Educational and occupational training establishment in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland by Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

Article source: Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

The new school building is located in the proposed strategic place at the entrance to the city of Saint-Maurice and has the advantage of providing a new urban front to the Avenue des Terraux.

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• Architects: Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann, architectes dipl. EPFL FAS SIA
• Project: Educational and occupational training establishment
• Location: Chemin de la Tuilerie, St-Maurice, VD, Switzerland
• Photography: Thomas Jantscher, Clarens
• Collaborator: Thomas Wegener – Jessica Guiliani – Alexandre Gobbini
• Building client: Cycle d’orientation association, Commune of Saint-Maurice
• Building managment: Regtec SA, Lausanne
• Structural engineering: Kurmann & Cretton SA, Monthey

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• Function: Educational and occupational training establishment
• Floor levels: Underground, ground +2
• Surface du terrain: 12’000 m³
• Volume selon SIA 416: 59’000 m³
• Coût total (CFC 1-9): 44’544’000 CHF
• Travaux préparatoires (CFC 1): 3’320’000 CHF
• Bâtiment (CFC 2): 29’050’000 CHF
• Equipements (CFC 3): 1’267’000 CHF
• Aménagements extérieurs (CFC 4): 1’367’000 CHF
• Frais secondaires (CFC 5): 7’092’000 CHF
• Ameublement (CFC 9): 2’446’000 CHF
• Prix au m³ (CFC 2): 492 CHF
• Label: Minergie
• Building period: 2011 – 2014
• Competition: 2009
• Status: Completed

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It clearly shows it belongs to the institutional, educational and sports place owing to the distance from the street and to the fact that the courtyard open to the south and the Dents-du-Midi.

Its U-shape takes all the surrounding school area into account and connects the several playgrounds to open green spaces and sports facilities.

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The new construction, which is linked to the sports complex, offers wide access to the services installed at the court level, such as the theater / assembly hall, the cover of the Place des Fêtes, the double gym room and the judo hall. These activities denote the public status of the schoolyard. The upper floors are classrooms with a clear division of the two schools each accessible through a separate entrance.

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The volume configuration that takes full advantage of the different levels makes the place and the courtyard easily accessible from the street, the station, the school area or the car parks. The project adds on to the existing sports complex as well as bringing spatial order into the current area.

Image Courtesy © Thomas Jantscher

Image Courtesy © Thomas Jantscher

Image Courtesy © Thomas Jantscher

Image Courtesy © Thomas Jantscher

Image Courtesy © Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

Image Courtesy © Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

Tags: Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

Categories: Educational Center, Institute

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