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HAUSSMANN 2.0, A Resilient, Green & Breathable Paris,

Then, these "Archibiotics" (Archi+Bio+ICT) aim to massively integrate renewable energies into buildings constructed from biobased materials (as cross laminated timber, rammed earth, hempcrete, solid structural stone, bamboo, microalgae, mycelium, and straw) and producing their own energy and recycling their own waste into resources, to achieve the national objective of carbon neutrality in 2050.  

Vincent Callebaut Architectures  

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Napoleon and Sewers and Sanitation

Excerpt from the book Aaron Burr in Exile: A Pariah in Paris, 1810-1811, by Jane Merrill and John Endicott

Napoleon began in 1805 to build a modern vaulted underground sewer system in Paris, following the topography of the streets. Practical changes for the better were already in place when Burr was in Paris. Sewer floors were lowered and new lines were created everywhere between 1805 and 1812, while at the same time the existing sewers were disinfected and the flow of water purified.

During the Enlightenment there was a movement for improved hygiene in France, and investigations of public health. Napoleon was a forerunner of hygiene for his armies and for Paris. In the first place he paved streets and did away with the flowing gutters in the middle of the road. Second, he wanted to give Parisians clean water. In 1802, he commissioned Pierre-Emmanuel Bruneseau as his inspector of works for the City of Paris to chart the sewer system and also keep them clean. Under Napoleon, the existing network was extended, 19 new miles of sewers were added. By 1812, vast improvements had been made.

Bruneseau died in 1819, but Baron Haussmann studied Bruneseau’s maps in the mid-century, rebuilding, constructing new gas-lit and vented sewers. The sanitation models of Paris were adopted by other cities in France and around the world.

A survey of 50 kilometers took seven years. It was dangerous as well as putrid work. While Bruneseau was hailed as an intrepid adventurer, he had difficulty all along with hiring assistants to keep up with him. Victor Hugo was Bruneseau’s friend and hailed him as an adventurer. The engineer inspired Hugo to write the portion of Les Misérables in which Jean Valjean carries Marius, wounded at the Barricades in 1832, through the sewers to safety. Hugo called the sewers “the conscience of the city” and created a whole metaphor around the sewer system: “A sewer is a cynic. It tells everything.” It wouldn’t have been possible for Jean Valjean to make his way carrying Marius through the sewers before the curage methods introduced by Bruneseau. The rushing water when gates are opened to clean the sewers with great hydraulic force, as well as the manholes and dripping pipes, are well described in the novel.

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HAUSSMANN 2.0, A Resilient, Green & Breathable Paris, 

Then, these "Archibiotics" (Archi+Bio+ICT) aim to massively integrate renewable energies into buildings constructed from biobased materials (as cross laminated timber, rammed earth, hempcrete, solid structural stone, bamboo, microalgae, mycelium, and straw) and producing their own energy and recycling their own waste into resources, to achieve the national objective of carbon neutrality in 2050.

Vincent Callebaut Architectures

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Haussmann (2006)

inkjet prints and text on paper

21" x 10" (framed)

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can i just say that i really really hope pokemon legends z-a is abt the haussmann renovation of paris? like cleaning up streets filled with muk sludge and cleaning up the five plaza areas of lumiose and creating parks that become just like safari zones and the massive areas in pla but also smaller areas and furfrou run in the streets and as ppl get inspired by the new architecture and stuff and u unlock more customization options! and u fight like a corporatist robert moses type and there’s az/floette references and stuff fkdkdksosod

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Hotel Royal Haussmann in Paris

French vintage postcard

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Le flâneur est un personnage du seuil ; sa présence témoigne encore d’une possibilité de protestation et de résistance, qui disparaîtra progressivement avec la rationalisation et le quadrillage de la ville, ordonné par le baron Haussmann sous le Second Empire.

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Haussmannian Rooftops, Paris IX © Raphael Metivet 

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Dream apartment.

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There she goes romanticising her Parisian life again.

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Monday Murals Street Art - Open Air Gallery edition.

Colosses Fragiles (“Fragile Colossi”) by Michel Bassompierre with Galeries Bartoux.

Not only wandering around Paris seems like you are walking through history and a museum but there is always something artistic going on in town and if you know where to look there are quite a few free ones.

The monumental bears and gorillas of sculptor Michel Bassompierre can be seen near the Grands Magasins (ie Le Printemps & Galleries Lafayette) on Haussmann boulevard until 31 March 2023. At four meters high the upright bear, named "Le Mélèze", is the artist's largest sculpture to date.

Through his work, the French artist draws our attention to these large animals in danger. These species are endangered, and their natural environment is threatened. Although they seem powerful and robust, these behemoths are undermined by a fragile ecosystem.

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Le Curieux Sujet : Paris au 19e siècle

Paris au 19e siècle! La Belle Époque! Les impressionnistes, Victor Hugo, Baudelaire, les expositions universelles! Ca fait rêver, non? 🤩 C’est bien pour cela que j’ai choisi ce cadre pour les Alterï! Non seulement la société changeait, mais les innovations techniques semblaient alors infinies! il n’y a qu’à demander à Fontaine et Quatresous ce qu’ils en pensent! Fontaine (journaliste…

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Georges Eugène Haussmann