Dominique Coulon & Associés

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

NURSERY AND MULTI-RECEPTION FACILITY IN BUHL

Dominique Coulon & Associés

ARCHITECT 
Dominique Coulon & associés

LANDSCAPING
Philippe Obliger

ACOUSTICS
Euro sound project

CONSTRUCTION SITE SUPERVISION
David Romero-Uzeda

ARCHITECTES ASSISTANTS
Javier Gigosos Ruipérez, Diego Bastos-Romero, Gautier Duthoit

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Batiserf

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
BET G.Jost

MECHANICAL PLUMBING ENGINEER
Solares Bauen

COST ESTIMATOR
E3 économie

PROGRAM
Nursery, Day nursery and Nursery assistants relay for 40 children.

KITCHEN EXPERT
Ecotral

COMPETITION
march 2013

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
from may 2013 to november 2013

CONSTRUCTION WORKS
from february 2014 to june 2015

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
Earthworks, sewerage networks and road works (S.T.P. MADER), concrete stucture (MADER), water proofing roofing (SMAC), exterior joinery (MENUISERIE VOLLMER ET FILS), metalworks(MULLER-ROST), exterior isolation (SOMREN), scaffolding (LOC’ECHAF), interior wood work and furniture (HUNSINGER), plastering (SOMEGYPS), concrete screed (MADER), tiled floors (MULTISOLS), glued floors (HERTZOG), painting (SOMREN), green areas (PARCS ET JARDINS B.WITTERSHEIM), electricity (VINCENTZ), heating and ventilation (MAISON XAVIER FRUH), plombing and drainage (LABEAUNE), kitchen (M.E.A.)

CLIENT 
CC Région de Guebwiller

PHOTOS
Eugeni Pons (11), David Romero-Uzeda (5)

BUDGET
$1M - 5M

SURFACE
763m2

SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

ADDRESS
14 rue de la Fabrique, 68530, Buhl, France / Google maps location : 47.920970, 7.196955

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Buhl, France

TYPE
Educational › Nursery

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

The building marks the entrance to a small village nestling in a valley in Alsace.A 14th-century castle dominates the site from the nearby hillside.

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

The day nursery echoes the orthonormal geometry of the fortified castle. A perimeter wall with openings like on a castle wall protects the children’s playgrounds.

This spatial arrangement offers views of the rounded outlines of the Vosges mountains.

The principle of the strictly rectangular plan is an arrangement of successive crowns containing the elements of the project.

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

These layers give depth to the project overall. The heart of the building is formed by a central space which emerges at double the height and plays with natural light like a kaleidoscope.

This almost cubic volume condenses a host of faces ranging in colour from pink to red. The matte and shiny colours resonate, shaping the space to make it richer and more subtle.

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

The multiple transparencies installed between the different layers give an indication of the depth of the building.

There is abundant natural light throughout, captured by skylights emerging from the overall volume.

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

The building appears in the landscape like a fragmented monolith where the play of solids and hollows is reminiscent of something like a Lego model of a castle.

The building is surrounded by sixty-eight apple trees which hark back to the local agricultural landscape.

Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl


Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
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Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl


Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl
Nursery And Multi-Reception Facility In Buhl

Dominique Coulon & Associés
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Dominique Coulon & Associés
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