The canton of Vaud recently undertook the construction of a new building designed to house three of Lausanne's main museums. This architectural ensemble located near the train station will bring together the museums of fine arts, photography and design – and will reshape the cultural landscape of the city.
For its part, the city of Renens opened a cultural center called “La ferme des Tilleuls” in 2017, which is its first cultural institution focused on the visual arts. On the municipality’s scale, this is also a major development. These two cities, both belonging to the same urban area, have thus restructured their cultural scene, and this almost simultaneously.
This study is based on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts and offers a reflection on the impact of these two events, each on their own scale, for the whole arts scene. By identifying its main stakeholders and sketching the relations linking them, I have tried to highlight some of the major concerns related to this sudden metamorphosis.
Mentor: Prof. Thomas Sieber
Ko-Referent: Dr. Heiko Schmid
