Research Documentary

Documentary mini-series about learning urban planning

Image, Sound, Filmmaking

Three times, between 2021 and 2023, I document three learning experiences in the form of workshops, led by urban planning students from the Institut d’Urbanisme d’Aix en Provence. In the first episode, the students work on the rehabilitation of two public squares in Marseille. In the second episode, these same students work in collaboration with student architects from the School of Architecture in Rabat on the rehabilitation of a district of Salé, in Morocco. In a third episode, urban planning students work on the use of rooftops oh the Tunis Medina, in Tunisia.

A fourth episode is in preparation for 2024 which has just been filmed in Salé, Morocco.

Tunisie, France, Maroc

2023

30-36-22 min

VF, VOSTFR

Tunisie, France, Maroc
2023
30-36-22 min
VF, VOSTFR

3rd episode

Stâh

Observe and think about the city from the roofs: the Medina of Tunis

In may 2023, fifteen students from the Masters program “The transition of metropolises and cooperation in the Mediterranean” in the Institute of Urbanism of Aix-en-Provence responded to an order from the Marseille collective “the roofs are ours”, of Wetopia and the “Art rue” association which invited them to observe the rooftops of the Tunis Medina, to draw inspiration from current uses and to think about what could spread in Marseille.

Technique

Filmmaking, image, sound : Laura Taubman

Editing : Laura Taubman

Music : Juliette Grimont & Ismaïl Aghraye

Mixing : Damien Sinet

Grading : David Heitzmann

2nd episode

What if the city became inclusive?

Urban planners and architects experiment with disability situations in Salé, Morocco

For ten days in May 2022, students came together from Master’s programs, “Transition of metropolises and cooperation in the Mediterranean” from the Institute of Urban Planning and Regional Development, University Aix-Marseille, and “Architecture and urbanization of territories in the Mediterranean” from the National School of Architecture in Rabat, working together to reflect on new futures for the Rmel district in Salé, Morocco. A request from the organization Bouregreg, consists of addressing the issue of accessibility to public space for people with disabilities, as part of a development project currently under consideration. This film retraces the ten days of a participatory experience between town planners, architects, associations and inhabitants in Salé Morocco to consider new ways to buid an inclusive city for all.

Technique

Filmmaking, image, sound : Laura Taubman

Editing : Laura Taubman & Tara Brown

Music : Juliette Grimont & Ismaïl Aghraye

Mixing : Damien Sinet

Production : Les Films du Gabian

1st episode

A place for everyone

Marseille in transition, looking for urban planners in training

For ten days in november 2021, eighteen students from the Masters program “The transition of metropolises and cooperation in the Mediterranean” in the Institute of Urbanism of Aix-en-Provence work to respond to an invitation from the city of Marseille to reflect on the development of two public squares. This immersive film retraces this ten days of reflection.