A New College in a French Village

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam

A NEW COLLEGE IN A FRENCH VILLAGE

CoCo architecture + Jean de Giacinto Architecture Composite

LOCATION
Champier, France

CATEGORY
Elementary & Middle School

ARCHITECTS
CoCo architecture, Jean de Giacinto Architecture Composite

YEAR
2020

AREA
7445 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Edouard Decam

LANDSAPE DESIGNER
Atelier Roberta

ARTIST COLORIST
Frederique F.Thomas

MANUFACTURERS
Danpal, Armstrong Ceilings, Colt, EVERLITE, Knauf, Laudescher, Minco, Arval, Forbo, Schuco

ACOUSTICIAN
Sigma Acoustique

SIGNALETICS
Anne-Flore Labrunie

BIM MANAGER
Atelier Nomades architecture

ENGINEER
BETREC

CUISINISTE
GBA cuisine

HEQ
Terre Eco

Text description provided by architect.

A new college in a French village: an innovative learning environment, sustainable and pedagogical. The construction of buildings dedicated to education is a unique opportunity to see architecture participate in the transmission of knowledge in a playful way.

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam

The project aimed at setting an example in terms of comfort and brightness. It has been designed to facilitate its use by the operator, in particular for access management and security.

Building a place of learning is an opportunity to develop curiosity and constructive awakening in the child. As in the construction of a shack, the assembly of the materials that form the building must be easily readable by students.

The concrete skeleton appears in traffic and is fully visible in the classrooms. Acoustic correction takes place thanks to the wooden materials added to the concrete via islets and is not managed by a simple false ceiling with no flavor.

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam

Ventilation equipment is visible. The lighting fixtures are installed directly on the concrete, just like video projectors and speakers. Wooden joinery and the envelope insulated in the wood frame are visible in the classrooms.

In a fairly simple way, students can understand the building and how it works: the structure, envelope, acoustics, and technical equipment.

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam

All of these elements discreetly participate in the awakening of the student, from his imagination to the construction of his technical knowledge, and offers him a sensitive experience of space and architecture.

A third skin, formed by the sun breezes, connects the interior to its environment. Adjustable, these manage brightness and thermal comfort.

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam

Colored, they give the impression of a kinetic work of art that has taken place in front of the wooded hill.

From now on, it is the users who give life to this moving picture, who moves, evolves, recomposes themselves infinitely according to the seasons and uses.

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam

Finally, a pedestrian walkway crosses the two entities of the program, the college on the one hand and the sports areas on the other hand.

Thus, the college is not a closed island but a porous space, which opens onto the village. 

The canteen presents a largely glazed façade, open to the public space, providing a visual link with the village.

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam

The sports facilities of the new college are shared with the municipality, thus multiplying the links and the uses of this space.

This public street is one of the strong principles that allows the project to integrate with intelligence at the Champier village level.

A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam
A New College in a French Village
© Edouard Decam


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