Agora 2014 Biennial of Architecture, Planning and Design, Bordeaux

Location:

Bordeaux
Area:

643,000 sqm
Status:

Completed 2014

Type

Curatorial
Director General of Planning

Michèle Laruë-Charlus
General Commissioner

YTAA - Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates
Scenographer

Inside Outside - Pétra Blaisse
Critic and journalist

Karine Dana
Director of six films for Agora 2014

Gladys Joujou

For each edition of the Agora exposition, the City of Bordeaux appoints a commissioner along with a set designer and a graphic designer.

Meanwhile, a team from Bordeaux builds and coordinates the Biennale and implements the Agora event. In 2014, with its theme of ‘The Public Space’, YTAA’s Youssef Tohme was appointed commissioner of the exposition, saying at the time; “The public space is a valuable field for the transformation of everyday life. Because it is the space of possibilities, it has the power to draw us out of ourselves. Its value depends on its potential for experience and adventure.”

Videos

Bordeaux - The Mobile Space
Beirut - The Overflowing Space
Japan - The Interstitial Space
Mexico City - The Informal Space
Ouagadougou - The Porous Space
Skopje - The Symbolic Space
Agora - 2014

2013 press conference with Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux, and Youssef Tohme, curator of the 2014 Agora architecture biennale.
Agora - 2014

As part of the 2014 Agora architecture biennale, Youssef Tohme discusses the Brazza Bordeaux project.
Agora - 2014

In-depth 2014 interview with Youssef Tohme on the evolving concept of ‘the public space’.