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Open in the appThis exhibition invites you to follow the life of a grain of sand. Shaped over thousands of years, it travels along rivers, seas and roads across the entire world. As a material, it becomes a resource, used massively in concrete, a material that is omnipresent in our buildings,… This exhibition invites you to follow the life of a grain of sand. Shaped over thousands of years, it travels along rivers, seas and roads across the entire world. As a material, it becomes a resource, used massively in concrete, a material that is omnipresent in our buildings, roads and infrastructure. But behind this seemingly ordinary resource lie often little-known realities: intensive extraction, degraded landscapes, fragile ecosystems and deep social and environmental inequalities. From quarries to cities marked by real estate speculation, passing through global supply chains, following a grain of sand means questioning how we build, live and transform territories. It means considering other more sustainable materials (such as wood, earth, stone), other construction practices (such as reuse) and numerous initiatives that are more respectful of our environments and living things.