DOMINIQUE COULON & ASSOCIES.Projects 26

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1 DOMINIQUE COULON & ASSOCIES Projects 26 Created 04-Sep-16 By David Romero-Uzeda, Strasbourg, School in Colombes Colombes, education, kindergarten, nursery, primary school Swimming pool restructuring and extension Saint-Jean Schools High School in Saverne The refurbishment Gaujot State Administrative District Library Anzin The Edouard Robert Nursery Regional Court and Industrial Tribunal 7 8 La Courneuve, education Library and Theater 14 House for disabled 15 Music School and Cultural Spaces 16 Community Center Venarey-Les Laumes Venarey-Les Laumes, community centre, culture, information centre, office, tourism Pre-Primary School in Marmoutier Marmoutier, kindergarten 9 Conservatoire Henri Dutilleux 19 Belfort, education 10 Montreuil National Centre for Dramatic Art 20 Montreuil, theatre 11 Montmorency, court building, office The Josephine Baker School Maizieres-les-Metz, culture, education, music theatre Orbec, clinic, health care 6 Paris, nursery Home for dependent elderly people 13 Mattaincourt, health care, hospital Anzin, auditorium, library 5 Strasbourg, government, office André Malraux Schools Isbergues, culture, library, theatre Saverne, education, secondary school 4 Strasbourg, education, primary school, secondary school Montpellier, education, nursery, primary school Bagneux, swimming pool 3 The Martin Peller Group of Schools 21 Reims, education, kindergarten, primary school 12 Nursery 22 Buhl, nursery 1

2 Nursing home for elderly people Pont-sur-Yonne, health care The Louis Pasteur High School Elderly Care House Ingwiller, housing The sculpteur Jacques Primary School 26 Reims, kindergarten, primary school 24 Strasbourg, secondary school 23 University Restaurant 27 Strasbourg, restaurant, university 25 Media library 28 Thionville, auditorium, culture, leisure, library 2

3 School in Colombes rue Marguerite Yourcenar Colombes 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 The building is on three levels The plot of land is small, and the roof areas are used to house the elementary school's classrooms and educational gardens The group also includes a sports hall, a canteen, a library, and out-of-school childcare facilities The building is very thick; the hollows scooped out of the facades serve as facets, attracting the light and reflecting it back Many of the traffic routes are lateralised, making them varied and bright A number of patios irrigate the heart of the building, bringing natural light into its thickness Internal transparencies add extra richness to traffic routes This project avoids all form of repetition The light, the materials used, and the traffic routes create micro-events Project is public! Floor area/size m² photo: Guillaume Wittmann Ville de Colombes Metro or RER from Paris to La Défense, then take Tramway T2 from la Défense and get down at Victor Basch stop, then walk to the building 3

4 photo: Clément Guillaume Swimming pool restructuring and extension Avenue de Stalingrad Bagneux The purpose of the project, in an urban redevelopment area, is to transform the building's image The refurbishment and extension form a harmonious mineral body The extension is in light grey concrete, and the original building, with external insulation, is faced with cement in the same shade This minerality is continued through to the hall floor, in Lucerne quartzite laid as opus incertum The scale of the new building, reinforced in this way, displays its strong urban presence Its large cantilever and forecourt provide a generous amount of public space The space of the double-height relaxation area is encompassed by curved shapes; an attractive rounded window frames the view of the garden The architecture of the existing large area (two pools) is conserved This is a place for discovery, in harmony with the ergonomics of the body photo: Clément Guillaume Project is public! Floor area/size m² Communauté d'agglomération Sud de Seine Monday 1200 to 1400 h, Tuesday 730 to 930 h, 1200 to 1400 h & 1800 to 2100 h, Wednesday 1200 to 1800 h, Thursday 1200 to 1400 h and 1800 to 2000 h, Friday 1200 to 1400 h and 1800 to 2100 h, Saturday 1200 to 1900 h, Sunday 1000 to 1800 h By bus: lines 128, 188 and 388, RER B: Arcueil-Cachan then walk to the swimming pool, Metro: Mairie de Montrouge (Metro line 4 will be extended on 2020 directly in front of Bagneux's swimming pool) 4

5 Saint-Jean Schools Rue des Bonnes Gens Strasbourg The aim of this project is to break with the monotony and repetitiveness that are characteristic of this highly rational 1960s building The project requalifies the public forecourt, making it secure and dividing it into a number of sequences by means of a low boundary wall, a single ramp, and two sets of wide steps This arrangement directs the children towards two separate entrances, one for the nursery school, and one for the elementary school The ground-floor spaces, including the halls, have been rearranged as fluid, welcoming spaces with rounded, playful, dynamic shapes The curved shapes contrast with the regularity of the classrooms and lend emphasis to special moments in the days such as going to the library and letting off steam in the playroom Project is public! Floor area/size m² Ville de Strasbourg 5

6 photo: Jean Marie Monthiers photo: Jean Marie Monthiers High School in Saverne Rue de Haegen Saverne This new educational complex welcomes a multi-purpose room, the new medico-social sciences spaces, the student daily activity spaces, school canteen et different class rooms The extension is located at the property limit, to keep the project footprint in the classified natural and historic site as fluid as possible, while ensuring an strong presence towards the exterior - symbolism of the public service role A common basement asserts the sat of this complex, a common material - the brick - the continuity in the time The extension, detached from the villa Rosier Blanc by a glass fault, which unifies the different times while respecting them, has a height of ledge equal to his On the inside, peace reigns while offering the monumental composition elements, moderated by the soft light that spreads in profusion by the direct or zenithal openings, or by the redans which form so many miniature patios Project is not public! 2003 photo: Jean Marie Monthiers 6

7 photo: Jean Marie Monthiers photo: Jean Marie Monthiers The refurbishment Gaujot State Administrative District Rue du Maréchal Juin Strasbourg The Gaujot state administrative district is a mixed of architecturally neutral buildings The quality of the intervention resides in the quality of the public spaces The neighborhood has already a problem in terms of image We have developed our thought in terms of public space The quality of this space is from our point of view the first sequence of buildings It's the one that prepares visitors, the one that sets the tone The courtyard has abundant vegetation Eleven European species of trees have been planted We've re-introduced grass to the image of the existing courtyards, tree trunks serve as benches During summer, the garden is complemented with rhododendrons This new garden has an educational role It represents the institution It brings shadow and coolness in summer, it becomes the center of interaction of the district Project is not public! 2007 photo: Agence Dominique Coulon 7

8 photo: Eugeni PONS photo: Eugeni PONS Library Anzin Place de Boussu Anzin The building reveals its preciousness at first sight Its pure, sophisticated geometry situates it as a public building The deliberate areas of transparency reveal its content The reading rooms present the building to the town in the manner of an invitation The multimedia library is covered with large white veils that reflect the light The building asserts it lightness, like an origami The successive folds and flaps repeat this image It is white, almost immaterial, like the mere projection of a concept, yet it is brimming with the life that constitutes it beyond its physical limits On the inside, there is abundant, uniform light The space is open and fluid, offering optimal flexibility The lighting effect produced by the tall gaps that appear to float in space is truly beautiful The volumes are independent and geometrically free, giving the whole a wonderfully poetic feel photo: Eugeni PONS Project is public! City of ANZIN By Train: Departure from Lille GARE > Arrival to Valenciennes 8

9 photo: Jean Marie Monthiers photo: Jean Marie Monthiers The Edouard Robert Nursery Rue Edouard Robert Paris The rehabilitation intends to give a playful aspect to the existing building redefining the perception of the interiors spaces The true concern of integration between the facade and the context, allows certain kind of height homogenization of the street elevation The facade it's being modified to reveal the existing basement and to align the cornice to the adjacent building The facade composition takes into consideration two ideas concerning the street : First one the horizontal lines are linked to the composition mode of neighboring buildings; Second one, it reveals the street slope while integrating the diagonal lines The project offers exterior views to the children at their eye height : Low windows are used in the learning rooms At the rear of the building, an exterior wooden passageway links the existing emergency staircase Placed in the south facade it works as an extension of the interior spaces linking them with the playground Project is not public! 2008 City of Paris (XIIème) photo: Jean Marie Monthiers Metro : M8 Michel Bizot Bus : 46 Michel Bizot 9

10 Home for dependent elderly people Rue de la Source Orbec 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 To reduce the visual impact of this imposing building, it was preferable to divide it up The desired effect was achieved by using the colour green, with the result that the building both blends into the larger landscape and reflects the rural nature of the site The under-faces of the overhangs and the white walls of the base produce a feeling of lightness Each of the living units fits into one section of the building, and all are connected to a south-facing street, backed by the hill This arrangement gives views through the building from one side to the other, with light punctuating the traffic routes and achieving maximum variety The colour red destructures the space and adds dynamic Using the conventional colours of the hospital environment was avoided Project is not public! Floor area/size m² EPMS Marie du Merle in Orbec By car from Lisieux / GPS : ,

11 photo: Patrick Miara Regional Court and Industrial Tribunal Avenue Charles de Gaulle Montmorency The theme of the project is accessible justice This is an unostentatious public building within the urban fabric The architect opted for modest, elegant exterior architecture, preferring facing bricks, a timeless material which becomes more attractive with age A beautiful oak tree (Quercus robur) symbolising justice is planted in the soil The ground and vertical walls are covered with ivy, adding the finishing touch to the soothing atmosphere of the place The intention is to provide a calm, soothing atmosphere to counteract the tension that so often exists in such places The project offers surprising spatial sequences, a progressive architectural promenade from the sober but bright forecourt to the public lobby, where emotions run strong The richness of the volumes, both sober and sculptural, shapes this interior space with an idealised, private urbanity, lending the whole the character of a small-scale yet very real judicial centre Project is public! Floor area/size m² Ministère de la Justice - APIJ 11

12 The Josephine Baker School Rue des Clos La Courneuve The group of schools occupies a trapezoid-shaped plot of land obliterated by the non-aedificandi area corresponding to the location of one building that was demolished The requirement to refrain from constructing closed volumes based on the rectangle that is a feature of the plot of land, combined with the constraints in terms of density and height, has enabled Dominique Coulon & associés to question the separation of the primary and nursery schools in the brief His proposal therefore sketches out a unitary organization, deployed with virtuoso skill in the three dimensions of the space between two poles linked by a system of ramps Thus the nursery school classrooms are pushed to the east, on a floor cantilevered above the entrance, and the primary school classrooms occupy areas to the west overlooking interstitial gardens photo: Olivier Nicollas Project is not public! City of LA COURNEUVE Metro : Take line 7 > get down at La Courneuve-8-Mai-1945 Tramway : Take line 1 > get down at Cosmonautes 12

13 André Malraux Schools Rue Andy Warhol Montpellier 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 areathe ground floor is taken up by the nursery school and the centre for before- and after-school activities The primary school occupies the other two floors, with its playground on top of the nursery school The volumes are designed as autonomous elements which appear to slide over each other, with their cantilevering providing covering for sections of the playground The classrooms are open at either end, and hence face both north and south This produces ideal lighting conditions, as well as natural cooling by the passage of air through the classrooms from one end to the other Project is public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Landscape designer Acoustics consultant Sustainability consultant Batiserf Bruno Kubler Euro sound project Solares Bauen Ville de Montpellier 13

14 photo: Guillaume Wittmann Library and Theater Rue Léon Blum Isbergues 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 The project creates a broad courtyard in front of the park on one side and an alignment with the town on the other Its volumes slide over each other; they are covered with a locally produced stainless steel skin, in three different finishes satin, mirror and matte - creating a kinetic effect reflecting the sunlight The different areas in the media library have been designed with ergonomics in mind, and a number of different reading postures are proposed, using a platform with a richly varied profile All along the proposed promenades, folding creates frames for a series of views out over the contrasting landscapes This new arrangement is designed as an intermediary between the town and nature Project is public! Floor area/size m² City of Isbergues Tuesday 1400 to 18:00 h, Wednesday 10:00 to 12:00 & 14:00 to 18:00 h, Friday 14:00 to 19:00 h, Saturday 10:00 to 17:00 h Closed to public on Sunday, Monday and Thursday 14

15 photo: Eugeni PONS photo: Eugeni PONS House for disabled Rue du general de Gaulle Mattaincourt Located at the approach to the town of Mattaincourt, the new medico-social establishment (Maison d'accueil Spécialisé - MAS) blends into the landscape, merging with the topography of the surrounding area It preserves the landscape Its roof, onto which the local meadowland extends, contributes to the building?s integration From the road, the disposition of the building hints at the hollows of the large inner garden and the collective terrace that opens onto the landscape The rooms are organized in the periphery of the building and around the inner gardens Each room has double exposure openings, in on side the patios, in the other side the landscape; the natural light and natural ventilation during the summer are assured The rooms are only connected to the corridors by their door All its other openings connect with nature Each room detaches itself from the institution to form a personal space - the home of its inhabitant photo: Eugeni PONS Project is not public! Ravenel Hospital in Mirecourt (88) 15

16 photo: Eugeni PONS photo: Eugeni PONS Music School and Cultural Spaces Avenue Marguerite Duras Maizieres-les-Metz The music school is a monolithic block 100m long and 40m wide It is sited perpendicular to the main road, projecting into the public area by 16 meters The building is set against a forest of giant sequoias, also aligned perpendicular to the main road The group forms a doorway marking the entrance to the town There is a broad forecourt area that disappears underneath the building The public uses the monumental staircase leading to the inside courtyard and the main foyer This is a wide area, open to the sky, treated with phosphorescent paint In the evening it continues to glow with a strange light The building houses a mixed program It comprises premises for local teenagers, an extra-curricular centre for schoolchildren, a community hall, an auditorium, and a music school These functions are brought together in a monolithic building photo: Eugeni PONS Project is public! City of Maizieres-les-Metz Monday-Thursday: Friday:

17 Community Center Venarey-Les Laumes Avenue de la gare Venarey-Les Laumes 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 The task of the architect 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 Cantilevers accentuate the dissociation of the various folds, each fold producing a face which captures the low-angled light produced by the orientation of the building The volumes of the project express its strong identity in the landscape; it stands like a marker of ambitious political determination Project is public! Floor area/size m² Ville de Venarey-Les Laumes by train : Gare des Laumes - Alésia by car GPS: ,

18 photo: Jean Marie MONTHIERS photo: Jean Marie MONTHIERS Pre-Primary School in Marmoutier Rue de Schwenheim Marmoutier This nursery school in Alsace was built within listed historical walls that once enclosed the gardens of a 5th-century monastery A low-rise building with a roof articulated into a number of planes In this way, we were able to keep the eaves lines below the crest of the wall, as required by the authorities, while achieving a greater room height elsewhere The internal soffit echoes the form of the roof Not only are the sloping surfaces of advantage acoustically; their complex geometry helps the children to identify with affords access to the entire bulding, lends the nursery a transparent quality Together with the recreation area three steps lower, the hall provides an indoor play space when the weather is bad It can also be used for a wide range of events and activities with local residents All the group rooms are directly linked with the out door realm and receive natural light from two sides-thanks partly to two courtyard areas, one of which is occupied by a pool of water photo: Jean Marie MONTHIERS Project is not public! 2006 City of Marmoutier 18

19 Conservatoire Henri Dutilleux Rue Paul Koepfler Belfort 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 concrete monolith exudes an enigmatic presence Only the volume of the dance room seems to be looking at the Lion, constructed in 1879 as a symbol of resistance to the enemy The building condenses a programme with very varied volumes The acoustic of each studio is designed to suit one specific instrument The areas appear to fit into each other The library seems to be suspended, marking out the cross-section and serving as a giant deflector The central patio is the darkest area Its colour and its negative drip design reverse the codes of the outer envelope It is the ultimate expression of density Project is public! Floor area/size m² Communauté d'agglomération Belfortaine School period: Monday to Friday from 800 to 2200 h, Saturday 830 to 1700 h Vacation period: Monday to Friday from 900 to 1200 h and 1400 to 1700 h, closed in August and during christmas holidays By plane: EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, by train: Gare de Belfort, by bus: Faubourg de Lyon or Hatry 19

20 photo: Jean Marie Monthiers photo: Jean Marie Monthiers Montreuil National Centre for Dramatic Art Place Jean Jaures Montreuil Alvaro Siza's 1993 master plan - with this state theatre at its heart - attempts to restructure Montreuil's centre, located east of Paris, following a crude refurbishment in the 1970s Dominique Coulon has designed a building which mediates between the city centre - with its axis oriented to the Paris Bastille - and the rural environs It is like a knot which joins spatial, geographical, urban and symbolic dimensions In the entrance area, the ceiling above the reception desk has multiple folds, similar to a geological zone of convergence, where tectonic plates are on a collision course but manage to slide past each other In the stairway, gyrating concrete volumes are bathed in Caravaggioesque light Dark and light, empty and full, this red space expands horizontally, ultimately leading to the auditorium, and then contracts until it becomes lost in the darkness of the foyer Project is public! 2007 City of Montreuil photo: Jean Marie Monthiers THEATRE: Tuesday and Thursday, from 1830 Monday, Friday, Saturday, from 1930 Sunday, from 1600 Wednesday, Closed BAR RESTAURANT At the 1st Floor, Open: one hour before and after each show Metro : M9 Mairie de Montreuil Bus : 122,

21 photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers The Martin Peller Group of Schools Rue Passe Demoiselles Reims This 'L' type building adjoins the street mall and opens itself to the south oriented playground The school canteen it's found at the junction between the two courses and completes the composition The main entries to both schools are situated along the pedestrian mall; the site conditions are suitable for interaction and safe pedestrian walking The project shows his public character thanks to scale relationship with the surroundings A large diagonal cantilever announces the main entry and produces un spatial call towards the mall Right there, volumes are in visible contrast, are richer and diverse Spaces are simple, transparent, open and they allow an immediate ownership The different natural lighting sources make pleasant and spatially rich places, favorable to awakening and creativity photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers Project is not public!

22 Nursery Rue de la Fabrique Buhl The building marks the entrance to a small village nestling in a valley in Alsace A 14th-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 The principle of the strictly rectangular plan is an arrangement of successive crowns containing the elements of the project These layers give depth to the project overall The heart of the building is formed by a central space which emerges at double the height and plays with natural light like a kaleidoscope This almost cubic volume condenses a host of faces ranging in colour from pink to red The matte and shiny colours resonate, shaping the space to make it richer and more subtle Project is public! Floor area/size m² CC Région de Guebwiller 22

23 Nursing home for elderly people Rue du Fond du Ravillon Pont-sur-Yonne The building blends into the sloping landscape of Pont-sur-Yonne The dark blocks house the 96 rooms; the main entrance is arranged around a courtyard resembling a village square, facing the Yonne valley The dark volumes appear hollowed out, with a tumble of geometric shapes folded into these starkly white hollows There are views of the scenery on all sides; the terraces look towards the river The common areas of the living spaces are arranged to benefit from the energy of light from the south, with wide openings looking out over the park In drawing up this project, particular care has been paid to use and functionality Everything has been done to use routes, natural light and materials to best advantage, producing living spaces which respect the dignity of their residents Project is public! Floor area/size m² Lamy-Delettrez nursing home 23

24 photo: Dominique Coulon photo: Dominique Coulon The Louis Pasteur High School Rue de la pleine de Bouchers Strasbourg The 'Collège Pasteur' is perceived as a unitary building Only practice can reveal its richness Indeed, if to the exterior it wields a function (force of the institution), the interior it's a conductive place for awakening, supported by the sophisticated architectural notions There's a disconnection between the volume perception of the project and the real experience we might find visiting it By the privileged views, by a contrasted journey, the project affirms itself as revealing teacher of discovering All architecture own methods are set in place, with its light, transparency, journeys, for the awakening of users Our approach associates architecture to landscape generating new uses We have conceived this high school as an initiation laboratory that allows each view to become the base of the educational experience Finally we're committed to put in place spaces in way to install serenity photo: Dominique Coulon Project is not public!

25 photo: Dominique Coulon photo: Dominique Coulon Elderly Care House Rue du Pasteur Herrmann Ingwiller The project is anchored parallel to the topographic curve lines as the other buildings of the Neuenberg asylum Different floors are married with the terrain slope allowing ground level access to the outdoors in each level, giving access to people with reduced mobility The 'U' shaped building creates intimacy around the garden The common areas, look to the city, allowing varied views of the surrounding landscape Fragmenting circulations reduces the walking distance and helps the management of the institution The common living space, easy to identify, find themselves at the heart of this path and play a linking role between the accommodation units photo: Dominique Coulon Project is not public! 1999 Main designer, richter architectes et associés 25

26 photo: Dominique Coulon photo: Dominique Coulon The sculpteur Jacques Primary School Rue Sculpteurs Jacques Reims The position and shape of the primary school answers to a wide range of the requirements that we thought to be fundamental for both schools We tried to structure the void spaces of both playgrounds The primary school playground is part of the dynamic relationships It's towards the courtyard that is pinched the most The diagonal opening to the planted area opens the visual field and end up returning the initial depth of the plot Pupils will perceive the playground as being spacious and diverse The existing monotony leaves place to playful diversity The quality compensates the surface cuts inherent to the program (1100m2) The entry facade of the new school has sculptural volume richness It participates to the primary school courtyard activity Project is not public! 2001 photo: Dominique Coulon 26

27 photo: Dominique Coulon et Associes photo: Dominique Coulon et Associes University Restaurant Rue de la Garance Strasbourg The project is based in the regularity of the existing grid to build a single frame, which gives the established scale in both levels This regular division highlights the existing structure The elements placed in the upper level have two functions: one works as a sunshade and brings a thermal comfort to users; the other is to create a sort of screen that gives a depth effect to the extension An artificial lighting concept spotlights the thickness of the sunshade elements The final end of the extension isn't just about adding built surface, but to take this project as a pretext to produce a new signal that reflects this dynamic institution The project has two different height levels due to integration concern with the existing - with its contemporary writing, it lets appreciate both architecture periods photo: Project is not public!

28 Media library Place Malraux Thionville This project has the ambition of becoming a new model for media libraries The programme calls the functions of a media library into question, lending it the content of a 'third place' a place where members of the public become actors in their own condition, a place for creation as well as reception In association with the basic program, the building includes areas for displays, creation, music studios, and a café-restaurant The various activities in the program blend into each other, creating a dynamic arrangement The building comes up close to the crown of plane trees This is the first thickness to act as a filter from the street, apparently playing with this first colonnade of plant-life Project is public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Technical engineer Landscape designer Building costs consultant Acoustics consultant Sustainability consultant Batiserf BET Gilbert Jost Bruno Kubler E3 Economie Euro sound project Solares Bauen Ville de Thionville Thuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:00 to 18:00 Thursday from 11:00 to 20:00 Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 First Sunday of the month from 14:00 to 18:00 The forum, the kiosk and the café are open from 9:00 Thuesday to Saturday By bus : Foch By train : TGV from Paris to Thionville By car : From Metz : A31 > Exit 38 > Parking Malraux From Luxembourg : A31 > Parking Malraux GPS : /