During the jury session of the workshop “At the Sources of the Great Sequanian Garden: Ecology and Habitability of the Seine and its Tributaries”, the three teams presented bold and inspiring visions for reimagining the relationship between the Seine, its tributaries, and the territories they nourish.
Blending urban ecology, fluvial resilience, and new ways of inhabiting, their projects open original perspectives for the future of the Sequanian basin.

🟣 TEAM A – BEAVERS: Sequanian Path(s)
The Beavers team proposes to regenerate the upper Seine basin by weaving new continuities between humans and non-humans through sensitive landscape interventions, gentle mobility networks, and shared spaces that reconnect inhabitants to their fluvial and hydrological environment.

🟣 TEAM B – NOU(E)S: Tropicalisation of the Seine
In response to the effects of climate change, this shared and graphic vision adopts an amphibious and biocultural approach, highlighting noues (wetland depressions) as ecological, social, and symbolic infrastructures capable of regulating water cycles and redefining ways of living in a newly tropical climate.

🟣 TEAM C – KI LU CRUE: Words of Landscape
This poetic and sensitive approach seeks to re-enchant the territory of the Upper Sequanian Basin by revealing the invisible and sacred dimensions of aquatic environments, through acts of attentiveness, vernacular storytelling, and installations that make the signals of living beings perceptible.

This presentation day marked the conclusion of the first session in a series of three urban creativity workshops dedicated to the future of the Seine basin and its tributaries. The cycle will continue in 2026 and 2027, following the Seine from its source to its estuary.