Le design pour concevoir une école

Outdoor exhibition-IN

Curator
EPA Saint-Étienne
Site
Cité du design
Rue Réchatin
Date
From 12/03/2015
To 12/04/2015
Hours
every day
visible from the street
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Le design pour concevoir une école

The P.J. Thiollier School, a school designed by children in the Manufacture creative quarter: an experiment in beauty in all its diversity. Design was involved at every stage in the planning and construction of the school overseen by the local urban planning body, the Établissement Public d'Aménagement de Saint-Étienne. This was an unusual and very special experiment conducted with the children who are the school's future occupants. Until now very few projects have involved their future users as much as this. Designer Sara de Gouy's work released the children's imaginations and helped them to construct their representation of the space. Use of the spaces, design of the signage and furniture were the fruits of the children's and the teachers' involvement in this project. The Établissement Public d'Aménagement de Saint-Étienne proposes to showcase the work done by putting together an exhibition and a booklet and offering visits to the school during the Biennial.