What do citizens make from the systems that we make for them ?

Jean-Yves Toussaint (1) , Sophie Vareilles (1)

1 EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société

A city constitutes a vast artifact built by human to dispose of a more "livable" environment. This structure comprises many different systems that were designed and built by technicians to satisfy well-identified needs. But how do users use them? The original point of view developed in this article is that each time we build a new system to satisfy an identified need, this system will create a new offer and engender new practices that are potentially very different from those originally envisaged. May we conclude that it is therefore not possible to think out a city a priori by creating objects that seem necessary to its operation, since each new object will modify the demand for services?

Mots clés: technique; usage; pratique; dispositifs techniques et spatiaux; projet; aménagement; eau; eau urbaine

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Jean-Yves Toussaint, Sophie Vareilles. What do citizens make from the systems that we make for them ?. 2013, pp.109-110. ⟨halshs-00967783⟩