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Open in the appThis exhibition is an invitation to follow the life of a grain of sand. Shaped over thousands of years, it circulates on rivers, seas and roads across the entire world. As material, it becomes a resource, massively used in concrete, a material omnipresent in our buildings, roads… This exhibition is an invitation to follow the life of a grain of sand. Shaped over thousands of years, it circulates on rivers, seas and roads across the entire world. As material, it becomes a resource, massively used in concrete, a material omnipresent in our buildings, roads and infrastructure. But behind this apparently ordinary resource hide often overlooked realities: intensive extraction, degraded landscapes, fragile ecosystems and profound social and environmental inequalities. From quarries to cities marked by real estate speculation to global supply chains, following a grain of sand means questioning our ways of building, inhabiting and transforming territories. It means considering other more sustainable materials (like wood, earth, stone), other building practices (like reuse) and many initiatives more respectful of our environments and living things.