Primary School & Nursery in the “Claude Bernard” ZAC / Atelier d’Architecture Brenac & Gonzalez

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Text description provided by the architects. The lot forms part of the Claude Bernard priority development zone (ZAC), between the Paris ring road and the Boulevard Mac Donald.

Despite the surface area of the lot, its location near the canal provides very interesting poetic potential.

So that the children can benefit fully from the location and enjoy the views, we have created two frontages, one north-facing, and the other south-facing. Along the Boulevard Mac Donald, a three-storey block forms a screen that protects the playground, reduces noise pollution, and provides a sense of depth when you stand on the front courtyard and look through the foyer to the playground. On the south side there is a lower block adjoining the offices that looks inwards. Between the two is a raised, transparent bridging structure overlooking the canal that leads the eye from the playground to the other side of the canal and filters the traffic noise from the ring road.

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