Until November 23, 2025 in Venice -

The 19th International Architecture Exhibition will be held from Saturday 10 May to Sunday 23 November 2025 (pre-opening May 8 and 9), curated by the architect and engineer Carlo Ratti, who has commented: "To face a burning world, architecture must harness all the intelligence around us. I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to curate the Biennale Architettura 2025".

More info HERE

Until July 13, 2025 at Versailles -

The preservation of life, in all its forms and adaptations, is at the heart of our concerns in the face of climate disruption and resource scarcity. In response to these upheavals, Bap! opens up new perspectives and promotes the sharing of knowledge and innovations in architecture, landscape and urban planning, in the Paris region and beyond.

More info HERE

Guillaume Nicolas and Julien Choppin, both teachers atENSA Normandie, reveal their report entitled "Ringardiser la performance, construire la robustesse" (Making performance obsolete, building robustness) in the February/March issue of D'Architectures magazine. *

At the heart of this dossier is the book by plant biology researcher Olivier Hamant (2023): "Antidote au culte de la performance: la robustesse du vivant" (Antidote to the cult of performance: the robustness of living organisms).** Based on his observations of living organisms, he develops the idea that, in a world increasingly subject to fluctuations, notably climate change and socio-economic upheaval, it is preferable to rely on the notion of robustness rather than performance.

They propose to question the world of architecture on these two notions: Antoine Picon reflects on the evolution of technology through the ages; an essay by Ariel Genadt defends weakness and vulnerability, taking Japanese architecture as an example; Pascale Joffroy tackles the political aspect and Cyril Pressacco the material aspect, with experimental research into lime-hemp insulation. The dossier, which opened with an interview with Olivier Hamant, closes with an interview with Gilles Perraudin.

*Choppin, J., Nicolas, G. (2025). Ringardiser la performance, construire la robustesse. D'architectures, Févier/mars, no 323, pp. 47-77.

**Hamant, O. (2023). Antidote au culte de la performance: la robustesse du vivant. Gallimard.

Until April 5, 2025 - At the Syndicat Potentiel Strasbourg, a place for artistic creation, encounters and experiments.

Syndicat Potentiel's activities are mainly in the cultural field, in a broad perimeter that integrates a particular attention to different cultures. These are seen as rich resources, all the more so when put into dialogue. The central aim of such a perimeter is to support and present to the public the often collaborative research and work of artists and researchers capable of shifting the boundaries of both the art world and scientific research.

With the participation of Nikolas Fouré, lecturer and researcher atENSA Normandie, as part of the exhibition "Mise en récit, en fiction, en jeu et en espace de la recherche artistique" (Narrative, fiction, play and space in artistic research), in which he looks back on his nomadic teaching practice "le milieu et ses mesures" (the environment and its measurements), carried out over a period of six years.

To find out more about the full "Read Print Perform Artistic Research" program, click HERE.

Saturday, March 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. The Territoires Pionniers architecture center is organizing a conference in Rouen at the Quartier Libre with two former students fromENSA Normandie. The meeting, entitled "Democratizing Architecture," will be moderated by Félix Paréja, a teacher atENSA Normandie, and will feature Sophie Ricard from La Preuve par 7 and Stany Cambot from Échelle Inconnue.

More information HERE

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Until March 15, 2025, join us for the 7th edition of Chantiers communs, the cultural event that lets you see and experience the living, supportive and creative territories being invented in Normandy today. With over 40 events open to all, let's take the time together to discover and explore the places we live in, imagine new ways of living there, and invent the architecture of the world to come!

This year, we'll be focusing on struggles and imaginary worlds, enriching and questioning the three major themes launched in previous editions: inhabiting environments, building with the land, and preparing for the world to come.

Find out more here

Until June 2, 2025 - For its 12th edition of Temps des Collections, Métropole Rouen Normandie explores the theme of Reconstruction, echoing the commemorations of the Second World War and the post-war challenges that have profoundly marked the territory and the Norman imagination, in terms of both heritage renewal and resilience.

Presented between November 30, 2024 and June 2, 2025, this highlight will take place at museums throughout the Metropolis.

For more information, download the program HERE

January 17, 2025, 9:00 a.m. at the Pavillon des Transitions in Rouen.

How can we reconcile the urgency of climate change with the preparation of a fairer future for us all? How will we live in 2050? How can we reduce our footprint and achieve carbon neutrality? How can we adapt to climate change?

These issues are at the heart of the reflections undertaken by the Rouen Normandy Metropolis as it draws up its Schéma de Cohérence Territoriale - Air Energie Climat (SCOT-AEC).

To continue and amplify the momentum of territorial mobilization initiated at COP21, the Metropole is launching COP Rouen 2030 and setting up a Climate Action Network to help prepare the Air Energy Climate action plan.

On the morning program:

- Climate change: Challenges for our region

- COP Rouen 2030: what is it? How can I contribute?

- Ecological transition, societal transformations and respect for human rights: what recommendations for the SCOT-AEC? Workshops on 5 cross-cutting themes (sobriety, sustainable prosperity, resilience through the prism of social cohesion, environmental justice and paradigm shift)

For those who wish, 2-ton workshops will be held in the afternoon (registration required).

Unsfa's magazine, "Passion architecture", devotes its latest issue (2024, October, No.90) to women in architecture. It features a dossier containing statistics, personal accounts, portraits, background articles and more...

In issue 461 of "L'architecture d'aujourd'hui", teacher and architectural historian Alma Smoluch publishes a portrait of Sri Lankan architect Minnette de Silva, and in the following issue she introduces us to Adrienne Gorska, a Polish architect of the 1920s.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at the MOHO HQ in Caen.

For its third edition, the Deeptech Tour returns to Normandy to put the spotlight on deeptech.

This tour is part of the French government's deeptech plan, operated by Bpifrance, which aims to help 500 startups emerge from research laboratories each year and become the technology leaders of tomorrow. The tour showcases the driving forces of deeptech within academic clusters, where the adventure begins to create high-impact, disruptive technologies.

Entrepreneurs, students, researchers, PhD students, coaches and other innovation players: deeptech is all about you!

It's you who are shaping these high-tech startups that are innovating to change our society, our lifestyles, our consumption, our food, and thus transform our daily lives, our industries and our environmental impact.

Registrations