Sainte-Croix Gymnasium / MUE Atelier + BSAAR + Erbat SA

To be able to protect the prevailing belongings of the schoolyard and its adjoining backyard, the challenge goals to mix in humbly with the environment. Designed as a pavilion within the coronary heart of the backyard, the constructing takes benefit of the pure terrain slope to scale back the impression of its rising quantity. As well as, the selection of wooden materials roots the challenge within the park, whereas a concrete pedestal follows the terrain slope because it reaches the general public avenue downhill, turning into seating for walkers.

The materiality of the challenge additionally intends to spotlight native wooden sources, due to synergies between all these concerned within the wooden sector (forest house owners, forest rangers, timber trade and carpenters). The framework rationality in addition to the vertical setting of the outside cladding and its pre-greyed end all vouch for a look for effectivity concerning the efficiency of accessible tree species.

To reply the twin program, the constructing makes use of two distinct load-bearing methods. The big quantity of the sports activities corridor is spanned by trapezoidal underslung beams, whereas stable picket slabs full the structural system over the 6 m span housing extra premises and the youth improvement and studying facility.

The gymnasium, on the south facet of the constructing, advantages from a triple orientation whose panoramic openings name for the surroundings to enter the sports activities corridor. On the north facet, a 6-metre-thick quantity receives all the extra premises resembling locker rooms and storage, in addition to the youth improvement and studying facility on the higher flooring. Overhanging the huge quantity of the sports activities corridor, it advantages from pure daylight from the south and a view of the good panorama of the county.