The head position gives a particularstatus to the front on the street. It gives a strongidentity to Carnoux en Provence downtown by makingwith the building in front of, an urban and domesticscaledoor. The projectturns the facade over on the street ,the processing of the angle establishes a thin and tinyrelationshipbetween the building and public space. The processing of the openingsishandled the sameway, thereis no facade at the back, the system isuniform. The grand flooris an important element of the management of the entire building, merging point with the floor. Itslaying out has been a key element as for the quality of the accomodations but also for the neighborhood. Three points are carrying the entire structure and they are noticed on the floor. Theirprintsgivesome rythme to the flow of the walkers and let free the hikers. In otherswords, the building becomes a linkingelementbetween the school, the existinghousings, and to come, the future shops and the entrance of the city.
The entire building becomes the front door of the accomodations, a king of bigporch marks the urban situation and the specific entry of the housing. A particular attention has been put on the conception of the lobby. Considered as large, it opens on both directions : the school and commodities. A banisterallows to reach the scholl by the building but also to reach the front door of the lobby.
This projectallows a real setting of the relation between the public space and the intimacy of the housing building. The front of this new building in Carnoux is made of white brick cladding. The front coloris an elementthatfederates the identity of Carnoux, sheisechoing the future housing building thatis in front of it. Withthismaterialitygame, the building creates a new identity for Carnoux downtown. Beyond the work over the color match, a second characteristicgives an identity to the town. This is the materiality by the work of the brick. The building can control itsaging. It is not gettingspoiled by time, itispatinating. Time isbecoming a key data. The windows are elements of the composition of the facade. It makes the organization of the materiality of this one. The mullions’ dimension and of itsbedrocksisdirectlyinspired by the rigor of the pre-existing building. Repetition, alignement and symetry are elements of the composition thatlink the building to the city
