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ENSA Paris-la Villette on Japanese time. A week of dialogue and exchange
ENSA Paris-la Villette is delighted to welcome a large delegation from its Japanese partner universities from March 9 to 16: The University of Tokyo, Meiji University, Chiba University, Tokyo City University, Institute of Science Tokyo, Kyoto University, Kyushu University.
Their visit, made possible thanks to funding from the European Union’s Erasmus+ program, is accompanied by a number of events that will benefit the school’s students, alumni and teaching staff, most of which will also be open to the general public. Course presentations, round tables and conferences, as well as an exhibition, will provide ample opportunity for meetings and exchanges.
This event is intended both as a retrospective celebrating the educational, scientific and human relations that have linked ENSAPLV and its Japanese academic partners for several decades, and as an opportunity to initiate new research and educational projects co-constructed on promising themes for the future.
New teaching module in S10: Introduction to the diversity of professional practices and the architectural professions
The new syllabus for the Master’s program, to be introduced at the start of the 2025-2026 academic year, introduces the “Student Pathway” teaching unit. The aim of this change is to better support students in the development of their career plans, taking into account the diversity of architectural practices and professional fields.
On February 24, 2026, the first of four sessions dedicated to the professionalization of S10 students took place, conceived by teachers Élise Macaire and Minna Nordström.
Future graduates had the opportunity to exchange views with ENSAPLV alumni from a variety of backgrounds, and discover the diversity of architectural professions.
The 2nd class of the incubator has taken its place on the benches of ENSAPLV
Friday February 20 marked the start of the incubation year for Banc d’Essai(s) class 2026. Sixteen business projects in the architectural professions were selected, ranging from craftsmanship to planning consultancy, engineering and project management. The diversity of these profiles and aspirations promises great potential for development.
The first of nine two-day sessions, led by Cécila Campion, founder of consulting firm KiRoMa, was devoted to corporate strategy and profitability.
The young (future) entrepreneurs were also able to meet their “tutors”: Guillaume Duranel and Frédéric Blaise, ALT, Étienne Barré and Pierre-Alain Bouchetard, B2A, Jeanne Gerbeaud and Armelle Goyon, JAGG, Francesca Coden and Lorenzo Santosuosso, OBLÒ, and Déborah Feldman and Baptiste Potier, 127af. One of the special features of the ENSA Paris-la Villette incubator is that incubatees benefit from individual coaching and experience-sharing by alumni with varied profiles and proven track records.
Prix des Espoirs de l'architecture BNP Paribas Real Estate 2025: 3/3 for ENSAPLV students!
On February 18, 2026, BNP Paribas Real Estate unveiled the winners of the 18th edition of its Prix des Espoirs de l’architecture at an awards ceremony at its offices in Boulogne-Billancourt.
All the awards were won by students from ENSA Paris-la Villette:
- Jury prize: “En attendant l’orage” by Romane Toussaint, Master 1 student
- Internet users’ favourite award: “Bobigny Délire” by Malaury Pierre and Maxime Caudrelier, Master 1 students
- BNP Paribas Real Estate Special Prize – “Du bureau à l’assiette, dèmen ka kiltivé” by Morgane Lelouey-Rault, Master 1 student
4th edition of [Ré]inventer l'existant
Deadline for teacher registration: midnight, March 15, 2026
Deadline for transmission of projects selected by teachers: midnight, July 14, 2026Co-organized by the DRIEAT and the DRAC d’Île-de-France since 2023, this competition, which is open to students at architecture schools in the Paris region, rewards the best projects for the architectural and energy-efficient transformation and renovation of existing buildings.
It aims to acculturate these future architects to the design of a transformation project by confronting them with real built sites. The projects are carried out as part of their studies, with the support of teachers who help them discover the subtleties and richness of working with existing architecture, while raising their awareness of buildings’ energy needs and ways of reducing them.
3007 visitors to Open Day 2026
On Saturday February 7, ENSA Paris-la Villette welcomed a large number of visitors who came to find out more about studying architecture and the specific features of ENSA Paris-la Villette: the range of initial and specialized courses on offer, admissions procedures, the course of studies, international mobility, careers in architecture and professional integration, student life…
Alone, with friends or family, visitors wandered around the school premises to discover the student work on display (architectural projects, performing arts and techniques, plastic arts, etc.) and to meet students, teachers and administrative staff, who were on hand to answer any questions.
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Anatomy of a relationship. Enduring ties between ENSAPLV and Japan
TheYui and Takaharu Tezuka, architects : Inclusion and diversity
fromtoThe legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright in France: transmissions, appropriations, hybridizations
fromtogerme&JAM: City design, text and contexts
TheNational symposium on architecture-engineering dual courses
fromtoDeconstructing demolition
fromtoNeighborhoods of tomorrow. The future is written today
fromtoTremblements du monde - series of lectures organized by ENSA Clermont-Ferrand
TheCycle #1: Paper mobility: the circulation of Italian antique drawings in Europe in the modern era and their reception beyond the Alps between the 18th and 19th centuries
fromtoÉchelle Un Festival: the meeting place for architecture gas pedals
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Scientific life at ENSAPLV: research and expertise
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Partnered teaching and research chairs
Since its creation, ENSAPLV has developed a wide-ranging research activity, the aim of which is to produce knowledge that will contribute to the evolution of architecture, urban planning and landscape design, and to their adaptation to changes in the planet and society.
Research is an integral part of the school’s identity, and is widely disseminated by its teacher-researchers, who carry out almost all their work within the school. The school also strives to maintain a balance between professional and research training, to guarantee a diversity of choices.
Research teams work in the fields of architecture, urban planning, territories and landscape, drawing on philosophy, sociology, anthropology, history, ergonomics, geography, computer science, cognitive science and design science.