To build a home by reducing its environmental impact, we must first avoid building it in new and reinvest existing buildings, even modest. The conference-debate offers a new look at alternatives to new housing and the potential of existing buildings in terms of quality of life and architectural quality. In support of testimonies from architects concerned with responding to the concerns of individuals, it will be about:

• Reclaim an existing building to adapt it to both the necessary comfort and the energy transition.
• Invent a new imaginary and a new aesthetic of the house.
• Adapting local construction sectors to this new challenge....

Detailed programme

17h45 Welcome to the CAUE de la Somme 35, mail Albert 1e in Amiens >18h00 Introduction to the challenges of reusing existing buildings >18h15 Renovation of a modest, complex and magnificent building Samuel Gloess (agency Samuel Gloess Architects) and Gaëlle Picard (agency GAP Architecture) > 19h15 Local and inspiring initiatives Architects and individuals, TWIZA Network, Maisons paysannes de Somme, Frugalité heureux et créative ... panorama of associations that advise and inform individuals. > 19h30 Glass of friendship