Classes, seminars and workshops focus on international models and comparisons, particularly the big urban development challenges facing global cities. The third sequence of the programme completes this international dimension through a workshop focusing particularly on these questions. The international workshop has the twofold aim of exploring a metropolitan context where the framework, models and productions are different from European experiences and perfecting methods of analysing and planning strategies and propositions that can be implemented in this situation. It is based around a trip abroad and in situ workshop, alongside project work at École des Ponts ParisTech.

In 2006 and 2007, the international workshop took place in SHANGHAI, in collaboration with Tongji University’s College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The students worked on two sites: the central station site in Zhabei and the Nangpu Station area.
In 2008, the workshop moved to GUANZHOU (Canton), in partnership with the South China University of Technology and Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Studio.
In 2009 and 2010, the subject of the workshop was Tokyo, in partnership with Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo University (Todai) and Keio University. The project work focused on the Tsukiji and Ueno sites (2009), and Shinkiba (2010).

Unfortunately, following the March 2011 events in Japan, we had to cancel the original workshop programme in Tokyo (with the Tamagawa River site). A replacement programme was set up focusing on the city of ISTANBUL.

In 2012, the subject of the international workshop will be Seoul in South Korea, in partnership with Seoul Hong Ik University.

• 2011/2012 international workshop: PARIS-SEOUL
• 2010/2011 international workshop: ISTANBUL
• 2009/2010 international workshop: PARIS-TOKYO