Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

School in Saint-Maurice

School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André

SCHOOL IN SAINT-MAURICE

Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Kurmann & Cretton Sa

BUILDINGS CLIENT
Cycle D’orientation Association, Commune Of Saint-maurice

HEATING/ VENTILATION/SANITATION
Tecnoservice

LIGHTING ENGINEER
Aebischer & Bovigny Sa

COLLABORATORS
Thomas Wegener, Jessica Guiliani, Alexandre Gobbini

ACOUSTIC
Bruno Schroeter

AREA
12000 m²

FACADE
Arteco

BUILDING SITE
Regtec Sa

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Saint-maurice, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, Schools

School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André

Text description provided by the architects.

The new school building is located in the proposed strategic place at the entrance to the city of Saint-Maurice and has the advantage of providing a new urban front to the Avenue des Terraux.

School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher

It clearly shows it belongs to the institutional, educational and sports place owing to the distance from the street and to the fact that the courtyard open to the south and the Dents-du-Midi.

Its U-shape takes all the surrounding school area into account and connects the several playgrounds to open green spaces and sports facilities.

School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher
School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher

The new construction, which is linked to the sports complex, offers wide access to the services installed at the court level, such as the theater / assembly hall, the cover of the Place des Fêtes, the double gym room and the judo hall.

These activities denote the public status of the schoolyard. The upper floors are classrooms with a clear division of the two schools each accessible through a separate entrance.

School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher
School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher

The volume configuration that takes full advantage of the different levels makes the place and the courtyard easily accessible from the street, the station, the school area or the car parks.

The project adds on to the existing sports complex as well as bringing spatial order into the current area.


School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher
School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher
School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Yves André
School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher
School in Saint-Maurice
© Thomas Jantscher


School in Saint-Maurice
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Site Plan
School in Saint-Maurice
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Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann
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Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann
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