type : Construction neuve en terre / bois / tôle et béton cyclopéen.

Maître d'ouvrage : Jubilant Tanzania
Lieu : TANZANIE

surface : +-500m²

budget : +-130.000 €

résultat : non retenu 

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En collaboration avec:

Corentin Dalon et Florian Mahieu du collectif Bento  et Emmanuel Berard du collectif futur primitif.

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Le projet : Ecole primaire 

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The building is located across the width of the plot. The entrance is by the road, at the top of the ground, by two full-height staircases, serving spaces included between the three classrooms, arranged perpendicular to the slope. These take advantage of this location to generate three spaces and as many uses: a mezzanine, at ground level of the entrance, which overlooks the classroom, and a buried gallery.
The three spaces are covered by an earthen vault, whichcreates a cool space for the thermal comfort of the children. This comfort is generated both by the material itself and by the sheet metal roof, which promotes ventilation of the building.

 

The third space, more playful, an earthen gallery, which plays with the sculptural forms allowed by the material, is placed under the mezzanine. It is a place of hiding, play and rest, especially during the dry season. Below, the children access a courtyard, caught between the two built elements, the first already mentioned, completed by a serving band on the other side, which integrates the toilets, the kitchen, the office and the storage.

 

This court is thus contained. It is a versatile place in which children can play, eat ... The cooking can be done outside and will be supplied by a small vegetable garden operated on the lower part of the land, taking advantage of the water drained from the top of the site, around the perimeter of the building.

From the outside, the building rises gently on the slope, asserting itself while keeping a height suitable for children from the access paths, at the top or bottom of the site. The materiality of the surrounding wall alternates between the cyclopean concrete base, made of stones bound by cement, and stabilized CEBs. The reinforcements placed create a rhythm that gives the scale of the place, on the scale of
children, creating cavities in which they can come and sit.

The construction of a school using local materials involves several challenges. On the one hand, there is its primary role, which is to create a place of awakening, fundamental in the construction of a child. It is a place of interaction and discovery. In addition, building a place with local materials must prove that beyond the undeniable thermal comfort of the resources used, local resources, just like the know-how that accompany them, produce places of quality, inspiring and using their own model and potentially their own repository. It will be these children who will carry this voice.

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