Ekko Archi

Based on architectural and cultural visits and practical workshops, Ekko Archi enables young people to discover and analyze the interactions between architecture and other artistic disciplines such as fashion, design, literature, music and graphics, while sharpening their curiosity and civic-mindedness.

Over the course of a semester, students take part in themed sessions one Saturday a month, prepared by their supervisors and alternating between outside visits (exhibitions, architectural tours, monuments, etc.) and workshops (drawings, models, collages, etc.) at the School of Architecture. At the same time, the students produce a logbook, including short videos and articles. Restitution of the sessions on social networks is integrated into the pedagogical program, so that children who are not beneficiaries of the program can also benefit from the content. Students and recent graduates from the School of Architecture, who help to develop the program and lead the lectures, workshops and architectural tours on their own, also ensure that participants are made aware of the educational use of digital tools.

Objectives
For students and recent graduates of the School of Architecture For supervisors

• Encourage collaboration between students and recent graduates in an educational approach aimed at young audiences;
• Adapt their discourse to a young audience: translate architectural and urban vocabulary into simpler expressions.
• Stimulate the curiosity of young participants
• Constantly assess the needs of each student to adapt the activity's pedagogy.
• Participate in the graphic design of activities to make them understandable and fun.
• Raise participants' awareness of the educational use of social networks.

For secondary school students.

• Understand the organization of a territory and a building
• Discover different tools of artistic expression
• Learn an appropriate architectural and urban vocabulary
• Become familiar with the architectural design process
• Acquire tools for representing architecture, such as plans, sections and perspective.
• Design a common project as a group
• Become aware of their individual abilities
• Construct and argue a personal point of view
• Develop a spirit of critical analysis
• Meet higher education students, architects and artists;
• Learn how to use social networks responsibly.

Program of the 5 thematic sessions

Day 1
Visit the Château la Maye in Versailles (Verrecchia endowment fund), meet the artists
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Morning: discussions with the various artists in residence (designers, sculptors, jewelers, etc.) and discovery of their artistic research work on the use of stone
Afternoon: hands-on workshops with the artists and stonemasons.

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Day 2
Cinema and JNA
Saturday, October 14, 2023

Morning: Visit to architect Ricardo Bofill's Espaces d'Abraxas (multi-family housing complex in Noisy-le-Grand)
Conference at the School of Architecture on the influence of architecture on film sets (e.g. Hunger Games Saga, Inception)
Afternoon: Participation in activities organized by the school for the Journées nationales de l'architecture (JNA) and visit to the school.

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Day 3
Fashion, Literature & Comics
Saturday, November 18, 2023

Morning: Visit to the Samaritaine for its interactions between literature and architecture
Presentation of Emile Zola's novel Au bonheur des dames and its context

Visit to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the inspiration for Nike's AIR MAX sneakers (Tinker Hatfield): presentation of the Centre and access to the roof terrace to discover the circulation spaces and structure.
Afternoon: Visit to the "Fashion and Sport from one catwalk to another" exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

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Day 4
Literature, Comics & Architecture
Saturday, December 16, 2023

Family outing
Presentation of Peter Schuiten's comic book Revoir Paris (Seeing Paris again)
Visit to the permanent collection of the Cité de l'architecture et du Patrimoine Museum in the presence of families

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Day 5
L'Architecture dans mon collège
Saturday, January 13, 2024

Model-building workshops

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Educational tools

• Drawings, collages, models
• Photography, videos (filming and editing)
• Writing: construction of articles written and titled for the logbook.
• Social networks: the use of social networks mentioned above makes it possible to actively involve students in the creation and distribution of the logbook.

Supervising team

For the School of Architecture:

• Meggie Neves, architect, educational manager
• Ilyas Elhams, DE architect, graduate of the school and founder of Next Line Studio
• Romane Guichard, student at the school
• Yanis Cabral, student at the school

For IFEP:

• Audreu Grassart, prevention officer, Collège Phillipe de Champaigne
• Stéphanie Aflihaou, prevention officer, collège Le Village
• Nadège Akiakumu, prevention officer, collège Jean Racine et Alexandre Dumas
• Lakhdar Djerdoubi, prevention officer collège Louis Paulhan à Sartrouville AULHAN