4th edition of [Ré]inventer l'existant
© Victoria Roussel
Deadline for teacher registration: midnight, March 15, 2026
Deadline for transmission of projects selected by teachers: midnight, July 14, 2026
Co-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.
How to participate
The competition is open to students enrolled for the 2025-2026 academic year, in the 1st or 2nd cycle (bachelor’s and master’s degrees) of architecture schools based in the Paris region.
Students can compete alone or in teams, or even in multidisciplinary teams with the participation of students from other disciplines (art, construction, design, engineering, etc.), associated within the framework of institutional collaborations (double degree, exchange, cooperation, etc.).
Participation takes place through the intermediary of a referent teacher.
Since the competition’s inception, projects submitted by ENSA Paris-la Villette students have been recognized by the jury. Each year, they are among the projects that have been noticed and among the winners:
2025
Special Mention Architect Mediator
Eve Bergeron, Emma Coppens and Lilia Hocine: Le Ventre de la Baleine in Pantin (93) – co-constructing the future of a threatened artistic breeding ground
Teaching: “L’opportunité de la banlieue” (M2, PFE), directed by Guillaume Baron and Merril Sineus
2024
Winners in the final-year project category
Sophie San Andres, Sophia San Miguel and Melissa Laborde: Cité de la Maladrerie in Aubervilliers (93) – reappropriation of the first floor, reinforcement of common spaces and adaptation to climate change
Teaching: “L’opportunité de la banlieue” (M2, PFE), directed by Guillaume Baron and Merril Sineus
2023
Winners in the Master 1-Master 2 category
Adam Flores, Maxence Gaudais and Gauthier Gundermann: École Pasteur in Bondy (93) – rehabilitation and extension of a school complex
Teaching: “Déjà-là: ressources, transformation, construction” (M1), directed by Emmanuel Mourier
News
Concrete Schools Trophy
Entry deadline: 31/10/2026
The Trophée Béton Écoles invites future architecture professionals to consider the aesthetic, technical and environmental qualities of concrete.
It is organized by the Bétocib association, CIMbéton and the Fondation École Française du Béton, under the patronage of the French Ministry of Culture, in partnership with the Maison de l’architecture Île-de-France and the AAIIA association.
Archi Jeunes 2026 competition: "Transformations
Deadline for entries: April 1, 2026
The competition is open to architecture students at the end of their studies (Master 2) or ADE graduates in 2025. They must enter as a team of two to four members.Valode & Pistre launches the 3rd edition of its Archi Jeunes competition, on the theme of “Transformations”.
The 2026 event is designed to highlight the transformation of existing buildings, seen as a major lever for innovation, sustainability and contemporary creation. Candidates are invited to give new meaning, use and quality to four emblematic sites in France, which will be unveiled once the applications have been validated.
🇯🇵 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.
6th edition of the Résidences d'architecture: At the tempo of the territories!
Application deadline: March 25, 2026
The call for applications is open to architects and architecture graduates, with one or more other specialists (please refer to the selection procedures specific to each residence).As part of the 6th edition of the residency program, supported by the Caisse des dépôts Mécénat, the Conseil national de l’Ordre des architectes and the French Ministry of Culture, Maisons de l’architecture offers teams of specialists organized around an architect or architecture graduate, the opportunity to create a cultural project during a residency in a given territory and context.
For several weeks, these residents work in immersion, living on site and meeting local players (residents, elected representatives, etc.).
COAL Student Award 2026: The Night
Application deadline: April 28, 2026
Created in 2019, the Student COAL Prize aims to support students from Schools in the artistic and cultural field who are experimenting with and proposing concrete, creative solutions to the ecological transition.
The theme of the 2026 edition is “Night”.
Two prizes are on offer this year: the winning student receives a two-month residency worth 5,000 euros in one of France’s 350 nature reserves. The three nominated students also receive an invitation to take part in the Regenerative Academy. This unique masterclass, created and piloted for the new MAIF Métamorphoses Prize, is dedicated to transformative artistic practices in and with nature, biodiversity and public engagement.
The call for applications is open to all students who have completed 2 years of higher education, whatever their practice and field of study (design and applied arts, architecture and landscape, visual arts, music, dance, theater, circus, puppetry, cinema, audiovisual, multimedia) and up to one year after graduation.
Bourse dessinée 2026
Deadline for receipt of applications: April 2, 2026
The call for applications is open to students enrolled in 2025-2026 in a national school of architecture, from L2 to Master’s level.The aim of this grant, organized by the Cité de l’architecture in partnership with the ENSAÉCO network, is to support a personal research-creation process carried out exclusively through hand-drawing, seen as a critical, sensitive and exploratory tool, focusing on contemporary ecological issues.
Each year, a different theme is proposed. The four winners will produce their own sketchbook, each receiving a lump-sum grant of €4,000 gross, paid as royalties in return for the transfer of rights to the works produced as part of the project, under the conditions defined in the contract.
This year’s theme is “Inhabiting the living”: towards an architecture in dialogue with the animal and plant world.