Conference, debate, visit, discovery

13february2026

Journée pour une frugalité heureuse et créative

Friday February 13 at 10:00 p.m.

Halle Centre-bourg 12260 Salles-Courbatiès

The Movement for a Happy and Creative Frugality was built around the Manifesto of the same name, launched in 2018.

The program :

  • 10am: Meet next to the town hall in Salles-Courbaties for a visit to a straw and earth construction site, led by craftsman Alexandre ROCHE (écohérence habitat)

  •  Following around 11am: presentation of the Salles-Courbaties Market Hall, built in a volunteer workshop, without electricity in 2021, during the carpentry workshops organized as part of the network for forest alternatives. Presentation by Flavien ESCRICH, carpenter and joiner and Jean-Baptiste JOLY, SCOP les charpentiers du coin.

Lunch

  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Visit to the exhibition " Terra Fibra »

  • 15:30 pm: Roundtables with local architects (the collective lòtja et tikaal workshop) themes envisaged: wet construction site vs dry construction site, constraints in a constrained environment such as the bastide of Villefranche, the possible involvement of the inhabitant in his construction site.

  • 17:30 p.m.: Lecture on frugal architecture by Dominique Gauzin-Müller

  • 6:30-7:00 PM: A friendly get-together (everyone brings something to share) will conclude the day.

To help with organization, please register using the following link: https://cloud.frugalite.org/apps/polls/s/0kqmPHPy

Dates and times

Opening hours on February 13, 2026
FridayOpen from 10 pm to 19 pm

Access map

Address

Halle
Centre-bourg
12260 Salles-Courbatiès

My route via Google Maps

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