Epilepsy Residential Care Home / atelier Martel

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Text description provided by the architects. Concrete parallelepiped with walls softened by the work of an artist, the Epilepsy residential care home of Dommartin-lès-Toul (Meurthe-et-Moselle) is an innovative program dedicated to the treatment and support of people suffering from epilepsy. The Atelier Martel’s architects have placed the daily life and the “at home” feeling at the heart of their concerns, outside the more conventional medico-social structures. The economic constraints governing the construction have prompted the Atelier to focus on the essentials. The site, set between pastures and business parks, imposes to develop a meaningful and visible project, a “strong shape”, capable of existing within this immense landscape. With its square floor plan of 60 meters per side, the simple volume matches the context, thus creating an object without front or back. If its shape and dimensions may rise concerns, the use of regular openings refers to the habitat. Its smooth “skin”, almost snowy, absorbs each ray of sunshine and underlines the presence of the building in its environment.