Guillaume NICOLAS

Guillaume Nicolas

Senior Lecturer

Theories and Practices of Architectural and Urban Design

Presentation

Guillaume NICOLAS is a lecturer atENSA Normandie the field of TPCAU (theory and practice of architectural and urban design), a DPLG-qualified architect (2005) and a TPE engineer (2002). Alongside his work as an architect, he began teaching in 2015 at ENSA Marne-la-Vallée (now Paris Est). Since 2020, he has been teaching atENSA Normandie conducting research at the ATE laboratory (PhD in progress). His work focuses on the ecological challenges of architecture, whether scholarly or vernacular, at the intersection of technical and social issues.
Provisional title of the thesis in progress: Investigation into the architectural and landscape transformations of farmsteads during the modernization of agriculture (1945-2025).

Research activities

https://cv.hal.science/guillaume-nicolas-architecte

News & Events

12 Oct 2026

Thesis Defense – Agriculture Is a Battlefield, and Architecture Bears Witness to It

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On Monday, October 12, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. in the Duminy Lecture Hall, Guillaume Nicolas will defend his doctoral dissertation titled “Agriculture Is a Field...”

Thesis Defense – Agriculture Is a Battlefield, and Architecture Bears Witness to It
21 May 2026

Event – “In the Concrete Forest”

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Thursday, May 21, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Jean Duminy Auditorium – As part of the “Cracking Concrete...” event series...

Event – “In the Concrete Forest”
20 Mar 2026

Meeting with Léa Hobson

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Friday, March 20, from 6 to 7 p.m. – Jean Duminy Lecture Hall "Disarming concrete, repopulating the earth," Collection...

Meeting with Léa Hobson

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Research Seminar S7-S8-S9

August 26, 2026

Research Seminar S7-S8-S9