Complete renovation, wooden structural extensions on brick ensemble, green roofs to harvest rainwater, windmills and solar chimneys to light and provide natural ventilation. Classrooms are upstairs; the architecture brings in natural light, allowing for use of underground levels (-5 m) of the old building. How? A long north-south grassy gardened trough at the base of the courtyard, bordered by a glass passageway connecting reception on the ground floor to the life of the school and the library below. An extensive wooden structure shelters the reception area, covered playground, and gallery. At the north end, staff housing is placed on this wooden structure, above the top of the original building.

Program: General and technical education. 665 students in general and technical education. Thirty classrooms, CDI (Documentation and Information Centre), lecture hall, cafeteria, 6 staff housing units. The establishment comprises a “micro school” for approximately fifty “non-completers”, students who wish to re-enter school several years after dropping out. Environmental performance: Ubât-20%. Créf-20%. Green Project: solar chimneys for natural ventilation; urban windmills (outdoor lighting); solar panels (domestic hot water); rainwater harvesting for irrigation and supplying plumbing fixtures.

link :

http://www.ac-creteil.fr/retrouvezlactualite-septembre2014-inaugurationdulyceedubourget.html

Technical sheet :

Name of the project : Secondary school 

Location : Le Bourget, Ile-de-France region

2008 competition

completed 2014

Budget :15.5 M€ construction cost (not including tax), Area of the project : 8400m2 gross floor area

Architects/designers : Hubert & Roy architects and associates

Contributors :

Julien Plessis, Michaël Hackspill, collaborating architects. CET, engineering and design consultants for all building trades 

Frank Boutté, HSE consultant 

Cap Horn Acoustics, engineering and design consultants 

Arnaud Hug, landscape designer 

Donnet Tresse, digital imaging.