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The face of ski resorts is changing over the decades. This is a trip around the architectural evolution of the resorts.

First there were the so-called 1st generation villages ...

La Clusaz was once ancestral and rural mountain villages become winter sports resort in the first third of the twentieth century. Among them, Megève, Morzine, Les Gets, La Clusaz, Val d'Isere, Serre-Chevalier ...

These villages of first generation managed to keep a traditional face by preserving and / or reproducing and modernizing the classic habitats.

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For ten years, biennials and international festivals have multiplied across Africa, reflecting the growing dynamism of the cultural sector. But what do these manifestations represent? What do their promotion and valorisation strategies reveal? Can they participate in the sustainable development of the continent? Hassan Hachem, an architect integrating culture in the heart of his projects in Africa, give us some insider views.

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