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Project site is the courtyard of Lully-Vauban school in Versailles. The program ask for 1.an extension of the Dance Center accessible from the hall in high ground level of the existing school, 2.extension of the school canteen, in lower ground floor, providing natural illumination, 3. a canopy for students break. We decided to weld the elements together by 1.a floating building organizing the Dance Center on the same level, 2.a glass box below, 3. a wide covered space crossing the courtyard. The free height of the garden varies between 360 and 410cm, following the altimetry of the courtyard; building is 770cm high, reaching the 900cm for the dance-halls. Continue reading Marchi Architectes

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In the heart of the old town of Biévres, the elderly hall stands peacefully in the site without trying to hide itself. On ground level the polyvalent hall is composed of two modular spaces, of 50 et 35 m², that can be combined together. The elderly hall widely opens on the garden with various windows so that the eastern light and the view of the valley came inside. Here we can find some open spaces of sociability and others with a more intimate atmosphere. The attitude of the project is to integrate and transform the traditional typologies into a contemporary way. The building complex is composed of pitched roofs. Continue reading Marchi Architectes

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The new house is set in order to maintain the volumetric balance between the existing buildings on the west side of the courtyard: façade proportions, height and materials are translated from the facing building. New house is a contemporary architecture shaped from traditional habitat. The pitched metallic roof is asymmetrically designed in order to dialogue with the courtyard on the west and to recall the demolished building on east side. Continue reading Marchi Architects