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National Architecture Days 2025
Capsule radieuse - National Architecture Days
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October 2025
EXCEPTIONAL OPENING OF THE HVDVK
Guided tour only
The HVDVK is an open-air, open-field construction site.
On the site of a former sawmill, a series of architectural elements are being installed and restored: the "UK 100" American shack, Algeco, Tétrodons, Jean Prouvé panels, Hexacube, etc.
GUIDED TOUR / WALK
SUNDAY 19 OCT. 11H
followed by a sardinade
The tour will take us from the Espace Bézard - Le Corbusier to the HVDVK, an open-air restoration site for microarchitectures. Sardinade on arrival, around the UK 100, an American barrack.
During the visit: Bézard - Le Corbusier exhibition / Extension of the Bézard - Le Corbusier space, designed with BLOC bricks by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, /... Minimum car by Le Corbusier reinterpreted by designer Christian Ragot / Villa Motte by Raphaël Galley / Presentation of microarchitectures and architectural pieces from the art, architecture and design trail: Bulles Six Coques, Penta, Hexacube, Tétrodons, Tuile piscine Tournesol, maison Claude Parent, Pavillon Bouroullec etc. as well as works (sculptures, installations) by contemporary artists.
Price for visit + sardinade €20 / €10 for members
Visit only €10 / Free for members
Membership €20 per year
By reservation only
ESPACE BÉZARD - LE CORBUSIER
SATURDAY & SUNDAY 2.30pm-6pm
Opening of the Bézard - Le Corbusier space dedicated to the rural development project imagined by the two men in the 1930s, "La Ferme radieuse et le village coopératif" (The Radiant Farm and the Cooperative Village). Plans, models, archive documents and more retrace the history of this utopian project. The exhibition also features the artistic work of Norbert Bézard (ceramics, drawings, paintings).
Included in the itinerary : Destinations Le Corbusier: architectural walkscertified as a "Council of Europe Cultural Route" in 2019, covering 21 towns, 6 countries and 24 of Le Corbusier's architectural sites.
Free admission
VILLA MOTTE BY RAPHAËL GALLEY
CONTEMPORARY ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
SATURDAY & SUNDAY 2.30pm-6pm
In 2012, designer Raphaël Galley created a play area for children aged 2 to 6 for the village of Piacé. "The prefabricated building, originally made of wood, is a practical work of art and a nod to Corbu and his Villa Savoye. It incorporates the main features of Le Corbusier's architecture, including a flat roof, stilts and long windows. It has just been restored! Come and discover it, along with some sixty other works installed in the open air (microarchitectures, installations, sculptures).
Self-guided tours
PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK THE HEDGES : ARTISTIC RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CRISES BY JOËL AUXENFANS
MANUELLA EDITION, 2025
Artist Joël Auxenfans has co-ordinated a book on hedgerows in which he sets out his artistic reflections and gives the floor to 17 people (researchers, philosophers, landscape architects, artists and hedgerow planters) in a bid to pool knowledge in a common effort to save the climate.
Two works by Joël Auxenfans can be found on the art trail: Les Haies and Le Verger du Troisième paradis.
Available from the association's shop
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PARTICIPATION IN THE 4TH DOCOMOMO FRANCE STUDY DAY
WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER
9H-17H30
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Paris
A tribute to Paul Chemetov (1928-2024)
At a time when many modern buildings are threatened with disappearance or radical transformation, this study day explores the dilemmas between adaptation and preservation, memory and reinvention, through emblematic cases from the 1960s and 1970s.
Piacé le radieux will be taking part in a round-table discussion on modular architecture.
Free admission on registration on the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine website
