Djuric Tardio Architectes

Wooden Nursery

Wooden Nursery
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WOODEN NURSERY

Djuric Tardio Architectes

CATEGORY
Elementary & Middle School

LOCATION
Paris, France

AREA
525 m²

YEAR
2020

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Clara Hernande, Pauline Mariez

MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
FACEA

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Bollinger + Grohmann

CLIENT
DFPE

CONSTRUCTION
Henri Delion, Léa Morel

ECONOMIST
VPEAS

M&E ENGINEER
FACEA

ACOUSTICS
Avel Acoustique

Program. The project concept grew out of a phase of research and development by the office. The request for proposals issued by the municipal government of Paris was an opportunity to implement this system to build a 48-cradle nursery.

Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume

Modular and nomadic, the building fulfills the requirements for rehousing Parisian children deprived of their usual child care establishments undergoing works. Thus, the building is designed to be disassembled, moved and reassembled.

Inaugurated in the 6th arrondissement where it will remain for 2 years, thereafter the nursery will be relocated to the 13th arrondissement, in keeping with the specifications brief.

Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume

Site. The French Senate made available to the city of Paris an area of the Jardin du Luxembourg located close to the Rue Guynemer.

The sloping, tree-lined alley, whose tree roots could not be damaged by the construction, lay above quarries located at a depth of 15m below, which threatened the stability of the ground and trees above.

Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
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Wooden Nursery
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The site will be restored to its initial state in 2 years’ time thanks to foundations on micro piles.

The temporary construction of the nursery provided the Senate with the opportunity to fill these dangerous underlying cavities.

Architectural approach. The Jardin du Luxembourg is an exceptional site. Therefore, the building had to take into account the constraint of a short-term existence and the requirement of a harmonious insertion.

Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume

This high-performing and bio-sourced building was designed with the principle of reversibility. It can be entirely reconfigured to be utilized for this program or others (emergency housing, offices, etc.), in order to serve new needs and future uses.

The Luxembourg site will be identically returned to its original state in two years and the building will be erected elsewhere.

Construction system and materials. The design of the nursery is based on a primary dismountable structure inspired by a construction system of Jean Prouvé’s, enabling the manipulation of self-bearing modules.

Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
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Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume

The assemblages are borrowed from traditional Japanese systems. The structural envelope is prefabricated in the workshop and the interior layout and utilities are also modular.


Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume
Wooden Nursery
© Clément Guillaume


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Djuric Tardio Architectes
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