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City/Cité Chicago x Paris
Art & Design
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Exchanges between Chicago and Paris focus on urban planning, architecture and urban cultures on the periphery. Chicago, known for its iconic architecture and innovative urban planning, shares similarities with Paris, which is also renowned for its architectural heritage.
At the heart of this exchange is the “Clichycago” initiative, a groundbreaking project that bridges the geographical and cultural divide between the Parisian suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois and the southern and western neighborhoods of Chicago. By examining the challenges faced by these suburban communities, the project seeks to uncover shared experiences and innovative solutions that can be applied across continents. Through artistic residencies, collaborative research, immersive cultural exchanges, and community engagement initiatives, “Clichycago” aims to foster a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics at play within urban peripheries.
As a recurrent beacon of architectural innovation and cultural exchange, the Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) further amplifies the Franco-American partnership, offering a platform for French city makers to be showcased on a global stage. Through exhibitions, workshops, and symposiums, the Biennial serves as a vibrant hub for creative dialogue, reaffirming France’s enduring legacy in the urban development.
Together, these initiatives exemplify the transformative power of international cooperation in shaping the urban landscapes of tomorrow. By forging connections, sharing knowledge, and embracing diversity, Chicago and Paris pave the way for a more inclusive and resilient urban future, where cities serve as vibrant centers of creativity, innovation, and community engagement.
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Nicolas Douay – City/Cité Program Officer
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Hamid Ben Mahi & Christophe Hutin
Chicago, May-June 2023
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Choreographer & Architect
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En partenariat avec
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Chicago Architecture Biennial
The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is dedicated to creating an international forum on architecture and urbanism. It produces year-round programs and a biennial exposition of city-wide activations for a diverse audience of designers, educators, advocates, and students. CAB’s mission is to engage and inspire professional and public audiences, highlight the transformative power of architecture and envision a future for the field that is equitable and sustainable.
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Ateliers Médicis
Located in Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, the Ateliers Médicis endeavors to promote new and diverse artistic voices. Its artistic residencies, open to artists working in any artistic field, support the creation of works conceived in collaboration with French territories and fosters encounters between artists and inhabitants.
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Chicago Architecture Center
The Chicago Architecture Center is the leading organization devoted to celebrating and promoting Chicago as a center of architectural innovation. As Chicago’s forum for the exchange of ideas on urban design, the CAC inspires people to participate in the building of vibrant communities and to demand the highest standard in urban design. The CAC awakens young people to achieve their potential through the discovery of architecture, engineering and design.
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Great Cities Institute
UIC’s Great Cities Institute is a research hub for scholars, policymakers, and stakeholders who share an interest in finding answers to the question, “What can cities and regions do to make themselves into great places?”
The Great Cities Institute (GCI) represents UIC’s commitment to “engaged research” while contributing to its stature as a Research One University thereby highlighting the value of quality research for addressing today’s urban challenges.
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The College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology
The College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology builds on a legacy of disciplined experimentation in materials and technologies to educate and inspire the next generation of architects and landscape architects. From its landmark campus and home at S. R. Crown Hall, IIT Architecture champions an interdisciplinary approach to education and research that is simultaneously local and global in its impact.IIT Architecture students are educated to address complex, contemporary challenges of designing and constructing across all scales. Both faculty and students enjoy a longstanding relationship with professional practice in Chicago, a city with a vibrant history of innovation in architecture, design, landscape architecture, and urbanism.
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Studio Gang
Founded and led by Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang is an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Studio Gang works as a collective of more than 100 architects, designers, and planners, using design as a medium to connect people to each other, to their communities, and to the environment.
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