The Biennale d'architecture et de paysage d'Île de France, to be held in Versailles from May 6 to July 13, 2025, is the most important architecture exhibition in France. For the third edition, the exhibition at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles is co-curated by architects Sana Frini, from the Mexican office LOCUS, and Philippe Rahm, from the French office PHILIPPE RAHM ARCHITECTES.
The theme of their exhibition, titled « Quatre degrés Celsius entre toi et moi », is based on the official statement made in 2023 by former French Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu, announcing that France will experience a temperature increase of +4°C by 2100. As climate change progresses, the current temperate climate of Paris (and other cities at the same northern latitudes) will shift by 2100 into a subtropical climate—hot and dry in summer, mild in winter with heavy rainfall—similar to the current climate of southern Mexico, Tunisia, or South Korea.
According to the Météo-France report, this will mean the following in Paris in 2100:
