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Cultural Centre in Bourg-la-Reine / Dominique Coulon & associés

Valeria Silva — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The Cultural Centre in Bourg-la-Reine lies on a narrow plot right next to a high embankment upon which a regional trainline runs. This plot is L-shaped and leads out onto a small road hidden away. To build a public centre, such a plot seemed far from ideal. So building an edifice on this plot called for a design with which the structure could stand out as a public building and find a legitimate place between the vegetation-covered embankment and the neighbouring homes.

Antipode Music, Youth and Cultural Center / Dominique Coulon & associés

Paula Pintos — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 03:00:00 +0000

The cultural hub Antipode is constructed in the new concerted development zone of the eco-district of La Courrouze, two kilometers away from the historic center of Rennes with very good tramways and soft mobility connections. Urban planners Secchi and Vigano organized various programs like large islets flooded by vegetation. The site is a vast territory on which were historically armament factories. To make its memory last, some walls have been preserved as well as large trees that punctuate the horizon.

Simone Veil Group of Schools in Villejuif / Dominique Coulon & associés

Paula Pintos — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 21:00:00 +0000

This group of schools is part of the response to the shortage of school premises in the center and northern parts of the town of Villejuif, on the outskirts of Paris. The reservoir site where it is located is exceptional in the town, on two counts: it is protected from sound disturbance, and it has a number of large trees in addition to its water feature.

Moulon Group of Schools / Dominique Coulon & associés

Paula Pintos — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Working on the master plan drawn up by the agency XDGA and landscape designer Michel Desvignes in this dynamic of urban renewal with a strong identity provided an opportunity for an extremely stimulating experience for us.

Pélissanne Media Library, Park and Public Passage / Dominique Coulon & associés

Paula Pintos — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0000

The town of Pélissanne is an ancient fortified city located in the heart of Provence in France. The new media library takes place in the historic Maureau Mansion, built in 1642 and set in the heart of an urban garden. The building is thus part of a rich landscape and heritage context. The project dialogues between two eras and two dimensions: the verticality of the rehabilitated volume of the existing building and the horizontality of the extension. This dialogue is embodied in the contrast between the apparent homogeneity of the facades and the different shades of local materials used, such as ocher and Rognes stone.

Extension And Renovation Of A Doctoral School / Agence Vulcano-Gibello

Andreas Luco — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Located in the downtown area of Nancy, the project site is installed nearby several city faculties. Construction of the project allows now all doctoral students to be concentrated in a single building. The project, urban by its position in the city, must resolve the paradox of being visible both by the strength and the quality of its presence, but discreet in its volumes and materials.

‘Henri Dutilleux’ Conservatoire / Dominique Coulon & associés

Daniel Sánchez — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The building is located in the upper part of the town. It backs onto the woods, forming the final outlying limit of the built-up area. Echoing the open landscape, it faces to Belfort Lion on the hilltop opposite. In this strong context, the building offers its solidity, an almost opaque mass of grey concrete. The surface of the mass has an unusual texture, hinting at plants or the veins in marble. It has been achieved by drip painting in two shades of blue. The drips of paint lend depth and thickness to the skin of the building. The surfaces vibrate in the light, apparently in motion – matter ceases to be static.

‘Allende’ Performance Hall and Rehearsal Studios / Dominique Coulon & associés

Fernanda Castro — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Set in the orthonormal organisation of the town of Mons-en-Barœul, the cultural centre pivots, the better to look at the town hall. The building gains in autonomy and becomes an urban landmark. It contains three music studios, one 500‑seat modular auditorium, a bar, an exhibition gallery, and a large rehearsal room.

‘Human Rights’ Sports Center in Strasbourg / Dominique Coulon & associés

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000

Strasbourg has had the status of European capital since 1948; it is the seat of the European Parliament and of the European Court of Human Rights. The city’s authorities quite naturally decided to a propose an educational offer designed to meet the expectations of the European and international civil servants working in the city by creating a European school. The school’s educational model, based on a multicultural approach, wide use of different languages, and emphasis on both children’s autonomy and parents’ involvement, covers a full school curriculum, from nursery school right through to the European Baccalaureate. The school is located in the leafy neighbourhood of the Robertsau, near the European and international institutions. The school has nearly one thousand pupils and, to meet its requirements and those of local residents, the municipal authorities in Strasbourg decided to build an open sports centre. The programme called for the creation of a multi-sport hall and a multi-purpose hall capable of serving as a venue for events not involving sport.

Théodore Gouvy Theatre / Dominique Coulon & associés

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 03:00:00 +0000

Freyming-Merlebach is a town with a substantial industrial past, in a part of Lorraine that developed in the 19th century, driven by the coalmining industry.

Les Closiaux / Dominique Coulon & associés

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:00:00 +0000

The building is located in a 1950s residential area in the Paris suburbs. The large sports hall is positioned at the far end of the site, giving the street a degree of amplitude and generating a public space which reinforces the building’s status as a community facility. The volume of the accommodation is in keeping with the houses in the neighbourhood. The fragmentation of the programmes produces a displacement between the two volumes, offering glimpses of the central part of the site and opening up views towards the gardens.

Home for Dependent Elderly People and Nursing Home / Dominique Coulon & associés

Florencia Mena — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000

This care and retirement home has been built in the heart of the Normandy bocage near the village of Orbec. The building follows the sloping curve of the hillside, and is visible from the valley.

Simone Veil’s group of schools in Colombes / Dominique Coulon & associés

Daniela Cardenas — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:00:00 +0000

The ‘Simone Veil’ group of schools forms a structural element in the urban composition of the new eco-neighbourhood. It is tightly embedded in the dense urban fabric, opposite a park and straddling the maintenance workshops for the new tram line.

‘André Malraux’ Schools in Montpellier / Dominique Coulon & associés

Cristobal Rojas — Fri, 06 May 2016 01:00:00 +0000

The school unit is part of Montpellier’s dynamic for development, the aim being to connect the city with the sea. The school is set on a small triangular plot of land, in keeping with the urban policy for densifying a new residential area.

Nursery in Buhl / Dominique Coulon & associés

Daniela Cardenas — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 02:00:00 +0000

The building marks the entrance to a small village nestling in a valley in Alsace. A 14^th-century castle dominates the site from the nearby hillside. The day nursery echoes the orthonormal geometry of the fortified castle. A perimeter wall with openings like on a castle wall protects the children’s playgrounds. This spatial arrangement offers views of the rounded outlines of the Vosges mountains.

Community Centre in Venarey-Les Laumes / Dominique Coulon & associés

Fernanda Castro — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:00:00 +0000

The project stretches alongside the railway line in the small village of Venarey-Les Laumes, in Burgundy. The building, designated a centre for rural excellence, contains a number of different initiatives, including a tourist office, a conference and culture hall, a day nursery, and areas for older people. Our task was to bring all these very different initiatives together in a single dynamic unit. The upper volume seems to float above an almost transparent plinth.

"Tournesol" Swimming Pool Refurbishment / Urbane Kultur

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:00:00 +0000

183 "Tournesol" swimming pools were built in France during the 1970s by architect Bernard Schoeller. These are rational objects, which offer amazing spatial qualities, natural light, high quality indoor / outdoor relationship with large sliding doors and a certain elegance in structural design.

Multicultural Centre in Isbergues / Dominique Coulon & Associés

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The site offers an interface between the town and an inter-municipal park. The project extrapolates this situation in terms of volume, positioning on the plot of land, and internal organisation.