L'ECOLE-VILLAGE

2021
Team point of view
The school becomes the support for future history. We see the school of tomorrow as a place to develop interaction and life within the community. It’s a school for and by the village. It is multifaceted, living and ever-evolving. It’s a vector for the development of future inhabitants; it’s a place of possibilities: that of the interactions. It opens towards the village, with unexpected crossings, and then it closes itself once and again to protect its students. This new equipment is simultaneously intended for the school’s students and the local population, benefiting from new places: a library, a sports hall, a music room, a dining area, workshops, … The use range of such a facility extends beyond itself and revitalises the urban fabric. This way, the town becomes « walkable », facilitating the encounters. Adapted to the different scales, a string of micro-interventions develops itself along this thread and broadens the uses. Thus, the school comes out of its boundaries and makes village and community.

Jury Point of View
The team targets one of the project sites and provides a pertinent response to the sub- theme of inclusive vitalities based on the school as a place for living, encounter and natural convergence. The project is remarkably well drawn. It proposes a mode of action that complements other territorial proposals, which immediately addresses the next generation and can play a very strong catalytic role for wider urban changes.