Studies & Perspectives

Prendre la clef des champs, agriculture et architecture, Sébastien Marot

This book, the French translation of TAKING THE COUNTRYSIDE, is a vast educational fresco that explores the link between agriculture and architecture, two complementary domestication practices that emerged around 10,000 years ago.

In the contemporary context of ecological impasse, no sensible reflection can be developed on the future of architecture and agriculture until they are reconnected and fundamentally rethought in conjunction with each other.

The central argument consists of 56 short chapters, arranged in 8 thematic sections. They constitute a jurisprudence of ideas, episodes or landmarks that can provide a framework for reflection on the link between agriculture and architecture and its evolution throughout history. The aim of this historical summary is to shed light on the present.

A compass attempts to synthesize, in four large panoramic drawings, the competing directions that the town/country, agriculture/architecture dialectic seems likely to take today.