Becoming architects - Being an architect and an engineer: dual skills, multiple career paths

The round table on February 6 brought together practicing architects and engineers, some of whom have set up their own structures, and specialists in the field to discuss the particularities of dual training and its impact on career development. Participants are invited to talk about the ways in which their training shapes their career path, during their studies, in their day-to-day professional life, and in their perception of their career and professional identity.

Participants : Marie Maghe & Xiao Chen [MaXi architectures et ingénieries], Anas Koubaiti & Théo Pagnon [KaPt studio], Sâm Afchar [Drop The Kutsch, AAIIA] and Annabelle Nantier [Baignades en Seine – Ville de Paris].

This round table is moderated by Élise Macaire, senior lecturer and researcher at LET-LAVUE, and Juliette Damiens, in charge of development for the La Villette Pro project, with the participation of Anne D’Orazio, director of ENSAPLV, Franck Gaubin, head of bi-curricular training at ENSAPLV, Joël Cuny, director of ESTP, and Michel Terré, scientific and technical manager of the ConfluencES project (ANR-France 2030).

• 4:30 pm – Introduction by Anne D’Orazio, Director of ENSAPLV, and Franck Gaubin, Head of Dual Studies at ENSAPLV
• 16h45 – #1 Conclusions of the La Villette Pro survey – Questionnaire ArchiTrajectoires 2025: Career paths of architects-engineers and engineers-architects. What are the findings on the career paths of bi-curricular graduates?
• 5:00 pm – #2 Interventions and discussions “Being an architect and an engineer: dual skills, multiple trajectories”.
• 17h35 – Discussions between speakers and with the audience
• 6:15pm – Closing by Michel Terré, scientific and technical manager of the ConfluencES project (ANR-France 2030)

  

The round table was followed by the opening of the “Trajectoires. Devenir architectes – Être architecte et ingénieur.e”.
From January 26 to February 19, this exhibition presented the career paths of graduates and accredited architects from the school, as well as the results of the study “ArchitrajectoirES 2025: Career paths of architects, engineers and architectural engineers”.