Prinvault Architects

Jean Moulin School

JEAN MOULIN SCHOOL

Prinvault Architectes

Jean Moulin School
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PARTNER IN CHARGE
François Prinvault

PROJECT LEADER
Mathieu Honorat

MAIN CONTRACTORS
POULINGUE, SMCB

CONSULTANTS
Echos, Cayla, Alpha Bet

PHOTOGRAPHS
David Cousin-Marsy

AREA
747.0 m²

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Bernay, France

CATEGORY
School

Jean Moulin School
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Text description provided by architect.

The Jean Moulin School, built in Bernay (Normandy) in 2012 by Prinvault Architectes (Paris) replaces a school destroyed in an arson attack in 2009.

The project satisfies three requests of the municipality: to adjust the size of the school to the current local schooling needs.

Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy
Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy

It redefine the nature of the relation to the existing family center and to rejuvenate the area with a contemporary building.

Built on a single level, the building is organized around a central corridor with niches recessed to accommodate benches and create various informal spaces for children.

Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy
Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy

Different sized windows frame multiple views of the court, the sky or the treetops.

The building skeleton is a timber frame structure, its roof is green and the heating burns wood.

Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy
Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy

The new building has hence overcome the traumatic loss with its range of 1000 colorful cladding strips that match the colors fire:

a digitized photo revealed a spectrum of 2.5% black, 2.5% zinc yellow, 2.5% yellow gold, 2.5% red-brown, 25% orange-red, burgundy 25%, and 40% carmine red...

Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy
Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy

A random formula Excel is then used to generate the distribution of the 1000 strips the facade cladding component.


Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy
Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy
Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy
Jean Moulin School
© David Cousin-Marsy


Jean Moulin School
Site Plan
Jean Moulin School
Floor Plan


Jean Moulin School
Detail
Jean Moulin School
Detail

Prinvault Architects
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