Lycée professionnel Hector Guimard

Introduction

The lycée professionnel Hector Guimard, located in Paris, is an institution focused on the trades of the built environment: construction, fitting-out, and space design. Its name pays tribute to Hector Guimard, the French Art Nouveau architect known in particular for the entrances of the Paris métro — a reference that aptly sums up the school's orientation, between architecture, craft, and applied arts.

Programs and strengths

The institution offers vocational training in the building and fitting-out trades, as well as a higher education program in applied arts: the DN MADE mention Espace, accessible via Parcoursup after a baccalauréat (général, technologique STD2A, or professionnel in the relevant sector).

The DN MADE Espace trains students in the fields of interior architecture, scenography, space design, and urban or landscape design. The three-year curriculum combines culture in the arts, techniques, and civilizations, project-based coursework, artistic practices, technologies and materials, as well as internship periods.

One of the school's strengths lies in its technical environment: the proximity of vocational building trades programs fosters a concrete approach to materials, implementation, and the constructive feasibility of projects.

Who this is for

Students drawn to inhabited space, full-scale work, technical drawing, and materials as much as to design. Further studies are possible in DSAA, schools of architecture, or applied arts schools.