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Groupe Scolaire Cranves-Sales by Christophe Rousselle Architect

Project name:
Groupe Scolaire Cranves-Sales
Architecture firm:
Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Location:
Rue du college, Cranves-Sales, France
Photography:
Takuji Shimmura
Principal architect:
Christophe Rousselle
Design team:
ean-Philippe Marre (chef de projet) / Flavien Faussurier (chantier) / TPFI (bureau d’études) / BEGC (cuisiniste) / Verdance (paysagiste)
Collaborators:
TPFI (Technical Studies)
Built area:
2 645 m²
Site area:
28561 m²
Design year:
2015
Completion year:
2017
Landscape:
Verdance
Civil engineer:
Structural engineer:
Environmental & MEP:
Lighting:
Construction:
Ville de Cranves-Sales
Material:
Concrete, glass, steel
Visualization:
Tools used:
Budget:
5.3 M €
Client:
Ville de Cranves-Sales
Status:
Built
Typology:
Educational › School

Christophe Rousselle Architecte: The proposal of this project in Ville de Cranves-Sales, France, is to maximize the use of the double slope of the land by building "two schools" developed on two different terraces, both in a vantage point over their surroundings.

The access, located in the south, is delimited by a roof that overlooks the courtyard and serves as access to the primary school, extracurricular classes and the large multipurpose room, thus offering greater flexibility in the use of equipment.

In the search to adapt in the best possible way to the context, the project proposes fragmented volumes according to each program, thus allowing a more adequate scale for the different uses and minimizing the misleading notion of a huge “UFO” type project, which would be more related to an urban school, in a denser environment.

Visible from the highest point of the building, the project incorporates sloping roofs that connect with the vegetation and thus ensure the perfect closure of this fifth façade and its integration into the local architectural heritage.

User safety is one of the reasons why it was decided to locate the school on two different levels: so that each classroom can interact with the outside, thus creating more direct and user-friendly routes. Also, unlike the first level, the slope of the land required the creation of a lower level, so as not to become a large embankment. The proposed landscape is that of a fragment of local forest and juxtaposed volumes of stone.

The local species are of rapid development, offering in just 7 years the immutable record of a landscape that is unified with the location of the building in total balance, considering the volume of vegetation in relation to the volume of the building.

According to this logic, the two courtyards are flat land and allow for ample play and landscaping spaces next to the facilities, the school is a central point in the landscape surrounded by the surrounding mountain ranges.

The materiality of the school seeks to promote durability over time and the highly varied interior is enhanced with the use of vibrant colors and at the same time reinforces the feeling of warmth with the use of wood in all common areas and on the floor.


By Liliana Alvarez

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