ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/889144/groupe-scolaire-de-la-pomme-de-pin-celine-tedde-and-jerome-apack-architectes Sat, 10 Mar 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Cristobal Rojas https://www.archdaily.com/889144/groupe-scolaire-de-la-pomme-de-pin-celine-tedde-and-jerome-apack-architectes A monolithic polyhedron made up of white bricks and raw concrete, the Pomme de Pin school complex, which was delivered in 2015 in La Fare-les-Oliviers (Bouches-du-Rhône), does not immediately conjure up its function. Set up east of the town at the boundary with the Arc agricultural plain in a sprawling residential suburb, it acts as an urban marker at the entrance to the hamlet. The architects of the AT agency (Marseille) and of the DSA agency (Lille) designed a compact building in which the nursery school and the elementary school are superposed, thus minimizing the constructible area of the project. The main programme, which comprises two schools and a recreational centre, is supplemented by a multipurpose hall for the activities of the three establishments and by a car park built on “restanques” (in Provençal, a “restanco” is a drystone wall).

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