École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-la Villette

A call for papers has been launched for Research Day, an initiative of ENSA Paris-la Villette doctoral students, to be held on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at the school – site des Ardennes.

This day proposes to open the debate: “How can we think of architecture as an in-discipline, not to free ourselves from all rigor, but to experiment with our other ways of doing science?”

Deadline for applications: 12/04/2026
Position reserved for contract staff, open on a full-time (100%) 8-month fixed-term contract, to be filled by May 1, 2026 at the latest.
Contract: Contractual T3
Statutory category: A / Albanel Group 3

Camille Chenal-Mitterrand, a Master 2 student, is a member of one of the eight multi-disciplinary winning teams in the “Dressing the palisades of the Notre-Dame construction site” competition organized by the City of Paris and the CAUE 75.

While waiting for the prize-winning graphic designs to dress the palisades of the construction site between 2026 and 2028, it’s already possible to browse and zoom in on the entire linear layout designed by each team on the CAUE 75 website.

Deadline for receipt of applications: April 2, 2026
The call for applications is open to students enrolled in 2025-2026 in a national school of architecture, from L2 to Master’s level.

The aim of this grant, organized by the Cité de l’architecture in partnership with the ENSAÉCO network, is to support a personal research-creation process carried out exclusively through hand-drawing, seen as a critical, sensitive and exploratory tool, focusing on contemporary ecological issues.

Each year, a different theme is proposed. The four winners will produce their own sketchbook, each receiving a lump-sum grant of €4,000 gross, paid as royalties in return for the transfer of rights to the works produced as part of the project, under the conditions defined in the contract.

This year’s theme is “Inhabiting the living”: towards an architecture in dialogue with the animal and plant world.

ENSA Paris-la Villette is delighted to welcome a large delegation from its Japanese partner universities from March 9 to 16: The University of Tokyo, Meiji University, Chiba University, Tokyo City University, Institute of Science Tokyo, Kyoto University, Kyushu University.

Their visit, made possible thanks to funding from the European Union’s Erasmus+ program, is accompanied by a number of events that will benefit the school’s students, alumni and teaching staff, most of which will also be open to the general public. Course presentations, round tables and conferences, as well as an exhibition, will provide ample opportunity for meetings and exchanges.

This event is intended both as a retrospective celebrating the educational, scientific and human relations that have linked ENSAPLV and its Japanese academic partners for several decades, and as an opportunity to initiate new research and educational projects co-constructed on promising themes for the future.

On Saturday February 7, ENSA Paris-la Villette welcomed a large number of visitors who came to find out more about studying architecture and the specific features of ENSA Paris-la Villette: the range of initial and specialized courses on offer, admissions procedures, the course of studies, international mobility, careers in architecture and professional integration, student life…

Alone, with friends or family, visitors wandered around the school premises to discover the student work on display (architectural projects, performing arts and techniques, plastic arts, etc.) and to meet students, teachers and administrative staff, who were on hand to answer any questions.

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