The 2017 edition of the Festival des Architectures Vives received a very positive welcome of the public with the visit of almost 16,000 people. 

The Festival des Architectures Vives aims at raising public awareness on the wide range of architecture. It seeks not only to highlight the work of a young generation of architects, landscape architects and urban planners but also to discover unexpected urban areas.

The FAV is organized by Elodie Nourrigat and Jacques Brion, two Montpellier-based architects.

Teams of FAV 2017 

The teams who created the ephemeral works were selected after a call for submissions launched in September. They came from France and from abroad. 

– The pavilion ” Émotion verticale”: ØNA Architecture / Maxime Agred – Jean-Baptiste Blondel – Quentin Giraud – Julien Gueganou Montpellier / France

-Invited University: Higher Technical School of Architecture of San Sebastian of the University of the Basque Country / Diana Matei Andrea Daraban – Stefania Praf – Rok Lovsin Srecni avec Maite Aizpuru – Maria Barasord – Joana Barriocanal – Andrea Burgoa – Ainhoa Cabezón – Alejandra Contreras – Ande Delgado – Jonatan Díaz – Olga Egia – Allegra Eusebio – Leire García – Aranza González- Irene Gregoris – Sabina Kolodziej – Amaia Malaetxebarria – Cristina Martínez – Maie Múgica – Amaia Rentería – Viviana Riponti – Miriam Sánchez – Natalia Uribe – Echevarría Jon Urrutikoetxea encadrés par Juan José Arrizabalaga, Mario Sangalli et Iñigo de Viar – San Sebastian / Spain

–  Pistachoffice / Daniel Martín De Ríos – Francisco Vilar Navarro Rotterdam / Netherland

– Collectif S’il te plait / Lilit Sarkisian Nantes / France

– Atelier MicroMega / Justine Guyard – Alexandre Lahaye – Charlie Granjon – Thomas Pourteyroux – Gauthier Martinez Lyon / France

– Collectif Commun / Sophia Villepinte – Jeanne Bénony Paris / France

– BEN-DAO /Sélim Bennis – Mehdi Daoudi Nejm Paris / France

– Studio 3A /Kazuya Katagiri – Luis Lopez Resendez – Marco Budéus Tokyo / Japan – Hambourg / Hermany – Monterrey / Mexico

– Collectif Pourquoi Pas ?! / Etienne Fressonet – Amandine Riou – Pauline Sémon – Benjamin Poignon – Benoît Bret / Lyon / France

– ODD / Lauriane Dupont – Caroline Diaz – Mairi Ogilvie / Montpellier/ France – London / England

– Concéntrico 03 / Susana Gutiérrez – Tamara Benés Sonia Moral Logroño / Spain

– Lucia Martinez Pluchino – Raquel Duran Puente / Bordeaux / France

– Maria Anton Barco – Maria Salan – Maria Ramos
/ Madrid / Spain

Among the twelve installations that have been created, three have received a prize :

– The prize of the jury was given to Studio 3A
composed by  Kazuya Katagiri, Luis Lopez Rensendez and Marco Budéus for “Paper Cloud” 

– The public prize went to Lucia Martinez Pluchino
and Raquel Duran Puente for “Immersion” 

– And a special mention was given to l’Atelier MicroMega composed by Justine Guyard, Alexandre Lahaye, Charlie Granjon, Thomas Pourteyroux et Gauthier Martinez for the installation “La madeleine” 

FAV 2017 in a few figures 

– 12^th edition in Montpellier 

– 13 – 18 June 2017 

– 16 000 visitors

– 12 teams

– 1 invited university

– 1 pavilion