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Reactions in whispered words come up from the audience and we hear the word “growth”.

André De Herde continues: I think that Brundtland is right, we must be able to continue to develop, but in what ways and how? It is not the development of multinational companies; it is joint development, of value, of more natural elements, of low technologies and not of high technologies. This is the development of the future, for me.

2) Student at ENSA Montpellier:

You used a phrase that impressed me: “If you are planning a building that does not add anything to its environment, then do not build it. On the contrary, if demolishing a building adds value to its environment, then destroy it.” Yesterday evening I was at Philippe Madec’s conference, which presented a rehabilitation of the Multimedia library and the refugee house. His speech was different: we can no longer afford to destroy a building, because today we build too much, we use too many materials. Demolishing the Multimedia library building could have helped the environment, and so could rebuilding it with a new building, but he decided to keep the building. So where does rehabilitation fit in your speech?