Descartes School / CoCo architecture + Arpio Architects

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Rabat, Morocco
  • Category: Schools
  • Design Team: CoCo architecture, Arpio
  • Acoustics: AcousticA
  • BET: Diagonale Management
  • Sustainabilty: Alto Eco
  • Construction: EMB
  • Fire Safety Office: Sepsi
  • Landscape Architecture: BASE paysage
  • City: Rabat
  • Country: Morocco
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Descartes School / CoCo architecture + Arpio Architects - Exterior Photography
© Jean-Claude Laffitte

Text description provided by the architects. For 27 years, the architecture and design firm ARPIO has been developing an innovative and sustainable approach to delivering large-scale projects in Morocco and beyond. ARPIO ARCHITECTS, in collaboration with Coco Architecture, winners of the international competition organized by the French Embassy and the AEFE, are reimagining the Lycée Descartes in Rabat. They have developed a concept based on the traditional house organized around a central courtyard, sometimes planted, to manage light, wind, and sunlight. The aim is energy efficiency and sustainability, to create optimal thermal and acoustic comfort that benefits both students and teachers.

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Cite: "Descartes School / CoCo architecture + Arpio Architects" 01 Jun 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1030378/lycee-descartes-arpio-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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