ENSA Paris-la Villette on Japanese time. A week of dialogue and exchange
Archive photos – © Marc Bourdier, Jonathan Bruter, Louis-Pierre Grosbois, Yann Nussaume and Justine Simonot
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.
Highlights :
- March 10, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm – ENSAPLV / exhibition gallery: round table Building Bridges Between Worlds: Heritage and Perspectives, retracing 66 years of academic and intellectual cooperation;
- March 10, 6:00 pm – ENSAPLV / exhibition gallery: opening of the exhibition Anatomy of a relationship. Enduring Ties Between ENSAPLV and Japan;
- March 11 at 6:30 pm – ENSAPLV / amphi 302: round table Concevoir avec le risque, construire après la catastrophe on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in the Tōhoku region;
- March 9 to 16 – ENSAPLV: some twenty presentations by Japanese lecturers as part of the school’s academic program;
- March 16, 7:00 pm – Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine: Inclusion and diversity conference, by architects Takaharu and Yui Tezuka. (registration required)
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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.
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SIBCA, the low-carbon real estate trade show
As part of the partnership with the SIBCA trade show, students, faculty, and alumni of ENSA Paris-la Villette can obtain a free access badge to attend the “Après-midi Talents” event on Thursday, September 3, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.