Apprentice Formation Centre

APPRENTICE FORMATION CENTRE

Air

Apprentice Formation Centre
© Denis Ferrattier

ARCHITECTS
Air

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Denis Ferrattier, David Boureau

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Saint-maur-des-fossés, France

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture

Apprentice Formation Centre
© Denis Ferrattier

Text description provided by architect.

The extension of the Apprentice Formation Center is a compact and economic building.

It achieves the composition of the complex of the Chambre des Métiers of the Val-de-Marne Departement, near Paris.

Apprentice Formation Centre
© Denis Ferrattier
Apprentice Formation Centre
© David Boureau

The raw yellow concrete facade gives a clear identity to the building. It comes down on the ground and back up again the previously existing building, creating an open air sunny room, a generous public space linking the old and the new. On the existing building, the concrete defines an extension of the cafeteria.

In a game of inversion, the new building backs its concrete facade and is based on a complex steel structure. The long span (20m) of the plumbers workshop is assured with full height beam that frames the second floor.

Apprentice Formation Centre
© Denis Ferrattier
Apprentice Formation Centre
© David Boureau

The triangulations of these beams give the diamond shape of the upper level windows and the inclination of the zinc.


Apprentice Formation Centre
© David Boureau
Apprentice Formation Centre
© Denis Ferrattier
Apprentice Formation Centre
© Denis Ferrattier
Apprentice Formation Centre
© David Boureau


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