The project’s urban location in the middle of block with an inhabited perimeter demanded a specific architectural response. The school complex is accessed via a public passageway traversing the plot from East to West. The architectural solution thus creates a balance between interiority and exteriority. The project responds to the diversity of the surrounding architecture and urban elements with the simplicity of a unifying, homogenous, gentle form, whose swaying, shifting curves envelop the exterior spaces. The impression of lightness is accentuated by the glass panels’ inverted scales, which give the building an organic sparkle.
18-classes nursery and primary school
City of Arcueil
Groupe scolaire Olympe-de-Gouges, Arcueil, France
5,000 m²
11.2 M€ excl. VAT
Delivered in 2010
TVK (lead architect), EVP Ingénierie (structural engineer), INEX (MEP consultant), MDETC (cost consultant), Franck Boutté Consultants (sustainability), Vulcanéo (fire engineer)
Zero Energy, HEQ process
Clément Guillaume, Julien Hourcade
Aliette Chauchat, Victor Francisco (project directors), Thibaut Barrault