Résidence de création et d’expérimentation @ Maison de l'Architecture Occitanie Méditerranée (MAOM) — Annonce du CIPAC
Residency for Creation and Experimentation at the House of Architecture Occitanie Méditerranée (MAOM) — CIPAC Announcement
A pair of an architect or urban planner and an artist is invited to design and deploy a lightweight mobile architectural module through public spaces in Montpellier South over one month, with outputs including urban activations, participatory workshops, and ephemeral public installations.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- deadline unknown, verify at source
- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Award
- 1,500 EUR per artist in the winning pair; up to 6,500 EUR for production and creation costs
- Location
- Montpellier South, Montpellier, France
- Exhibition window
- Sep 25, 2026 → Sep 27, 2026
About
Overview
A one-month architectural and artistic itinerant residency for a pair composed of an architect (or state-qualified architecture graduate) and/or urban planner and an artist (any discipline). The pair will design and deploy a lightweight mobile architectural module through Montpellier South to propose new forms of public occupation and reactivation through the lens of tactical urbanism.
Residency Objectives
- Collective utopias: imagine a mobile architectural module as a tool for territory activation and community encounters, workshops, and collective creation
- Resourcefulness: promote reuse and recycling of materials
- Itinerance: reinvest public space through body and movement, inviting slowness and experimentation
- Emergence: explore margins, social adhesion, and changing uses of public spaces
- Creating place: propose pauses, crossings, and meeting spaces through ephemeral public space design
- In common: create links with local actors and invite the public to participate
Accommodation & Support
Residents will have access to workspace at ENSAM and the Maquette Workshop (ATM) for module development. During itinerance in Montpellier South, a base will be provided at the Fabrique M28 in the neighborhood's heart. Logistical support, creation guidance, site visits, and mediation support are provided by MAOM and partners. Housing will be arranged in Montpellier South or nearby for candidates from outside Montpellier.
Financial Support
- 1,500 EUR residence grant per artist in the winning pair
- Up to 6,500 EUR maximum for production and creation costs
Key Dates
The residency supports the M28 Strong Moments – The Factory of Futures #Montpellier South, scheduled for September 25, 26, and 27, 2026.
Partners
This residency is carried out by MAOM in partnership with ENSAM and Mas Réemploi, with support from the association Montpellier 2028 – Lands of culture, the DRAC Occitanie, and the CROA Occitanie.
About MAOM
The House of Architecture Occitanie Méditerranée is an association dedicated to promoting architectural, urban, and landscape culture since 2004. It offers exhibitions, screenings, lectures, roundtables, sensitivity workshops, school interventions, student competitions, and on-site guided walks.
- Award
- 1,500 EUR per artist in the winning pair; up to 6,500 EUR for production and creation costs
- Theme
- The residency focuses on tactile urbanism and slow mobility in a post-industrial neighborhood, inviting artists and architects to create a mobile module that fosters public reactivation, human-paced movement, collective participation, and ephemeral public space through iterative wandering and temporary installations.
- Eligibility
- Open to binomes (pairs) composed of an architect (or state-qualified architecture graduate) and/or urban planner and an artist of any discipline.
- Priority given to
- Residency in Montpellier or immediate vicinity prioritized for housing
- Audience
- Pairs of architects/urban planners and artists
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