Call for applications - "La Fruitière" Incubator, class of 2023-2024

Do you want to be an entrepreneur? Do you want to break new ground in the fields of architecture, landscape, urban planning, the environment, interior architecture and design? Join La Fruitière! Applications are open to anyone with an innovative business idea in the field of architecture who would like support in building a solid foundation.
La Fruitière is a unique incubator that supports project leaders in developing their business in an efficient and sustainable way. The program takes projects from the idea stage through to the first "market" test or "POC" (Proof of Concept).
Selected projects will benefit from a collaborative workspace, specialized training, a network of professional partners and individual follow-up.
For more information on how to apply, click here.

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ENSA Normandie wins two ExcellencES – France 2030 grants alongside the universities of Rouen and Le Havre

ExcellencES – France2030 is a government call for projects supporting higher education and research institutions in their projects of excellence and ambitious transformation of their sites. The aim is to enable them to achieve the highest international standards in their field(s) of excellence.ENSA Normandie a partner in two winning projects:

TRANSITION" project (coordinator: Université de Rouen Normandie):

To acculturate and train students, trainers, decision-makers and citizens in the challenges of socio-ecological transitions and multi-risk culture, and thus train them in the professions of tomorrow for a resilient and sustainable society and territories.

Total project budget: €5,395,464.00 // ENSA Normandie budget ENSA Normandie €319,680.00 // Duration: 96 months

Other partners: Insa Rouen Normandie, CHU de Rouen and CNRS

More info by clicking HERE

POLYCAMPUS LH 2030" project (coordinator: Université Le Havre Normandie):

To move from a traditional model to a new one, that of a maritime and port polytechnic campus, capable of federating the higher education establishments in the Le Havre basin around the major transdisciplinary issues linked to maritime and port activities.

Total project budget: €7,299,353.40 // ENSA Normandie budget ENSA Normandie €415,800.00 // Duration: 84 months

Other partners: L'EsadHaR, art school in Rouen and Le Havre

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By Alphonse Sarthout (cigüe)

Conference - Materials, waste, experimentation

5:00 pm to 6:30 pm - Amphi Jean Duminy - France

Research into the potential of our waste to create new sustainable materials.

For several years now, cigüe has been developing a project to research and develop new materials derived from its waste production. Each experiment feeds a new one, a process in perpetual motion that nourishes the agency's daily productions.

Conference also available remotely, viewing: here

As part of the Project Workshop / DE experimentation - S07 S09 S11
Teaching team : Cyril Pressacco and Marina Ramirez

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For the second half - March to June 2024

Recruitment - Visiting Professors

As it does every year,ENSA Normandie five guest professors who will lead architectural project workshops in the second semester of the third year of the bachelor's degree program. These guest professors will provide 120 hours of supervision for a group of around twenty students, and will also give a masterclass lasting around one hour, open to all students at the school.

Applications to be sent no later than September 25

Please find below the eligibility criteria for applications

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Expected

Candidates should have extensive professional or academic experience in the field of architectural, urban and/or landscape design. They will have to mobilize this experience to propose an exploratory workshop and a conference that questions the profession of architect today. The workshop will involve working with students on architectural, urban and landscape issues that complement those they have already studied in previous semesters, namely: in S1 and S2 "Observe, represent, design", in S3 "Milieu(x), resources, construct", in S4 "Habitat", and in S5 "Initiation to urban design". Teaching can take place in French or English.

For more information on the license click HERE

Conditions

Proof of professional activity in architecture or teaching or research duties in a higher education or research establishment, either in France, Europe or abroad.

A degree in architecture, urban planning or landscape design

Terms of the contract

Effective date: March 1, 2024 for 6 months

Remuneration: based on the increased index of the 1st step of the ENSA professors' corps, i.e. a net monthly remuneration of approximately €1970 (€11820 in total).

Teachers are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs.

Superior authority: the director ofENSA Normandie

The teachers recruited are expected to work closely with the semester coordinators to ensure that their teaching fits in with the rest of the semester.

Recruitment procedure

Application deadline: September 25, 2023

Opinion of theENSA Normandie Educational and Scientific CouncilENSA Normandie end of September 2023

Successful applications sent to the Ministry of Culture for recruitment: October 15, 2023

Application file (in English or French)

  1. Curriculum Vitae
  2. Book of professional and/or academic productions and publications, if any
  3. Pedagogical note of a maximum of 4 pages with :

>> A proposal for the project workshop, setting out its theme and method, its organization, a provisional timetable and, if applicable, a provisional budget for visits and the purchase of teaching materials. Please note that it will be possible to run the workshop once a week on Wednesdays between the beginning of March and the beginning of June, or twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays in May and June.

>> A proposed topic for a Masterclass lecture and a working title. Please note that these Masterclasses should open the way to problematized reflection on what it means to be an architect today and tomorrow.

>> A note on any scheduling constraints that might affect the organization of the proposed teaching.

PDF file renamed with your last name, to be sent to direction@rouen.archi.fr

Documents to be provided at the time of acceptance, if applicable

- carte vitale or certificate

- identification

- résumé

- documents attesting to a main activity providing a regular income (pay slips and contracts or business start-up and tax notice or micro-business income statement or balance sheet, etc.).

- all relevant documents attesting to experience in the discipline being taught

- national service record or certificate of participation in the "journée de défense et citoyenne" (defence and citizenship day)

- royalty-free high definition portrait photo

- text presenting your career path, maximum 500 characters including spaces

- RIB with IBAN and BIC

Hand-representation and constructive culture

Conference - A look at two introductory architecture textbooks

1:30 to 2:30 pm - Jean Duminy Amphitheatre - France

Representation and construction are at the heart of the project design process. Two recently published books address these issues in the form of two manuals for undergraduate students.
- Representing architecture by hand. De l'observation au dessin de projet by Jacques-Jonas Ziegler, Catherine Simonet, Guillaume Nicolas, Marc de Fouquet
- Douze lois d'architecture. Manuel d'initiation au projet d'architecture par la culture constructive by Martin Veith

The authors will present these books and their themes atENSA Normandie.

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Exceptional coverage of training costs

In light of the student protests observed during the second semester of the 2022-2023 academic year, the Ministry of Culture has decided to grant, on an exceptional basis, the sum of €109,576 to students atENSA Normandie will be enrolled for the 2023-2024 academic year. This sum will offset the tuition fees charged to all students for the 2023-2024 academic year.

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Tuition fees for all students enrolled for the 2023-2024 academic year will be covered byENSA Normandie on an exceptional basis.
For information purposes, these fees are €110 for bachelor's degree students leading to the DEEA and €130 for master's degree students leading to the DEA. This sum is estimated at €59,085 based on the amount collected for the 2022-2023 academic year.

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By Armelle Le Mouëllic and Claire Rosset, Doctors of Architecture

Conference - Exploring new places in architecture: a feminine practice?

15:00-16:00 - Jean Duminy Amphitheatre -

Armelle Le Mouëllic and Claire Rosset, PhDs in architecture, will explore the ways in which women have seized new architectural sites and objects to carve out a place for themselves. The presentation of a number of women's careers will look back at the diversification of architectural practices since the 20th century.

As part of European Heritage Days and Heritage 2023.

Illumination from La cité des dames, Christiane de Pizan, 1405-1406. Source : gallica.bnf

European Heritage Days 2023

From 14:00 to 18:00 -

The École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Normandie opens its doors to the public on Saturday, September 16, 2023 for the European Heritage Days:
- Free tour of the grounds and certain areas of the building (ground floor and 1st floor)
- Presentation of works from the old collection in the documentation center on the second floor

Lecture from 3 to 4 pm: "Exploring new places in architecture: a feminine practice?" by Armelle Le Mouëllic and Claire Rosset, PhDs in architecture.

For more information, click HERE.

Visit the Cheese factory HERE

Free admission (no registration required).

Located in the commune of Darnétal near Rouen (76), the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Normandie has been housed since 1984 in a former elastic strap factory, the Lucien Fromage factory, which bears witness to the architecture of the late 19th century, in the heart of a 2.5 hectare park characteristic of the landscape model. The building, rehabilitated by the architect Patrice Mottini, now offers 4,000 m2 of floor space dedicated to the teaching of architecture.

Image: ENSA Normandie Bonin

 

Call for entries - Journées nationales de l'architecture

What? Every year,ENSA Normandie a cultural initiative as part of the JNA – National Architecture Days in October. This involves presentations on architecture at partner schools and colleges.

Who are you? Licence 3 and Master's students available on the dates indicated

When will it take place? JNA: Mandatory training on September 28, 2023, interventions between October 9 and 13, 2023, 5 hours spread over 1 day.

How to apply? CV + covering letter specifying whether you have a vehicle (application not considered if this is not mentioned) to be sent to alina.chisliac@rouen.archi.fr before July 14, 2022.

Compensation: approximately €700 gross

For more information, click HERE

8th edition of National Architecture Days and the "Look Up" campaign with the Academic Delegation for Cultural Action, in partnership with the Normandy Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (DRAC), the Seine-Maritime Council for Architecture, Urban Planning, and the Environment (CAUE 76), and the Normandy National School of Architecture –ENSA Normandie

By François Fleury

Podcast France Culture - Ecological architecture: Rouen as a case study

On Wednesday June 7, 2023, François Fleury was the guest of Baptiste Muckensturm on his program Les Enjeux territoriaux on France Culture.

How can we build low-carbon buildings that are habitable in high temperatures, and how can we adapt existing buildings to meet new environmental requirements? François Fleury, engineer and director of the Architecture, Territories and Environment laboratory, and lecturer at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Normandie, provides the answer in Rouen, a city where architecture has a strong heritage value.

As part of the "Archi-Adapt" research project with Noura Arab, financed by Métropole Rouen Normandie

To listen to the podcast click HERE

 

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