Type Elementary school Phone +33 1 42 08 93 99 Number of students 502 (2013) | Enrollment 502 (2013) Founded 1939 | |
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Address 11 Rue Jean Poulmarch, 75010 Paris, France | ||
The Collège Louis-Michel, named after the French anarchist Louise Michel is located in Paris, at 11 rue Jean-Poulmarch, on the bank of the canal Saint-Martin.
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Overview
It is a secondary school in which approximately 500 pupils from 11 to 15 are trained. They can learn French, Chinese, German, Latin, Spanish and of course English.
This school greets 20 nationalities and is classified "fr:Zone d'éducation prioritaire" (Prioritary Education Zone) which provides additional financial means and teaching aid.
Construction
The first building was built by the architects Daniel and Lionel Brandon assisted by Raoul Brandon, based on a scheme dating back 1933. The first stage was done in July 1937 and the construction was finished in 1939 by Édouard Boegner. A bas-relief realized in 1936 by François Bazin representing an allegory of education decorates the façade.
Between 2002 and 2007 a second building was built on the other side of the Jean-Poulmarch street, linked to the old one by a tunnel under the street.
In the beginning of the 2000, Paris département wished to restructure and extend the Collège to adapt its premises to a capacity of 20 classes, improve the fonctioning of the cafeteria and increase the playground surface. Therefore, they bought a plot located on the other side of Jean-Poulmarch street, which will allow the construction of a second building. Paris (département) asks Paris (city) to declassify the street in front of the existing building so that it might be possible to build on-surface in order to provide a link between the 2 parts.
In September 2002, a contest is launch for the construction of a new building on the new plot, the reshuffling of the existing one and above all the link between the 2 buildings in order to allow the passage of the pupils; the final delivery was scheduled on the start of the 2005 school year. As the winning project did not use the fact that the street was declassified, Paris département is not satisfied.
The situation was deemed a textbook case and proposed as contest topic: « Critical analysis of an architectural and project with counter-proposal » for the « external and internal contest for hiring architects and town planners » organized in 2005 by the Transportation, Equipment, Tourism and Sea Ministry.
The subject was:
The project of the Badia Berger firm of Architects is finally successfully agreed and delivered in June 2007.