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A major discovery in the Gironde department, the Bellion collection of a coach-building family. In 1874, Louis Bellion settled in Libourne and established his coach-builder’s firm. The collection that this firm has left today tells the story of a family deeply attached to its past and to its profession. The firm has kept all its archives and equipment from the creation of the works up to the present day. It is one of the most complete collections in the Gironde, comprising not only the family archives but also its forge with all its tools. A preliminary study of this collection which is destined to become part of the museum of horse-drawn vehicles at Bourg, in the Gironde, allows for a better understanding of the social and professional aspects of this coach-builder’s family in Libourne, during a period which saw the progressive replacement of horse-drawn vehicles by motor cars. It is a collection of ethnographic interest that also gives documentation about some of the vehicles held at the museum of the horse-drawn carriage as well as at the national museum of carriages and tourism, in Compiègne.

À partir de nos outils d’architecte, du projet architectural, nous proposons d’interroger l’espace transfrontalier genevois dans l’édification d’une nouvelle région alpine.Les pratiques quotidiennes des habitants remettent aujourd’hui en cause les frontières administratives et les limites de la métropole de Genève. Ce territoire est particulièrement marqué par des systèmes de relations à différentes échelles, de celle internationale à celle de la « petite ville » et de l’espace rural. Dès lors, le projet d’architecture met en place une lecture spécifique des enjeux du territoire, questionnant simultanément la densification des pôles urbains et la pérennité de la campagne urbaine genevoise. Nous aborderons l’hypothèse d’un « projet de campagne » comme structure de développement du territoire genevois, nommant « bourgs d’après » les localités voisines de la ville dense. L’hypothèse conceptuelle d’un axe transversal formé de ces bourgs devient support de stratégies et d’initiatives rurales en matière de logement, de consommation et de mobilité. Elle sera plus précisément expérimentée sur la commune de Viry à travers différentes interventions afin de construire un nouveau rapport ville/campagne.Nous envisageons donc une attitude qui travaille à la différenciation des territoires, à la différenciation entre ville et campagne. Il s’agit de continuer de questionner l’aménagement des Alpes et son urbanisation en s’appuyant sur les spécificités historiques des bourgs alpins.

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