ENSAPLV creates its own incubator for architectural start-ups: Banc d'essai(s)
Logotype Test bench(s) – © Beau/Voir workshop
Banc d’essai(s) reflects the school’s image: committed, open to a wide range of activities and practices, and focused on contemporary issues.
The call for applications to join the first class is open until midnight December 8. The program starts in February 2025.
The incubator is aimed at graduates of architecture schools (DPLG, ADE, DE-HMONP and equivalent qualifications) who have recently set up or are about to set up a business related to architecture in the broadest sense: architecture, landscape, urban planning, scenography, programming, project management or any other cross-disciplinary or hybrid project. Applications will be accepted individually or in groups with other graduates from ENSA or other schools.
The program has three main components: creating, managing and developing a business; this is achieved through monthly meetings offering workshops with expert speakers and alumni-referents, as well as exchange workshops between incubatees.
A maximum of 20 young companies or entrepreneurial projects are selected, demonstrating a commitment (environmental, technical, social and solidarity-based, to a territory or its inhabitants) and a singularity in their approach.
The support scheme assists incubatees in developing their projects from February to November 2025.
Private and institutional partners
With the support of the CulturePro program of the French Ministry of Culture and the ConfluencES project, winner of the ExcellencES call for projects (ANR France 2030).
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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.
ENSAPLV commits to equal opportunities in access to architectural studies
In partnership with the Fondation Culture & Diversité, the school is hosting its first “Equal opportunities at the school of architecture” course, from February 9 to 13.
Students taking part in this program benefit from courses, visits to cultural institutions, building sites and/or agencies, and meetings with teachers and professionals. Together, they produce an architectural project.
The aim is to inform them about architectural studies and career opportunities, and to prepare them for the Parcoursup and selection procedures for the Écoles nationales supérieures d’architecture (ENSA). Admitted students are then supported throughout their university studies.
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.
Couldn’t make it?
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Discover the school in words and pictures
In the run-up to its Open Day on February 7, ENSA Paris-la Villette presents itself in a new corporate film, which can be viewed online: presentation of studies and courses, student testimonials, visits to resource centers, and glimpses of a rich student life.
ENSAPLV, a “committed, vibrant, multicultural, open and supportive” school, in the words of its users.
Participating in this audiovisual project were students Lucie Adam, Théo Allemand, Marlice Alfera, Ioana Bengue, Oscar Dubrulle, Victor Esperou du Tremblay, Solène Le Rai, Ivan Le Hir and Florent Roosen, as well as teachers Laurence Bassières, Philippe Chavanes and Chantal Dugave and administrative staff Céline Baez, Samuel Bruna, Barbara Guillot and Justine Simonot.
Written and directed by: Hervé Jézéquel, Corentin Leblanc and Bruno Weiss, Image Department
Internet Users' Favorite of the 2025 Architecture Hopes Award: 4 Student Projects from ENSAPLV in the Running
Vote online before February 9, 2026, to choose the winner of the Internet Users’ Favorite Award of the Architecture Hopes Prize, organized by BNP Paribas Real Estate!
This 18th edition invited architecture students to envision a project for transforming vacant tertiary buildings located in France, exploring adaptation to climate change through several approaches: protecting users from climate hazards, the evolution and sharing of uses, the resilience of existing buildings, and reducing environmental impact.
The winner or winning team of the Internet Users’ Favorite Award will receive €2,000.
Every vote counts! Thank you for your support.
Best wishes!
Set course for 2026!
The École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-la Villette wishes you a happy new year.