Education
Les Violettes Primary School
Mareil-Marly (78)
Siting
Les Violettes primary school is conceived as a 'village within the village'—a school among the trees in a bucolic landscape. The diverse, fragmented volumes create a setting where existing trees and lush vegetation take center stage.
Faced with an extensive program, our goal was to heighten the site's natural assets. We designed a garden school rooted in its environment through its materiality—timber and glass reflecting the foliage—and its spatial composition, creating visual transparencies between pavilions and open vistas toward the sky. The project brings nature into the town through expressive, highly sustainable architecture.
Technical data
Program
Construction of a 16-classroom school complex incorporating a new nursery school, extracurricular leisure center (CLSH), and a 6-classroom extension to the existing elementary school, following the demolition of the obsolete nursery building. Comprehensive landscape design of courtyards and surroundings.
Location
Mareil-Marly (78)
Client
City of Mareil-Marly
Calendar
Completed - 2024
Environmental Performance
Bio-based certified; wood-fiber insulation; timber ceilings; E+C- label (E3C1 certified).
Floor Area
1,997 m² GFA
Outdoor areas: 2,824 m²
Cost
€7.3M excl. VAT
Project Team
HEMAA architectes (lead), Hesters-Oyon architectes associés
OTE (engineering).
Photography & Visuals
Sergio Grazia
Nicolas Da Silva Lucas
Structure & Materials
- Timber structure
- timber-frame facades clad in natural wood siding and mirrored aluminum
Performance
- E3C1
