The École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville is a French

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. It is currently ranked as the best architecture school in France. The school is recognized for its focus on sustainability, and its students have received awards for adaptable designs encouraging new attitudes towards waste. The school has partnerships with 66 international universities, including

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History

The École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville was founded by a dissident group of students from the

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factory in the Belleville section of Paris. In 2009 it moved into a purposely designed space, a conversion and partial rebuilding of the former site of the , also in Belleville. In 1986 it was renamed the École d'architecture de Paris-Belleville and UP7 and UP5 were merged into it."L'École: Histoire de Paris-Belleville: Les lieux"
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, 1 May 2011 . It took its current name in 2005.

Research

The research arm of the school is the Institut Parisien de Recherche: Architecture, Urbanistique, Société (IPRAUS), which emphasises interdisciplinary approaches.

References

External links

Official website
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Belleville, Paris

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