Agnès Lapassat

Agnès Lapassat is a DPLG architect who graduated from the École d'architecture Paris-la-Seine in January 1995. Her diploma, which explored the possibilities of social housing in Paris to maintain social diversity, followed three years working for Lelli architectes, where she explored the issue of rehabilitating architectural ensembles inherited from the reconstruction period. She then experienced the contribution of landscape to architectural practice as a collaborator with various landscape agencies (Pascale Hannetel, Jacqueline Osty, Atelier de paysage Bruel-Delmar, Florence Sylvos).

At the same time, she teaches in schools of architecture (ENSA Paris-la-Villette, ENSA Paris-Malaquais, École d'architecture de la ville & des territoires) in the field of "Ville et Territoire", more particularly on the question of the relationship between human beings and plants (course "des Arbres & des Hommes", ENSA Paris-la-Villette) and on the question of the rural territory considered for its history and particularities (course "MicroMégas, le territoire rural en question", EAV&T). These two themes come together around the questioning of the relationship between human beings and nature, and the evolution of territory and landscape in the light of the need for ecological transition, calling for an evolution in thinking about the relationship between human beings and the territories they inhabit and exploit. They are the starting point for other lessons, linked to the reading and understanding of territories, to the definition of territorial issues linking territorial construction, economy, society and landscape. The issues defined by the "cities in transition" movement and permaculture are particularly explored.

Agnès Lapassat is currently working on a doctoral thesis examining the possibilities of agricultural land as a "common good", inalienable and a tool for redefining landscapes.