Architects:
Segond-Guyon Architectes
Location: Ave Sarakawa, Lome,
Togo
Project Team: Project Lead: Guillaume Segond and Claude Guyon
Interior Décor: Segond-Guyon Architectes
Project Year: 2016
Photographer: Segond-Guyon Architectes
Website: www.segond-guyon.com
Engineer: BETEB
Contractor: CENTRO SA
From the Architects:
The project includes the construction of an elementary school, and the extension of a kindergarten. Its aim is to build a contextual architecture, fully aware of its environment.
Pavilions architecture fits harmoniously in the surrounding vegetation by limiting the footprint and preserving existing trees.
It allows the view to embrace the entire site, without creating any physical barrier. Volumes are made of compressed earth block (CEB), and are covered with a light metallic roof.
Existing buildings are preserved, thereby the identity of the place as well. New constructions are organized around a vegetated playground, following a “U typology”.
Wide outdoor passageways lead to the classrooms and protected from rain and sunlight thanks to large roof overhang. The use of local resources and local materials generates a subtle balance of textures that gives the place a unique identity.
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