Article source: archi5

On an abandoned suburb, the project made waking up every day to attend school under an outstanding green-roofed structure as a child’s right.

The Marcel Sembat High School offers technical education about motors and vehicle mechanics. It demands vast spaces with high ceilings and large surfaces. It’s located in a declining industrial suburb of the port of Rouen, France.

Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia, Thomas Jorion

• Architects: archi5
• Project: Marcel Sembat high school
• Location: Sottevillelès Rouen, France
• Photography: Sergio Grazia, Thomas Jorion
• Software used: Autocad and Adobe Creative Suite
• Client: Haute Normandie district.
• Collaborators: B. Huidobro, IOSIS Ouest, SPEC, ABC Décibel
• Steel structure contractor: Constructions Métalliques Charondière
• Main contractor: Millery Colas
• Surface: 12 764 m2
• Cost: 35 320 318 Euros without taxes
• Time-table: competition winner October 2005 – Completion 2011
• Steel structure size: 83 x 141 m
• Steel structure weight: 1000 tons