Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien

  • Existing brick-and-render house in Saint-Valérien, with green shutters and tall chimneys behind a dense hedge and metal fence, prior to cultural center project.
    Existing brick façade in Saint-Valérien, with timber shutters, metal anchors and blocked openings, documenting the pre-Renovation state of the center.
  • Site plan of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing the rectangular courtyard building, surrounding plots, streets and tree-lined edges.

    Site plan

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  • Axonometric drawing of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing a single-storey perimeter volume enclosing a planted central courtyard.

    Axonometric view

  • Ground floor plan of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, organized around a central landscaped patio with perimeter rooms.

    ground floor plan

  • Roof plan of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing pitched volumes around a central landscaped patio and roof openings.

    roof plan

  • Longitudinal section of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing twin pitched volumes, central glazed gallery and timber envelope.

    transverse section

  • Elevation drawing of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing a low timber volume with glazed façade and pitched roof canopies.

    longitudinal section

  • Elevational drawing of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing a long single-storey volume with three raised blocks and glazed façades.

    south elevation

  • Elevation drawing of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing a low linear volume with pitched roofs, glazed façade and framed openings.

    west elevation

  • Elevational drawing of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing a low linear volume with glazed ground floor and two upper pavilions.

    north elevation

  • Elevation drawing of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing a low linear volume with pitched roofs, glazed gallery and framed openings.

    east elevation

  • Axonometric detail of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Center in Saint-Valérien, showing brick façade, timber roof structure and canopy junction.

    detail axonometric view

Project description

Located on the edge of the village in an open plain landscape, the facility brings together a leisure center, an early childhood center, a music and dance school, a restaurant and a multipurpose hall. The project adopts a simple, clearly identifiable form: a courtyard building that contains a local landscape by arranging each function in a separate wing. Domestic and vernacular references are deliberately used to give the building a familiar presence.

Project details

  • Address
    3 route de Coleuvrat, Saint-Valérien, Yonne
  • Dates
    Ongoing since 2022
  • Programme
    École de musique, école de danse, restaurant, salle polyvalente, centre de loisirs, relais petite enfance
  • Surface area
    2,457 m2
  • Budget
    7.3 M€
  • Regulatory framework
    RE 2020 niveau 2025 – Cep – 30 %
  • Energy consumption
    40 kWh/m2/year
  • Labels
    Bâtiment biosourcé niveau 3
  • Notable details
    Geothermal, photovoltaic, wood wool, bricks (raw earth, fired)

Credits

  • Client
    Communauté de Communes du Gatinais en Bourgogne
  • Lead architect
    Tectoniques (architect)
  • Project management
    Tectoniques Ingénieurs (cost consultant, MEP engineering, sustainability consultant, timber structure, concrete structure, Construction scheduling and coordination), LJN (landscape architect), Gamba (acoustic consultant), Studis (roads and utilities)
  • Photography
    Tectoniques

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