as experienced.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Numerous urban development projects have been carried out in recent years throughout the Greater Paris area. All receive media attention upon completion, but what becomes of these new neighborhoods once residents have moved in? Between the spaces as designed and the spaces as lived, there is an unacknowledged gap that, once documented, reveals how residents adapt to their surroundings or adapt their surroundings to their needs.
“Documenting the Gap” aims to juxtapose the daily lives of those living in the Chapelle International neighborhood with the initial intentions of the project’s designers and developers through three tools: a documentary film, lived-in site surveys, and interviews.
The film will be structured around a single prop—a simple stool placed in various locations throughout Chapelle International—where six people will be invited to sit. Three of them contributed to the neighborhood’s creation, and the other three live there today. Serving as a focal point, this stool will also provide a platform for conversation. Furthermore, like a visual narrative that engages in dialogue with the spoken narrative, the images captured in the neighborhood as it is actually lived will not serve to illustrate the guests’ words but rather to reveal, once again, the gap.
Through this film, the lived-in surveys, and the interviews, the aim is not to declare what “works” or does not work, but to allow viewers to experience the different realities of
Numerous urban development projects have been carried out in recent years throughout the Greater Paris area. All receive media attention upon completion, but what becomes of these new neighborhoods once residents have moved in? Between the spaces as designed and the spaces as lived, there is an unacknowledged gap that, once documented, reveals how residents adapt to their surroundings or adapt their surroundings to their needs.
“Documenting the Gap” aims to juxtapose the daily lives of those living in the Chapelle International neighborhood with the initial intentions of the project’s designers and developers through three tools: a documentary film, lived-in site surveys, and interviews.
The film will be structured around a single prop—a simple stool placed in various locations throughout Chapelle International—where six people will be invited to sit. Three of them contributed to the neighborhood’s creation, and the other three live there today. Serving as a focal point, this stool will also provide a platform for conversation. Furthermore, like a visual narrative that engages in dialogue with the spoken narrative, the images captured in the neighborhood as it is actually lived will not serve to illustrate the guests’ words but rather to reveal, once again, the gap.
Through this film, the lived-in surveys, and the interviews, the aim is not to declare what “works” or does not work, but to allow viewers to experience the different realities of
THE TEAM
Documenting the Gap brings together the complementary skills of Karine Dana, an architect and videographer, and Emmanuelle Borne, an urban planner and journalist. Through their various practices—films, writing, podcasts, and curatorial projects—both explore how people appropriate planned spaces. As an architect and documentary filmmaker, Karine Dana observes the transformations of territories and the processes of adaptation that shape them, paying particular attention to what unfolds in the way places are used. As the creator of the podcast *Les Désaxé·es*, Emmanuelle Borne focuses on multidisciplinary approaches that redefine the conception and construction of space by taking into account the voices and practices of residents.
Documenting the Gap brings together the complementary skills of Karine Dana, an architect and videographer, and Emmanuelle Borne, an urban planner and journalist. Through their various practices—films, writing, podcasts, and curatorial projects—both explore how people appropriate planned spaces. As an architect and documentary filmmaker, Karine Dana observes the transformations of territories and the processes of adaptation that shape them, paying particular attention to what unfolds in the way places are used. As the creator of the podcast *Les Désaxé·es*, Emmanuelle Borne focuses on multidisciplinary approaches that redefine the conception and construction of space by taking into account the voices and practices of residents.
