The work of the material expresses itself through the unchanging
program of our society: "the school".
This project speaks to memory and past and futurs souvenirs. It speaks
to the hilly landscape of Cannes and to the Mediterranean Sea.
Here the sun and the stone become measurable physical colors. They
reveal a richness and a sensuality witch the children witness.
The slope is an essential element of the school's inscription in the
landscape and the History. By a simple game of cuttings - embankments, the
school poses itself gently on the ground. The view is released from the courses
on the Great Landscape.
Light is omnipresent; powerful, sparkling, and glowing.
The question of climate, asked from the traditional prism, accompanies
the thickness of the inertia, but also of the ventilation. The thickness of the
walls protects and the association of the shutters with the sheds refreshes.
The soft and soothing light emanating from sheds expresses a wealth of
emotions and sensations favoring the learning of children.
The work of indirect light traversed by the yellow color makes it
conducive to a peaceful apprenticeship. Each classroom draws both a protective
and open place to the world.
Travertine stone, rough sawn, bears the weight of a past history.
Concretion, creases, digging, shells and crystals appear as a testimony of Time
passing.
Through its variations of textures, colors, dimensions, abrasions, the
travertine stone emphasizes the timeless relationship to the site and to the
Men.
Photograph crédits
: WE ARE CONTENT(S)
Project crédits : First
monograph on French architect Stéphane Fernandez here.
