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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. School and Municipal Centre in Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland by 2b architectesJune 21st, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: 2b architectes The design goes beyond simply extending the school building. Instead, it strengthens the character and status of the existing system as a public space, a school and a municipal center.  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei
 Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei The building acts in the spirit of a “vertical network structure” by playing with the special topography of the area to connect the existing levels and uses. It is complemented by extended pathways in the exterior area. These new connections spatially reorder access to the school premises and create additional exterior spaces. The covered playground now acts as the main entrance to the school facing the village. The new section picks up on the formal and material vocabulary of the existing building and presents itself as a large grid of raw concrete with a mineral quality. This automatic form results from the defining dimensions of the existing building, with its different floor heights. The project complements the different levels of the older building and connects it with the new section.  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei The façade – both visually transparent and a stage of constant change – plays on presenting an element of everyday domestic life: the curtain, which can be alternately perceived as a veil, light protection and as an element that has been set in motion.  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou and Roger Frei  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes  Image Courtesy © 2b architectes
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