
Maud Nys
Thesis in Architecture : "Towards recyclable territories : the projection of transformation rhythms." Supervisors : Prof. Philippe Potié (Léav) and Prof. Paolo Amaldi (Léav).
Maud Nÿs is an architect and civil engineer. She is currently completing her doctorate in Laboratoire LeaV of the National School of Architecture in Versailles and University of Paris Saclay, focusing on transformations rhythms in urban design, to conceive recyclable territories. She is interested in urban recycling projects in the Western metropolises that queries urban life cycles, times of actions and overlaps between memory and projection. She explores how time perceptions influenced time projections, analyzing both philosophical notions used and architectural representations made by architects.
She is also one of the founders of Atelier Fil Architecture and participate to research-action projects in urban design and architecture. The team was one of the three finalists teams of the urban competition Europan 12 in 2013 dealing with the topic of The adaptable city, this innovative project of urban recycling is still in progress today.
Towards recyclable territories : the projection of transformation rhythms
Irregular, unstable, urban areas are constantly changing. But how can the space designers think and represent time flow, while multiple times collide, and permanences and changes get mixed up? Architects are well-off speaking about space, but less about time.
Yet, the time dimension has arisen increasingly since the 1990s with, first, the emergence of urban projects in a dialectic between infinite process and finite object. Then, with the urban recycling of areas already urbanized in the Western metropolises, that queries urban life cycles, times of actions and overlaps between memory and projection.
In order to identify innovative design and representation tools for territories's renewal, this research analyses concepts and operating modes of three references from the sixties, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi et Andrea Branzi.
Key-words : life cycle, urban recycling, rhythm, time and timing, process, dynamism
Sessions in which Maud Nys participates
Paper
Maud Nys, Laboratoire LéaV - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles & Université Paris Saclay (Participant)
Sessions in which Maud Nys attends
Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
Cocktail
Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potential)
Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Potential)
Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Moderator)
Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant)
Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Participant)
Hon. Serge Joyal c.p., o.c. (Participant)
Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - GN 1210
Research-Creation
Prof. Cynthia Hammond, Concordia University (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University (Participant)
Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)
Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)
Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Moderator)
Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.130
Event
Miléna Kartowski-Aïach, Aix Marseille University - Idemec (Participant)
Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.445
Talk
Philip Evans, ERA Architects (Participant)
Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Moderator)
La Scena - La Scena (intérieur)
Repas