Relationship with living beings and knowledge 

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Respect for all living beings 

We recognize that territories, knowledge, techniques, and architectures are living, evolving, and sacred forms. 

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Free and conscious transmission 

We promote a respectful, reciprocal, and contextual exchange of knowledge, free from extractivism or appropriation. 

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Situated creation

We reject universal and imposed models: each project is unique, shaped by its location, its inhabitants, its timelines, and its imaginaries. 

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Ethical and relational commitment 

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Professional humility

We adopt a posture of listening, questioning, and constant learning, recognizing that our role is part of collective dynamics, not a position of authority. 

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Decolonization of practices

We question and deconstruct extractivist, interventionist, or folkloristic approaches, and we defend the living continuity of practices. 

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Valuing one’s word

We recognize the strength of traditional oral agreements as a legitimate commitment, on par with written contracts. 

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Social justice and autonomy 

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Self-determination of communities

Communities must be protagonists, managers, and owners of their heritage and data. 

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Active solidarity

We act to support, learn, and build together, with total respect for the rhythms, needs, and visions of local communities. 

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Ways of doing and collective dynamics 

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Horizontal co-creation

Our projects are developed with the communities, not for them, based on the principles of free, prior, informed, and culturally appropriate consent. 

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Collective commitment

We encourage active involvement in common projects, driven by collective intelligence, co-responsibility, and the linking of skills. 

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Encourage existing dialogues and create new ones

We consider initiatives as spaces for debate, transmission, trial and error, where everyone can experiment, learn, and share.

 

Otherness, diversity, and exchanges 

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Collaboration without borders

We build spaces open to all forms of cooperation, where disciplines, cultures, and roles meet freely, without imposed hierarchies. 

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Intercultural exchange

We value encounters between cultures as a source of mutual enrichment, inspiration, and reciprocal respect. 

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Living diversity

We defend a space of diversity, where each identity, knowledge, and way of doing can coexist, express itself, and contribute to a plural vision of the world. 

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Hospitality and welcome

We make each project a welcoming space, where everyone feels legitimate, heard, and an active participant in the creative process. 

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Memory and continuities 

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Shared memory

We document, archive, and make visible the stories, actions, materials, and practices of communities, respecting their right to control their dissemination. 

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Intergenerational transmission

We encourage exchanges between generations around heritage and building practices, in order to maintain a living continuity. 

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Our association exists to experiment, transmit, and support: 

• Experiment : Organize collaborative building, restoration, and learning workshops focused on traditional techniques (earth, stone, wood, etc.), always with deep respect for local contexts. 

• Transmit: Organize events to highlight and promote ancient construction heritage as living practices. ​

• Support: Mobilize our skills to help people in vulnerable situations, by restoring homes, building essential structures, or collecting funds and materials, in a framework of respectful mutual aid 

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