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52 Social Housing Units in Nanterre / Colboc Franzen & Associés

Karen Valenzuela — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Hoche ecodistrict is rising from the ground on old industrial sites. It has to mediate between the scale of the Chemin-de-l’Ile park and the A14 motorway that cuts through it, and the far smaller scale of an area of detached houses dating back to the 1930s.

Childcare Centre in Lomme / Colboc Franzen & Associés

Cristian Aguilar — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The third teacher. The Reggio Emilia Approach is an educational philosophy that considers that children develop through contact with adults (parents and teachers), with their peers and, lastly, with their physical environment, known as the “third teacher”.

Jacques de Vaucanson High School / Colboc Franzen & Associés

Javier Gaete — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The art of dentistry on an occupied site
In the suburbs of Tours, in the late 80s, a large concrete vessel dedicated to teaching was constructed, the Jacques de Vaucanson High School. It affirms an orthogonal composition of geometric shape, relayed by a work of genius on the cuts, displaying an absolute belief in the architecture. But this act of bravery has been overtaken by time. The areas of activity have eroded the surrounding land, low maintenance budgets have prematurely aged it, thermal standards have changed, and the number of students will increase: it must be restructured. It was necessary to study the inner workings of the school and support uses, giving meaning to the existing buildings. From the hoppers that are in this way filled, to the beaten down partitions. In order to ensure the unity of the whole, the original services are recreated identically. Only the self, as a strong and identifiable design element, benefits from specific treatment. The double high ceilings, originally intended to be filled and thus increase the carrying capacity, are not enough: it must also be enlarged. How to intervene on this recent heritage whose ground plan seems rigid and resistant to any extension?

Media Library of Montauban / Colboc Franzen & Associés

Javier Gaete — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The construction of the new multimedia library of Montauban is spearheading an urban renewal project in the eastern quarters of the city. It must mark the entrance to the city, providing an identity to these neglected neighborhoods while still representing the city of Montauban. In parallel it is a project of reinvention: in these times of the digitalization of knowledge, the challenges of such a design are of spatialization and of materialization of the information and its division. This is the "third place" between domestic space and work space.

L’arbrisseau Neighborhood Centre / Colboc Franzen & Associés

Megan Jett — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

It’s impossible not to notice the L’Arbrisseau neighborhood centre in the southern suburbs of Lille. Its helical shape, the staircase that winds itself up around the sides of the building and its aluminium cladding, like a space vessel’s, all make it stand out. They create a contrast with a rather disjointed and sometimes deprived urban environment that nonetheless holds some pleasant surprises, including a sunflower swimming pool around the back that is straight out of the Seventies.

House In Sèvres / Colboc Franzen & Associés

Andrew Rosenberg — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The house consists of three separate sets: the amenities (lobby, office, laundry room, basement, garage), parts of collective life (living room, dining room, kitchen, which shall secure the room with parents want to close), and finally children's bedrooms, arranged around a multipurpose space. The methods and time of occupation are distinct, the different expectations: for the first feature, group life and reception for the second, privacy for the third.

FITECO / Colboc Franzen & Associes

Nico Saieh — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Public accounting group Fiteco was willing to get its head office and its local branch together in only one area, situated in the suburb of Laval.