February 23–25, 2023 Le Locle & La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland — 47.0999° N, 6.7928° E EDAR Course AR-669

Doctoral Seminar — EPFL Lausanne / Politecnico di Milano / Politecnico di TorinoEDAR AR-669

Urban regeneration & Industrial heritage Between spatial practices and governance

February 23–25, 2023 Le Locle & La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 47.0999° N, 6.7928° E UNESCO WHL 2009
The magenta pipeline of the seminar poster, crossing a steel structure
Field notebook — Le Locle, Feb 2023
Field notebook — Le Locle, Feb 2023
Seminar poster — EPFL, 2023
Seminar poster — EPFL, 2023
Fieldwork records — La Chaux-de-Fonds
Fieldwork records — La Chaux-de-Fonds
§ 01 — The Seminar Le Locle / La Chaux-de-Fonds

Reuse of industrial sites, including workers’ social housing and infrastructures.

Three days of lectures, fieldwork and round tables in the two emblematic Swiss watchmaking towns — inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2009 — questioning how narratives, governance and spatial practice shape the regeneration of the industrial city.

WithAlessandro Armando, Florence Graezer Bideau, Barbara Berger, Michele Bonino, Nicola Braghieri, Anna Karla De Almeida Santos, Filippo De Pieri, Cédric Dupraz, Chiara Geroldi, Nina Rappaport, Helena Roux, Giulia Setti, Paul Smith and Vincent Veschambre

§ 02 — Keynote Speakers 04 Lectures
SP–01

Barbara Berger

Understanding and Rethinking Industrial Heritage

 Barbara Berger SP–02

Paul Smith

Studying the Heritage of Industry, Some French Experiences

 Paul Smith SP–03

Vincent Veschambre

Réutiliser les sites anciennement industriels : des mots pour dire un large spectre d’interventions

 Vincent Veschambre SP–04

Nina Rappaport

Restoring Urban Manufacturing Space for the New Industrial Commons

 Nina Rappaport
§ 03 — PhD Field Notes 12 Contributions
Field notes — Beatrice Vaienti PHD–01EPFL

Beatrice Vaienti

Between Spatial Practices and Governance

 Field notes — Chiara Caravello PHD–02ULiège

Chiara Caravello

‘Capitalising’ Industrial Heritage — Reflections on City Narratives in Cross-border Areas

 Field notes — Beini Guo PHD–03Politecnico di Torino

Beini Guo

Reflections on Observations and Records of Watchmaking Town Planning

 Field notes — Michael Bianchi PHD–04ULiège

Michael Bianchi

Linking Urban Regeneration and Industrial Heritage

 Field notes — Corrado Scudellaro PHD–05Politecnico di Torino

Corrado Scudellaro

Industrial Politics, Socio-cultural Landscape and the “Other” Narratives of the City

 Field notes — Elena Calafati PHD–06EPFL

Elena Calafati

Permanence and Transition — The (potential) Transformation of the Typical Urban Fabric in Le Locle / La Chaux-de-Fonds

 Field notes — Francesco Grasso PHD–07Politecnico di Torino

Francesco Grasso

Urban Regeneration & Industrial Heritage

 Field notes — Gino Baldi PHD–08Politecnico di Milano

Gino Baldi

Founding — A Targeted Reading of Industrial Heritage

 Field notes — Glòria Serra-Coch PHD–09EPFL

Glòria Serra-Coch

Decentralized Production and Networked Knowledge in the Swiss Jura Arc

 Field notes — Marie Bertrand PHD–10EPFL

Marie Bertrand

A Free Reflexive Process — Fieldwork Through the Notebook

 Field notes — Martina Ulbar PHD–11Politecnico di Torino

Martina Ulbar

Recognition and Valorisation of Industrial Heritage

 Field notes — Sara Anna Sapone PHD–12Politecnico di Milano

Sara Anna Sapone

The Methodological Approach: Visible / Invisible
§ 04 — Publications 02 Volumes
Porter le temps PUB–01 · MétisPresses

Porter le temps

Filippo De Pieri, Florence Graezer Bideau

Read more Oxygen Factory PUB–02 · ORO Editions

Oxygen Factory

Michele Bonino, Edoardo Bruno, Alessandro Armando, Giovanni Durbiano

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