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Palais de la Porte Dorée

Palais de la Porte Dorée is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Palais de la Porte Dorée rather than just read about it. In short: The Palais de la Porte Dorée (French pronunciation: [palɛ də la pɔʁt dɔʁe], lit. 'Palace of the Golden Gate') is an exhibit hall located on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes at 293, avenue Daumesnil, 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. It now houses the Musée de l'Histoire de l'Immigration, as well as a tropical aquarium in its cellar.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Palais de la Porte Dorée (French pronunciation: [palɛ də la pɔʁt dɔʁe], lit. 'Palace of the Golden Gate') is an exhibit hall located on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes at 293, avenue Daumesnil, 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. It now houses the Musée de l'Histoire de l'Immigration, as well as a tropical aquarium in its cellar. The building was constructed for the Paris Colonial Exposition of 1931 to designs by French architect Albert Laprade, Léon Jaussely and Léon Bazin. It provides 16,000 m2 of exhibition and office space. External bas-reliefs (1200 m2) by sculptor Alfred Janniot portray ships, oceans, and wildlife including antelopes, elephants, zebras, and snakes. The building's bas-reliefs and interior frescoes present an idealized version of colonialism that ignores colonialism's negative impacts. The building is considered a landmark of Art Deco architecture. The Palais de la Porte Dorée has housed a succession of ethnological museums, starting with the colonial exhibition of 1931, which was renamed in 1935, the Musée de la France d'Outre-mer, then in 1960, the Musée des Arts africains et océaniens, and finally in 1990, the Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie. In 2003, these collections were merged into the Musée du quai Branly, and in its place the building now houses the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration. In January 2012, the Public Establishment of the Palais de la Porte Dorée (EPPPD) was officially created by decree. It brings together a historical monument, the Palais de la Porte Dorée, a museum, the National Museum of the History of Immigration and a tropical aquarium. The building's cellar is home to the Dorée Tropical Aquarium (French: Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dorée), which contains about 5,000 animals representing 350 species in a variety of tanks ranging from 100 to 370,000 L (26 to 97,744 US gal) in size.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Palais de la Porte Dorée

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Palais de la Porte Dorée claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Palais de la Porte Dorée before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Palais de la Porte Dorée ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Palais de la Porte Dorée

In research: Palais de la Porte Dorée appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Palais de la Porte Dorée in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Palais de la Porte Dorée is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Aquaria in Paris, Art Deco architecture in France, Buildings and structures completed in 1931, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Palais de la Porte Dorée outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Palais de la Porte Dorée matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Palais de la Porte Dorée?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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