L'École supérieure de Topographie et le géomètre urbain (1900-1939). Les débuts de l'enseignement technique de l'aménagement

Abstract

The Advanced College of Topography and the urban surveyor (1900-1939) The occupation of surveyor began in the XIXth century for cadastral survey work, in an organic bond with the rural world. The rebuilding of towns destroyed by the Great War attracted surveyors into urban planning, where they met up with heavy competition from architects. Geodesy and the building of suburban housing estates form the urban skills of surveyors. In 1929, the creation of a building surveyor's diploma by the Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics (Specialised Public Works College), via the Ecole Superieure de Topographie (Advanced College of Topography) has legitimised the urbanisation and technology-based nature of this occupation.