In environmental quality,
do you believe in ready-made solutions?
Proceeding by inventive analysis
No recipe can be applied.
Only environmental and social reality can provide the quality of life to which everyone is entitled.
This principle explains the significant amount of time devoted to diagnosing the development or construction project. We take a broad, multidisciplinary view of the field of investigation to cover all facets of sustainable urban development: environmental structure, environmental economics and environmental sociology.
The observer’s posture is determined by the functions required of the user: housing, transportation, food, work, entertainment, healthcare, exchange…
So it’s not a question of making an inventory of all kinds of information, but of selecting, prioritizing and cross-referencing it for the benefit of the project’s feasibility and quality, in a logic of inventive analysis as perfected by Bernard Lassus.
Technical solutions are not an end in themselves. They are a response to these functions: a soft link to go where, a plot for what purpose, a garden size for what landscape, a building orientation for what comfort?
Map, calculate and model to verify the validity of our prescriptions
We are constantly upgrading our tools.
We implement R&D: materials, simulation tools for master planning, cross-comparison of renewable energies…
We systematically implement a Geographic Information System: the IT tool becomes the means for cross-referencing spatial information.
Cartography is the common language understood by elected representatives, technicians, associations, local residents, developers, designers, managers, etc.
Computer simulation tools can be used to test optimization scenarios. Using 3D modelers, we develop our own algorithms to enable parametric design of neighborhoods and buildings: based on environmental and social data.
We show customers that they can go further than they ever imagined.
Monitor technical and regulatory developments
TRANS-FAIRE has an extensive and constantly expanding collection of documents on the environment applied to planning and construction. Staff keep abreast of the latest technical developments by reading French and international publications and books, and attending conferences and training sessions. TRANS-FAIRE has developed assessment and environmental management methodologies (checklists, mapping principles, mediation, etc.) to ensure reliable assessments.
TRANS-FAIRE updates its regulatory watch applied to planning and construction on a monthly basis.
We also keep abreast of the opinions issued by the French Environmental Authority on impact studies and environmental assessments, so that we can fine-tune our arguments with our customers.
We keep track of technical and financial assistance available for urban planning and construction projects, as well as calls for projects.
Get involved
Convinced of the contribution of engineering sciences, we are not technically minded, nor are we fooled by the limitations of simulation exercises.
We always want to share our questions and our vision with those who will live in the neighborhoods and buildings.
We invite stakeholders to participate in informal or formal consultations (SCoT, PLU, ZAC, urban renewal, etc.).
Creativity is called upon to find ways of sharing and enriching city and lifestyle projects. The common denominator of our actions is to enable :
- The expression of individual and collective opinions.
- Crossing points of view.
- The emergence of solutions.
- But also, the argumentation, if any, for not taking certain requests into account in a dispassionate way.
To be effective, consultation must start as far upstream as possible. In this context, we often prefer to carry out a diagnosis on foot, in order to discover the area and get to know each other. Other forms of participation include :
- Workshops.
- Public meetings.
- Participatory diagnosis.
- Interviews.
- Public inquiries.
- Exhibitions.
Combining city, buildings, environment and art
Evoking environmental creativity in urban planning and building development calls into question the role of art, the plastic and living arts.
The development of a landscape takes time: time for plants to grow and time for buildings to be renovated.
The use of art is a way of enhancing the value of this time, aesthetically of course, but above all socially, by enabling the user to appropriate the space.
Urban creativity is stimulated by artists’ residencies, temporary exhibitions, participative worksites…
