Groupe Scolaire Claudie Haigneré / ValletdeMartinis Architectes

Like a piece of a puzzle, the school complex, comprising a nursery school, an elementary school, a catering center, and a day-care center, is built on a plot of land surrounded by the Joncs Marins, the Jardin de Traverse, a fabric of small houses and several multi-family housing projects. To fit in with this ensemble, we had to understand the urban project planned for this part of the eco-neighborhood to extract its essence: the school group is homogeneous, but each facade is treated independently, taking into account the direction in which the building faces. The result is a layered, volumetric landscape across the entire site, with three volumes emerging on the main façade on Avenue Jacqueline de Romilly, representing the three entities of the school group.