Public Middle School Of Labarthe-Sur-Lèze
Architects: LCR Architectes For the facades, coherent expressive
Area : 7463 m²
Year : 2012
Program : ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE
SCHOOL
Location : LABARTHE-SUR-LÈZE,
FRANCE
The aim of the project was to create
a school answering to the High
Environmental Quality and educa-
tional standards.
As material Steel, Concrete and
glass were primarily used, the steel
mainly served as both structural
and expressive unit of the whole
project, serving as a structure to
form the long and wide spaces and
PLANS as an expressive element for the
facade and interior spaces.
SECTIONS
PERSPECTIVES
materials were chosen.
For communication and education,
premium glass transcribes the edu-
cational of exchange and openness.
The volume created by glass and
aluminium bars alongside copper
siding seems to play a stretching
game.
The inner orange copper hue of the
common spaces contrasts with the
outside brown tone to create a
smooth transition with the land.
The copper, a material that is natural
and alive, serves the intention of
giving the building a skin which
patina would smooth with the age
while also reinforcing value of sus-
tainability.
 WATERLOO YOUTH FAMILY COMMUNITY CENTRE Weave (Working to Educate, Advocate and
Empower) was formed in the 1970s by a
group of parents in Sydney who were con-
ARCHITECTS: COLLINS AND TURNER
cerned about the welfare of local children. In
AREA : 252 M²
2008 the city held a small, invitation-only
YEAR : 2013
competition to convert the building (this
LOCATION : SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
time in earnest) into a contemporary work-
place for Weave and Headspace, the nation-
To minimize the impact on the park, the al youth mental health organization.
brief required that there be little or no
increase in the building footprint. Other PERSPECTIVES
suggestions were that it be vandal-proof
and that entrants explore ideas for a green
roof as a means to address the outlook for
surrounding high-rise residential build-
ings.
PLANS SECTIONS
- So the project was an intervention on a pre
- existing building.
- There was an introduction of new pro-
grams
- Increase in building footprint was restrict-
ed
- Introduction of green was encouraged

In-order to fulfill these requirements the

architects used steel as their main building
material.

Due to its high strength to area ratio, slim

and few steel columns were used to support
the new introduced steel framework that
gives the project a contemporary look, that
provides additional community spaces, and
a structure that structure that supports the
vine.
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Taste
Product Storage 37 m²
63

3 m²
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Traditional Kitchen
Raw material

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56 m² 153
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32 m²
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A105 A105

Dinning
231 m²
Loading | Unloading 3
756

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4

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Fast Make
2
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29 m²
161

A105
Taste
Product Storage 37 m²
63

3 m²
150

Traditional Kitchen
Raw material

676
56 m² 153
805

32 m²
120

6 6
A105 A105
1 68 78 51 60 60

Dinning
231 m²
Loading | Unloading 3
756

7 m²
20

440
78 405 5920 321 388

247
1 40
4
1 87
297
1 60
Dinning Level
21 2
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3 1 : 100
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A105
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Roasting Space
4 20 m² 2
A105

Collective Working
Space DN

122 m²

676
Storage Dinning Space
1313

6 20 m² 56 m² 6
A105 A105

1491
690 750
628
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3

313

440
Coffee sell
36 m²

Drying Space 4
126 m²

Processing Level 3066

1 1 : 100
1 2 3 4
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Roof Level

593
Processing Level

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Mezanin

193
Dinning Level

58
Raw Material Storage
0
Bottom Natural
Ground

Left Elevation
3 1 : 100

893
Roof Level

300
593
Processing Level
253

340
Mezanin

193
148

Dinning Level

58
Raw
0 Material
Bottom Storage
Natural
Ground

Front Elevation
2 1 : 100
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E D C B A

893 893
Roof Level Collective Working Roof Level
Dinning Space Roasting Space Space

453
56 m² 20 m² 122 m²

593 593
Processing Level Processing

Fast Make Dinning

253
Dinning 1370
340 340
231 m² 29 m² 231 m²
424

Mezanin Mezanin
Storage
193 193
Dinning Level 12 m² Dinning Lev

58 58
Raw Material Storage Raw
0 Materia
Bottom Nat
Ground
0
Bottom Natural
Ground
Section Along Short Side Section Along Topography
B-B 4 A-A
1 : 100 1 : 100

1 2 3 4
E D C B A

893 893
Roof Level Roof Level

593 593
Processing Level Processing

340 340
Mezanin Mezanin

193 193
Dinning Level Dinning Lev

58 58
Raw
0 Material
Bottom Storage
Natural Raw
0 Materi
Bottom Nat
Ground Ground

Section Along Short Side Section Along Topography

B-B1 5 A-A1
1 : 100 1 : 100

1 2 3 4
E D C B A

893 893
Roof Level Roof Level

593 593
Processing Level Processing Leve

340 340
Mezanin Mezanin

193 193
Dinning Level Dinning Level

58 58
Raw
0 Material
Bottom Storage
Natural Raw
0 Material
Bottom Sto
Natural
Ground Ground

Section Along Short Side Section Along Topography

3 B-B2
1 : 100
6 A-A2
1 : 100