Dream cities, sustainable cities? - Paris

EXHIBITION JOINTLY PRODUCED BY THE EDF DIVERSITERRE FOUNDATION AND THE CITY ON THE MOVE INSTITUTE AT THE EDF FOUNDATION EXHIBITION SPACE October 23, 2009 to march 7, 2010 Paris - More than 87% of French people would like to live in a detached house. Yet cities exercise a strong attraction, in particular because they provide easy access to jobs, schools, shops and leisure activities. Immersing visitors in the dreams and counter-dreams of city dwellers, the exhibition explores the conflict between the desire for space and the attractions of centrality. - Going to the heart of the public debate and our concerns as citizens, the exhibition offers the keys to an understanding of the challenges of tomorrow's cities. Beyond this sensory discovery of the plurality of the city and its dreams, it seeks to bring a better understanding of the concepts through which the city can be understood. - What are the major challenges currently facing urban planning, and what are the new compromises they entail? How do we reconcile the urban aspirations of citizens and the imperatives of sustainable development? Curators: - Eric Charmes, urban planner, lecturer in urbanism and development at the French Institute of Urban Planning – IFU, member of the French Scientific Research Council's “Urban Transformation Theory” laboratory and subject curator of the IVM exhibition “The street belongs to all of us!” - Taoufik Souami, architect and urban planner, lecturer in urbanism and development at the French Institute of Urban Planning – IFU, member of the French Scientific Research Council's “Urban Transformation Theory” laboratory and scientific coordinator of the IVM program “Climate change, Urban Mobility and Cleantech”. Espace Fondation EDF, 6 rue Récamier 75007 Paris-Métro Sèvres-Babylone Entry free every day from noon to 7 p.m. except Sundays and public holidays Exhibition catalogue published by éditions Gallimard “Découvertes Hors-série” - octobre 2010 Find out more: http://www.ville-en-mouvement.com