R-Urban English

[April 2019]

The series of visits continues! On Thursday 11th of April, we had the pleasure to welcom ea class of geography students from Lancaster University (UK) which were on a study trip to Paris, focussed on the theme of food.  We were honoured to have been chosen to illustrate the alternative practices of urban agriculture. Their teacher and guide, Dr. Benjamin Neimark, had already visited the Agrocité of Colombes with one of his classes in 2016 and we were happy he wanted to came back to see the relocation of this project in Gennevilliers !

[April 2019]

The building site is progressing well, the roof framework was laid yesterday… The building is taking shape. As for the co-construction workshops, which take place every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, we have built a wooden stair made of reused wood for the access to the technical base.We have also started to build gabion baskets for a retaining wall. During the next sessions, we will be working on the straw insulation and the phyto-purification system. Looking forward to seeing you there !

[April 2019]

On April 11th, the Agrocité celebrated its first year of operation. One year of exchanges, workshops on ecology, learning about agro-ecology and permaculture… Thanks to all those who came this Saturday 8th of April to celebrate this anniversary with us. For the occasion, Gilles Clément gave a conference on « jardins en mouvement». In his further speach, Mayor Patrice Leclerc took the opportunity to renew his support for the project and the commitment of the city of Gennevilliers to ecology.

All along the day, numerous speakers and associations came to lead workshops. We made seed bombs with the Syndicat des Eaux of Gennevilliers’ peninsula and the associations Urbanescence and Sanctuaire des Hérissons came to talk to us about garden aids and the benefits of hedgehogs for our vegetable garden. The League for the Protection of Birds (LPO) set up an exhibition on the facade of the building. We were also able to discuss on repairing practices with the association Récit Pro Cité. We also had a good meal concocted by volunteers and we ended the day with the sounds of the Bellette Brass Band. Thank you all and we look forward to seeing you all year round for our workshops !

[April 2019]

This Wednesday 3rd of April, we had the pleasure to welcome at the Agrocité of Gennevilliers a dozen architecture students from Columbia University (New York). After a presentation of the R-Urban resilience strategy, they have visited the building and the ecological devices that go with it, then we exchanged around composting and the role of chicken farming in ecological strategies.

[January 2019]

A big thank you to everyone for coming to celebrate the installation of the first beam of the Agrocité of Bagneux! Thank you to Bagneux Environnement for having made this moment live around their breadoven workshop, to the Mayor of Bagneux and to the Metropolis of Greater Paris for their presence and their support to this beautiful project of urban resilience.

[Decembre 2019]

The Agrocité welcomes you to celebrate the latest progress of the project ! Come and see our three recently adopted hens, drink tea around the new woodstove, enjoy the garden sitting on its new wall-bench and celebrate the “most resilient building” award won at the Lisbon 2018 conference !

The construction work of the Agrocité at Gennevielliers is progressing well!

The facade is finished now and the interior starts to come alive!

Despite of the cold weather, we kept on working at the construction site of the Agrocité in Agnettes!
Last wednesday we built a dry-stone wall consisting out of reused stones which we had collected from different construction sites in the surrounding area.