Bangkok : la vie sous l'autoroute

Bangkok, mégapole high tech, déploie ses tentaculaires autoroutes suspendues comme autant de signes de sa modernité. Vu du dessus, un labyrinthe futuriste. Vu du dessous ? une autre vie, une autre ville, qui s’organise comme elle peut à l’ombre des voitures : petits commerces, habitat précaire. (...)

Envahisseurs, soyez les bienvenus !

In Lima, illegal land invasions are the motivating force behind urban development. In the Peruvian megalopolis, slums are not inevitable. As a unique example in the world, the (official) perspective of becoming a land owner one day is encouraging land squatters in their group takeovers. Without (...)

Les migrants de Hô Chi Minh-Ville

Hô Chi Minh Ville explose, devient HCMV, la mégapole, la capitale économique du Vietnam, le pôle d'attraction principal pour les centaines de milliers de migrants qui arrivent chaque année de tout le pays. Portrait d'une mégapole en devenir et des migrants qui la fabriquent.

The last drop of Bangalore8

The last drop of Bangalore

As a global information technology center and Indian engine of growth, Bangalore is experiencing severe water supply shortages. For 20 years, the city has been drip-fed thanks to groundwater pumping, which is expected to be depleted in 2025. While the water tanker (...)

The « President Hotel »

In Hô Chi Minh City, an old apartment building will soon be demolished, a few kilometers away from Cholon, the Chinese district. It was built in the 70s for the Americans, and then housed the victors, who had come directly from Hanoi to replace the South administration’s civil servants, (...)