Community and Family Centre 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 tinted concrete column, timber-framed pink glazing and exposed ceiling services.
  • 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.
  • View of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, a stepped monolithic concrete volume with deep horizontal bands, glazed strips and planted slope.
  • View of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, a stepped tinted-concrete volume overlooking a terraced playground integrated into the wooded slope.

Located in the village centre on a steeply sloping site, the Community and Family Centre 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 neighbouring church in order to preserve views and its integration into the landscape. Double-height coloured light wells illuminate the core of the building and widen the circulation areas. The tinted concrete structure and wood-concrete floor slabs are organised on an open, rational and adaptable plan.

  • Construction of the Limonest Community and Family Center, with precast concrete floor beams craned into place on the sloping village site below the church.
    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.
    Construction of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing a steel access bridge to a monolithic concrete volume on a sloping urban site.
  • 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

  • Basement parking plan of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing a regular structural grid, ramp access and vertical circulation cores.

    Basement 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

  • 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

  • Longitudinal section of the Community and Family Center in Limonest, showing terraced monolithic volumes embedded in the slope below the village church.

    Motor skills room 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 details

  • Address
    9 rue de Doncaster, Limonest, Rhône
  • Dates
    2022-2025
  • Programme
    70-crib nursery, multipurpose 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
    E3C1
  • Notable details
    Wood concrete, bio-based insulation (wood wool, hemp, cotton and flax panels), geothermal probes, photovoltaic panels, double-flow ventilation, CO2 sensors

Credits

  • Client
    Commune de Limonest, D2P (AMO)
  • Project management
    Tectoniques (architect, lead), LJN (landscape architect), Tectoniques Ingénieurs (cost consultant, MEP engineering, sustainability consultant, concrete structure), Gamba (acoustic consultant), Studis (roads and utilities)
  • Photography
    Maxime Verret

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