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VELUX DAYS IN PARIS

How can homes, schools and offices truly support human needs? How can these buildings and others be healthy places for their occupants, while also being energy efficient, respectful of resource consumption and in balance with nature?

These questions were explored during the VELUX Daylight Symposium and VELUX Healthy Buildings Day, which were held for the first time back to back in one best-practice, knowledge-sharing event in Paris on October 9 and 10, 2019. This year the Daylight Symposium and Healthy Buildings Day provided a platform for more than 600 researchers and professionals to discuss ways forward for defining and creating healthy buildings.

The two-day programme sought to strengthen an evidence-based approach to building design. It aimed to build bridges from research to building practices so that scalable solutions can be created, and real value can be added to buildings, to the benefit of their owners, users, and society at large.

See presentations for Daylight Symposium and Healthy Buildings Day

The people who design, operate and maintain our buildings have a bigger impact on our health than our doctors”

Joseph Allen, Professor, Harvard University

Highlights from Daylight Symposium and Healthy Buildings Day 2019, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris

DAYLIGHT SYMPOSIUM 9 OCT

The VELUX Daylight Symposium, held every second year since 2005, is an internationally recognised event focusing on daylight research, education, practices and policymaking. The 8th Daylight Symposium maintains its broad architectural agenda related to daylight, while sharing new ground-breaking research within a like-minded community. The programme will contain a mix of invited speakers and selected submitted papers related to daylight, building performance and human health, as well as architectural case studies.
  
More information about previous Daylight Symposiums 
www.thedaylightsite.com


HEALTHY BUILDINGS DAY 10 OCT

The VELUX Healthy Buildings Day, held every year since 2015, invites policymakers, house builders, building owners and thought-leaders to share and discuss how buildings impact our health and wellbeing. The 5th Healthy Buildings Day will focus on the commercial side and practical applications with architectural focus on cases with VELUX solutions. The programme will contain a deep-dive into building practices, feature a variety of building cases and address pivotal questions such as how do we create buildings that are healthy and fulfil the needs of their users and society at large.

More information about Healthy Buildings Day 2018 
www.velux.com/hbd

VELUX DAYS IN PARIS APP

Download the VELUX Days in Paris app to get all the relevant information related to the two days event including programme, speakers, location, event gallery and more. Make sure to build your profile  prior to the event and be ready to network with other participants!

             





SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

  • John Mardaljevic, Professor of Building Daylight Modelling at the School of Civil & Building Engineering, Loughborough University
  • Kevin Houser, Professor at Penn State University, Architectural Engineering, and Editor-in-Chief of LEUKOS, the journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society
  • Koen Steemers, Professor at the University of Cambridge, Department of Architecture
  • Marilyne Andersen, Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Head of Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), Academic Director of smart living lab, Co-Founder of OCULIGHT dynamics
  • Sergio Altomonte, Professor at Université Catholique de Louvain, Architecture et Climat, Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning

Le Carreau du Temple ©Fernando Javier Urquijo

Le Carreau du Temple ©Fernando Javier Urquijo

Le Carreau du Temple ©Fernando Javier Urquijo

Le Carreau du Temple ©Fernando Javier Urquijo

               View of the former Temple market, demolished in 1863  © F. Roy éditeur, Charaire et Fils imprimeur

           View of the market from Temple Street, 1901©Union Photo, Paris

The 8th VELUX Daylight Symposium and the 4th VELUX Healthy Buildings Day will be held at Le Carreau du Temple, a historically significant building in Paris. The land on which Le Carreau du Temple is built originally belonged to the Knights of the Order of Jerusalem. It was granted to them in the 12th century by the King at the time. In the Middle Ages, the Temple and fortress enclosing it became the property of the Order of Hospital, and therefore the home of the Grand Priory of France. In the 17th century, many hotels were built on the site owned by French aristocrats and bourgeoisie.

In the 18th century, the site was seized during the French Revolution and royal family members were imprisoned there until their execution. Following that, Napoleon ordered the demolition of the Temple’s tower. In its place, a covered wooden marketplace, designed by French architect Jacques Molinos, was built. It was divided into four sections, selling different items like garments, linen, carpets, leather and other similar goods.

Due to risk of fire, and as part of a push for urban renewal by Napoleon III and the prefect Haussmann, the building’s wooden structure was replaced by a cast iron and glass structure in 1863, designed by Jules de Mérindol. The new structure provided a magnificent indoor space with lots of natural light and more than 2,000 stalls for merchants. The marketplace became famous and after WWII was also used to sell second-hand clothes. Le Carreau du Temple later became known as a Mecca of Parisian clothing. In the 80’s it was under threat of being demolished for redevelopment into a carpark. Fortunately, some citizens of Paris fought for its preservation and succeeded, so that one out of the original four sections became listed as an historic monument in 1982.

In 2007, Le Carreau du Temple was closed for reconstruction yet again, this time designed by StudioMilou Architecture. In 2014, the unique building reopened as a multipurpose cultural, exhibition and event venue.




We invite all building professionals to join us in Paris to take an active role in a dialogue around vital aspects of building design. It is possible to register for either or both days of the event, as well as the official dinner on 9 October. Deadline for registration is 15 September. Register early as there is a limited number of spaces.

UPDATE: The event is sold out.


We invite all building professionals to join us in Paris to take an active role in a dialogue around vital aspects of building design. It is possible to register for either or both days of the event, as well as the official dinner on 9 October. Deadline for registration is 15 September. Register early as there is a limited number of spaces.

UPDATE: The event is sold out.