Article source: Hellin-Sebbag Architectes Associés

Located at the foot of the Gignac hill in the Herald valley, the Lycée Simone Veil takes its dominant colours from the rural landscape – the blue and green shades of the vines and foothills of the Haut-Languedoc massif in the distance.

The roofs of the lowest buildings are gardens with gentle curves – valleys and hills – as if the ground has risen to the roofs, moulding them into free forms that provide the school with a “green heart”.

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• Architects: Hellin-Sebbag Architectes Associés
• Project: A Wooden High School Adorned With Ceramics
• Location: Gignac, France
• Client: Region Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée
• Client Representative: Arac Occitanie
• Structural Engineers: Terrell (Toulouse)
• Mechanical Engineers: Adret (La Seyne-Sur-Mer)
• Construction Cost: 31.86 M€ Before Taxes
• Floor Area: 14,514m2/5.35ha Site Area
• Capacity: 1100 High School Students
• Competition: July 2017
• Delivery: June 2021

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