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Pierre-André de Chalendar: "The urban model must change"

2021-05-20T23:09:46.254Z


INTERVIEW - For the CEO of Saint-Gobain, the pandemic has aroused the desire for a city closer to nature, with smoother transport and renovated buildings.


The Covid-19 crisis has provoked, among some, a rejection of the city.

Living conditions have deteriorated: too high density, too much pollution, noise, housing that is too small or too expensive, limited mobility, not to mention increasing violence.

However, Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO of Saint-Gobain, a French construction materials giant, does not want to believe in an urban exodus to the countryside.

Already affirming in a book, released in 2015, his determination in the fight against global warming, he is betting more than ever on the “sustainable” city.

He published

Le Défi Urbain.

Rediscover the desire to live in the city

(Odile Jacob).

To discover

  • Deconfinement: what will change this Wednesday for the French

LE FIGARO.

- After the Covid, you do not believe in the idea of ​​an urban exodus to the outskirts.

Why?

Pierre-André CHALENDAR.

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We attribute this joke to Alphonse Allais:

"We should build cities in the countryside because the air is cleaner!"

For my part, I think that the urban phenomenon has a future.

The city has always been associated

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Source: lefigaro

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