Community and Family Center in Limonest

  • Street view of the stepped concrete Community and Family Center in Limonest, with glazed façades, fenced garden and church tower rising behind.
  • Street-level view of Tectoniques’ Community and Family Center in Limonest, a stepped tinted-concrete volume with recessed entrance and roof terrace.
  • Interior view of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing a double-height circulation space with yellow light well, skylight and exposed services.
  • Interior view of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing a double-height timber-lined hall with blue wall, glazed partitions and high strip windows.
  • Interior of the Community and Family Center in Limonest with exposed concrete beam and column, perforated timber wall panels and full-height glazing to a terrace.
  • Timber terrace of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, with glazed façade, exposed concrete canopy and balustrade facing wooded hills.
  • Construction of the Limonest Community and Family Center, with precast concrete floor beams craned into place on the sloping village site below the church.
    Construction of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing a steel access bridge to a monolithic concrete volume on a sloping urban site.
    Open floor under construction at the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing tinted concrete frame, wood‑concrete slabs and large voids for light wells.
    Construction site of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing exposed tinted concrete frame, double-height space and open, stepped floor plate.
  • Site plan of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing the terraced monolithic volume, car park and nursery integrated into the village fabric.
    Site plan
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  • Axonometric drawing of the Limonest Community and Family Center, showing the stepped monolithic volume on a slope with terraces, ramps and roof light wells.
    Axonometric view
  • Plan of the Community and Family Center in Limonest showing a terraced floor with modular rooms, central light wells and circulation under the church forecourt.
    1st floor plan
  • Ground floor plan of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing rational nursery layout, circulation spine and outdoor play areas on a sloping site.
    ground floor plan
  • Basement parking plan of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing a regular structural grid, ramp access and vertical circulation cores.
    basement plan
  • Longitudinal section of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing terraced monolithic volumes embedded in the slope below the village church.
    motor skills section
  • Section drawing of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing terraced concrete volumes stepped into the slope with stacked floors and light wells.
    light well section
  • Longitudinal section of the Limonest Community and Family Center, a terraced concrete volume embedded in the sloping village core below the church forecourt.
    south elevation
  • Longitudinal section of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing terraced monolithic volumes stepped into the steep slope below the village.
    west elevation
  • Axonometric detail of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing glazed façade, concrete slab, light well and structural junctions.
    detail axonometric view

Project description

Located in the village center on a steeply sloping site, the Family Center brings together a car park, a nursery and community facilities in a monolithic structure anchored in the ground. Each function occupies a floor forming three terraced layers. The volume is set beneath the forecourt of the neighboring church in order to preserve views and its integration into the landscape. Double-height colored light wells illuminate the core of the plan and widen the circulation areas. The tinted concrete structure and wood-concrete floor slabs are organized on an open, rational and adaptable plan.

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Project details

  • Address
    9 rue de Doncaster, Limonest, Rhône
  • Dates
    2022-2025
  • Programme
    Nursery with 70 cribs, multi-purpose community facilities, 63 parking spaces
  • Surface area
    2,106 m2
  • Budget
    6.3 M€
  • Regulatory framework
    RT 2012 – 20 %
  • Carbon emissions
    973 kgCO2eq/m2
  • Energy consumption
    85 kWh/m2/year
  • Labels
    E3C2
  • Notable details
    Wood concrete, bio-based insulators (wood wool, hemp panels, cotton, flax) geothermal probes, photovoltaic, double-flow ventilation, CO2 sensors

Credits

  • Client
    Commune de Limonest
  • Lead architect
    Tectoniques (architect)
  • Project management
    Tectoniques Ingénieurs (cost consultant, MEP engineering, sustainability consultant, concrete structure), Gamba (acoustic consultant), LJN (landscape architect), Studis (roads and utilities)
  • Photography
    Maxime Verret, Tectoniques

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