France, Switzerland, Agglomération franco-valdo-genevoise, Canton of Geneva, district of Nyon, Pôle Métropolitain du Genevois Français

This consultation was conducted at the initiative of the Braillard Architectes foundation under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme and under the patronage of the Swiss Office for Spatial Development. It brought experts in spatial development and related technical and scientific fields into contact with local authorities and decision-makers.

The consultation was organised as a two-stage process: first the selection of 7 interdisciplinary teams of designers and specialists following a wide-ranging public appeal, then a forward-looking research phase involving these teams, the cross-border territorial authorities, the steering committee and a college of experts. These experts are scientists specialising in topics relating to the territorial ecological transition, experienced practitioners and prominent figures from the fields of spatial development and urban planning.

The consultation encompassed the following 7 forward visions:

• "Greater Geneva and its land. ownership, ecology, identity" prepared by Milica Topalovic, Florian Hertweck and Rolf Jenni. They have looked at the traditions and potential of land occupancy for gardens, and urban and periurban architecture in Geneva and the surrounding area.
• "The great crossing: looking for singular ecologies" prepared by Franck Hulliard. His work is an exploration allowing the identification of places, networks and emerging processes specific to the ecosystems in the Geneva area taking account of climate and societal changes.
• "Metabolising the invisible" prepared by Mathias Armengaud, Marc Armengaud, Martin Rein-Cano and Dieter Dietz. They offer an inventory of networks in all their forms (social media, users' networks, infrastructure networks) and their potential.
• "Energy Landscape" prepared by Oscar Buson, Lorenz Eugster, Sascha Roesler, Giulia Scotto, Guido Rindsfüser and Thiébaut Parent. They have drawn up a critical and forward-looking mapping of the territorial dynamics linked to energy in its widest sense.
• "Resource countries" prepared by Nathalie Mongé, Séraphin Hirtz, Raphaël Niogret, Thomas Bolliger, David Martin and Sébastien Munafò. They look at the great diversity of resources available in the territory of Greater Geneva and their economic and social potential.
• "From land to labour: the transition, a new biopolitical project" prepared by Paola Viganò, Vincent Kaufmann, Roberto Sega and Pascal Boivin. They have produced the first cross-border "transition atlas" with the aim, in particular, of finding economic alternatives to counter the imbalance in terms of job availability across the territory.
• "Geneva: a metropolitan constellation" prepared by Stefano Boeri, Michel Desvigne, Pier Paolo Tamburelli, Klaas De Rycke and Rawad Choubassi. They have examined the tradition of creativity and innovation in the cross-border region and propose to activate it to develop existing urban polarities and those than can be created.