Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

French School in Lome / Segond-Guyon Architectes

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

- 04 June 2017
- Datum Editorial
Education Centres , Schools , Brick , Sustainability ,

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.

French School in Lome / Segond-Guyon Architectes

Pavilions architecture fits harmoniously in the surrounding vegetation by limiting the footprint and preserving existing trees.

French School in Lome / Segond-Guyon Architectes

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.

French School in Lome / Segond-Guyon Architectes

Existing buildings are preserved, thereby the identity of the place as well. New constructions are organized around a vegetated playground, following a “U typology”.

French School in Lome / Segond-Guyon Architectes

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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