The latest issue of Labyrinthe magazine was released on June 8: The Beautiful, the Raw, and the Living.

In 2023, a shared desire to create a space for expressing doubts, questions, and diverse perspectives gave rise to the “Labyrinthe” fanzine project, launched by a group of doctoral students at the ATE laboratory atENSA Normandie. This shared commitment to sharing and promoting an exploratory approach subsequently expanded, bringing together researchers, faculty, students, architects, and artists within this dynamic of critical engagement.

Following the first two issues published in December 2023 and March 2025, this publishing project once again draws on the image of the labyrinth—a place of wandering or strolling, of hostility or refuge—symbolizing this reflective process that invites us to evolve and transform ourselves, both individually and collectively. This new issue invites us to explore the triad of the BEAUTIFUL, the RAW, and the LIVING, by questioning the boundaries of these categories, their implications, their synergies, and their contradictions.

The journals are available free of charge at the ENSA library. For more information: labyrinthe-zine@protonmail.com

See you in the fall for the launch of this latest issue, published on June 8!

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Contents of Issue #2 – June 2026: Editor’s Note / *The Brutalist*, by Miléna Koutani / *Précieux*, by Chloé Boudet / A Weekend in Graveling, by Bertrand Verney / Bonnibel’s Stroll, by Léna Tullifer / There Will Be Wood, by Espace Disponible / The Motionless Giants, by Mathilde Sigrist / The Fort of Haut Bug: A Hypothesis of Building with the Living, by Félix Cavadini and Mathis Joulin / Journal of the Sky: Celestial Correspondence, by Laure Brayer and Claire Rosset

Editorial team: Antoine Apruzzese, Lucie Dehame, Alexis Desplats, Miléna Koutani, Léna Tullifer

LINK TO THE FANZINE'S WEBSITE HERE

Through June 29, 2026 –

Normandy's three cultural colleges - the Le Havre-Rouen College of Art and Design, the Caen/Cherbourg College of Arts & Media, and the Normandy National College of Architecture - members of the Normandie Université Community of Universities and Institutions, and the Doctoral School 558 "Normandie Humanités" have created in 2018 RADIAN, a doctorate in artistic research and creation open to the fields of art, design, architecture and creative writing(more information HERE).

The call for applications for the RADIAN 2026 program is now open.

“Contemporary Creation” and “Architecture” categories – Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on June 29, 2026 – online only. Oral interviews with eligible candidates and announcement of results on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, in Caen.

More information on the call and the application process HERE.

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On Tuesday, June 2, and Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at ENSA Paris Malaquais the conference “Research in Construction at ENSA-P: STA-CIMA 2026” will take place.

This new edition features 35 presentations and 11 posters on current issues in construction, engineering, and environmental management research at ENSA-P.

ATE researchers will be attending this event:

– Noura ARAB, with a presentation titled “Resources for ecological architecture: materials, climate, and existing
as the foundations of a renewed building culture”;

– François FLEURY, with a presentation titled “Architecture and Comprehensive Insurance.”

– Noura ARAB and François FLEURY will also present the poster on the“RNRCA Chair: Renewable Natural Resources, Climate, and Architecture”;

– François STREIFFwill present a poster on the “CoBauge” project.

More information HERE. 

Image: Poster for the STA-CIMA 2026 Conference

The ATE Laboratory is pleased to announce the publication of the book Territoires en transition. Habitat, vieillissement et espaces de vie, published by Le bord de l’eau. This collective work is the result of the symposium of the same name held in September 2023 atENSA Normandie.

The book is edited by Milena Guest and Gabriella Trotta-Brambilla, lecturers and researchers at the ATE laboratory. They co-authored the introduction.
Milena Guest also contributes to the book with the article “The Large Housing Complex: What Role Does It Play in the Fabric of the Contemporary City? Lessons from a Generation in Bulgaria”
Claire Rosset, a researcher at the ATE laboratory, contributes to the book with an article titled “Inside/Outside: The Journey of a Cultural Project for Living in a Nursing Home.”

The publication of this book was made possible thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture, the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Normandie, the ATE laboratory, the Filseine Foundation, and the Union pour l’Habitat Social de Normandie.

Find all the information (abstract, table of contents, ordering details) on the publications page by clicking HERE

Image: Cover of the book *Territoires en transition. Habitat, vieillissement et espaces de vie, 2026*

The ATE Laboratory is calling for papers forthe conference “Building with Cob,” to be held at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Normandie in February 2027. The deadline for submissions is July 20, 2026.

This conference aims to rediscover these cob techniques, document them to better understand, utilize, preserve, or adapt them—and even redevelop them. The call for papers thus offers an opportunity for multidisciplinary exchange and collaboration in various forms:

– a cross-disciplinary approach, welcoming scholarly contributions from the fields of architecture, archaeology, ethnology, sociology, and vernacular landscape;
– an academic approach in the field of engineering;
– a practical approach focused on current practices and their potential future developments, welcoming testimonials and presentations from practitioners.

This symposium is co-organized by Sophie Popot (architect and urban planner) and Théo Vinceslas, a faculty member and researcher at the ATE laboratory. The symposium is part of the research project certified by the PN terre program: “Building with Cob: Understanding the Performance of Vernacular and Contemporary Cob.”

The deadline for submitting proposals is July 20, 2026.

The rationale, terms, and schedule are outlined HERE. 

Image: GME Earth Crew

On Thursday, May 21, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Les Ateliers du Parc, the ATE Laboratory will host Colombian architect and researcher Jaime Sarmiento for a lecture.

Jaime Sarmiento is an architect and professor at the National University of Colombia (Medellín campus). He will deliver a lecture titled “Medellín: A Model of Urban and Social Transformation,” which will examine the physical and social transformations the city has undergone as a result of innovative urban and social policies. Starting with a presentation on Medellín’s evolution, the discussion will explore whether this unique experience can serve as a model in the pursuit of architectural quality and urban planning that contributes to societal transformation.

Jaime Sarmiento’s visit to our school is part of a study tour of Europe, which includes postdoctoral research at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), where he defended his doctoral dissertation, followed by trips to Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and the Netherlands.

More information about the conference HERE

Image: Versalles Integrated Living Unit (UVA)_Medellín Public Utilities

On Thursday, May 28, and Friday, May 29, 2026, at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Normandie, the ATE Laboratory is hosting a conference titled “Architecture and the Commons: Spaces and Practices” – Jean-Duminy Auditorium.

The symposium “Architecture and the Commons: Spaces and Practices” is dedicated to the commons in the fields of architecture and urban planning, at the intersection of activist practices, spatial experiments, and theoretical explorations.

By bringing together perspectives from research and practice, these meetings aim to explore the ways in which the commons are reshaping the fabric of the city, drawing on a variety of approaches that combine field research, critical analysis, and feedback from practical experience. They will explore the commons as forms of struggle and of inhabiting, as potential levers for reinvention within public institutions, and as legacies and horizons for an architecture attentive to practices, living environments, and collective dynamics.

The symposium “Architecture and the Commons: Spaces and Practices” is organized by the ATE laboratory.
Organizing Committee and Scientific Coordination: Alexis Desplats, Miléna Koutani, and Léna Tullifer.
Scientific Committee: Valentin Bourdon, Julien Choppin, Alexis Desplats, Daniela Festa, Léa Hobson, Miléna Koutani, Bruno Proth, Frédéric Walle

The session will be streamed live HERE

Download the program HERE

Image: Children building a ZAD during the Festival des Bâtons dans les routes, 2023 © Miléna Koutani

Monday, June 8, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., atENSA Normandie Jean-Duminy Lecture Hall (and via video conference).

The ATE Laboratory is hosting the 15th edition of its “Culture of Research” seminar. This edition will trace the scientific and pedagogical career of its founder, Caroline Maniaque, on the occasion of her retirement. Her former and current doctoral students, as well as her colleagues, will gather to share their experiences with her research and teaching, thereby highlighting her contributions in these fields. These presentations will conclude with a public interview with Caroline Maniaque.

PROGRAM HERE

The session will be streamed live HERE

This 15th edition of the “Research Culture” seminar is organized by Gabriel Bernard Guelle, a doctoral student at ATE, ENSA Normandie, Tricia Meehan, lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, ATE, ENSA Normandie Estelle Thibault, HDR, professor of Architectural History and Culture, IPRAUS, ENSA Paris-Belleville

Image: Caroline Maniaque, photo © Tim Benton

Thursday, May 21, 2026, from3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Les Ateliers du Parc atENSA Normandie –

This session of theENSA Normandie doctoral seminarENSA Normandie a discussion of Christel Marchiaro’s experimental research on the manual and cognitive operations involved in the architectural design process. Through re-models made of selected materials, she has re-imagined several canonical projects and shed light on the logic followed by architects as diverse as Michelangelo, Le Corbusier, and Rem Koolhaas.

Speaker: Christel Marchiaro, architect, professor, and researcher at ENSA Marseille

Discussant: Lucie Dehame, Ph.D. candidate atENSA Normandie, ATE Laboratory, Doctoral School 556 HSRT.

*Venue to be announced shortly

Image © Research on and through architecture

Through April 30, 2026.

The journal Transversale, History: Architecture, Landscape, Urban is issuing a call for papers for its 10th issue on the theme “From Invention to Experience: What Does It Mean to Experiment?”
This issue is coordinated by Marie Gaimard (ATE, ENSA Normandie), Gilles-Antoine Langlois, and Léonore Losserand (EVCAU, ENSA Paris-Val-de-Seine).

This call for papers invites reflections on experimentation in the spatial arts (architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture). Here are some suggested areas for consideration:

– Invention and Experimentation: A Critical History;
– Historiography of Experimental Sites;
– Experimentation and the Avant-Garde: Successes and Failures;
– Experimentation and Constructive Traditions.

Articles must be submitted by April 30, 2026.
More information on thecall for papers and the editorial guidelines.

Since issue No. 9, the interdisciplinary journal has been published by ENSA Paris-Val-de-Seine/EVCAU andENSA Normandie.

Image:Detail of the cover of Peter Cook, *Experimental Architecture*, London: Studio Vista, 1970