8:30 p.m. - Salle du Bailliage de Caux, Cany-Barville

Guillaume Nicolas, lecturer atENSA Normandie doctoral student at ATE, will give a lecture entitled "What future for agricultural farmsteads? ." This lecture is organized on the initiative of the association "Clos-masure, racines et avenir de Caux" (Clos-masure, roots and future of Caux). It will be followed by a debate on the relationship between architectural and landscape forms and agricultural production methods, which are currently at the forefront of national news.

The discussion will continue over a drink offered by the association.
Admission 5 euros (association benefits).
Further information HERE.

Conference presentation

Clos-masures, an architectural landmark in the Pays de Caux, were originally built for farming. Not only were they homes, they were also and above all the site of polyculture-livestock production.
Since the 1960s, their future as a landscape form has been jeopardized by a combination of two phenomena. For a large proportion of them, the clos-masures have lost their agricultural vocation at the same time as the disappearance of a large part of the farming community. They were then transformed into housing, and their tree-lined embankments and old buildings proved hard to resist the expectations of new residents unaccustomed to maintaining such a heritage. As for the other clos-masures which, like the Pays de Caux, have retained their agricultural vocation, the revolution in production methods spurred on by the 1960 agricultural law has completely overturned their initial operation. Tree-lined slopes and old buildings are now threatened with obsolescence due to their clutter and uselessness in the face of mechanization, specialization and farm expansion.
However, the field survey conducted since 2022 by Guillaume Nicolas* on the transformation of agricultural clos-masures shows a more nuanced situation, where this heritage seems to be able to survive by evolving under certain conditions.
The conference will have two aims: firstly, to present the initial results of the research work. Secondly, to discuss with the audience some possible scenarios for the future of agricultural clos-masures.

image: poster detail © association " Clos-masure, racines et avenir de Caux ".

To mark the ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, the Normandy Region will host a symposium entitled "The Heritage of Reconstruction: Understanding, Preserving, Adapting, Passing on, and Promoting." It will take place in November 2024.
The symposium, organized as part of the Reconstruction Label, is coordinated by Stéphanie Dupont (Normandy Region), Patrice Gourbin (ATE – ENSA Normandie), Nicolas Ivon (Normandy Region), and Philippe Madeline (ESA-Caen – University of Caen-Normandy).

Papers may be submitted along the following lines:
- State of knowledge on a still emerging heritage
- The resilience and adaptability of Reconstruction heritage as a planning challenge for the future
- Reconstruction heritage, raising awareness and promoting tourism

Proposals for papers must be submitted by February 12, 2024.
Find out more about thecall for papers and how to respond .

visual: Extract from the brochure "Patrimoine de la Reconstruction en Normandie" - © région Normandie

Doctoral students atENSA Normandie launch the first issue of their fanzine, "Labyrinthe."

This is an editorial project initiated by a collective of doctoral students atENSA Normandie, straddling several statuses—student, researcher, professional, teacher, architect, etc.—with the aim of sharing and promoting an exploratory approach, a transitional, liminal position on the fringes of architectural practice.

You are invited to come and discover, discuss, and pick up your copy of this new publication on Monday, January 22, 2024, starting at 2 p.m. in the cafeteria ofENSA Normandie

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Contents of #0 - January 2024: editorial / the doctoral student's walk / praise for the journey / I'm talking about a place / surface 2: alternative model for politics on earth / fighting / story of a local struggle: sticks in the road / Atelier Bow-Wow's love of bad architecture

With contributions from ATE doctoral students: Antoine Apruzzese, Alexis Desplats, Miléna Koutani, Léna Tullifer

Cristina S. Algarra, PhD student at the ATE laboratory, will present the research project "Cities on stage. Questioning territorial development during major events" atENSA Normandie on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

The "Villes en scène" project is led by a multi-disciplinary team (sociology and anthropology, geography, urban planning, management sciences, architecture) drawn from various research structures in Normandy.

The exchange will take place in Salle Sanaa at 2:30pm and is open to all.

More information on the program HERE.

visual: program details

ENSA Normandie now authorized to award the national doctoral degree on its own, which until now was awarded jointly with the University of Rouen Normandie, for a period of five years. AtENSA Normandie, doctoral degrees are prepared within its laboratory: ATE. Following the recognition of this research group as a Host Team in 2016 and then as a Research Unit in 2019, 2023 marks a new stage in the life of this research structure atENSA Normandie. Currently, 11 doctoral students are preparing their theses at ATE. And around 20 members are exploring architecture, territory, and the environment through complementary approaches.

Cristina S. Algarra , doctoral student at the ATE laboratory, will take part in the doctoral workshop "Production de la ville, dans la ville". This workshop is organized by the Association Française de Sociologie's thematic network 9, Sociologie de l'urbain et des territoires. This scientific day will take place at the University of Nantes on December 11, 2023.

Cristina S. Algarra will take part in the session "Producing the city between institutionalization and alternative practices" with a paper entitled "Producing the city through the circulation of models: the evaluation system of the European Capital of Culture label".

More information on the program HERE.

visual: program © RT9, 2023

Cycle architecture à lire -

00 – Jean Duminy Amphitheater –

The book recounts the birth, development and demise of a magazine that appeared five times between the early and late 1970s, spread beyond any traditional institutional or economic framework, sold a million copies in the U.S. and Europe, and inspired a French version. It provided readers with practical information on the latest research being carried out by the American counterculture on how to live differently: how to build a geodesic dome, make compost or design solar architecture, as well as the latest publications in the practical and scientific fields. The catalog combined an ecological approach with a hippie sensibility and an interest in cybernetics. Paradoxically, it heralded the transformation of our societies by new information technologies.

Caroline Maniaque is an architect with a doctorate in architectural history. Her work focuses on the American countercultures of the 1960s and 1970s. She is the author of Go West! Des architectes au pays de la contreculture, published in 2014.

Discussant: Gabriella Trotta-Brambilla

Scientific directors of the "Architecture à lire" lecture series: Caroline Maniaque and Gabriella Trotta-Brambilla, architects, teachers, and researchers at ENSA Normandie and the ATE (Architecture, Territory, Environment) Research Laboratory / ENSA Normandie Normandie Université.

Viewing link HERE

Visual: ©Caroline Maniaque

Cristina S. Algarra, a doctoral student at the ATE laboratory, is co-organizing a research seminar with the "Villes en scène. Interrogating the territorial fabric on the occasion of major events" research seminar.

This "Participation of local residents and stakeholders" seminar will take place on December 1, 2023 at the Maison de l'Université, Campus Mont Saint-Aignan, Université de Rouen Normandie, North divisible room.

More information on the program HERE.

Free, compulsory registration: villesenscene@univ-rouen.fr

visual: program details

Gabriel Bernard Guelle, doctoral student at the ATE laboratory, will take part in the Research Day organized at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble on November 13, 2023.

He will present a paper entitled: "France, Germany and the teaching of construction to architects. Building a comparative historical object of study".

More information on the program HERE.

Research Day visual © ENSA Grenoble

Until March 30

The congress of the historical societies of Normandy will take place in Le Havre from 16 to 19 October 2024.
This year, the theme will be architecture in all its dimensions (historical, social, constructive, etc.), based on the theme "Architecture in Normandy. Construction and reconstruction".

Patrice Gourbin, lecturer atENSA Normandie researcher at ATE, coordinated the research directions for this edition.

The Congrès des Sociétés Historiques de Normandie brings together enlightened amateurs and experienced researchers. The format is particularly well-suited to students wishing to showcase their work. Don't hesitate to contribute!

Submissions must be received by March 30, 2024.
More information on thecall for papers and how to how to respond to the call for papers.

visual : Le Havre. Boulevard François Ier circa 1955. Archives municipales du Havre, 47Fi155.