L'Olivier

La Chapelle-Saint-Luc | 464 m² | €651,586 of VAT| year of design 2020
Natalina da Costa, Frédéric Hérard, Stéphanie Matilde | Savart Paysage | Capristo | Dybiec-Obs | Acr Métal | Alu Châtillonais | Beau Masson | AMP3 | Lamblin | Olm | Solstis | Idee Service | Deoust | i-Terra

This is a project to rehabilitate an old bourgeois house and its garden decorated with large remarkable trees such as an Atlas cedar, an American walnut tree and a Lebanese cedar.

The house was to accommodate around ten young people taken care of by the child protection association Action Jeunesse de l'Aube.

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Our aim was to preserve the warm and family character of the existing building. Some contemporary extensions of poor quality were demolished. A wheelchair accessible bedroom and shared spaces were created on the ground floor, including the activity room which opens out onto the garden, then, upstairs, seven other bedrooms and a study room. The staff quarters are located in the attic of the main house.

The former DIY workshop, now converted into a socio-cultural hall, and a large part of the garden, on which a playground has been built, are open to the public. One of the association's wishes is to open up to the community; this is an important factor in the socialisation of young people.

The children chose to call this house the Olive Tree because of the color chosen for the facades.

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