Pôle Associatif & culturel Elie Bataille, 2021 – Adrian Garcin | Bellegarde, France
Modular theater, music school, dance and gym rooms, and a dojo. The project reconciles livability, budget control, and contribution to sustainable development:
– The tight financial envelope prohibits any superfluous surface, which leads to maximum compactness of the volume and pooling of circulation spaces.
– The overhangs of the first floor, imposed by a certain imbalance of areas between entities, offer protection from the rain for the forecourt and from the summer sunshine for the facades of the ground floor.
– The control of light and airflow contributes to user comfort by aiming to erase temperature peaks and to maximize the sanitary quality of the air through renewal.
– The bias to use materials that are most often left raw, and therefore free from fragile treatments or coatings, helps to achieve a sustainable building, requiring little maintenance.
Location:FranceArchitect: Adrian GarcinArchitecture Office:TAUTEM ArchitectureDesign Team: Adrian Garcin, Dominique Delord, Rianala Rakototiana, Florence Rommel, Super Architectes : Jacques Filippi, Marlène LatourProject Team:BEST Portefaix (Structure), Adret (M&E Engineer), Venathec (Acoustics), Seri (External Works), Dicobat (Economist) Design team: TAUTEMClient: Communauté de commune Beaucaire Terre d’ArgencePhotographer: Hugo Da Costa
