Seminar ‘Maintaining. Architecture and maintenance, what we care about’

Here and now: the era of third places

Challenging the temporal logic of traditional actors, transitional urban planning puts maintenance and operation back at the heart of the project. Activating a place involves developing it, ‘restarting the machine’, and considering its sustainability.

For this new session, the seminar invites itself to Césure to meet with the technical management of Plateau Urbain. For these experts in ‘making do,’ the plasticity of places is inseparable from a renewed approach to ‘making things last’. The era of third places shifts the concerns of operators, maintainers, and users alike, balancing constraint and flexibility.

Date: Friday, September 12, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Venue: Césure, 13 Rue Santeuil, 75005 Paris – Room L’impasse 

Participation is free but registration is required. Please register here.
Attendance is limited. Kindly let us know if you are unable to attend.

The seminar will be held in French.

Organized by architectural agency SCAU and Jérôme Denis.
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