La Sablliane School

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp

La Sablliane School 

transversal architectes

AREA
2820 M²

CATEGORY
Gymnasium, Educational Architecture

YEAR
2022

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bjorn Rapp

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Transversal Architectes

LOCATION
Yvonand, Switzerland

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The project "you my roof" proposes clarifying the existing school complex by establishing a triple gym and a school building of 15 classes.

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp
La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp

Their successive establishments will make it possible to define a central courtyard for all.

The characteristic shape of the roofs brings coherence to the heterogeneous composition of the existing complex and the neighboring villas.

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp
La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp

The covered courtyard defines the unique access to the building and is part of the extension of the soft mobility of the project:

a game of transparency takes place between the covered courtyard area, the interior gallery tier, and the 3 gyms.

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp
La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp

This volume, half visible, half under "sand", fits into the scale of this district. Lè Tapa-Sabllia, a nickname of the commune's inhabitants, generated the name of the room: the sablliane.

Indeed, the characteristic of the natural sandy terrain is highlighted by the "sandbox" effect of the buried volume.

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp
La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp

The exterior materiality with a perforated folded sheet sets the long facades in motion.

Its soft "green-white" color refers to the elements of the surrounding landscape structures: the great Cariçaie, the Menthue, the hilly landscape of the rock of La Baume as well as the agricultural landscape.

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp
La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp

The wooden structure of the roof rests on the exposed concrete walls. The gym welcomes natural light with soft, light surfaces.

The false acoustic ceiling in white lacquered perforated MDF panels and the wooden acoustic panels at the level of the "sandbox" contribute to the sound quality for sports practice.

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp
La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp

The sand-colored polyurethane coating of the sports floor optimizes the catch of natural light.

La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp
La Sablliane School
© Bjorn Rapp


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La Sablliane School
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