École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles

École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles
Type Public state university
Established 1969
Director Jean-Christophe Quinton
Academic staff
 119
Students 1224 (222 foreign students)
Location Versailles, France
Language French
Website http://www.versailles.archi.fr

The École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles commonly referred to as the ENSAV, is a leading French architectural school located at the ancient stables of the Versailles Palace. The pedagogical aim of the National Architecture School of Versailles is to provide an intense experience in the architectural arts while developing questions of architecture in the fields of building, city and regional planning. The school prepares students using diverse professional exercise methods and its specially known for its urban design teachings.

The school, member of UniverSud Paris and of the University of Paris-Seine, is listed among the 50 best European architecture schools according to Domus since the beginning of this ranking established in 2013[1].

History

The school

The school was founded in 1969 after the suppression of the École des beaux-arts architecture section. Architect Jean Castex was one of the school's founders, while Nicolas Michelin (co-founder of the group Labfac) was the managing director from 2001 to 2009. The current dean is the architect Jean-Christophe Quinton.

Facilities of the school

  • 3 applied research laboratories
  • 1 documentation center and library
  • 1 model workshop
  • 1 photo development laboratory
  • 1 photo studio
  • 3 multimedia rooms
  • 1 computer room
  • 1 digital workshop
  • 1 amphitheater
  • 1 auditorium
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 café
  • 2 exhibition spaces "La Rotonde" and "La Forge"
  • 1 Large nave, "La Nef" (venue for workshops, exhibitions, educational experiments)
  • 1 modern exhibition center "La Maréchalerie"
  • studios

Research and theory

Research centers

The Léav is the research center of the school. It has participated in the foundation of the PATRIMA laboratory.

LADRHAUS and GRAI are two other research laboratories of the ENSAV.

Publications

The ENSAV publishes books and research conclusions via its edition unit.

  • Research Publications :

Urban Forms: Death and Life of the Urban Block

This major publication by Jean Castex, Philippe Panerai and Jean-Charles Depaule had its first edition in French in 1977. It has been recently translated and edited in English for the first time in 2003 with an additional postscript.

Doric Column inside the Ensav
  • The annual "Yearbook" shows students work as well as teacher's writings and leading figures interviews related to architecture.
  • The review EAV (Enseignement Architecture Ville) was created by Anne-Marie Chatelet and Michel Denes in 1995. It is published annually. The number 10th of the review (2004–2005) explained its history and origins. This same issue was based on journals and reviews from Zurich's Eidgenossische Technische Hoschschule.

International

The school has agreements with more than 36 universities worldwide. Each year, the ensav organises international workshops around the world (Isaphan, Dakar, Kyoto, Rome, Rio, Delft, Shangai, Casablanca...).

In 2016, the school collaborates with the EPFL to build an international experimentation project : "HOUSE 1/12 cities". They created a wood structure built at the Lausanne campus and then in Versailles. More than 200 people took part in this project.

Each year, an renowned artist is invited to conduct a four-weeks workshop with students. Past editions have been supervised by Hans Walter Muller, Tadashi Kawamata, Campana brothers, Miquel Barcelo, Lucy et Jorge Orta or Tomas Saraceno.

International events

The ENSAV hosts and organizes various international events :

- Modern art exhibitions in its own museum : La Maréchalerie.

- Lectures : Kengo Kuma, Christian de Portzamparc, Marc Barani, Odile Decq, David Basulto (Archdaily founder), Chaix et Morel, X-TU architects...

- Design Modeling Symposium : DSM17. This symposium offered classes, lectures, exhibitions and workshops under the topic "Humanizing digital reality"[2]. Some of the lecturers were Antoine Picon, Carlo Ratti, Arthur Mamou Mani, Philippe Rahm (ENSAV teacher)[3].

- Bap ! First Paris region biennale in 2019.

  1. ↑ 1
  2. ↑ "The Design Modelling Symposium Paris 2017". www.design-modelling-symposium.de. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  3. ↑ "The Design Modelling Symposium Paris 2017". www.design-modelling-symposium.de. Retrieved 2018-08-31.

4. https://kupdf.com/download/domus-top-100-schools-introduction_59f86931e2b6f5151bc4a865_pdf

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