The Department of Seine-Saint-Denis lays the first stone of the new Pierre Sémard middle school in Bobigny

On Friday, September 9, the first stone of the new Pierre Sémard college was laid in Bobigny. Entirely rebuilt on a new site to meet the strong needs for modernization, reception capacity and accessibility of the old establishment, the new Pierre Sémard middle school will give a major place to ecology and respect for the environment.

A budget of 27 million euros for work is planned for this operation, which is part of the Department's “Eco-college” plan. Delivery of the new buildings is scheduled for the first quarter of 2024.

Were present for the laying of this first stone Stéphane TROUSSEL, President of the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, Abdel SADI, Mayor of Bobigny and Departmental Councilor for International and European Relations, Pascale LABBE, Vice-President in in charge of the Departmental Observatory on Violence Against Women and Gender Equality, Hélène ENGASSER and Matthieu HEMERY of the architectural firm Engasser & associés as well as the students, parents of students and educational teams of the Pierre Semard.

This event was an opportunity for everyone to discover the facilities of the future establishment during a presentation given by the architectural firm Engasser & associés (which also built the new Jean Vilar middle school in La Courneuve): a refectory for 400 half-boarders, four staff accommodation, a 360 m² sports hall, a 2 m² covered outdoor sports area, a 000 m² multipurpose room, a 120 m² showroom, a parents' area. ..

Located next to the Bergère departmental park, the new college will be better integrated into the city and surrounded by green spaces. It will accommodate 700 students in premises focused on ecological transition, including an oasis courtyard, a vegetable garden, green terraces and largely glazed interior spaces to promote natural lighting. It will use the CPCU district heating network for more environmentally friendly heating.

Work on the new college is taking place on a plot of over 11 m² located at 000-45 rue des Coquetiers in Bobigny. They began in April 62 with a period of protection and rerouting of the networks, followed by a phase of depollution, soil reinforcement and earthworks in order to prepare for the installation of the construction site. The delivery of the establishment is scheduled for the first quarter of 2021.

“A long-awaited project has officially started in Bobigny: that of the new Pierre Sémard middle school! Education is a priority for the Department, and building beautiful colleges, where students have the pleasure of learning and teams have the pleasure of teaching, also contributes to academic success and the development of everyone. e. This is the whole point of the Eco-college plan that we launched at the end of 2020 with Emmanuel Constant, Vice-President in charge of education and the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to offer modern and quality establishments, exemplary in terms of of ecology, where to learn and grow in the best conditions. » - Stéphane TROUSSEL, President of the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis

About the 2021-2030 Eco-college plan of the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis

For more than ten years, the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis has placed education at the heart of its priorities and has invested massively in colleges. With the adoption of the “Eco-college” Plan at the end of 2020, one billion euros will be devoted by 2030 to the construction, renovation and ecological resilience of public colleges in the territory. This represents a total of 8 new establishments, 43 renovated and 7000 places created.