School Complex in Guichainville

School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas

School Complex in Guichainville 

ACAU Architects

ARCHITECTS
Acau Architects

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Flavien Blondel, Vincent Dubillot

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nicolas Da Silva Lucas

AREA
630 M²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Guichainville, France

CATEGORY
Elementary & Middle School 

Text description provided by architect.

The reconstruction project of the school canteen and the classrooms of the Guichainville municipal school takes its inspiration from the constructions close to the place.

School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas

City made up of individual houses in subdivision; we have chosen to design buildings with two sides of roofs allowing the project to blend into the decor.

In a contemporary way, we have treated the facades and the covers with a single material: the steel deck.

School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas

Designed in masonry and wooden frame, the restaurant offers a technical basement to install the technical organs so that they are not visible from the outside.

The specificity of the details makes it possible not to cover the building with a coping in the upper parts.

School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas

This highlights the material as a decorative element cut in the simplest possible way.

The waves of the steel deck play with the light reflecting off the sky.


School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas


School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
School Complex in Guichainville
© Nicolas Da Silva Lucas