Wednesday, April 29, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Jean Duminy Lecture Hall.

What lessons can be learned from everyday architecture, and how can we reconsider existing structures and their surroundings as a resource for projects? How can we turn the ordinary into the extraordinary? This reflective and forward-looking approach invites us to consider the architecture that surrounds us as a whole, rather than solely through the prism of monuments or exceptional buildings.

This new paradigm of memory, architecture, and urban planning will be illustrated using the example of the mining basin of Nord and Pas-de-Calais, where monumental slag heaps contrast with the mundane workers' houses. In a state of profound upheaval since the closure of the mines, the experience of this site, listed by UNESCO in 2012, invites us to rethink the conservation and heritage status of a living, inhabited space comprising 27,000 miners' homes.

Viewing link HERE

As part of the Exploratory Project Workshop - S06 semester / Referring teacher : Valéry Didelon

Image © Cité du Nouveau Monde in Bruay-La-Buissière – Philippe Frutier/Altimage.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. – Jean Duminy Lecture Hall –

Who benefits from architecture? From products to resources, this investigation will look at three of the minerals most commonly used in construction, yet least visible; the most critical according to the European Commission; the most controversial according to certain social and ecological ethics, yet the most indispensable; those whose origin is forgotten or obscured: nickel, copper, and aluminum. An investigation that combines economics and geography in a globalized world.

Viewing link HERE

As part of the Exploratory Project Workshop - S06 semester / Referring teacher : Valéry Didelon

Image © Jade Apack

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Grand Hall – Let's celebrate Vietnamese New Year atENSA Normandie

On the agenda: an information stand about the Franco-Vietnamese degree, games, fruit and tea tastings, and the announcement of the winners of the drawing contest.

Dress code: red and gold (yellow)—we're counting on you to play along!

Drawing contest – rules

Theme: Vietnam (free interpretation) – Due no later than Monday, March 16, 2026

Submissions can be made: at the Partnerships and International Office (2nd floor), or by email (if submitting a paper copy, please write your first and last name on the back of the drawing).

Get your pencils ready, and see you on March 17 to celebrate together!

Tuesday, February 10, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Jean Duminy Amphitheater –

Despite being awarded the "Remarkable Contemporary Architecture" label, the garden city of La Butte Rouge in Chatenay-Malabry remains under threat today. Built over a period of more than thirty years and comprising around 4,000 social housing units constructed in seven phases, it is a major work with international resonance, both for its urban qualities and for the model of social life it has helped to develop in a harmonious relationship between architecture and landscape. A pioneering model for a bioclimatic city, it provides the ideal foundation for a city to be reinvented, as a unique refuge offering a pleasant place to live in the face of climate change.

The presentation/round table discussion proposed as part of the "Butte Rouge, terrestrial landscape" call for projects, led by Jacques Deval, Marcos Carvalho-Canto, and Adrien Hénocq, contributes to halting the process of destruction/reconstruction/renovation/densification/gentrification of the Butte Rouge promoted by the municipality.

Presented by: Jacques Deval, Landscape Architect, Marcos Carvalho-Canto, Researcher at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (City of Architecture and Heritage), and Adrien Hénocq, TPCAU teacher atENsa Normandie.

In person only.

Photo/La Butte-Rouge © Yves Belrogey

Thursday, February 19, 2026, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Alberti Room –

Workshop 3 – An architect's daily life: essential tips to know before joining an agency

What is life at an agency really like?
Two graduates share their experiences and tips for getting off to a good start.
Bonus: meet with CROA Normandie and CREPA to learn about the professional networks you need to know about right now.

Registration required

Pro Workshops – Prepare for your future
Are you wondering about your future career? Are you looking for an internship or a job, or do you simply want to better understand the professional world that awaits you?
ENSA Normandie five themed workshops led by professionals, graduates, and partner institutions: promoting your skills, finding an internship or job, discovering everyday life in an agency, opening up to other career paths, and an introduction to entrepreneurship.
These practical and supportive discussions will help you get to know yourself better, broaden your horizons, and take action.

Thursday, February 12, 2026, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Alberti Room –

Workshop 2 – Finding an internship or job: reviewing the basics

CV, cover letter, portfolio, interview... your application tools need updating!
Learn how to tailor them to the organizations you're targeting and discover the right channels for finding an internship or your first job.
A practical workshop to help you take action.
Speakers: Guillaume Duranel & Pierric Flandrin

Registration required

Pro Workshops – Prepare for your future
Are you wondering about your future career? Are you looking for an internship or a job, or do you simply want to better understand the professional world that awaits you?
ENSA Normandie five themed workshops led by professionals, graduates, and partner institutions: promoting your skills, finding an internship or job, discovering everyday life in an agency, opening up to other career paths, and an introduction to entrepreneurship.
These practical and supportive discussions will help you get to know yourself better, broaden your horizons, and take action.

Tuesday, February 10, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Jean Duminy Amphitheater –

Speakers: Gaëlle des Déserts, coordinator of the Post-Oil Landscapes Collective, and Joséphine Billey, landscape architect at the Le Havre – Seine Estuary Urban Planning Agency and member of the Post-Oil Landscapes Collective.

The Paysages de l’après pétrole collective invites you to the presentation of its book Changeons de paysage ! L’embellie écologique (Let's change the landscape! The ecological upturn), followed by a debate. Faced with the ecological emergency, our landscapes betray a model that is running out of steam—what if we changed course? By territorializing the energy transition, repopulating urban and peri-urban areas with biodiversity, and revitalizing agricultural areas altered by intensification, men and women in France and Europe are shaping new landscapes, those of a sustainable and beautiful transition that knows how to restore the balance between humans and the terrestrial environment.

This book invites us to embrace ecological improvement: to rethink human settlement in our century through sensitive, harmonious, and grounded approaches to landscaping. The PAP collective

In-person meetings only

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Thursday, January 22 at 2 p.m. – Park (behind the Ateliers du Parc)

Coordination: Bertrand Verney and Guillaume Nicolas

Intensive team
TPCAU: Guillaume Nicolas, Guillaume Duranel, Franck Binchindaritz, Heather Moss, Felix Pareja, Bertrand Verney
STA: Benoit Flin, Carole Lemans, Marta Miranda Santos, Laurent Mouly

IMO: Felipe Ribeiro, Pierre-Antoine Sahuc

With logistical support from Yacine Fellahi, Jean-Charles Alzon and Olivier Renaux

January 21, 2026, all day – Rooms: R. Piano, F. Gehry, and mezzanines of the grand hall –

Teaching staff: Benoit d'Almeida, Paul de Cathelineau, Sophie Lanchon, Viêt Le Trong, Benjamin Russis, Richard Thomas, Kitterie Verdier.

Image © Penelope Gasnier, student atEnsa Normandie

La Fruitière,ENSA Normandie incubator, is co-organizing a New Year's after-work event with the alumni association on Thursday, January 15, starting at 6 p.m., at Quartier Libre.

The aim of this event is to create an informal meeting between:
-project leaders supported by La Fruitière,

alumni,
and HMONP 2025-2026

Whether you are curious about entrepreneurship, thinking about your professional future, or simply want to talk to architects who have recently set up their own businesses or are already working, this after-work event is for you!

We hope to see many of you there.