Art School And Housing
Art School and housing
Arc.Ame
ARCHITECTS
Arc.Ame
PHOTOS
Michel Denancé
STATUS
Built
AREA
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
YEAR
2014
LOCATION
Calais, France
TYPE
Educational › High School>Residential › Multi Unit Housing
School of art with 16 classes and 25 collectives flats in the center of Calais, France.
The project is located downtown in a derelict space occupied by an old commercial mall.
By choosing such space to develop an ambitious project putting together an Art School and flats, the town wished to show its intention to revitalise its downtown area.
The project brings together in a unique framework an art school and 25 flats.These are not two separate buildings, but a project composed of two programs carried out with the same ambition and inventiveness of renewal for the heart of town.
The flats are like houses placed on the roof; they offer a unique architectural response adapted to the needs of a new way of living in the city centre.
The gateway housing is made of mixed metal and wooden structure system.The cover and the housing façades Copper Gold varnished finish. The flat roofs are an extensive, vegetated complex.
