Wooden projects

After the completion of the sports centre delivered in 2010, the construction of a new archery facility and an outdoor shooting range was the second phase of the operation to renovate and modernise the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP). The archery building combines the programmatic demands of a high level sport with a simple, readily understandable organisational principle.   The building’s shape calls to mind a pavilion. It is initially defined by its horizontal planes: a floor and a roof. This structure is provided by a series of slender posts made of metal, a material that allows for an elegant design emphasising the lightness of the roof. This system also allows for the addition of 4-met... More