Ideal school

Magasin Généraux x Pavillon de l'Arsenal

 June 2025  Magasins Généraux, 1 Rue de l'Ancien Canal, 93500 Pantin, France Exhibition curators
David Dottelonde & Wandrille Marchais, associate founders of Atelier SenzuAnna Labouze & Keimis Henni, artistic directors of Magasins Généraux

Conceived and produced by the Magasins Généraux and the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, the exhibition “L'école idéale” invites us to reinvent the elementary school, whose architectural and pedagogical model has changed little in over a century. By exploring the innovative alternatives offered by architects, artists and designers, the exhibition invites us to reconsider educational and school concepts that are deeply rooted in the collective imagination.

Aimed at adults and children alike, the exhibition combines the discovery of extraordinary and inspiring schools across history and territories - from Greater Paris to the whole world - with interactive art installations that suggest new ways of doing school today.

The exhibition is a sensitive, immersive experience: a space where we explore, from a child's point of view, what a school, both dreamed of and desirable, could be.

From classrooms that can be reconfigured ad infinitum, in the open air or in a forest, to spaces, furniture and school games that have been completely rethought, to playgrounds transformed into gardens or farms, the exhibition presents a range of proposals that pave the way for imagining what the “ideal school” might look like.
Informations
Exhibition presented from June 21 to October 12, 2025
aux Magasins Généraux - 1 Rue de l'Ancien Canal, 93500 Pantin, France

Exhibition curators
David Dottelonde & Wandrille Marchais, associate founders of Atelier Senzu
Anna Labouze & Keimis Henni, artistic directors of Magasins Généraux

Exhibiting architects
Eugène Beaudouin & Marcel Lods, Behnisch & Partner, Atelier Julien Boidot, Jan Duiker & Bernard Bijvoet, CAUE 75, Compagnie architecture, Construire, Le Corbusier, Croixmariebourdon, Direction de la Voirie et des Déplacements de la Ville de Paris, Escobedo Soliz & Gutarqs, Alain Gamard, Daniel Lombard & Édouard-Marc Roux, Herman Hertzberger, Arne Jacobsen, Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation, Joly&Loiret, Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten, L'Atelier Senzu, Maison du projet de la Ville de Pantin, Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados & GOAA, Florent Nanquette, Richard J. Neutra, Jean Prouvé, Jean Renaudie, Paul Rudolph, Hans Scharoun, Damien Surroca Architectes, Takaharu+Yui Tezuka Architects, Ville de Rosny-sous-Bois, Walter Spickendorff, WonKy, WORKac, Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop, Ayla-Suzan Yöndel & Tomi Ungerer

Artists and designers exhibited
Sonia Chiambretto with Thibaut Langenais, POP program at Passerelle - center d'art contemporain, Brest, Carlota Sandoval Lizarralde, microsillons, Marie Preston, smarin, smarin et Yto Barrada, Thomas Tudoux

Research initiated as part of FAIRE Paris, an architectural and urban project gas pedal launched by the Pavillon de l'Arsenal with the support of the City of Paris, Caisse des Dépôts, MINI and EDF.

With the support of
Ville de Paris, Métropole du Grand Paris, Ville de Pantin, Académie des beaux-arts - Institut de France, Hiscox

Media partners
L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Beaux Arts Magazine, Les Inrockuptibles, MK2, RATP, TROISCOULEURS, UNOWHY, Usbek & Rica
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