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Belgium: Individual housing and offices in Courtrai by Klarté Architecten

Installer : STOCKMAN nv, Copyright : Yannick Milpas

Valida building in St Gallen (Switzerland) by  Niggli + Zbinden Architekten BSA, St. Gallen,

A new look

“What is a school? – a collection of classrooms!”  Strictly translated into three dimensions this definition has given rise to hundreds of interchangeable buildings throughout France. By contrast, the architect Jean-Luc Gueho seems to have asked, “What can I do?” when he thought about the extension to the Beaumanoir middle school in Ploërmel (Morbihan). Lines, materials, colours… he has played in every register so that his project fits the spirit and climate of its surroundings. Inside, the curved roof adds volume to the space dedicated to the documentation and information (CDI) centre and to the multimedia rooms. And on the outside, the zinc cladding makes light of the vagaries of the weather.