#quiet
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Project • By Atelier Boter • Primary Schools
À Raum
À Raum derives from the French phrase meaning “into space”, though we interpret it as an invitation to gather.
In a school where children learn through bodily movement, À Raum offers a counterbalance: a spatial pause designed for stillness, reflection, and mindfulness.
Like standing before the sea or walking into a forest, the space invites a return to the self—a rereading of the mind through the body, and the body through space.
The architectural language begins with a subtle asymmetry: a circular footprint gently offset to create an arc. This arc defines a threshold that is marked by a soft, curved curtain that introduces a sense of ritual when entering the room. Within this arc, a square platform is sun... More
Project • By Dominique Coulon & associés • Swimming Pools
Swimming pool complex in Fondettes
The swimming pool complex lies beside the entrance to the town of Fondettes, just a few kilometres from the city of Tours. The urban backdrop here is mainly residential with a housing estate. The site of the swimming pool complex is completely flat. It faces a roundabout that was recently built.
Eugeni Pons
The edifice plays the demanding role of signalling its presence while creating a new landscape. Its long white walls stretch afar and seem to reflect the skyline. The outline of this structure is lunar and dreamlike. It unfolds in the middle of fields, its series of concave lines culminating by the entrance to the town. With perspective, its curved walls, which extend over a hundred metres, reach spellbinding slenderness and a mesm... More