LUMA ECO DAYSBioregional Assembly: A New Dynamic for Sustainable Building II
From Historical Preservation to Sustainable Building: Earth, Plaster, Stone, Soils, Sediments, Reuse, and Innovation
Invitation–only professional day
Le Magasin Électrique
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Since its creation in 2004, LUMA has placed a strong emphasis on environmental protection. Working with a network of local and international experts, we strive to inspire and implement change and share the story of a distinctive and active bioregion through our artistic programs, Atelier LUMA, and projects such as LUMA Eco Days and Environmental History.
The LUMA Eco Days program focuses on projects of global environmental and social significance with a local impact.
The LUMA Eco Days – Bioregional Assembly invites participants to explore the new dynamics of bioregional sustainable building through a professional day of discussions, presentations, and networking at the Parc des Ateliers, designed as a platform for shaping the world of tomorrow. This event serves as an exercise in balancing ecological, social, and economic imperatives.
Last year, the theme From the Field to Sustainable Building was explored through materials, products, and processes emblematic of the bioregion and rich in externalities (rice straw, sunflower, algae, microalgae, and other fibre-based materials).
This year’s program will focus on: From Historical Preservation to Sustainable Building: Earth, Plaster, Stone, Soils, Sediments, Reuse, and Innovation is structured around three interdependent axes, featuring presentations and feedback from twenty-five complementary projects and achievements:
- First Axis: Materials
- Second Axis: Ecosystems
- Third Axis: Architectural Expression
With the work of Atelier LUMA and other public and private experts, as well as contributions from Architecture and Landscape Architecture Schools and the Tour du Valat, the territory has been mapped to assess the potential of the Pays d’Arles as a sustainable region.
Across this region, many public and private stakeholders have committed to ambitious renovation and construction programs. These endeavours should incorporate materials that promote ecological and economic balance, as well as practices of social inclusion and training, all within the new national and European legislative framework. Each resource and its transformation can be supported by local experts and specialists from the broader bioregion—the greater South and Mediterranean countries—considering urban and peri-urban areas, wetlands, agricultural zones and woodlands (including regional and national parks), and mountainous regions.
This assembly day will be an opportunity to explore these issues through presentations, feedback sessions, and discussions on concrete projects.
Program of the Bioregional Assembly
Friday, May 30, 2025
8:30 a.m. Welcome Coffee
9:00 a.m. Introduction
9:10 a.m. The History of an Architecture / Materials / Training Ecosystem with BC
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Laurens Bekemans, Architect and Co-founder, BC Architects & Studies
9:25 a.m. Clay Plasters "IGP (PGI) Pays d’Arles" with Tanzi General Enterprise
Axis 1: Materials
Louis Cadillac, Co-Director, Tanzi SAS
Clément Rizauliere, Co-Director, Tanzi SAS
9:35 a.m. Rammed Earth and Raw Earth Bricks from Alpilles Dust with Atelier KARA and BC Materials
Axis 1: Materials
Nicolas Coeckelberghs, Co-Founder, BC Materials
9:55 a.m. Sunflower Acoustic Plaster from Camargue with Het Leemniscaat
Axis 1: Materials
Mathias Lootvoet, Director, Het Leemniscaat
Karolien Andries, Co-director, Het Leemniscaat
10:05 a.m. Stone Path, Stone Engineering with Assemble and Stono
Axis 1: Materials
Maria Lisogorskaya, Architect and Founding Director, Assemble
Marine Bagnéris, President, Stono
10:15 a.m. Clays, the “Vallabrix” with Atelier LUMA
Axis 1: Materials
Clara Kernreuter, Designer, Atelier LUMA
10:20 a.m. Shell Deposit, an Adventure in Gwangju, Korea, with Atelier LUMA
Axis 1: Materials
Sandra Revuelta Albero, Architect, Atelier LUMA
10:25 a.m. The European Platform LINA: A Community of Regenerative Projects from the Green Deal with Atelier LUMA
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Daniel Bell, Architect, Atelier LUMA
10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Integrating Sustainable Materials from the Design Phase to Unlock Innovation: The Limitations of Traditional Contracting and the CoConstruction Contract with Myamo
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Éric Perez, Founder, Myamo | AMO
11:15 a.m. A Public Institution at the Service of Environmental Transition with CEREMA
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Laurent Arnaud, Director, Sustainable Buildings Department, CEREMA
11:30 a.m. The Materials Laboratory in Arles; From Heritage to Sustainable Building – Fibered Concrete and Sediments with LERM
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Mélanie Beaugelin, General Director, LERM Setec
11:45 a.m. Plaster in All Its Forms with OL&LO
Axis 1: Materials
Olivier Houdusse, Eco-Responsible Design Expert, OL&LO
12:00 p.m. Plaster Coating on Straw Insulation: A Low-Carbon Solution Implemented in collaboration with the structural engineering firm Gaujard Technologie Scop and the ecological building training center Le Gabion
Axis 1: Materials
Thomas Charlier, Co-Manager, Gaujard Technologie Scop
Laurent Limousin, Expert and trainer at Le Gabion
12:15 p.m. Trompe-l’œil, Expertise in Heritage Restoration and Contemporary Creation with Atelier Jean-Loup Bouvier
Axis 3: Architectural Expression
Pierre Bouvier, General Director, Atelier Jean-Loup Bouvier
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:50 p.m. Introduction
2:00 p.m. Mayotte, mobile saw-mill project for a timber industry supporting reconstruction efforts with the Association Lieux Infinis, Hugo Dardenne, Encore Heureux Architects, and Domène Scop.
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Gabrielle Raynal, manager of Domène Scop
2:15 p.m. Rubble and Reuse: Urban Mining in Postwar Warsaw
Axis 1: Materials
Adam Przywara, Architectural Historian and Curator, based in Zurich
2:30 p.m. The Maiada Project: Building as an Educational Facility with CFA Méjanes les Alès and Atelier Inextenso
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Hocine Mastari, Deputy Technical and Educational Director, BTP-CFA Occitanie
Hervé Rédarès, Architect, Founder of Atelier Inextenso
2:45 p.m. The Technical Operations and Transition Hub of a Leading Social Housing Actor with Vilogia
Axis 2: Ecosystems
Fabien Lasserre, Head of the Hub, Vilogia
3:00 p.m. The Renovation of 207 Units (Social Housing Project) in Hem by Vilogia, a Large-Scale Energie Sprong Renovation with Atelier MA
Axis 3: Architectural Expression
Simon Delloue, Manager, Atelier MA
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. From Landscape to Materials; An Exploration
Axis 1: Materials
Clémentine Debaere-Lewandowski, Founder and Creative Director, Studio DEB/LEW
3:45 p.m. The Moules Project: A New Village House Between the Crau, Camargue, and Alpilles with BC Architects
Axis 3: Architectural Expression
Jérôme Espitalier, Architect, BC Architects & Studies, Atelier MARE
Yohann Hubert, Architect, BC Architects & Studies
4:00 p.m. La Casa Franca in Paris: A Hybrid and Ecological Artist’s House with Sarah Valente and Déchelette Architecture
Axis 3: Architectural Expression
Sarah Valente, Artist
Emmanuelle Déchelette, Architect, Co-Founder, Déchelette Architecture
4:15 p.m. Bio- and Geo-Sourced Material Combinations in Architectural Expression with Atelier Serge Joly Architects / The Gare-de-Lyon Daumesnil school group in Paris and the Naturothèque of Istres
Axis 3: Architectural Expression
Serge Joly, Atelier Serge Joly Architects
4:40 p.m. Conclusion by Emmanuel Tibloux, Director of the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs – PSL
LUMA Eco Days Organizers:
Maria Finders, Yannick Barré