Our VOD (Video on Demand) offering is expanding: we have Arte Campus, and now we'll also have access to Tënk. Tënk, which in Wolof (a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, Mali and Mauritania) means "to state a thought clearly and concisely". to state a thought clearly and concisely".was born in 2016 from the will of several collectives united in a cooperative.

What do they have in common? The promotion of documentary cinema and support for film creation.

Tënk is a VOD platform offering documentary films on a wide range of themes: ecology, feminism, social struggles, decolonization, the arts, cinema, science or history... It defines itself by a cinema that is plural, free in its content and form.

The programming of around twenty new films per month is the work of a programming committee that scours festivals, cinemas, archives and film libraries. This monthly selection remains available for 4 months, and a review written by Tënk accompanies each documentary.

This new digital resource, a project run by the ArchiRès network, is funded by the French Ministry of Culture.

Biodiversity and gardening, two practices that the author encourages us to adopt in our daily lives. She invites us to participate in the transformation of our homes, our buildings, our streets, our cities and our entire environment by planting seedlings, cuttings, insect hotels, birdhouses and more. She teaches us the magic gestures for taking care of our plants. It's a four-step strategy in combat mode.

Together, let's plant our neighborhoods, our sidewalks, everything and everywhere! Let's drop seed bombs and give the power back to nature.

Still not convinced? Take a look at her Instagram

We are! The greening ofENSA Normandie in the documentation center...

The October issue of D'Architectures* magazine devotes a special report to "L'intelligence (artificielle) de l'image", written by architect and designer Mehdi Zannad and architect Edouard Ropars. Three articles make up the dossier: "Where AI hurts", "Fresh Touch, interview with Eric de Broche des Combes, founder of the Luxigon agency" and "Olivier Campagne, beyond the real".

In the first article cited, Mehdi Zannad looks back at the digital upheavals that have marked architectural project design, and considers the impact on the profession, particularly on the role of the drawing, which he describes as an extension of the architect's creativity. He questions a possible "dispossession orchestrated by a materially motivated project owner". He also warns against the "infinite variants" proposed by AI, giving the architect "the illusion" of "his authority over forms".

The following articles: an interview and an article by two pioneering figures in the field of architectural design, one a graphic designer and the other an architectural photographer.

*Zannad, M.; Ropars, E. (2025). Dossier: l'intelligence (artificielle) de l'image. D'architectures, no 329, 67-97.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2026 - From 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Librairie du Belvédère will be selling books on art and architecture.

Thursday, October 16, 2026 - From 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, publisher Citadelles et Mazenod will be offering art and architecture books for sale.

The Pôle doc' team's first favorite book of the year! Inspired by European Sustainable Development Week, which runs from September 18 to October 8, 2025: " Petit manuel de répartie écologique " .

When the subject of ecology is close to our hearts, we often find ourselves at a loss when it comes to broaching the subject, fearing that we'll upset the mood, antagonize the other person or not have the right arguments to convince or at least make the other person think. This guide offers answers to deconstruct anti-environmental arguments. They are held by different types of profile: the new skeptics (Global warming? not in Normandy, given what it rains!), the immobilists (The State does nothing, neither do companies, why should I act? or the famous triangle of inaction), the eco(nomico)-anxious (we've already got more money for education, so the ecological transition...), the candid optimists (we've already made a lot of effort and young people are taking over), the techno-solutionists (long live the green plane, or the future is on Mars!), the cognitive dissonants (I agree that we need to act, but the plane is still faster to travel!).

The book is organized around these profiles, accompanied by their little phrases, and opposite an appropriate response.

Humor is one of the best means of self-defense, and this book is full of it.

You'll find this book on the new releases display among a selection of documents (books and DVDs) celebrating European Sustainable Development Week.

Until October 8, 2025, the Pôle doc' is celebrating European Sustainable Development Week. To mark the occasion, our librarians are offering a selection of books and documentaries from our new acquisitions.

You can also find them on our Instagram #poledocensan76 on ArchiRès.

A new digital resource has been added to the document center: Dicobat. What is Dicobat? Dicobat is an illustrated dictionary of building terminology. It's a reliable source that will make your work easier by providing reliable definitions.

Several search modes: by words and thousands of hyperlinks, by Themes, by your History, and now by illustrations thanks to VisuelBAT.

An example of a definition proposed by this resource:

concrete floor

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Find Dicobat on the local version ofArchiRès in the quick links or HERE

Our participative puzzles have been a great success with users, so we've added some new ones to our collection. This time, it's the IGN map of Paris, scattered like a jigsaw puzzle, that we're inviting you to piece together. The principle remains the same: everyone is welcome. There's no need to spend hours, just put in 1, 2, 3 or more pieces.

It's a way of reconnecting with others by taking part in a collective activity while training your brain in a task that mobilizes many cognitive abilities. What better way to stimulate your ability to pay attention, concentrate, observe, think and remember.

ArchiRès, the name of the network of ENSA documentalists and also of your documentary catalog, underwent some minor alterations this summer.

From now on, you no longer need to create an ArchiRès reader account and password, as you can now log in using your school ID.

The first time you log on to your account, simply select your school, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Normandie, to access your school login and password.