Research Documentary

Documentary mini-series about learning urban planning

Filmmaking, Image, Sound

Four times, between 2021 and 2024, I document four 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 Rabat National School of Architecture on the rehabilitation of a district of Salé, in Morocco. In a third episode, urban planning students work on the use of rooftops of the Tunis Medina, in Tunisia. In the last episode, these same students, again in collaboration with student architects from the Rabat National School of Architecture, work on a gender approach to public space in the Moulay Ismaïl district, in Salé.

France, Tunisia, Morocco

2024

30-36-22-20 min

VF, VOSTFR

France, Tunisia, Morocco
2024
30-36-22-20 min
VF, VOSTFR

4th episode

The city through the prism of gender

Thinking about the place of Women in the Moulay Ismail district, in Salé, Morocco

For ten days in november 2023, some students of the master 2 « Transition of metropolises and cooperation in the Mediterranean » of Aix-Marseille University with some students of the “Accessible city” seminar of the School Nationale d’Architecture de Rabat, reflected on a more inclusive city as part of a workshop in the Moulay Ismail district of Salé in Morocco. Resulting from 10 days of immersion in the field, it gives a voice to the inhabitants of a working-class neighborhood in Salé, while recounting the approach undertaken by a group of students in urban planning and architecture. This film is the fourth in a series devoted to the different facets of the inclusive city, an object of study and reflection by students of the two schools to think differently about the urban fabric.

Technique

Filmmaking, image, sound : Laura Taubman

Editing : Laura Taubman

Music : Juliette Grimont

Mixing : Damien Sinet

Grading : David Heitzmann

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

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.