Aldric Beckmann Architectes

Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club

Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas

PASSY CULTURAL SPACE AND YOUTH CLUB

Beckmann-N’thepe Architectes

ASSISTANT ARCHITECTS
Camille Gaven, Linna Lay, Thaïs de Roquemaurel

CONTRACTORS
GFC Construction

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Laura Giovannetti, Mathilde Mahler, Juliane Stolberg

PROJECT MANAGER
Nicolas Gaudard

EXECUTION COMPANY
COTEC

PHOTOGRAPHS
Stephan Lucas

AREA
2800.0 m²

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Passy, France

CATEGORY
Cultural Center

"Although unusually set within the site, the building subtly blends in with the surroundings. With its long timber roof, it creates a new horizon, a cut-out silhouette that forms a huge sculpture on the scale of the landscape. In this way, the project takes on a symbolic, contemporary dimension.

Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas

Walking about under the roof, the visitor discovers not one, but two places. Starting out from a central covered plaza, the building spreads out on one side into an activity room, and on the other into a youth club offering all kinds of activities.

There is plenty of room to move around, with extra spaces to be used freely. And regularly-spaced door and window openings let in natural daylight, with broad eaves providing shade.

‘Pixelisation’ of the openings and the signs creates superimpositions that supply a link between the natural and constructed elements. So this cultural venue ensures that indoors and outdoors are placed on the same footing, and hence future users with nature.”

Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas


Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
© Stephan Lucas


Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Elevation


Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Floor Plan


Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Floor Plan
Passy Cultural Space and Youth Club
Site Plan

Aldric Beckmann Architectes
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Aldric Beckmann Architectes
5 Rue d'Hauteville, 75010 Paris, France