Get involved! From a grain of sand to a sustainable city

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  • Date

    08. September - 18. December 2026

    Tue 07:30 - 19:00
    Wed 07:30 - 19:00
    Thu 14:00 - 17:00
    Fri 07:30 - 19:00
    Sun 14:00 - 17:00
    Mon 07:30 - 19:00

Intro

This exhibition at UNIGE invites visitors to follow the life of a grain of sand. Behind this seemingly ordinary resource lie realities that are often overlooked.

This exhibition invites you to follow the life of a grain of sand. Shaped over thousands of years, it travels along rivers, across seas, and along roads all over the world. From raw material, it becomes a resource, used on a massive scale in concrete—a material found everywhere in our buildings, roads, and infrastructure. But behind this seemingly ordinary resource lie realities that are often overlooked: intensive extraction, degraded landscapes, weakened ecosystems, and deep social and environmental inequalities.

From quarries to cities shaped by real estate speculation, via global supply chains, following a grain of sand means questioning the ways we build, live, and transform our landscapes. It means considering other, more sustainable materials (such as wood, earth, and stone), other construction practices (such as reuse), and numerous initiatives that are more respectful of our environments and living things.

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Location Université de Genève - Uni Carl Vogt
Salle d’exposition
Boulevard Carl-Vogt 66
1205 Genève
Switzerland
Price
Free
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Event dates

  • 08 September 2026
  • 09 September 2026
  • 10 September 2026
  • 11 September 2026
  • 13 September 2026
  • 14 September 2026
  • 15 September 2026
  • 16 September 2026
  • 17 September 2026
  • 18 September 2026
  • 20 September 2026
  • 21 September 2026
  • 22 September 2026
  • 23 September 2026
  • 24 September 2026
  • 25 September 2026
  • 27 September 2026
  • 28 September 2026
  • 29 September 2026
  • 30 September 2026
  • 01 October 2026
  • 02 October 2026
  • 04 October 2026
  • 05 October 2026
  • 06 October 2026
  • 07 October 2026
  • 08 October 2026
  • 09 October 2026
  • 11 October 2026
  • 12 October 2026
  • 13 October 2026
  • 14 October 2026
  • 15 October 2026
  • 16 October 2026
  • 18 October 2026
  • 19 October 2026
  • 20 October 2026
  • 21 October 2026
  • 22 October 2026
  • 23 October 2026
  • 25 October 2026
  • 26 October 2026
  • 27 October 2026
  • 28 October 2026
  • 29 October 2026
  • 30 October 2026
  • 01 November 2026
  • 02 November 2026
  • 03 November 2026
  • 04 November 2026
  • 05 November 2026
  • 06 November 2026
  • 08 November 2026
  • 09 November 2026
  • 10 November 2026
  • 11 November 2026
  • 12 November 2026
  • 13 November 2026
  • 15 November 2026
  • 16 November 2026
  • 17 November 2026
  • 18 November 2026
  • 19 November 2026
  • 20 November 2026
  • 22 November 2026
  • 23 November 2026
  • 24 November 2026
  • 25 November 2026
  • 26 November 2026
  • 27 November 2026
  • 29 November 2026
  • 30 November 2026
  • 01 December 2026
  • 02 December 2026
  • 03 December 2026
  • 04 December 2026
  • 06 December 2026
  • 07 December 2026
  • 08 December 2026
  • 09 December 2026
  • 10 December 2026
  • 11 December 2026
  • 13 December 2026
  • 14 December 2026
  • 15 December 2026
  • 16 December 2026
  • 17 December 2026
  • 18 December 2026

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08. September - 18. December 2026

Tue 07:30 - 19:00
Wed 07:30 - 19:00
Thu 14:00 - 17:00
Fri 07:30 - 19:00
Sun 14:00 - 17:00
Mon 07:30 - 19:00

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