Copyright

Fanny Gerbeaud; Aline Barlet; Caroline Mazel;

Published On

2024-09-26

Page Range

pp. 101–124

Language

  • English

Print Length

24 pages

5. Tackling Sustainability in Bordeaux

Bridging Modern and Traditional Neighbourhoods

Chapter of: Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation(pp. 101–124)
In Chapter Five, Fanny Gerbeaud, Aline Barlet and Caroline Mazel examine the modern neighbourhoods of Mériadeck and Pontet-Lamartine in Bordeaux, France, focusing on local communities’ commitment to the physical and moral rehabilitation of these suburban areas. Architectural, environmental and social surveys demonstrate inhabitants’ involvement in preserving their residential heritage and their efforts to create sustainable urban heritage by adapting their practices and perceptions.

Contributors

Fanny Gerbeaud

(author)
Research Engineer at PAVE

Fanny Gerbeaud is an architect with a doctoral degree in sociology. Formerly an assistant lecturer at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage (ENSAP) in Bordeaux, she now works as a research engineer at the PAVE Research Centre. She studies processes of architectural appropriation in the context of metropolitanisation and informal settlements, focusing on sustainability and architectural heritage issues. She participates in the French Ministry of Culture research programmes ‘The Architectural Culture of the French People’ and ‘Recuperating the Modern Movement through Sustainable Development: Lessons, Adaptations and Resourcefulness in Everyday Spaces’ (redivivus project).

Aline Barlet

(author)

Aline Barlet is an environmental psychologist with a doctoral degree in psychology—behavioural sciences and social practices and a master’s degree in architectural and urban acoustics. She is co-director of the GRECCAU Research Centre, as well as a lecturer at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage (ENSAP) in Bordeaux. Her research and teaching focuses on sustainability issues, comfort and atmospheres, particularly in the fields of territorial consultation, energy and environmental transition. Her contribution to the present volume draws upon her work as a researcher for the redivivus project ‘Recuperating the Modern Movement through Sustainable Development: Lessons, Adaptations and Resourcefulness in Everyday Spaces’.

Caroline Mazel

(author)
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4451-5343

Caroline Mazel is an architect and lecturer at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage (ENSAP) in Bordeaux, as well as a researcher and member of the PAVE Research Centre. In 2003, she founded Médiarchi, an organisation which partners with local authorities to develop awareness-raising initiatives related to architecture. Her activities focus on the Modern Movement, its diverse expressions and its social and humanist vocation. As a ‘mediating architect’, she is involved in shaping professional practices in architecture in addition to participating in the redivivus project.