Extension of a Primary School / Thomas Landemaine Architectes
?Learning Corner? is the story of an obsolete municipal parking lot on which some inspired architects dropped a little school building.
© Marie-Caroline Lucat
Architects: Thomas Landemaine Architectes
Location: 34160 Saint-Drézéry, France
Lead Architects: Thomas Landemaine, Pauline Goffin
Area: 350.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Marie-Caroline Lucat
Collaborators: BET Durand, BET Delorme
Client: Saint-Drézéry municipality
© Marie-Caroline Lucat
?Learning Corner? is the story of an obsolete municipal parking lot on which some inspired architects dropped a little school building.A parking void of its cars but bordered by endless greenery. The corner of two residential streets looking onto tall white party walls. Not a window in sight to interrupt this solid masonry. Yet, over the years, a few garden sheds, bicycles and climbing plants had started to take over, bringing a little diversion and colour to this pale solidity. Goodbye sad tarmac! Goodbye windowless walls! Goodbye abandoned piece of land! Hello warm wood, colour and children laughs! The walls of the neighbouring school definitely needed to be expanded as they had become too stretched for their little occupants.
© Marie-Caroline Lucat
The architects took possession of this corner, found light, views and volumes which would bring out its best. The result is a tripod extension which weaves...
© Marie-Caroline Lucat
Architects: Thomas Landemaine Architectes
Location: 34160 Saint-Drézéry, France
Lead Architects: Thomas Landemaine, Pauline Goffin
Area: 350.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Marie-Caroline Lucat
Collaborators: BET Durand, BET Delorme
Client: Saint-Drézéry municipality
© Marie-Caroline Lucat
?Learning Corner? is the story of an obsolete municipal parking lot on which some inspired architects dropped a little school building.A parking void of its cars but bordered by endless greenery. The corner of two residential streets looking onto tall white party walls. Not a window in sight to interrupt this solid masonry. Yet, over the years, a few garden sheds, bicycles and climbing plants had started to take over, bringing a little diversion and colour to this pale solidity. Goodbye sad tarmac! Goodbye windowless walls! Goodbye abandoned piece of land! Hello warm wood, colour and children laughs! The walls of the neighbouring school definitely needed to be expanded as they had become too stretched for their little occupants.
© Marie-Caroline Lucat
The architects took possession of this corner, found light, views and volumes which would bring out its best. The result is a tripod extension which weaves...
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