ENSICAEN is an EPSCP under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It brings together 7 research laboratories and one school. Within its laboratories, the majority of the research actors of the regional academic group in the fields of physics, chemistry, electronics, automation and computer science are brought together. The significant and regular increase in the institution’s research potential on key topics and the evolution of staff in recent years make it difficult to comply with the safety and accessibility rules in the current premises. The laboratory of Cristallography and Material Sciences (CRISMAT) is a Joint Research Unit, established in 1986, under the triple supervision of the CNRS, ENSICAEN and the University of Caen Normandie. This unit is an internationally recognised research laboratory that brings together solid chemists and physicists. It aims to be an open research centre on societal demands, in particular related to the problems of energy transition and structural relief, and to be a major player in the field of sustainable and intelligent materials. The project consists of the reconstruction of a new building housing the CRISMAT laboratory.