2 week workshop with Collectif Etc
The Collectif Etc is a four year old association whose aim is to work collectively by collaborating with local associations and citizens interested in exploring urban landscape involving members of the community.
I have participated in the preparation and construction of a workshop at the Eco-museum of Alsace. The plan was to play host to thirty volunteers who were set the challenge of conceiving a “floating” link on the canal separating the existing site from land on which a new development is planned which will feature 21st Century Alsace.
Given the demise of the Alsatian traditions in the region, the museum director considered the role that could be played by architects, designers and craftsmen in a possible reconciliation between modernity and tradition thereby ensuring the continuity of the Alsatian identity. The aim was to provide an answer to this problematic and to set as an example for the future.
photo credits:
Collectif Etc, Internet ressource - St Martin Cathedral of Colmar, The Ecomuseum of Alsace,
Les bijoux français and Philippe Schaer