Metropolitics

Paris and the Triangle Tower, or a Half-Century of High-Rise Debate

Julie Gimbal & translated by Oliver Waine — 2024-06-21T05:00:00Z

The introduction of a bioclimatic local planning scheme in Paris has put the brakes on high-rise projects in the city, as illustrated by the case of the Triangle Tower. Here, Julie Gimbal looks back on half a century of rejection of tall buildings, an approach typical of the French capital that continues to influence decisions today.
The plan to build the Triangle Tower at the Porte de Versailles, on the southwestern edge of the city of Paris, has had a turbulent history, rekindled in the

- Essays / tours, histoire, Paris, urbanisme, architecture

Reinventing Politics Against its Brutalization

Laurent Bazin & translated by Oliver Waine — 2023-10-27T05:00:00Z

In Greece, the violence of anti-migration policies is compounded by that of economic adjustment measures. Christiane Vollaire and Philippe Bazin visited the people and places that are countering this violence with “an archipelago of solidarities.”
Magnificent from every point of view, Christiane Vollaire and Philippe Bazin's book presents the results of investigations carried out in Greece between 2017 and 2020. Its originality lies in the combination of two approaches: field philosophy and

- Reviews / philosophie, histoire, photographie, migrants, Grèce, solidarité