Art and Social Commitment Symposium 2026
Themes of the year: housing
Thursday, March 26 from 12 PM to 6 PM Auditorium Michel-Laclotte, Musée du Louvre
For the 9th consecutive year, many international figures from the artistic, non-profit, academic, activist and scientific worlds were selected to discuss the theme of housing.
Programme Announcement
Wednesday, March 18
Launch of the Encounters at Sciences Po Paris
7:15 PM – 9 PM: “Balancing Architectural Works and Social Contributions”
Lecture by Shigeru Ban, Architect
In English
Thursday, March 26
Full day at the Auditorium of the Musée du Louvre
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Introduction
Hélène Vassal, Director of Collection Support, Musée du Louvre
& Marie Lacambre, Financial, Legal and Resources Director, Musée du Louvre
and Marine Van Schoonbeek, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Thanks for Nothing
& Gaëlle Porte, Artistic Director, Thanks for Nothing
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM:
Carte blanche for Hanna Assouline, President, Les Guerrières de la Paix
& Aïda Tavakoli, Member of Les Guerrières de la Paix and President,
We Are Iranian Students
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM:
Philippe Rahm, EPFL Architect, Doctor of Architecture
Author of “Histoire naturelle de l’architecture”, Éditions du Pavillon de l’Arsenal, 2020
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM:
Bianca Bondi, Artist (South Africa), galerie mor charpentier
In conversation with Claire Moulène, Exhibition Curator and Journalist
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM: Demo lecture
Saar Harari, Artistic Director, Gaga movement language (Israel)
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM:
Patrick Chassignet, Head of the From Street to Housing sector,
Fondation pour le logement with Lucie Hanoy, Associated Artist,
Centre National de la Marionnette and Founder, Big Up Compagnie
and Nathalie Besson, Host and Manager, Pension de famille Lumière et Vie, Nîmes
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM: Manuela Jardim, Artist (Guinea-Bissau – Portugal) and 2026 Resident, Gulbenkian & Thanks for Nothing Programme Creation and Engagement In conversation with Amandine Nana, Curator, author, poet, researcher, Palais de Tokyo Panel discussion in English
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM: Youth Advocacy for Housing In collaboration with Eloquentia Presentation by Hélène de Montalembert, Programming and Production Manager, Thanks for Nothing And address by the 2026 Advocacy Patron: Marion Fayolle, Author and Illustrator
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM: François-Xavier Turbet Delof, Deputy Director of the Association for the Management of Establishments, Petits Frères des Pauvres with Justina Wolski, Peer Practitioner – Mental Health and Fatima Guessous, Resident of the Anne-Marie Blaise family pension, Paris 18th arrondissement
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM: Asim Waqif, Artist (India) In conversation with Stéphanie Quantin-Biancalani, Curator, Architecture Collection, Musée national d’art moderne Centre de création industrielle, Centre Pompidou Panel discussion in English
5:15 PM – 5:45 PM: Pascal Isoard-Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Fédération Habitat et Humanisme
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM: Closing remarks by Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Chief Curator, musée du Louvre And acknowledgements by Antoinette Vincent, Artistic Projects Manager, Thanks for Nothing
Youth Advocacy on Housing
Thanks for Nothing takes action by giving a voice to younger generations during the 4th Youth Advocacy, on the stage of the Auditorium of the Musée du Louvre.
In 2026, the housing crisis extended far beyond the sole question of accommodation. It challenged our ways of living and building society in a context marked by social inequalities, climate crises and forced displacement. In this light, culture constituted an essential lever for addressing these issues and offering a sensitive reading of them.
In order to highlight their work, 10 projects led by 15 young people were selected for their commitment.
With:
-Ustym Khudziak and Daryna Lysenko for Arch4Ua, France – Ukraine -Sophia Amrouche for Archithèque, Paris -Louisette Coulibaly for Association Développement Architectural Communautaire, Benin – France -Ivan le Hir and Nathan Oriou for the association La Vill’Verte, Paris -Coline François and Louise Germain for the association Les Voix de la Ville, France -Benoît d’Almeida for Le GRAOU, French Guiana -Cuauh Meltz-Bianchi and Mathilde Muller for the Festival Architectonik – association UNEAP, France -Marine Desoutter for Habitats Heureux, Clermont-Ferrand -Margherita Vargiu and Baptiste Berry for Les Causeur·euses, Paris -Laura Tisserand for Porte-Bonheur with the association Juste Ici, Besançon
Youth Advocacy on Health and Mental Health @ Florence Moncenis
