Building to learn: a whole program developed over time since the first imperial high schools established in Paris. Amply diversified in the twentieth century, exported beyond the limits of the capital, in small and large crown, the architecture of high schools has not ceased to transform to adapt to the pedagogical evolutions.
Lycée Jules Ferry, Coulommiers © Jean-Bernard Vialles, Île-de-France region
Lycée Marcelin-Berthelot, Saint-Maur-des-Faussés © Stéphane Asseline, Île-de-France Region & Lycée Le Corbusier, Poissy © Laurent Kruszyk, Île-de-France region
It will gradually free itself from the old models of the cloister or the barracks to draw its inspiration ever more freely from the registers of the factory, the city hall, the office building, the university campus or the liner and the airport... In tension between the constraints of public equipment and the well-being of students and teachers, the architects tried to renew the form and often showed audacity and imagination.
Lycée Flora Tristan, Noisy-le-Grand © Stéphane Asseline, Région Île-de-France & Lycée Alfred Kastler, Cergy © Philippe Ayrault, Région Île-de-France
Lycée Germaine Tillon, Le Bourget © Laurent Kruszyk, Île-de-France region
It is this story, little known or forgotten in the daily life of school life, that this book, directed by Marianne Mercier and Emmanuelle Philippe, proposes to rediscover by walking the courts and corridors of forty high schools of Île-of France, selected for a remarkable contemporary architecture label. This selection is the result of a thematic study conducted in partnership with the Heritage and Inventory service of the Île-de-France region.
Lycée D'Alembert, Paris, 19th arrondissement © Laurent Kruszyk, Île-de-France region & Lycée de Villaroy, Guyancourt © Laurent Kruszyk, Île-de-France region
A book produced by the Île-de-France Region, in partnership with the Île-de-France Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Conservation régionale des monuments historiques. Under the scientific and editorial direction of Marianne Mercier, in charge of the protection of historical monuments and the label Architecture contemporaine remarquable, Conservation régionale des monuments historiques, Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d'Île-de France and Emmanuelle Philippe, Chief Curator of Heritage, Heritage and Inventory Department, Direction de la Culture, Région Île-de-France.
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