News feed
-
16 December 2020
The IRFA group and the Collège de Paris form an alliance -
30 March 2020
Continuity of admissions -
30 March 2020
Pedagogical continuity: the Collège de Paris is mobilizing. -
4 February 2020
Ascencia joins the AACSB -
9 January 2020
Opening of a campus in Dubai for Ascencia Business School -
7 December 2018
The Collège de paris at the top of the Eduniversal rankings -
18 October 2018
Collège de Paris launches its incubator! -
29 August 2018
The Ascencia diploma recognized in Canada! -
5 July 2018
College de Paris offers online courses on Udemy -
5 July 2018
Exposition at the Ecole Conte from June 29th to July 6th -
5 July 2018
Opening of an apprenticeship section at the ISE -
5 July 2018
Do It Outre-Mer joins the College de Paris -
4 July 2018
A creative project of Ms Luxury and Fashion Management becomes reality -
4 July 2018
Another Student Experience with Groupe Réussite -
29 June 2018
Full card for the 2018 Olympics -
29 June 2018
Back to the job dating of Ascencia Marne-la-Vallée -
29 June 2018
Attend the 2018 Diploma Exhibition of the Ecole Bleue -
29 June 2018
Ridouan Abagri appointed Director of Innovation -
29 June 2018
Ascencia obtains its OPQF certificate -
28 June 2018
2018 Olympics: registration open! -
30 April 2018
Our students in Milan for the design week -
30 April 2018
Partnership between the College de Paris and UniR -
9 March 2018
Geoffroy de Bony wins the 2nd ISE HR Incentive -
9 March 2018
Digital College Students Participate in Agorize’s Digiprize Challenge -
9 March 2018
Visit the new ECEMA website! -
9 March 2018
ECEMA Bourges launches in turn its recruitment campaign -
9 March 2018
The ISE moves to Versailles -
9 March 2018
The Collège de Paris arrives in the Indian Ocean -
9 March 2018
Grand Arche Campus inaugurated! -
30 January 2018
Le Collège de Paris expands in Vietnam -
30 January 2018
Kayla Collingwood, lyrical flight -
27 July 2017
The Collège de Paris moves to La Défense -
30 June 2017
Hapimag – Interview of a student and his tutor -
25 April 2017
Chocolate workshop for Elfe students -
30 March 2017
Finally a visa to learn French in France! -
13 March 2017
The Afghan Ministry of Higher Education in Paris -
21 December 2016
The Collège de Paris opens a new office in India -
7 December 2016
Weekend of integration in London for the Ms Luxury and Fashion -
7 December 2016
Visit in Champagne for the Ms Food & Wine -
7 December 2016
Elfe meets the Arc-en-ciel association -
8 August 2016
30 students of the Thai university UTCC in Paris -
5 August 2016
How to integrate a great school of architecture? -
29 June 2016
Improve your French this summer! -
31 May 2016
Learn French in the Alps this summer! -
27 May 2016
Two new programs created by Elfe -
9 May 2016
Grand opening of the school year at Hôtel Plaza Athénée -
13 January 2016
How to learn foreign languages with the Quantum Leap? -
31 December 2015
Will French be the most spoken language in 2050? -
31 December 2015
Rewards for the best Bachelors of the Collège de Paris -
22 December 2015
2 days in London for the Ms Luxury and Fashion -
1 December 2015
Made in Île-de-France! -
20 November 2015
Creative Workshop for the Ms Luxury Brands and Fashion -
17 November 2015
WSET Level II for the MS Food & Wine students -
20 January 2015
Pictures from the Fleuri-Delaporte Fashion Show -
16 January 2015
Learning a foreign language with hypnosis -
14 January 2015
Back to school at the Bristol with Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger -
10 June 2014
Textile Design: Lesley Pennington rewards Marion Thomas -
10 June 2014
Anne-Lorraine wins Tableware contest for designers 2014 -
9 April 2014
Onur Deda, student doing his Preparatory in Art and already published in Vogue -
20 March 2014
Gained many awards at the Salon des Meilleurs Masters -
18 March 2014
Elfe : 100% success rate for the French Knowledge Test. -
17 March 2014
A Françoise Conte student makes it to the BEMZ Design Award finals -
17 March 2014
First start of school year of the Bachelor Commerce International at the ISE -
17 March 2014
Elfe helps you pass your French Knowledge Test -
17 March 2014
CdP to open a second examination centre at Jinan -
17 March 2014
The Collège de Paris expands in Brazil -
17 March 2014
The Collège de Paris begins the school year at the Hôtel Meurice -
17 March 2014
Publication of the book “Design textile” by Eyrolles -
17 March 2014
Rolling out the Luxury Food & Wine Masters. -
13 March 2014
Inaugural school year for Luxury Food & Wine Masters Course in 2014 -
13 March 2014
Zina Sid-Mohand (MS 2014) appointed in New-York -
13 March 2014
The Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus now wears Ascencia colours
Good to see
How to integrate a great school of architecture?

Marie Laurent and Olivier Larere, outgoing students of preparatory year at l’Ecole Conte, reached as many other students to integrate great public architecture schools. Check out their background and their perception of the training they have just finished brilliantly.
Why did you choose l’Ecole Conte to prepare your application to public schools of architecture?
Marie: I went to several preparatory workshops (Esam design, EAP PrepaSeine and Conte). I chose Conte, as I always do, with my intuition.
Olivier: Not being sure about my choice to get into studying architecture, I thought that going through a preparatory year would help me consolidate this choice (this was the case!). In addition, the small size of this school provides effective monitoring for each student in a friendly atmosphere.
What was your educational background before joining the prep?
Marie: I had my scientific baccalaureate in 2014 in Guadeloupe. I then went back to Paris to continue my studies, and I made a first year degree in art history and archeology at the Sorbonne Paris IV. I then headed to prep.
Olivier: I spent a scientific baccalaureate with an engineering sciences specialty.
What will you remember of that year in Conte?
Marie: I learned a lot. Until then, I followed a rather theoretical path, and the workshop is, on the contrary, rather practice-oriented. This allowed me to develop my practice of drawing, sculpture and especially to discover techniques that I had never used like watercolor; or rediscover the techniques that I had not used for years as acrylic. In short, I have developed my artistic side. Moreover, I have greatly improved my general knowledge in the past two years, which was a great help during the architecture schools competitions.
Olivier: If I had to remember one thing about this year, is that to engage in studies of art / architecture, you must be very curious and love these areas. If these points gathered, the feeling of working disappears.
What contests this training allowed you to present?
Marie: I have presented many competitions: the Decorative Arts in Paris, ESAD Orleans, ENSA Normandie / La Villette / Val de Seine / Versailles, the ESAM design, Ecole Bleue, Camondo …
Olivier: I spent the assistance of Decorative Arts in Paris, as well as interviews of Paris Belleville architecture school, Paris Val de Seine and Paris La Villette.
In which school have you been admitted and which have you chosen for next year?
Marie: I was accepted almost everywhere and put on a waiting list for ENSA Normandie and La Villette. My final choice fell on the ENSA Versailles, l’Ecole Bleue and École Camondo. It was a pretty draconian choice, since I had to choose between pure architecture and interior architecture, two professions that seem exciting, but leading to a different reflection on project development. I talked a lot with Marie-Christine Noël, in charge of the preparation year at l’Ecole Conte, and other teachers. I finally followed my intuition, as I usually do, so I’m going to Camondo next year.
Olivier: I was admitted to the architecture schools of Paris Belleville and Paris La Villette. I chose the school in La Villette.
Do you think youw have succeed without this year of preparation?
Marie: Absolutely not!
Olivier: I’m sure not. My artistic culture was very poor at the end of high school and the artistic file I would have realized at this time would not have been of great quality. While waiting before the interviews for the schools I was well aware of the advantage that gave me this preparatory year compared to students who seemed completely frightened at the thought of having to scan an image or to submit an artistic record.
Where did you get the urge to do architecture?
Marie: In secondary school already, I looked eagerly decorating shows on television. Today, when I visit a building, I am attentive to its construction, structure the materials with which it was built, distribution of parts, the mixture of materials used, and I want to know who conceived and designed all this … I ask myself many questions: how he had the idea of a particular shape / layout / components? More simply, I know for a long time that I want to be in this area and I am sure of that.
Olivier: I’ve always liked helping others, and I think that nothing touches us more that our everyday habitats, our workplaces, our outings spots. The architecture is ubiquitous and indispensable in our lives. It’s a job that can change many people’s life, I think in particular to social architecture.
What are your plans for the future ?
Mary: Go to Camondo, have my degree, be an interior designer, architect, designer or artist, why not … I will follow this path and see what the future holds!
Olivier: At the moment I plan to get my architectural diploma conferring the Degree grade and the architect State Diploma conferring the degree of Master, but not necessarily in the same school. For the rest I would see what those years of study have given me want to do …
On 5 August 2016