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Exploring 21st-century landscapes with Olivier Troff
From November 3rd to 4th, the BiS is hosting an exhibition by Olivier Troff, a designer-researcher at the Center for Design Research. The exhibition accompanies his thesis entitled "Guiding, Probing, Arranging. Prototyping the Collective Documentation of 21st-Century Landscapes." It presents instruments and devices that transform the way we observe and understand contemporary landscapes.
Exploring landscapes through interaction design
Faced with the environmental emergency, this thesis questions how landscapes can be collectively documented to better understand the ecological transformations at work. Olivier Troff develops relational surveying instruments, inspired by optical tools such as the camera obscura, which allow for experimentation with new forms of observation and knowledge sharing. His devices, the cam·, foster a shared bodily and visual language between residents, professionals, and researchers, paving the way for a collaborative and sensitive practice of landscape research.
Fields of investigation in the Champagne vineyards in Gennevilliers
His work is based on two fields of investigation: the Champagne vineyards and Gennevilliers, in Greater Paris. In Champagne, he studies how soil and limestone cultivation influence the perception and transformation of the landscape.
In Gennevilliers, he leads mediation workshops with residents and local stakeholders to question the place of landscape in daily life.
These experiments show how design can become a tool for understanding and action in the face of environmental change.
A defense before an international jury
La thèse d’Olivier Troff sera soutenue le 5 novembre, lors d’une soutenance en anglais sur inscription.
The jury includes:
- Mike Michael, sociologue des sciences et des technologies à l’université d’Exeter
- Emanuele Quinz, docteur en esthétique, sciences et technologie des arts, Université Paris 8
- Sonia Kéravel, maître de conférences à l’École nationale supérieure du paysage de Versailles en théorie et pratiques du projet de paysage
- Sarah Teasley, professeure de design à la RMIT Université de Melbourn
- James Auger, co-directeur du Centre de Recherche en Design (CRD)
- Claire Brunet, maître de conférences en philosophie.
Their expertise crosses the fields of design, art, human sciences and landscape.
More information
Exposition
Galerie BiS – ENSCI
52 Bd de la Bastille, 75012 Paris
3 – 4 novembre 2025
11.30 – 18.30 (entrée libre)
Soutenance de thèse
sur inscription, en présentiel ou visioconférence
52 Bd de la Bastille, 75012 Paris
5 novembre 2025
9.00 – 13.00
