Les Presses des Mines, the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Normandie, the ATE laboratory, and the Chair in Renewable Natural Resources, Climate, and Architecture have published the book Resources for Ecological Architecture. Volume 3, Intelligences of the Existing. This collective work is the result of the seminar "The Existing, Architecture as a Resource, " held in October 2024 atENSA Normandie.

The book is edited by Noura Arab and François Fleury, lecturers at the ATE laboratory.
Gabriella Trotta-Brambilla, researcher at the ATE laboratory, contributes to the book with the article "Taking care of existing buildings in their environment: Europan projects in France".

The publication of this book was made possible thanks to the support of the French Ministry of Culture, the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Normandie, the ATE laboratory and the Natural Renewable Resources, Climate and Architecture Chair.

Find all the information (summary, table of contents, orders) on the publications kiosk by clicking HERE

visual: cover of Ressources pour l'architecture écologique. Tome 3, Intelligences de l'existant, Presses des Mines, 2025

Thursday, September 18 and Friday, September 19, 2025 - 

To mark his centenary, the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris is organizing a symposium entitled "Albert Laprade: a synthesis of the arts" .

The architect is the creator of four buildings on the campus, all marked by his vision of architecture that is both functional and symbolic. In addition to talks on the architect and three highlights of his career (Morocco, the Palais de la Porte dorée and the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris), the program includes a presentation of the architect's archives, guided tours of the buildings on campus and testimonials from residents.

Claire Rosset, researcher at the ATE laboratory, will give two presentations:
- on September 17, as part of the round-table discussion on the architect: " Albert Laprade, un architecte-auteur au XXe siècle " (" Albert Laprade, an architect-author in the 20th century ");
- on September 18, in the round table La cité internationale universitaire de Paris: "Albert Laprade ou l'effort de synthèse".

Download the program HERE
More information HERE

Free admission

Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
Fondation Lucien Paye - 45 bd Jourdan
Maison du Maroc - 1 bd Jourdan
75014 Paris

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Until December 19, 2025 - 

The "Labyrinthe" fanzine is an editorial project initiated by a collective of doctoral students atENSA Normandie ATE, 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.

In anticipation of the early 2026 issue, a call for contributions is open to all, focusing on three areas of work:

the BEAUTIFUL understood as what is true, what is art, what is human... the experience that can transform us and the world;
the RAW, understood as that which is in its original state, little or not transformed;
the LIVING, understood as that which is the object of all fantasies.

MULTIFORM proposals must be submitted by December 19, 2025 (finalized proposals).
More information on the call for papers HERE.

Visual : Call for papers

Saturday, August 30, 2025
2pm-4pm
French Institute for Research on Japan
at the Maison franco-japonaise auditorium - 3-9-25 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013

From May 15 to August 30, 2025, the French Institute for Research on Japan is organizing a series of 5 lecture-debates on the theme of "Reconstructing built heritage. Regards croisés franco-japonais sur les cultures architecturales et patrimoniales". The aim of this cycle is to explore the rich cultural, architectural and heritage history of the reconstruction of built heritage, providing a forum for discussion and exchange between French and Japanese specialists.

Patrice Gourbinresearcher at the ATE laboratory, will take part in the August 30, 2025 session devoted to the history and theory of reconstruction. His talk will be entitled " Restoration, adaptation and modernization of French heritage damaged by war (1940-1981)".

More information on the program HERE

visual: program details Reconstruction of built heritage. 

Until June 25, 2025 -

The ATE laboratory is calling for papers for a study day Living on the changing coastline: forms, practices, representations to be held atENSA Normandie November 25 and 26, 2025.

The objective of this study day is to question the impacts of climate change on built forms, the evolution of land use and coastal lifestyles since the 1970s – the end of growth and the rise of ecological concerns – by crossing the contributions of different disciplinary fields, scientific (ecology, geography, history, sociology) and operational (architecture, urban planning, landscape), both in their theoretical and applied dimensions.

The call for papers is open until June 25, 2025.
Proposals for papers are submitted by way of an abstract. The abstract will include the title, the authors' names and their institutional affiliations, the problem, the corpus, the methods, and the main results.

The study day is organized by Valter Balducci and Milena Guest , researchers at the ATE laboratory.

The call for papers is available HERE

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

Friday, June 13, 2025
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ENSA Paris-Val-de-Seine

The Association d'histoire de l'architecture organizes its Journée des Jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs en histoire de l'architecture.

The morning will be devoted to a Doctathlon, during which participants will present an important methodological question from their thesis that triggered a change in their research. This Doctrathlon will be moderated by ATE researcher Sébastien CHERRUET.
In the afternoon, the young PhDs invited will offer an overview of recently defended theses in architectural history.

The organizing committee includes Gabriel BERNARD GUELLE (doctoral student at ATE), Cléa CALDERONI, Franka FAHL and Sibylle LE VOT

Download the program HERE
More information on the AHA website

Visual: Conoscientia, Sala degli Svizzeri, Palazzo d'Accurso (Palazzo comunale), Bologna, Italy, 17th century © cliché Sibylle Le Vot

Tuesday, June 10, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Jean Duminy Lecture Hall – ENSA Normandie

To mark the 120th anniversary of the Normandy School of Architecture, Sébastien Cherruet (researcher at the ATE laboratory) and Claire Rosset (ATE laboratory researcher) are organizing a study day entitled "Memories and histories of a school. 120 d'architecture en Normandie".

The first school founded outside Paris,ENSA Normandie now one of twenty-one public architecture schools in France. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the history of these schools, particularly through the HEnsA20 research program. The exhibition "120 Years of Architecture Education" organized in the fall of 2024 revealed some facets of the institution's history. However, research has also highlighted the gaps in both administrative and educational archives. Oral sources have sometimes been collected, but this memory has not always been scientifically evaluated.
The study day "Memories and stories of a school. 120 years of architecture in Normandy" aims to address this issue . Through a major interview and three sessions, bringing together researchers as well as witnesses and actors in the field of architecture in Normandy, this day aims to gather testimonies and provide a space for discussion on the history of the institution.

Day program HERE

visual: Jean-Claude Schmid's personal archives

Friday June 13 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm -
Campus Mont Saint-Aignan - Université de Rouen Normandie - UFR STAPS management building, boardroom
by videoconference (registration required)

On June 13, the 4th research seminar entitled " Living with the river. An investigation through photo elicitation "This seminar isorganized as part of the research project "Villes en scène. Interrogating the territorial fabric on the occasion of major events", in which Cristina Algarra Sanchez, associate researcher at ATE, is taking part.

This meeting will provide an opportunity to share a stage of research into the territorial fabric of art and cultural projects, focusing on the place given to the Seine. The results of an initial collection of interviews will open the discussion on uses, imaginaries and the perception of ecological issues from the river. The Observatoire Photographique des Paysages de la Vallée de la Seine will present its activities in the field of landscape mediation, awareness-raising and interpretation.

Open to all, this seminar is intended to provide an opportunity for joint reflection with all those interested in territorial dynamics and the imaginary world of the river.

Videoconferencing also available. Registration is required at : villesenscene@univ-rouen.fr

visual: event poster

wednesday, may 21
9am-6.30pm
Campus Condorcet -8 cours des Humanités, 93322 Aubervilliers, France

As part of the Printemps des cités-jardins program, a day of visits and studies is being organized on the theme of "Disseminating the garden city concept", with the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council, Plaine Commune, the Seine-Saint-Denis tourism development agency, the towns of Pré Saint-Gervais, Livry-Gargan, Dugny, Stains and Epinay-sur-Seine, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Campus Condorcet.

Marie Gaimard, researcher at ATE, will give a talk entitled "Les grandes ambitions de l'architecte Jean Walter pour les cités-jardins en France au début du XXe siècle".

Free admission, registration recommended.
Further information and program HERE

visual: Rencontres poster

From June 18 to 20, 2025 -
Toulouse Jean-Jaurès University and ENSA Toulouse

The fifth French-speaking Congress on Construction History is organized by the Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès (UT2J - FRAMESPA laboratory) and the Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture de Toulouse (ENSA Toulouse - LRA laboratory), under the patronage of the Association francophone de l'histoire de la construction. This meeting is part of a dynamic series of international scientific events bringing together construction history practitioners and researchers, heritage players (local authorities, associations, etc.), students, amateurs, elected representatives and users.

This edition, entitled "À pied d'œuvre", like its predecessors, aims to contribute to the consolidation of this field of research and enrich knowledge through a multiplicity of viewpoints.

Patrice Gourbinresearcher at the ATE laboratory, will give a talk entitled "Le hangar agricole Boiron-Rivet, une architecture nouvelle pour les campagnes dévastées par la Seconde Guerre mondiale".

François Fleury, researcher at the ATE laboratory, is a member of the scientific committee.

Download program HERE
Registration HERE

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