Conceived as a scientific body for reflection, analysis, and perspective-setting, the Scientific Council serves as a forum for the convergence of knowledge and disciplines around the fundamental issues championed by the Foundation.
Placed under the chairmanship of Professor Carlos Moreno, a globally recognized scientist for his work on sustainable cities and territorial resilience, it brings together academic figures and experts from complementary fields. Through a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach, they help illuminate the major challenges explored by the Foundation.
Members present at this first meeting (alphabetical order):
- CanTerra Jaime, Colombia
- Yang Chen, China
- Penda Diallo, Guinea
- Anne Démians, France
- Carlos Moreno, Franco-Colombian
- Laura Petrella, Italy
- Kalina Raskin, Franco-Bulgarian
- Ngo-Duc Tranh, Vietnam
- Philippe Vallette, France
- Chris Younès, France
Also present: Jacques Rougerie; Amine Lehna (Director of Development and International Relations of the Foundation); and Mohamed Emad (Director of the Junior Ambassadors Program).
Structuring missions:
- This inaugural session defined the Committee’s initial areas of work:
- Supporting the strategic reflection of the Futures Laboratory, a new platform for research and experimentation.
- Providing insight into the major themes championed by the Foundation in response to oceanic, climatic, and space-related challenges.
- Enriching the themes of the international competition by stimulating architectural and scientific innovation.
- Enhancing academic and artistic expertise by strengthening bridges between knowledge, creation, and youth.
- Opening the Foundation to an international dynamic, including each year associate members and a college of young researchers under the age of 35.
A clear ambition: illuminating futures at the intersection of knowledge and the living world
The Foundation is launching an international and interdisciplinary initiative that brings together experts and researchers around a central conviction: the future of human societies is shaped at the crossroads of the arts, sciences, technologies, and the living world.
This first meeting initiates a process of innovation and applied research aimed at imagining and testing new living frameworks—on land, in coastal and ocean environments, as well as in space—addressing ecological, technological, and societal transformations.