The Goethe-Institut Paris is organizing a guided walk along the Seine, followed by a discussion at the Goethe-Institut with Carola Hein, professor and chair of architectural and urban history at Delft University of Technology and 2024-2025 research-fellow Paris IAS (Sorbonne University chair).

In French
Free entry - Reservation required with the link below

Presentation

In the face of climate change, it is becoming urgent to rethink our relationship with aquatic environments. How can residents and built heritage coexist sustainably with these ecosystems? Drawing on history, culture, and local expertise, ecosystem-based and value-based approaches allow us to imagine more livable, sustainable, and just cities.

Carola Hein, Sahima Hamlaoui, and Maria Cellamare will guide you on a walk along the Seine to discover this often overlooked natural heritage. This exploration will be an opportunity to highlight avenues for collaboration between riverside cultural institutions, in order to build a shared narrative where heritage and ecology intertwine.

A time for awareness-raising, reflection, and exchange, to imagine together the links between culture, nature, and the urban future, in line with the Goethe-Institut's missions.

Evening program:

• 5:30 pm.: Meet at the Goethe-Institut Paris and program presentation
• 6:00 pm.: Guided walk starting from the Goethe-Institut (- Rue de la Manutention - Passerelle Debilly - Port de la Bourdonnais - Pont d'Alma - Voie Georges Pompidou - Rue de la Manutention (or via the courtyard of the Palais de Tokyo))
• 7:45 ​​pm.: Return to the Goethe-Institut
• Until 9:30 pm.: Closing discussion and convivial aperitif to continue the exchanges at the Goethe-Institut
  The event is part of the international dynamic supported by UNESCO, particularly through the Historic Urban Landscapes (HUL) approach. It explores new ways of "living with water," combining world heritage, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions.

Carola Hein is a professor of the history of architecture and urban planning at the Technical University Delft (TU Delft), as well as and at the Leiden and Erasmus Universities of Rotterdam. Holder of the UNESCO Chair in "Water, Ports, and Historic Cities," she also directs the PortCityFutures Center. Winner of the Sarton Medal in 2020, she chairs the International Planning History Society. In 2024-2025, she was a resident fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (IEA) in Paris, where she conducted research on the theme of "Water and Heritage" in partnership with Sorbonne University.

Sahima Hamlaoui holds a PhD in Ecology and Taxonomy of Freshwater Phytoplankton (BOREA Laboratory - National Museum of Natural History, Paris).
She directs the citizen science project "Planktonauts of Île-de-France" (PiF) and is a member of Plankton Planet and the Nature et Société association, among others.

Maria Cellamare holds a PhD in Ecology and Taxonomy of Phytoplankton (University of Bordeaux). 1).
She is the manager of the Phyto-Quality research firm, specializing in the use of phytoplankton as a bioindicator of water quality.
She is also a member of Plankton Planet.

More information: Promenade guidée et discussion: Vivre avec l’eau : patrimoines, biodiversité et solutions fondées sur la nature - Goethe-Institut France