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Chartier/Dalix Architectes | Diderot d’Alembert School Infirmary
May 17th, 2010 | 
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This infirmary is located inside the playground of the highschool Diderot d’Alembert in Aubervilliers – Paris in the suburbs. The building is separated in two, by both its fonctions and acces. On one side you can get to the infirmary and the toilets, on the other to the office.
The separation also appears in the colors used on each side of the building, green and red. The inside light comes through the facades by pixalated openings. A gradient color links both of the side visualy. A banch has been added on the facade folowing the smooth angles. Regarding the intimacy required by this kind of programm, we’ve choosen to get the natural light form a skydome.
Architects: Chartier/Dalix Architectes
Location: Aubervilliers (93), France
Client: Conseil Géneral du 93 – DBD
Engineers: E.P.D.C.
Project Area: 154 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Mathieu Janand
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Melbourne’s New Architecture School
For some people, it was all about some building that inspired them as a child. Perhaps they grew up in some gorgeous mansion. perhaps they went to one of the great museums of the world as a kid and were completely captivated by it. Whatever it was, a single building got them interested in the process of designing and building others.
For other people, architecture schools are part of a political mission. You wouldn’t believe how many visionaries there are at an average architectural school. At the one I go to, they probably make up half the class. Some of them want to design buildings with the idea of providing beautiful and affordable housing to the poor, others to change the way we see space as a society.
