ABSTRACT
Collectif Etc began life in 2009 when a group of architectural students began making art in the streets of Strasbourg, leading to some commissions for small-scale urban projects. Collectif Etc has architectural, graphic design and urban planning skills, and now, after more than 35 projects in different urban locations, the group's fortunes have reached a turning point. For at least the last two decades, urban and town planning in France and Western Europe has followed a complex and very hierarchical logic, and users are often excluded from the decision-making process. The urban contexts of Dtour de France vary immensely, from inner-city areas to suburbs and villages, but much of the terrain is left-behind places. Most of the cities represented have a strong need for new tools to rethink their urban policies, says Victor Mah, and calls for public authorities and urban professionals to trust in civil society.
