Collège Jean-Monnet, Broons (FR)
New building,
Timber construction
Client: Département des Côtes d’Armor
Location: F-22250 Broons
Architecture: Dietrich Untertrifaller with Colas Durand
Competition: 2012, 1. prize
Construction: 2013 – 2015
Area: 5,500 m²
Programme: All-day school for 600 pupils, 16 classrooms and 9 special classes, canteen, library, administration
Photos: Frédéric Baron
Team
Todor Atanasov, Ulrike Bale-Gabriel (Project management), Catharina Maul, Maria Megina, Christian Porath, Jana Sack
Text: Gerlinde Jüttner
Partners
Statics: Espace Ingenierie, St. Brieuc
Timber construction: QSB Ingénerie, Lannion
Building services: Armor Ingenierie, Langueux
Sustainability: Act Environnement, Loos en Gohelle
Acoustics: Acoustibel, Chavagne
Master builder: Scobat, Trégueux
Wood, exposed concrete, fresh red and lots of glass
The all-day school north of the 3,000-strong community of Broons in Brittany is one of the most important educational institutions in the region. 570 children aged between 11 and 14 from 29 municipalities attend the school. The three-storey school wing stretches across the entire width of the site and is bordered to the west by the single-storey canteen, whose flat green roof merges gently into the lawned landscape.
Together with the outer wall, the school wing and canteen enclose the schoolyard. The entrance, protected from the weather, is located on the narrow street side. The two-storey timber construction of the classroom wing rests on a concrete base, which houses the event rooms, library and administration. A promenade running parallel to the street forms a pleasant and safe footpath from the town centre to the school outside.
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