Day Care Center in La Chapelle-Les Sciers: All about Connections

Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, Lacroix Chessex, Low Density, Project

Architecture&nature, Children, Children games, Connections, Educational Building, Energetic Approach, Landscape Architecture, Light, Natural materials, Playground, Project, Public buildings, Timber, Vegetation, Wood

The project uses its splendid location, an open clearing with two tall cedar trees and a gently inclining orchard, to allow the landscape to enter into the centre of the building. The day care centre and playground are treated as two parts of a puzzle, as the permeation of interior and exterior spaces.