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Biennale Bâtir Vivant
Paris
2026

Bâtir Vivant Biennale is the third edition of the Biennale in Paris and is dedicated to material innovations that are free from plastic and heavy synthetic chemicals.

The Institute for Sustainable Design aims to raise awareness among industrial actors, engineers, and decision-makers about scientific alerts concerning plastic pollution in interior environments.

Their mission is to highlight plastic-free materials through a curated selection developed in close collaboration with scientists.

“Proof of concept” works by 40 participants—project leaders, designer-researchers, and inventors—are exhibited alongside works by 10 artists. Together, they embody a new material paradigm—one that no longer confuses innovation with pollution.

Bâtir Vivant took place in a classic Parisian building near Champs-Élysées as a liminal space in between two different uses.