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‘Jeanne-Marie’ home for people suffering from mental disorders in Still. France, by Dominique Coulon & associés

Located at the entrance to the Bruche valley, Still is a typical village in Alsace, nestling among the foothills of the valley, where woodland, clearings and running water create a soothing landscape. The home is for people with severe mental health needs and suffering from anxiety, displaying aggressive behaviour, or suffering from any other form…

Construction of 40 social housing units and a brasserie, Zac des Grands Moulins, in Pantin (93), by Atelier Téqui Architectes

Facing the town hall of Pantin, along the Ourcq canal, the building is a signal of the urban quality of the city center, requiring a strong identity and an architecture open to its environment. The project is designed as a homogeneous whole, remarkable for its materiality. A gray-taupe brick envelope characterizes the urban facades of…

Research center & laboratory Écotron IIe-de-France, by Atelier Téqui Architectes

The Ecotron IleDeFrance technical platform offers to the research community of innovative equipment called “Ecolabs”, designed to handle ecological systems under confinement conditions and environmental control. The Écotron Île-de-France platform commissioned for CNRS and ENS research occupies a site dominated by wild natural surroundings that needed to be domesticated. The project’s architectural treatment showcases the…

the Grand Arras Agronomic and Agri-food Research & Development center for the soil analysis laboratory unit of National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment and for the University of Artois, by Atelier Téqui Architectes

This ambitious scientific project will develop research binding the quality of soil and food by dealing with the problems of life cycle and phytosanitary products: soil – plants – vegetables transformation processes – environment. It will provide better visibility to agronomic research and encourage sustainable agriculture in the region, while strengthening the attractiveness of these…

‘Pasteur’ lower secondary school in Strasbourg, by Dominique Coulon & associés

The ‘Pasteur’ school is perceived as a unitary building; it is only in use that its richness is revealed. While the outside has a representative function (the image of institutional strength), the sophisticated architectural concepts of the interior favour developmental learning. The perceived volumes of the project are dissociated from the actual use made of…

Kindergarten in Reims, by Dominique Coulon & associés

Sculpteur Jacques Kindergarten. 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…

Infant school in Marmoutier, by Dominique Coulon & associés

The school is built in the gardens of an sixth-century abbey. The surrounding wall is officially classified as a historical monument, and the building had to have a furtive posture in order to obtain the necessary approval from the French national architectural heritage authorities (‘Architectes des Bâtiments de France’). The very strict design of the…

Theatre in Montreuil, by Dominique Coulon & associés

Theatre in the eastern suburbs of Paris (France).  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…

Nursery in Paris, by Dominique Coulon & associés

Resctructuring at the Edouard Robert nursery. 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…

Nursing home for the seriously disabled in Mattaincourt, by Dominique Coulon & associés

Located on the outskirts of 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…

Media library in Anzin, by Dominique Coulon & associés

Anzin is the town that inspired Emile Zola’s novel ‘Germinal’. The town’s development has been dependent on the mining industry; many of its houses are in a very dark-coloured brick.  This is a post-industrial landscape attempting to achieve a mutation, in which the media library appears to be out of synch with its surroundings. Despite…