School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A

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  • Architects: LT2A
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  300
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Gilles Ribero
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Randers Tegl, ALUBEL, Sapa Building System International NV
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School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A - Facade, Windows
© Gilles Ribero

Text description provided by the architects. Inserted in a sensitive area occupied by long 1970s social housing blocks, the existing school distinguishes itself for its peripheral green fence, as if it is turning its back to the site. Our proposal is to start from the qualities of the existing, anchoring the new to its context in a clearer way.

School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A - Windows, Door, Brick, Facade, Concrete, Garden, Courtyard
© Gilles Ribero
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School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A - Facade, Windows
© Gilles Ribero

The existing building is based on a very simple plan: the classrooms are positioned on two sides of a well exposed nave which serves as a common space for the users. At one end of the building two new rooms are added as an extrusion of the existing system. In the continuity of the nave, a new entrance is created together with a new façade, which is meant to become the new image of the school itself.

School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A - Table, Chair
© Gilles Ribero

The wall extends to the edge of the plot in order to restrict views from the outside towards the classrooms.

School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A - Windows, Brick, Facade, Handrail
© Gilles Ribero

Therefore, the façade creates a filter between the public space and the activities happening inside the school, allowing pedestrians to get a glimpse of the inner garden through the trellis panels or the small openings, but still protecting the children's activities inside.

School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A - Windows
© Gilles Ribero

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Address:Loos, France

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Cite: "School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A" 08 Oct 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/880686/school-extension-la-fontaine-lt2a> ISSN 0719-8884

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