Article source: Colboc Franzen & Associés

The third teacher. The Reggio Emilia Approach is an educational philosophy that considers that children develop through contact with adults (parents and teachers), with their peers and, lastly, with their physical environment, known as the “third teacher”.

Image Courtesy © Stephan Lucas

• Architects: Colboc Franzen & Associés
• Project: Childcare Centre
• Location: Lomme, France
• Photography: Olivier Wogenscky and Stephan Lucas
• Client: Lomme Town Council
• Bugdet: € 2 540 000 excluding all tax
• Surface : Net floor area:  1 277 m²

Team project management:

• Architects agent: Colboc Franzen & Associés (Benjamin Colboc, Manuela Franzen et Arnaud Sachet)
• Project manager: Géraud Pin-Barras
• Team: Ulrich Faudry, Guillaume Choplain
  • Mission: base + exe partial + SPC (Scheduling, Piloting & Coordinating)

Technical consultants 

• Fluids and HEQ: BETHAC
• Structure: IBAT
• Economy: MET-BAT
• Competition: 2007
• Beginning of building work: 2010
• Date of completion: may 2012

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