Pierre Marsan Architect DPLG

Lycée Louis Barthou

Lycée Louis Barthou
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LYCÉE LOUIS BARTHOU

Pierre Marsan

Architects
Pierre Marsan

YEAR
2012

CATEGORY
Schools

LANDSCAPE
Pays Paysage

LOCATION
Pau, France 

PHOTOGRAPHS
Arthur Pequin

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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In this project, a forest delimits a vast area in the centre of a major heritage site in the City of Pau.

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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The forest is crossed by a network of paths and clearings.

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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A series of shelters and a sanitary facility define a large courtyard.

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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The ground is deformed arbitrarily by folding and unfoldings that create volumes where the ground. Walls and roofs become a single entity.

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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The masonry spreads over the ground along both sides of the structure plotting a masonry line across the playground.

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Dense and common planting: ash, elms, beeches...

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Creates on one hand the empty central space of the stadium but also participates to provide a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere for pupils.

Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
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Lycée Louis Barthou
© Arthur Pequin
Lycée Louis Barthou
© Arthur Pequin
Lycée Louis Barthou
© Arthur Pequin
Lycée Louis Barthou
© Arthur Pequin
Lycée Louis Barthou
© Arthur Pequin
Lycée Louis Barthou
© Arthur Pequin


Lycée Louis Barthou
Floor Plan
Lycée Louis Barthou
Section


Lycée Louis Barthou
Model 1
Lycée Louis Barthou
Model 2

Pierre Marsan Architect DPLG
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Pierre Marsan Architect DPLG
38 Rue Amédée Roussille, 64000 Pau, France