Collège Moulins, Sports Complex and Cultural Centre, Lille (59)
Collège Moulins secondary school in Lille is both a building and a landscape, illuminating and interacting with its environment. Underpinned by its context and close relationship with the city, the circular layout is focused on a south-facing central courtyard. Two perspectives are presented: – the ground level is dedicated to pedestrian life, marking out the facility’s footprint while playing with transparency and lines of sight; – the upper level is a topographic landscape that reveals the three core elements of the project: the school, the sports hall and the boarding facility. A single wrapping of pre-patinated zinc creates a unified whole, establishing an emblematic identity for the facility and its neighbourhood.
Client | Conseil Général du Nord and the city of Lille |
Area | 13,853 m² NIA |
Tech. Cons. | Hdm engineering (HVACS, structure), Act environnement (Hqe), Becquart (costing), Flandres analyses (acoustics), Kvds (landscape), Studio Joran Briand (designer) |
Cost | €21 M before tax |
Phase | delivery september 2015 |
Project manager | Sébastien Chevance |
Associate Architects | AvantPropos Architectes |
Mission | Complete |
Project | School for 500 pupils, 50 bed boarding unit, parasport complex with type C sports hall and cultural centre (dance studio, concert hall…) |
Hqe | School Hqe certified by Certivea, 3 targets VG and 6 targets G, Sports complex Hqe process |
Photos | Takuji Shimmura |
Prizes | Archi Zinc Award 2016 |