The Early Years and Flexible Attendance Childcare Centre is located in the heart of the Amouroux 

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Architects: OECO Architectes, V2S Architectes

Location: Toulouse, France

Area: 700.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Julien Lanoo

© Julien Lanoo

From the architect. The Early Years and Flexible Attendance Childcare Centre is located in the heart of the Amouroux 

© Julien Lanoo

Rebuilding the Early Years Centre required fitting the new building back into the neighbourhood's urban logic although in a modern way. This involved creating flowing spaces framed by simple volumes; occupying similar space to before, in cubic and orthogonal shapes, speaking the neighbourhood's architectural language. 
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The perforated metal gives the necessary unity and intimacy for the whole set of buildings whilst allowing it to be ventilated and opened up securely. Its patterns evoke a cloudy sky, reflecting a childhood theme. The building is a neutral "canvas" on which an initial touch of yellow is added (outside/inside sun, signs, niches for storage and sitting) leaving children to take over the space and make it their own. The facility's identity lies in the neighbourhood's formal vocabulary whilst providing scintillating and poetic materiality, evoking early years and repurposing at an urban level.

© Julien Lanoo

The project multip...