© Hervé Abbadie . Published on April 28, 2010.

This building is composed of two entities linked by a common lobby: a library (rehabilitation) and a multi-activities center (construction). A mixed program served in an architectural design, where a game of simple and readable volumes, each incorporating a functional cluster, is differentiated by materials processing. The project is built around the reception spaces and a garden under control. The garden itself can structure the space, like a cloister where the spaces and functions eventually meet. The linear frontage device is important. Indeed in order to minimize the visual impact from surrounding houses, the project extends as much as possible. A project sculpted by its program, with its volume obviously becoming more complex in its division. Developing its own identity, this project is subtly inserted in its environment.

View on the patio © Hervé Abbadie / RMDM

© RMDM Architectes . Published on June 16, 2010.

© Photo by Hervé Abbadie

© Hervé Abbadie

© RMDM Architectes . Published on June 16, 2010.

© Hervé Abbadie

© RMDM Architectes . Published on June 16, 2010.

Retified wood (poplar tree) on façades, passing across windows to create line frames ouside and intimacy as well as sun protection inside © Hervé Abbadie

© RMDM Architectes . Published on June 16, 2010.

© Hervé Abbadie

© RMDM Architectes . Published on June 16, 2010.