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Architects: Agence VEA – Architects
- Area: 1100 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Sergio Grazia
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Manufacturers: Fundermax
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Text description provided by the architects. Located at the edge of Canal de l'Ourcq, the nursery takes place in the XIXth arrondissement of Paris, a lively Parisian district.
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Metaphor of a boat moored on the canal, the building is hiding a hanging garden behind its Fundermax facade. The zinc cabin receiving nursery headteacher housing overlooks the entire edifice.
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The main site issue was to succeed to handle the huge level differences of this cramped plot. Our idea was to create a ground dock "technical" floor with the kitchen, the laundry, and all the non-children rooms, while the nursery main entrance was on rue de l'Ourcq, upstairs.
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Site narrowness has conducted us to build on the whole triangular plot. Curved building forms repeat interior spaces and were dictated by the imperative of non-prominent angle for the children. We have exploited this idea offering soft and welcoming shapes, associated with warm colors like the wood in facade. Wood facade is a nod to the social housing building around designed a hundred year ago.
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On the rooftop, while children have their own space to play outside games, photovoltaic panels allow the building to produce as much energy as it consumes. A free-cooling system enables summer night-time refreshing, thanks to the opening of gusseted frames hidden behind Fundermax perforated pannels.
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