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Get into the matter! From a grain of sand to a sustainable city
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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 travels on rivers, seas and roads around the world. As matter, it becomes a resource, used massively in concrete, a material omnipresent in our buildings, roads and… This exhibition is an invitation to follow the life of a grain of sand. Shaped over thousands of years, it travels on rivers, seas and roads around the world. As matter, it becomes a resource, used massively in concrete, a material omnipresent in our buildings, roads and infrastructure. But behind this seemingly ordinary resource lie 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, living and transforming territories. It means considering other more sustainable materials (such as wood, earth, stone), other construction practices (such as reuse) and numerous initiatives more respectful of our environments and living things.