Co-curators Sana Frini and Philippe Rahm have announced the participants of "4° Celsius entre toi et moi" (4° Celsius Between You and Me), an exhibition that will take place as part of the 3rd Île-de-France Architecture and Landscape Biennial, in Versailles, France, from May 7 to July 13, 2025.
The exhibition is based on the observation that France is expected to experience a temperature rise of +4°C by the year 2100. Its current temperate climate is projected to shift toward a subtropical one. In response, the exhibition turns to warmer latitudes for architectural models that can inform how to build today in France—and in other regions currently considered temperate—an architecture capable of withstanding this increase in heat.
To develop the exhibition, the curators began by inviting more than a dozen universities to study architectural solutions from the past, used in hotter regions before the invention of air conditioning. They then selected 58 contemporary architects already working in southern latitudes, whose practices could offer inspiration for building further north. Lastly, following a call for projects, 15 architects were awarded for presenting their visions of Paris in the year 2100—a future marked by temperatures exceeding 50°C, extended summer heatwaves, and intense rainfall during other seasons.
The exhibition will be accompanied by two publications. The first is a bilingual French-English catalog titled 4° Celsius entre toi et moi, published by ACTAR in Barcelona, which includes reflections by a dozen architecture critics on the aesthetic and social transformations of cities under climate change. The second is a book of literature, published in French by Éditions POINTS, in which ten French-speaking writers place the climate at the center of fictional narratives.
List of participants:
Architects
Al Borde, Banduksmith, H&P Architects, Isla + Paparkone, Manuel Bouzas, Sealab, Septembre Architecture, Aziza Chaouni, Civil Architecture, Colectivo Warehouse, Hood Design Studio, Ignacio Urquiza et Ana Paula de Alba, in collaboration with Naso, Projectiles, Souleima Fourati, Takk, Worofila, Khristian Ceballos Ugarte, Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation, APC, Roman Bauer Arquitectos, BIAS, Estudio Flume, HARQUITECTES, Lanza, Luo Studio, MAS, Max Von Werz, Modu, Salazar Sequero Medina, Shau, Tropical Space, Colectivo C733, alsar-atelier, Bajet Girarmé, Fleury Atallah Architectes, Gustavo Utrabo, Husos Arquitecturas, Natura Futura, New South, PontoAtelier, Rozana Montiel, Taller de Arquitectura | Mauricio Rocha + Annik Keoseyan
Architectural critics
Daniel Barber, Pierre Charbonnier, Beatriz Colomina, Rob Dunn, Pedro Gadanho, Béatrice Grenier, Lisa Heschong, Simone Horner, Gabriel Kogan, Eduardo Prieto, Carolyn Steel, Germán Valenzuela, Mark Wigley
Writers
Aurélien Bellanger, Marie Darrieussecq, Célia Houdart, Annie Lulu, Marielle Macé, Yamen Manaï, Samy Manga, Ryoko Sekiguchi, Peter Stamm, Abdourahman Waberi, Jean-Max Colard, Dominic Thomas
Prize winners open call
Clémence Althabegoïty + Catherine Romand, Victor Angelard + Baptiste Chauvin + Paola Franco, Méryl Benoist + Léa Calus + Léa Dubromel + Émile Fourcade + Lola Grefferat + Carla Grama + Alexandre Mendes + Laureline Perrin + Paul-Émile Pierre + Jules Poussin, Mária Bogárová, Bernadetta Budzik + Rachel Rouzaud + Burek Tomasz, Louis Cartier + Lucien Chartier Dalix, Xinyu Chen + Chentian Liu, Cookies, DoZa, Fabulism, GOA Arquitectura + Javier García-Germán, Make It Rain + brasebin terrisse, MLAV + UHO, OFICINAA + TRANSSOLAR, Same.
Honorary prizes open call
A-roh architectes ; Immanuel Bergmann + Lennard Gritzo + Lilou Günther ; Gaël Biache ; Leila Breen ; Pablo Castillo Luna ; Nichola Czyz + Vasilis Marcou Ilchuk ; Carla Dissegna + Moritz Heuberger + Thore Terpilowski ; Espace Disponible ; Iris Hansen ; Alessia Rapetti ; Roofscapes Studio ; Oscar Zamora + Mickey Chapa.
Filmmakers
Derrick Belcham, Manuel Muñoz Rivas, Younes Ben Slimane.
Universities
Columbia University ; Cornell University; École Nationale d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme de Tunis; École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Haute école d'art et de design de Genève; National University of Singapore; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Sapienza Università di Roma; Texas Tech University ; The Ohio State University; The University of Texas at Austin; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Universities (teachers, students)
Columbia University (teachers: Philippe Rahm, Mariami Maghlakelidze ; students: Aiko Alvarez-Gibson, Sharel Liu, Metha Lajja, Matija Pogorilic, Yemin Yan) ; Cornell University (teachers: José Ibarra ; students: Anusha Dasgupta, Tony Liu, Shu Chen Xu) ; École Nationale d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme de Tunis (teachers: Narjes Abdelghani, Alia Bel Haj Hamouda, Alia Ben Ayed, Imen Landoulsi, Olfa Meziou ; students: Aya Sellami, Amani Naija, Feriel Mesbah, Yosr Ammar, Mariem Chouchani, Hosni Aljamal, Mariem Chelbi, Mohamed Benothmen, Oumaima Meliane, Ayeb Mohamed Yessine, Zitoun Imen, Raya Najet Rebai, Issra Messaoudi, Lina Kallel, Mohamed Benothmen, Oumaïma Beji, Mohamed Yessine Ayeb) ; École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles (teachers: Emeric Lambert, Hugo Haenni ; students: Blanc Cyrielle, Bogárová Mária, Corral Ophélie, de Amorim Sacha, Fenoll Marine, Jinbo Camille, Larivé Solène, Mariot Vincent, Petit Emma, Reinert Lea, Wipff Elise, Yanar Cetin - teachers: Philippe Rahm ; students: Bah Abdourahamane, Bouamoucha Djihane, Bouchiba Sana, Bui To Uyen, Campion Lola, Foreau Justine, Genet Guillaume, Ha Chaewoon, Kawamoto Masako, Marque Annabelle, Méderbel Fatima, Pham Thien-Thu, Robert Nolwenn, Roger Thomas, Sall Mamadou, Servais Juliane, Springer Floriane, Syed Khalil Gibran, Vail Léa) ; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (teachers: Sophie Delhay ; assistants: Capucine Legrand, Romain Curnier, Harry Waknine ; students: Anna Benador, Virginie Grand, Loïse Boulnoix, Lisa Girard, Lili Rouveure, Jean-Baptiste Bouleux, Ana Preda, Yousra Hajoubi, Cindy Iso, Zofia Beyger, Mathieu Brajou, Valentina Takatc) ; Haute école d'art et de design de Genève (teachers: Philippe Rahm, Valentin Calame ; students: Cloé Eischen, Emma Canton, Hugo Maia Schmitt, Letizia Milone, Martino De Grandis, Roeder David, Zepeda Aranda Ana Karina) ; National University of Singapore (teachers: Erik L'Heureux ; students: Cindy Koo Xin Yu, Daryl Lim Mingze, Fu Jie, Jillian M. Lee, Kerk Xin Yi, Lin Zichun, Liu Heng, Phua Jue Hua Pearl, Sabrina Mahbub, Teo Rui Zhi Rachel, Wu Shuhui, Yingxi Zhou) ; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (teachers: Augusto Román ; students: Alberto Lazo Cuba, Andrea Cardenas, Arumi Pala, Carolina Gomez, Daniel Mateo Rodríguez, Francisco Reynaga, Judit Mayorca, Juan Carlos Ylizarbe, Rosales, Kenneth Rado, Mariel Abarca, Milagros Perales, Paloma Gonzales) ; Sapienza Università di Roma (teachers: Alessandra Battisti, Angelo Figliola ; students: Cherry Aala, Rosa Bianco, Denisa Dulaj, Flavia Leone, Mattia Morgia, Laura Pomella, Daniele Scalia, Giusy Solis, Pan Ziyi) ; Texas Tech University (teachers: Sina Mostafavi, Asma Mehan ; students: Corinne Tendorf, Darian Martinez, Evan Machnacki, Garrett Whitehead, Hampton Perez, Jack Dittrich) ; The Ohio State University (teachers: Sana Frini, Philippe Rahm, Alex Oetzel ; students: Kristin Leuzinger, Markie Mathews, Daevon McDowell, Angela Sakis) ; The University of Texas at Austin (teachers: Nerea Feliz, Clay Odom ; students: Valentina Claros, Winnie Lin, Libbie Lee Ansell, Karina Thome) ; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (teachers: Daou Ornelas, Daniel Tudela, Rivadenerya Elena ; students: César Fabricio, Cortés Morado, Paulina Neri Rosario - teachers: Gabriela Carrillo Valadez, Loreta Castro Reguera ; assistants: Gustavo Iturbe, Martín Gutiérrez, William Brinkman ; students: Daniel Aguilar Hernández, Juan Pablo Angarita Rivera, Jesús Israel Pérez Navarrete, Andres Quiroz Angeles, Valeria Romero, Dhamar Sánchez, Mariana Velazco).
"4°C entre toi et moi" will be on view from May 7 to July 13, 2025, as part of the 3rd Biennial of Architecture and Landscape of Île-de-France. Hosted at ÉNSA Versailles, the exhibition will be open from Tuesday to Friday, 12:00 to 19:00, and on weekends from 11:00 to 19:00.
