To coincide with the major retrospective devoted to the architect, cabinetmaker and decorator Maxime Old, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen is inaugurating a new space, "Le Laboratoire Maxime Old", designed in collaboration with 3rd-year students from the École nationale supérieure d'Architecture de Rouen as part of the "Situation" workshop. Supervised by three teachers from different disciplines: Sophie Cambrillat (architect), Dominique Lefrançois (sociologist) and Kacha Legrand (visual artist), this student team reinvented Maxime Old's furniture for the 21st century, rethinking forms, materials and uses in a contemporary context.

Visual ©Sophie Cambrillat

On Monday, June 9, 2025, Anne-Sophie Barthez was elected as a qualified member of the board of directors ofENSA Normandie. Currently Director of the Education Department at the Philharmonie de Paris, Anne-Sophie Barthez served as Director General of Higher Education and Professional Integration at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) from 2019 to 2024.
Her in-depth knowledge of higher education and research issues will be particularly useful as the institution enters a crucial phase with the signing of the Objective and Performance Contract with the supervisory authority in 2025 and the HCERES self-assessment in 2026. The Board of Directors will also be able to count on his national expertise with regard to the merger initiated with the Universities of Le Havre and Rouen as part of the "France 2030" funding program, associated with the development of the Normandy University COMUE.

Visual: Portrait of Anne-Sophie Barthez ©Gil Lefauconnier

On September 26, 2024, the board of directors of the ENSA(P) met and elected Raphaël Labrunye, director ofENSA Normandie, as its president for a two-year term. He succeeds François Brouat, former director of ENSA Paris-Belleville, who has retired.

In addition to Raphaël Labrunye, the college's executive committee has been renewed:
- Agnès Blondin, Director of ENSA Toulouse,
- Anne d'Orazio, Director of ENSA Paris La Villette,
- Jean-Baptiste de Froment, Director of ENSA Paris Malaquais,
- Cédric Libert, Director, ENSA St Etienne
- Gaëlle Perraudin, Director, ENSA Nancy

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Applications are now open to join La Fruitière,ENSA Normandie incubator, in September. This program is open to anyone with an innovative business idea in the field of architecture who would like to receive support.

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After receiving exceptional funding of €6.6 million from the recovery plan,ENSA Normandie once again won a call for projects: "Resilience 2," launched last October by the State Property Directorate. This call for projects is part of the energy efficiency plan. This plan aims in particular to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, starting with better management of state-owned buildings, the largest energy consumer in France.
More than 5,600 applications were submitted, 1,000 of which were selected, including that of the Normandy School of Architecture.

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TheENSA Normandie Board of DirectorsENSA Normandie Jean-Baptiste Marie during its meeting on Friday, March 10.

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The inauguration of La Fruitière took place on Monday, March 6, atENSA Normandie, to officially present the role of this new business incubator.

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On Friday, December 2, 2022, Carole Lemans defended her doctoral thesis "Potential of contemporary reed architecture" prepared in the ATE laboratory.

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Entrepreneurship in the field of architecture often rhymes with "architectural agency". However, innovation can find its way in and it is exactly to accompany it that La Fruitière exists within the School.

Architecture innovates in Normandy: new entrepreneurs join La Fruitière,ENSA Normandie incubator. Entrepreneurship in the field of architecture often goes hand in hand with "architecture firms." However, innovation can find its way, and it is precisely to support this that La Fruitière exists within the School. Five new project leaders are joining this fledgling incubator, breaking with convention.

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