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Sumit Singhal
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.

Elancourt Music School in France by OPUS 5 Architectes

 
July 4th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: OPUS 5 Architectes

A few weeks ago, the Paris office of OPUS 5 delivered the new Élancourt Music School in Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France.

The new Élancourt Music School has taken up residence in the former ecumenical center of the Sept Mares neighborhood, one of the focal points founding the new town of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines.

The building was originally a house of worship, a simple, without ornament and inward-looking construction owing to the peace and quiet required by its function. Philippe Deslandes built it between 1974 and 1977, with the desire that it embody the qualities of simplicity, modularity and anonymity.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

  • Architects: OPUS 5 Architectes
  • Project: Elancourt Music School
  • Location: Dalle des 7 Mares, place de la Foi, Élancourt
  • Photography: Luc Boegly
  • Client: City of Élancourt
  • Project Manager: OPUS 5 Architectes, Hùng Tôn
  • Structural Engineering: Batiserf
  • M&E Engineer: Icegem Construction
  • Economist: Cabinet Votruba
  • Acoustics: Impédance

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

  • Cost: € 2,000,000 excl. VAT
  • Surface Area: 900 m² (9688 sq ft)
  • Calendar Process – Contract Negotiated: July 2014
  • Studies: November 2015 – November 2016
  • Works: March 2017 – September 2018
  • Construction Time: 18 Months
  • Delivery: October 2018

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Concrete and brick are the two materials present throughout the school. The central and open position of the building makes it easy to visually locate in the neighborhood, which facilitated its adaptation to the new vocation of music school, serving as both a focal point of cultural life and a warm and inviting meeting place.

The use of brick in the rehabilitation project made it possible to retain the building’s original architectural principle and its inward-looking and private character.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

The architects chose to seamlessly clad all the façades entirely with new bricks, treating the walls as “moucharabiehs” in front of the windows, counterbalancing the complexity of the volumes through the complete material unity of the envelop. The hand-molded bricks are laid with a mortarless technique. Nuances of color enliven and modulate this continuous skin.

Come the night, the shimmering interior lighting system expresses the softness and serenity of this institution of learning and practice.

The fifth façade visible to all the surrounding taller apartment houses is treated as a deep blue synthetic lawn, evoking the blue note, immediately signaling the identity of the facility and forming a patch of color in the center of the esplanade.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Light wells flood the interior with a soft natural light, balancing the natural light penetrating through the moucharabiehs and endowing each room with a greater feeling of privacy.

The architects sought, through the harmonious, luminous and attractive treatment of the interior spaces, to transform the building’s austere appearance into something more appealing to a younger public. They achieved this by focusing on fluidity of circulations, quality of volumes, light and materials, thereby turning the building into a harmonious space of pleasure and fulfilment.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Restraint and interiority characterize this repurposing project, which does not seek to stand out, but rather to lightly restore its place in the center of the town, to endow it with greater and lasting dignity and to kindle desire and curiosity, encouraging people to enter.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © OPUS 5 Architectes

Image Courtesy © OPUS 5 Architectes

Image Courtesy © OPUS 5 Architectes

Image Courtesy © OPUS 5 Architectes

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Categories: Music Centre, Music College, Music Hall, School




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