School center Château d'eau, Marly

2024

Marly has a new wooden school complex that combines classrooms and a sports hall. It was built with sustainability in mind, using local wood and favoring environmentally friendly practices.

The project

The new «Château d'eau» school complex in Marly has twelve classrooms, four kindergarten rooms and a double gymnasium. The school center is divided into three Minergie-P-Eco buildings in timber construction. Each building contains a specific program:

- Elementary school
- Kindergarten with after-school care
- gymnasium.

The construction is designed as a load-bearing timber structure based on a modular grid. The constructive structure, sound insulation and lighting combine to create a warm and calm atmosphere that is perfect for everyday school life.

The construction method

The primary structure is based on the principle of post-and-beam construction. It therefore perfectly fulfills the concept of flexibility required in school construction and enables a flexible distribution of rooms. The floor slabs and the roof are planned as filigree elements reminiscent of traditional beams.

The challenge

In order to be in line with sustainable development, preference was given to wood from the region with a short supply chain. An environmentally friendly process for clean wood was ensured through tenders for sawing, drying and gluing.