photosynthesis as its only energy source, it always adapts the form to the function, it calls on cooperation between species and always limits excesses from the exterior. Proof that nature is our best ally when it comes to building a desirable future together.

Taking inspiration from nature to innovate and think out of the box

A new post-carbon, post-fossil, post- nuclear and even post-insecticide civilisation is made possible by drawing inspiration from ecosystems.

Our Paris Smart City 2050 project shows how biomimicry can be incorporated in a sustainable civilisation of architecture. A resolutely imaginative architecture that attempts to break out of the box by proposing an alternative to standardised construction. A more inclusive and resilient Paris that is less exposed to flooding, to islets of urban heat and other climatic vagaries.

This project shows what the French capital would look like if we sticked strictly to the Paris city council s Climate Air Energy Plan to the letter, with a view to slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2050. Together with my multidisciplinary team, I developed a master plan to build a city on the city by reintroducing biodiversity and keeping the best of each period to build our future. Eight prototype of vertical villages1 are built on the existing fabric of the city for greater density and to fight against the gentrification and museumisation that threaten its heritage. A form of energy unity is created by the enveloping shapes

PARIS SMART CITY 2050 - Notre-Dame The view from Notre-Dame. This organic urban development plan, ordered by the Paris City authority and urban ecology departments, transforms a grey, mineral and impervious Paris into a green, plant-covered and permeable Paris.

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