E15 Winning Teams Portraits/Interviews

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Auby (FR) - Runner-up

Team Representative: Elida Mosquera (ES) – architect; Associates: Jérôme Picard (FR) - architect urbanist; Matthieu Boustany (FR), Benoist Desfonds (FR) – architects
Contributor: Peeraya Suphasidh (TH) – architect

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^{P. Suphasidh, J. Picard, E. Mosquera, B. Desfonds & M. Boustany}

"We wanted to re-centre the debate on the idea that one fundamental ‘production’ for a city is shaping a meaningful community that is attractive and sustainable because it is intergenerational and based on shared values. We especially wanted to emphasise that seniors or newly retired people should not be marginalised but placed at the centre of the debate about the city, as a possible driving force. The current context of retirement reform brings an interesting light to the situation"