Meeting with Léa Hobson

Friday, March 20, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Jean Duminy Lecture Hall

"Disarming Concrete, Re-inhabiting the Earth," Collection ZONES Éditions La Découverte, 2025, Léa Hobson

Today, it is no longer a secret that concrete is one of the most polluting materials on the planet. More concrete is produced than plastic. Faced with this weapon of ecological disaster, architect and activist Léa Hobson deciphers the system behind it, pointing out its flaws on the one hand and our strengths to resist it on the other. A manifesto for re-inhabiting the earth.

Prior to the graduation ceremony, there will be a meeting with Léa Hobson, architect, scenographer, and patron of the class of 2025, who will be in conversation with Guillaume Nicolas, lecturer and researcher atENSA Normandie.

Léa Hobson is a French-English architect, scenographer, author, and activist. She attaches particular importance to existing structures; in architecture, she works on renovation projects, the diagnosis of old buildings, and the practice of reuse. As a scenographer, she works with dance and theater companies and on exhibition scenography. Léa occasionally leads workshops for students and young audiences on ecological, architectural, and scenographic issues. She writes and co-writes articles and books. In 2025, she published her first book, "Désarmer le béton, ré-habiter la terre" (Disarming Concrete, Re-inhabiting the Earth), in the ZONES collection, published by Éditions la Découverte.

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Visual – Portrait of Léa Hobson © Cyril Zannettacci