International symposium - Inhabiting a coastline in motion

On November 25 & 26, 2025 , the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Normandie will host the international symposium "Habiter un littoral en mouvement. Forms, practices, representations" - Salle Juliette Billard in Ateliers du Parc

This symposium will analyze the transformations in built form, land use and ways of living on the coast from the 1970s to the present day, a pivotal period marked by the emergence of ecological issues and, above all, by the tangible effects of climate change: rising sea levels, more intense storms, accelerated erosion and increasing thermal stress.

The aim is to cross the contributions of scientific and operational disciplines, by combining theoretical reflection with feedback from experience. Combining the perspectives of ecology, geography, history and sociology on the one hand, and architecture, urban planning and landscape on the other, this symposium explores the ways in which coastal societies deal with environmental vulnerability, development policies and shoreline imaginaries.

The international symposium "Habiter un littoral en mouvement" is organized by the ATE laboratory.
Organizing committee and scientific coordination: Valter Balducci and Milena Guest
Scientific Committee: Eric Alonzo, Valter Balducci, Thomas Beillouin, Stéphane Costa, Milena Guest, Alexis Metzger, Anne Portnoï
with the support of the Ministère de la Culture, ENSA Normandie and the ATE laboratory

Download the program HERE
Download abstracts HERE
Find thecall for papers HERE

visual: Granville coastline, photo taken on February 23, 2024 © Valter Balducci, 2024