Secondary School in Le Bourget

Classrooms are upstairs; the architecture brings in natural light, allowing for use of underground levels (-5 m) of the old building. How? A long north-south grassy gardened trough at the base of the courtyard, bordered by a glass passageway connecting reception on the ground floor to the life of the school and the library below. An extensive wooden structure shelters the reception area, covered playground, and gallery. At the north end, staff housing is placed on this wooden structure, above the top of the original building.

Program: General and technical education. 665 students in general and technical education. Thirty classrooms, CDI (Documentation and Information Centre), lecture hall, cafeteria, 6 staff housing units. The establishment comprises a “micro school” for approximately fifty “non-completers”, students who wish to re-enter school several years after dropping out. Environmental performance: Ubât-20%. Créf-20%. Green Project: solar chimneys for natural ventilation; urban windmills (outdoor lighting); solar panels (domestic hot water); rainwater harvesting for irrigation and supplying plumbing fixtures.

Project Facts

Competition: 2008
Completed: 2014
Budget: 15.5 M€ construction cost (not including tax)
Area of the project: 8400m2 gross floor area
Architects/designers: Hubert & Roy architects and associates
Contributors:
Julien Plessis, Michaël Hackspill, collaborating architects
CET, engineering and design consultants for all building trades
Frank Boutté, HSE consultant 
Cap Horn Acoustics, engineering and design consultants 
Arnaud Hug, landscape designer 
Donnet Tresse, digital imaging.