Cultural, Childhood and Youth Centre in Saint-Valérien

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    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.
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    Existing brick façade in Saint-Valérien, with timber shutters, metal anchors and blocked openings, documenting the pre-Renovation state of the center.
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  • Architect’s sketchbook for the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Centre in Saint-Valérien, showing courtyard massing studies, roof profiles and timber façade concepts.
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    Architect’s sketchbook for the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Centre in Saint-Valérien, showing courtyard massing studies, roof volumes and sectional diagrams.
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    Concept sketch of the Cultural, Childhood and Youth Centre in Saint-Valérien, showing a courtyard hall with sloping roofs, glazed façades and exposed services.
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  • 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 children’s activity centre, an early childhood centre, a music school and a 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
    Music school, dance school, restaurant, multipurpose hall, children’s activity centre, early childhood centre
  • 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 pannels, wood wool insulation, bricks (raw earth, terra cotta)

Credits

  • Client
    Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne
  • Project management
    Tectoniques (architect, lead), 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)

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