Article source: dominique coulon & associés

The school group consists of fourteen classes, located on the edge of fields north of the village of Gidy, not far from Orleans. It meets the need to create places in nursery and primary education that has resulted from an increase in the local population.

This large building does not fall within the standards for urban architecture. Its village atmosphere is achieved by applying volumetric arrangements that make the building appear smaller than it is.

Image Courtesy © Clément Guillaume

• Architects: dominique coulon & associés
• Project: ‘Olympe de Gouges’ group of schools
• Location: Gidy, France
• Photography: Clément Guillaume
• Software used: vectorworks
• Client: City of Gidy
• Project management: Dominique Coulon & associés
• Architects: Dominique Coulon, Olivier Nicollas, Margot Machin, Javier Gigosos- Ruipérez, Ali Ozku, Diego Bastos-Romero
• Construction site supervision: Margot Machin
• Structural Engineer: Batiserf Ingénierie
• Electrical Engineer: BET G. Jost

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