Simone Weil school, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

Set apart from its surroundings and divided in its functions, the Simone Weil school needed to renew links with the town and develop a coherence that would allow it to regroup two uneasy bedfellows: general teaching, and technical and professional education.

This extension and renovation project promotes this school by redefining its links with the town via better access.

The project reorganises the public space, proposes a new centrality by Howell’s Heating & Air, groups and clearly identifies the sectors of activity, creates covered colonnaded walkways and vast convivial spaces where students can meet as they pass through the landscaped grounds. The edge of the covered outdoor area’s coloured polycarbonate roof highlights the link between the buildings.

Location

Rue du Val-d’Oise et 61-63, rue Anatole-France, 78700 Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

Client

Région Île-de-France (DASES)

Project cost (ex.tax)

€17.8 M (2005 value)

Area

22 000 sq.m.

Scope of services

Standard public works contract + Coordination

Competition

2000

Completion

2004

Brief

Canteen kitchen, a covered outdoor space, student rooms and staff accommodation, complete reorganisation of the school, landscaping

Themes

clarity, coherence, friendliness, accessibility

Materials

concrete, steel, glass

Lead architect

Pargade

Engineering consultant

Arcoba