Until April 20, 2024 -

As part of the "Natural Resources, Renewables, Climate, and Architecture" chair, Noura Arab and François Fleury are organizing the third and final seminar in the "Resources and Ecology, Architecture in Question" series.
The call for papers is now open for the third seminar , "The Existing, Architecture as a Resource," which will be held on October 3 and 4, 2024, atENSA Normandie.

Proposals must be submitted by April 20, 2024.
Further information on the call for papers can be found at the "Natural and Renewable Resources, Climate and Architecture" Chair's Research Notebook

Visual: logo of the "Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, Climate and Architecture" Chair

February 27, 12:30 pm - 2 pm - Jean Duminy Amphitheatre
as part of the presentation of the exhibition "Mai 68. Architecture too! "

with
Caroline Maniaque, architect and historian. Professor of History and Architectural Culture at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Normandie,
Eléonore Marantz, historian. Lecturer in the history of contemporary architecture, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,
Jean-Louis Violeau, sociologist. Professor at the Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes / researcher at the Centre de Recherche Nantais Architectures Urbanités

FILMING TESTIMONY

The polyphonic talk (accompanied by films) will take us through the history of the "May 68 of architecture", through the testimonies of twenty-seven personalities from diverse backgrounds - architects, urban planners, sociologists, historians, engineers - who were involved in this "historic" turning point which, between 1962 and 1977, saw the renewal of teaching accompany a paradigmatic evolution of architecture and urban planning, in their most theoretical as well as their most practical dimensions. This history still resonates today.

Discussion of filmed interviews with personalities, actors and witnesses of the period : Ginette Baty, sociologist; Philippe Boudon, architect and urban planner; Jean Castex, architect, architectural historian; François Chaslin, architect; Henri Ciriani, architect; Pierre Clément, architect; Jean-Louis Cohen, architect and historian; Florence Contenay, civil administrator - Head of the prefiguration mission of the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine; Yves Dimet, architect; Monique Eleb, psychologist; Olivier Girard, architect; Thierry Gruber, architect; Jean-Paul Jungmann, architect; Jean-Pierre Le Dantec, architect; Gil Leparmentier, architect; Yves Lion, architect and urban planner; David Mangin, architect and urban planner; Michel Marot, architect; Philippe Panerai, architect; Bernard Paurd, architect; Christian de Portzamparc, architect and urban planner; Bruno Queysanne, historian and philosopher; Paul Quintrand, architect; Alain Sarfati, architect; Roland Schweitzer, architect and urban planner; Yannis Tsiomis, architect and historian; Françoise Very, architect and historian.

visual: Photogram of P. Panerai's interview © Tim Benton and Caroline Maniaque - 2018

From February 12 to 29, 2024,ENSA Normandie once againENSA Normandie the exhibition "May 68. Architecture Too!" after nearly three years of touring throughout France.

The exhibition was curated by Caroline Maniaque (ENSA Normandie), Eléonore Marantz (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University), and Jean-Louis Violeau (ENSA Nantes).

This exhibition invites us to revisit a field of possibilities, the fifteen years (1962/1977) that saw the renewal of education, along with that of architecture, urban planning and the professions associated with them. The refusal of heritage, or at least its evolution, the reinvention of forms and pedagogical content that followed, and finally the hypotheses that were formulated for society and architecture are the main themes that make it possible to analyse the aspiration to do architecture differently.

A guided tour of the exhibition by Caroline Maniaque will take place on February 13, 2024 at 1pm.
A conference/round-table will be held on February 27 from 12:30 to 2pm in the Jean-Duminy amphitheater. More information HERE

Visual: Self-building exercises as part of Jean Aubert's course at the Urban Planning Department of Paris VIII University in Vincennes - Jean Aubert, 1971. Courtesy Jeanne Aubert © SIAF - Cité de l'architecte & du patrimoine - Archives d'architecture du XXe siècle, fonds Jean Aubert, Inv. AR-29-09-17-01 to AR-29-09-17-12

Le Journal des anthropologues (the scientific journal of the French Association of Anthropologists) has published its latest issue, entitled "Portrait lessons".

The dossier for this issue was proposed by Catherine Deschamps (member of LAA/LAVUE, ENSA Paris-La Villette), Laetitia Overney (member of IPRAUS/AUSser, ENSA Paris-Belleville), and Bruno Proth (member of ATE, ENSA Normandie).

Bruno Proth co-signs two articles opening the thematic dossier: "Traits pour traits? Faire avec le portrait" and "Le portrait, un tracteur d'événements. Interview with Jean-François Laé".

Misia Forlen (PhD student at IDEES Le Havre / ATE ENSA Normandie) presents an article based on her ongoing doctoral research: "Videos of workers in Polish special economic zones."

Dominique Dehais (professor emeritus at ATE, ENSA Normandie) has written an article entitled "Envisagement" (Contemplation).

Click HERE to see the contents of this issue

visual: cover of Journal des anthropologues n° 174-175

8:30 p.m. - Salle du Bailliage de Caux, Cany-Barville

Guillaume Nicolas, lecturer atENSA Normandie doctoral student at ATE, will give a lecture entitled "What future for agricultural farmsteads? ." This lecture is organized on the initiative of the association "Clos-masure, racines et avenir de Caux" (Clos-masure, roots and future of Caux). It will be followed by a debate on the relationship between architectural and landscape forms and agricultural production methods, which are currently at the forefront of national news.

The discussion will continue over a drink offered by the association.
Admission 5 euros (association benefits).
Further information HERE.

Conference presentation

Clos-masures, an architectural landmark in the Pays de Caux, were originally built for farming. Not only were they homes, they were also and above all the site of polyculture-livestock production.
Since the 1960s, their future as a landscape form has been jeopardized by a combination of two phenomena. For a large proportion of them, the clos-masures have lost their agricultural vocation at the same time as the disappearance of a large part of the farming community. They were then transformed into housing, and their tree-lined embankments and old buildings proved hard to resist the expectations of new residents unaccustomed to maintaining such a heritage. As for the other clos-masures which, like the Pays de Caux, have retained their agricultural vocation, the revolution in production methods spurred on by the 1960 agricultural law has completely overturned their initial operation. Tree-lined slopes and old buildings are now threatened with obsolescence due to their clutter and uselessness in the face of mechanization, specialization and farm expansion.
However, the field survey conducted since 2022 by Guillaume Nicolas* on the transformation of agricultural clos-masures shows a more nuanced situation, where this heritage seems to be able to survive by evolving under certain conditions.
The conference will have two aims: firstly, to present the initial results of the research work. Secondly, to discuss with the audience some possible scenarios for the future of agricultural clos-masures.

image: poster detail © association " Clos-masure, racines et avenir de Caux ".

To mark the ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, the Normandy Region will host a symposium entitled "The Heritage of Reconstruction: Understanding, Preserving, Adapting, Passing on, and Promoting." It will take place in November 2024.
The symposium, organized as part of the Reconstruction Label, is coordinated by Stéphanie Dupont (Normandy Region), Patrice Gourbin (ATE – ENSA Normandie), Nicolas Ivon (Normandy Region), and Philippe Madeline (ESA-Caen – University of Caen-Normandy).

Papers may be submitted along the following lines:
- State of knowledge on a still emerging heritage
- The resilience and adaptability of Reconstruction heritage as a planning challenge for the future
- Reconstruction heritage, raising awareness and promoting tourism

Proposals for papers must be submitted by February 12, 2024.
Find out more about thecall for papers and how to respond .

visual: Extract from the brochure "Patrimoine de la Reconstruction en Normandie" - © région Normandie

Doctoral students atENSA Normandie launch the first issue of their fanzine, "Labyrinthe."

This is an editorial project initiated by a collective of doctoral students atENSA Normandie, straddling several statuses—student, researcher, professional, teacher, architect, etc.—with the aim of sharing and promoting an exploratory approach, a transitional, liminal position on the fringes of architectural practice.

You are invited to come and discover, discuss, and pick up your copy of this new publication on Monday, January 22, 2024, starting at 2 p.m. in the cafeteria ofENSA Normandie

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Contents of #0 - January 2024: editorial / the doctoral student's walk / praise for the journey / I'm talking about a place / surface 2: alternative model for politics on earth / fighting / story of a local struggle: sticks in the road / Atelier Bow-Wow's love of bad architecture

With contributions from ATE doctoral students: Antoine Apruzzese, Alexis Desplats, Miléna Koutani, Léna Tullifer

Cristina S. Algarra, PhD student at the ATE laboratory, will present the research project "Cities on stage. Questioning territorial development during major events" atENSA Normandie on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

The "Villes en scène" project is led by a multi-disciplinary team (sociology and anthropology, geography, urban planning, management sciences, architecture) drawn from various research structures in Normandy.

The exchange will take place in Salle Sanaa at 2:30pm and is open to all.

More information on the program HERE.

visual: program details

Cristina S. Algarra , doctoral student at the ATE laboratory, will take part in the doctoral workshop "Production de la ville, dans la ville". This workshop is organized by the Association Française de Sociologie's thematic network 9, Sociologie de l'urbain et des territoires. This scientific day will take place at the University of Nantes on December 11, 2023.

Cristina S. Algarra will take part in the session "Producing the city between institutionalization and alternative practices" with a paper entitled "Producing the city through the circulation of models: the evaluation system of the European Capital of Culture label".

More information on the program HERE.

visual: program © RT9, 2023

Cristina S. Algarra, a doctoral student at the ATE laboratory, is co-organizing a research seminar with the "Villes en scène. Interrogating the territorial fabric on the occasion of major events" research seminar.

This "Participation of local residents and stakeholders" seminar will take place on December 1, 2023 at the Maison de l'Université, Campus Mont Saint-Aignan, Université de Rouen Normandie, North divisible room.

More information on the program HERE.

Free, compulsory registration: villesenscene@univ-rouen.fr

visual: program details