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  • Two ENSAPLV students win awards at the Cabin Festival at the headwaters of Lake Annecy

    The Project “L’ombre portée” by Antoine Robert and Pierre Renault, first-year master’s students, is one of the 14 cabins selected by the jury of this architecture festival, which has been held for the past eleven years in the Sources du Lac d’Annecy community of municipalities, an area located between Annecy and Albertville.

    Between late May and late June, the two winners built their treehouse to scale, with the help of their friend Pierre-Louis Noyelle, on the natural site that had been assigned to them in advance in the town of Giez.

    The 14 huts offer a fresh perspective on seven municipalities and their geography: Chevaline, Val de Chaise, Doussard, Giez, Lathuile, Saint-Ferréol, and Faverges-Seythenex. These temporary installations will remain in place for the duration of the festival, from June 27 to November 6, 2026.

    Be sure to check it out this summer!

  • Apprenticeship Tax 2026

    You have until October 21, 2026, to support the students at our school.
    By allocating your apprenticeship tax payment to ENSA Paris-la Villette, you will be making a tangible contribution to the funding of three initiatives:
    • in 1st year: each student receives a back-to-school kit consisting of an artist’s bag, several squares and rulers, a notebook, a drawing board and a pencil. This basic equipment is useful from the very first week and throughout their studies.
    • in 3rd year: the study trip organized by the TPCAU and STA disciplines to a European destination, which aims to to bring together lessons in design and construction. Through visits and analysis of benchmark housing projects, students acquire the knowledge and skills essential to their future profession.
    • From the L1 to the M2: the purchase of materials (wood, cardboard, clay, straw, canvas, steel, etc.) to create objects designed as part of construction and computer science courses, as well as interdisciplinary educational experiments organized as intensive workshops. During practical exercises—ranging from the creation of models or prototypes to full-scale projects—students explore the fundamental principles of statics and material strength, and learn to master modeling tools and structural analysis.
    Thank you for choosing ENSA Paris-la Villette!

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Initial training

ENSAPLV offers a full range of courses to meet the needs of architecture schools.

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License

ENSAPLV offers a generalist program structured around the fundamentals of spatial culture and the built, urban and anthropological dimensions of architecture, considering architecture as both a "world" and a relationship to the world. The school thus affirms its ambition to train reflective practitioners, committed citizens and critical intellectuals.

Master

The second cycle prepares students for the various professional fields and modes of practice in architecture, as well as for architectural research.

Bi-cursus

ENSAPLV offers four Architect-Engineer and Engineer-Architect bi-courses in partnership with the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP-Paris) and the École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP).

PhD

The doctorate (bac +8) is part of a "research training through research" program. From the Master 2 level onwards, students can follow the optional research course and enroll in the post-master's program Recherches en architecture. The thesis is then prepared in one of the school's six laboratories.

OTHER TRAINING

ENSAPLV offers a full range of courses to meet the needs of architecture schools.

Apprenticeship training

ENSAPLV offers a number of apprenticeship diplomas, equivalent to a bachelor's degree. Built in cooperation with partner establishments, these professional training courses are designed to train new building professionals capable of assisting architects in their missions.

Post-master

ENSAPLV offers two post-master's degree courses, one of which is a gateway to a doctorate in architecture, and the other combines architecture and marine engineering, leading to a double diploma in naval architecture.

Continuing education

ENSAPLV sees lifelong learning as a key component of its strategy for economic and social success. It is an essential driver for the emergence of potential professions and individual and collective capacity for innovation.

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.

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