In a context of increasing scarcity of primary resources and the necessary finiteness of urban space, we can no longer build with the practices of the 20th century. At a time when we are reinventing our professions, we consider the project as a movement co-constructed by multiple partnerships, debates and pioneering work sites, which makes the issues of the place and its environment visible from the design stage. At a time when we are redefining our priorities around a circular economy, we consider every human establishment as a deposit of material, a resource, a cultural breeding ground, a "capably" efficient eco-system.

SCIC BELLASTOCK

Bellastock is a Cooperative Society for Collective Interest in Architecture which works to enhance the value of places and their resources by proposing alternatives to the act of building.

The structure, committed to the ecological transition, has been developing since 2012 a pioneering expertise in France on the reuse of building materials, and a more global reflection on transitional urbanism. Through these practices, Bellastock works for the development of a circular economy applied to the construction sector, which is essential for the creation of sustainable territories.

Bellastock's action is based on four closely linked fields of action. The fields of RE-EMPLOYMENT and TRANSITIONAL URBANISM are developed in the projects through project management assistance and project management consulting. They give rise to demonstrator projects based on innovative processes that enable us to test and improve our expertise in the field in collaboration with the construction industry. These experiments feed and make it possible to carry out STUDIES and research programmes conducted with, and for, various public and private institutions.

Bellastock also contributes to the dissemination of a new architectural culture, which takes shape through the TRAINING of professionals, through educational projects, and through awareness-raising actions with a wide public by organising workshops and conferences.

These four complementary fields of action give Bellastock the capacity to explore and develop new ways of thinking and making the city and its landscapes, in response to the challenges of tomorrow, which are now more than ever the challenges of today. source texte

Bellastock (c) Alexis Declerck Bellastock 2015 (c) Agile City

Main Image: Bellastock (c) Alizée Cugney