Project Overview

The term "lost sites" was coined by ARCHITALX, a non-profit volunteer organization that provides educational programs in the field of architecture and design to Maine and the Greater Portland area in the USA. The term refers to places that contribute to the feeling of a city, but are somehow overshadowed or lost in the public eye. This project carries the idea of "lost sites" to the city of Le Mans, France where seven students at ESAM (Ecole Superieure Des Beaux Arts) created proposals and installations in response to the features and characteristics of lost sites in their city. The Le Mans project is linked to the topic of ENCODING THE LANDSCAPE, which is the overarching theme of my work with Art and Geographic Information Science. The Le Mans project was done as a collaboration with students and facuoty at ESBAM and ESGT (Ecole Superieure Des Geometres et Topographes) an engineering and surveying school also located in Le Mans.