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Gradignan School / Ateliers Mathieu Laporte + Fagart & Fontana

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A school complex rooted in its local context
The school complex is located at the heart of Gradignan, a town in south-western France near Bordeaux, within the city's "park city" concept. It sits at the meeting point between the Parc du Repos Maternelle and a new residential neighbourhood. Conceived as a place for everyday life at a child's scale, the project brings together landscape integration, educational ambition, and sustainable construction.

Repos Maternel Woman’s Shelter Extension / Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons architectes associés

Valeria Silva — Sun, 03 May 2020 09:00:00 +0000

The Repos Maternel is a shelter for pregnant women and young mothers of 18 and over, looking after one or several children, who are cut off from their families and socially and financially vulnerable.

Boarding School for the Deaf / Pierre Goutti Karine Louilot Architectes

Andrew Rosenberg — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The boarding school for deaf youngsters is a place of living for young girls and boys suffering from this disability. Beyond the technical aspects required by this type of disability - such as visual detectors or automatic devices - the architects wished to explore a special reflexion of patterns and materials.