J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio
12/06/2013.
Mik. S. [SAINT-DENIS] France
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
Architecture in Nature: a series of separate but linked blocks in a park which are unified by buffer areas open onto planted patios and by an undulating folded metal roof
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn.
Detail façade. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Access. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Stair. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Corridors and interior patios. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Corridors and interior patios. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Corridors and interior patios. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Access. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Gymnasium. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Outside vision. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Site plan. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Program. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Ground floor plan. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
Transversal section. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
General section. J. Lurçat high school and gymnasium, by Mikou Studio. Photography © Florian Kleinefenn. Click above to see larger image.
The Jean Lurçat Collège in Saint Denis, by Mikou Studio, is at the junction of two basic fabrics (one landscape and one cityscape). It is both in the middle of nature surrounded by greenery and very near to the low-rise housing around it. The challenge with this building is that it must be integrated into the site without masking the park landscape, while linking the domestic scale. We designed the school as a series of separate but linked blocks or wings in a park.
They are unified by buffer areas open onto planted patios that allow transparency of the view onto the sports park and by an undulating folded metal roof that protects the patios from risks of overheating in summer and creates a microclimate in the terraced gardens. The configuration of the scheme in separate blocks identifies each of the teaching buildings while creating visual bearings and several different viewpoints from inside the school.
CREDITS:
Client.- Conseil Général du 93.
Programm.- Scientific and technical college, catering, boarding school, gymnasium, staff accommodation.
Surface.- 12 000 m²
Status.- Completed 2008-2012.
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(Mik.S) MIKOU STUDIO
Mikou Design Studio was founded in 2005 by Selma Mikou and Salwa Mikou, after many years working with many architects, in particular Renzo Piano and Jean Nouvel. Mikou Design Studio is a place of creation and experimentation in architecture and its inter-disciplinary cross-fertilisation. The designing process, with a workshop spirit, puts into gear a team of architects, engineers, graphic artists, scenographers and town planners from very different cultural backgrounds.
Mikou Design Studio is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout France, Germany, Brazil and Morocco, with a focus on cultural and educational buildings, housing and offices.
Salwa Mikou. Architect, Associate of Mikou Design Studio since 2005. She collaborates during 5 years, from 2001 to 2005, with Jean Nouvel on many international projects. From offices to housing in Beirut, Seoul and Paris to urban projects in Doha, Valencia or Rabat. She also takes part in a leisure complex in Koweit city, a park in Barcelona and, an urban project for the Tanger harbour.
2012 MICQ consultant since January 2012
2011 Selected for Europe 40 under 40 of 2011
2009 Training at IHEDATE, Institute of Advanced development studies and regional planning in Europe
2004 Further Education in Sustainable Development, Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne
2005 Creation of Mikou Design Studio
2001-2005 Project Manager at Ateliers Jean Nouvel Paris
2001 Diploma in Urbanism, School of Architecture Paris la Villette
2000 DPLG diploma, School of Architecture Paris-Belleville
Selma Mikou. Architect, Associate of Mikou Design Studio since 2005. She collaborates during 4 years, from 2001 to 2004, with Renzo Piano on plenty of international projects such as offices and housing in London, urban projects in Abu Dhabi, the Lacma Museum in Los Angeles and the London Bridge Tower.
2011 Selected for Europe 40 under 40 of 2011
2005 Creation of Mikou Design Studio
2001-2005 Project Manager at Renzo Piano
2001 Diploma in Urbanism, School of Architecture Paris la Villette
2000 DPLG diploma, School of Architecture Paris-Belleville
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