PAV Living Room - Open Call

Neither spectacular nor stable, these spatio-temporal figures often go unnoticed at first glance. They emerge quietly, weave between the lines, briefly connect what diverges, what persists, and what is appearing, without ever becoming an event. They embody discreet yet essential moments: flexible, heterogeneous, and multifunctional. These are moving sequences where rhythms, uses, and narratives intersect and rub against one another. They interlace the informal with the planned, memory with becoming, and connect networks of multiple and shifting actors. They bring together without leading, unite without centralizing, and open up possibilities by filling in the gaps. Soft sequences are the early forms of a shifting infrastructure of the territory. They make incoherence a language, misalignment a potential, and sketch out the articulation of new ways of cohabiting.

PAV living room is an applied research project on the conditions and opportunities of urban spaces in transformation, exploring new methods of urban design and representation by engaging with the site in its present state. Developed through in situ experiments, it takes as its case study the evolving industrial zone of Praille-Acacias-Vernets (PAV) in Geneva.

Practical Information:
Call for Projects: Downloadable at PAV Living Room
Deadline: Sunday, June 22
Presentation and Q&A Session: Friday, May 30 at 12:00 PM, on Zoom
Zoom link will be published on the PAV Living Room Instagrampage and website