Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons Architectes Associés

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension

Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons architectes associés

LANDSCAPE
Kaplan Landscaping

ENGINEERING
Otce Engineers, Oasiis Environmental Engineers

CLIENTS
Ccas

MANUFACTURERS
|Cfa, Kone, Smac, Atp, Baney, Bobion & Joanin, Boucharel, Dl Aquitaine, Gbc,
Gtm, Id Verde, Juste, Ltb, Miner, Technicuisine

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons Architectes Associés

AREA
3082 M²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Gradignan, France

CATEGORY
Healthcare Center, Restoration

Text description provided by architect.

The Repos Maternel is a shelter for pregnant women and young mothers of 18 and over, looking after one or several children, who are cut off from their families and socially and financially vulnerable.

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Philippe Caumes
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Philippe Caumes

Located in a wooded park, the Château Lafon, a large country house built in 1920, provides residents with accommodation, support services and communal areas.

Outbuildings scattered through the park housed a nursery, offices, and three halfway-house units for large families.

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin

As part of the modernisation and extension programme, all of these collective services have been retained and adapted to the needs of the institution.

In order to group together the main components of the programme all the residential units have been kept inside the “château” itself.

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin

Ancillary functions have been placed in a sunken extension that continues on from the existing basement level, surrounding an open patio that provides a compromise between discreetness and visual attractiveness.

Making the “château” stand on a flat green expanse in this way means that the topography of the park and the characteristics of the building have both been retained.

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin


Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Philippe Caumes
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Philippe Caumes
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
© Arthur Pequin


Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
Ground Floor Plan
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
Garden Level Plan
Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
First Floor Plan


Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
Sections

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension
Master Plan

Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons Architectes Associés
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