Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture

Name

Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture

Legal name

Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture

Website

https://confluence.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education - Architecture

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (611), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Engineering & Technology Institutes (Comprehensive) (EDAHAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Consortia & Network Exchange Programs (EDAIABAF)

Keywords

• Architecture education
• Professional architecture degrees
• RIBA validated programs
• Architecture design studio
• Higher education architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: The institute charges annual tuition fees for its 5-year architecture program. For the 2026-2027 academic year, annual tuition is €12,600 for both EU and non-EU students. Year 1 requires a €3,000 initial non-refundable payment plus €9,600, totaling €12,600. Years 2–5 are billed at €12,600 per academic year. Application fees of €200 (non-refundable) are also charged.
2. Application Fees: Non-refundable application fee of €200 charged to all applicants, contributing to processing and evaluation costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Confluence Institute is a private architecture school in Paris offering a continuous 5-year program split into Cycle I (3 years, validated by RIBA Part 1) and Cycle II (2 years, validated by RIBA Part 2). The curriculum combines design studios, fabrication workshops, theoretical seminars, and a research unit (IRC), delivered through hands-on learning in facilities such as the Creative Maker Space equipped with KUKA robots, CNC machines, and 3D printers.

Product overview

Confluence Institute offers a 5-year architecture education program following the European LMD system, divided into two cycles: Cycle I (3 years, RIBA Part 1) and Cycle II (2 years, RIBA Part 2). The educational offering is structured around studio projects, intensive workshops, seminars, tutorials, and an Integrated Research Center. The institute operates three dedicated learning spaces: the Creative Maker Space (fabrication laboratory with four technical poles), Creative Urban Space (forum for exhibitions and debates), and Creative Open Space (individual student workspaces). All programs emphasize alternative pedagogy, experimentation, and trans-disciplinarity with over 60% international students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cycle I - Architecture Program (RIBA Part 1) A 3-year foundational architecture degree program covering design studios, technical workshops, theoretical seminars, and humanities. Validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA Part 1). Designed for students who have completed secondary education (high school diploma or equivalent) and seek an international architecture qualification.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates can pursue HMONP certification at 20 French public architecture schools and apply for Post Master or Ph.D. programs in Architecture.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ExkemacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Confluence is proud to collaborate with Exkema. Professor Juan Velasquez led two workshops — one at Confluence and another in Colombia in partnership with Exkema. Exkema is an initiative established in 2004 with a mission to generate positive and constructive changes in architecture and design education.
• STEM IS FEMminorOthers · 1 February 2023Confluence Institute is proud to be part of the STEM IS FEM movement, an educational project promoting STEM specialties (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) among Ukrainian high school girls.
• Kharkiv School of ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2022Confluence Institute and the Kharkiv School of Architecture were planning a joint workshop in March 2022. The collaboration was interrupted due to the conflict in Ukraine, and Confluence publicly expressed solidarity with the Kharkiv School of Architecture.
• Bullukian FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Confluence collaborated with the Bullukian Foundation for the 2018 Festival of Lights in Lyon, where students created the 'Polyfolies' light installation. The project was led by lighting architect Juan Velasquez and architect Domitille Roy, with third-year student Meriem Benkirane's project selected as the winning installation. The collaboration reflects Confluence's 'Learning by doing: manufacturing and experimentation' pedagogy.
• IGuzziniminorOthersIGuzzini provided lighting equipment or sponsorship for the 'Polyfolies' installation at the Festival of Lights in Lyon in 2018, a collaboration with the Bullukian Foundation.
• City of Lyon (La ville de Lyon)minorOthersThe City of Lyon was the host and organizer of the Festival of Lights, providing the context for Confluence's student light installation projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD): Premier US postgraduate architecture program with strong international brand, research output, and maker-based pedagogy. A larger incumbent that defines the upper bound of architecture education prestige.
• ETH Zurich - Department of Architecture (D-ARCH): Swiss federal university architecture department with strong research output and fabrication infrastructure. Larger and more established, with overlapping emphasis on computation and material experimentation.

Regional players

• KTH School of Architecture: Swedish architecture faculty within KTH Royal Institute of Technology, blending engineering and design. Comparable in combining technical rigor with studio-based research.
• ENSCI Les Ateliers: Paris-based postgraduate design school emphasizing maker-based and transdisciplinary pedagogy. Adjacent peer in terms of city, French design ecosystem, and fabrication-based learning model.
• TU Delft - Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment: Leading Dutch technical university architecture faculty with significant international enrollment and research focus. A broader, more traditional peer in the same international-architecture-education space.
• ENSA Paris-Belleville: Major French public architecture school where founder Odile Decq previously taught. Represents the traditional public architecture education pathway against which Confluence competes for French applicants.

Direct peers

• Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC): Barcelona-based postgraduate and research-driven architecture school with a digital fabrication and maker-space focus. Mirrors Confluence's emphasis on robotics, 3D printing, and experimentation as pedagogy.
• The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL): UCL's architecture faculty operates as an internationally oriented, research-led unit with strong fabrication and computational design emphasis. Comparable in English-medium, international-cohort positioning.
• Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA): London-based independent architecture school renowned for its alternative pedagogy and international, English-medium student body. Closest direct analogue to Confluence in size, ethos, and experimental studio model.
• Cooper Union - Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture: New York independent college architecture program with a critical, project-based pedagogy and small cohorts. Shares Confluence's boutique-school profile and alternative-leaning curriculum.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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