The school group offers a range of neighborhood services, including a daycare center, a dance studio, a sports hall, a small library and a restaurant. The building has a very uniform appearance and the various entrances focus on a common plaza
School facility in France. Shades of blue interact with the blue sky
Architecture studio Dominique Coulon & associes designs the "René Beauverie" school group in Vaulx-en-Velin, which combines schools and neighborhood services, characterized by different shades of blue that vary depending on the solar angle
The building has the appearance of a hollowed-out block. The various courtyards encourage the entry of natural light into the center of the building, making the interior brighter. The presence of different shades of blue seem to modify even the white areas, which themselves appear colored
The variation of color and light changes throughout the day, depending on the angle of the sunlight, and the white areas sometimes appear to be the protagonists of reflections that make the architecture seem to be in motion. The various parts of the building complement each other and calmly integrate despite their complexity
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