A Multigenerational Space, Olemps Facility, Rodez, Southern French Architecture Design, Images, Architect
A Multigenerational Space in Olemps
Public Community Facility in Aveyron, south of France ? design by CoCo architecture
7 Nov 2017
A Multigenerational Space, Olemps
Design: CoCo architecture
Location: Olemps, Aveyron department, southern France
A Multigenerational Space

The project is located near the city center of Olemps, a ?new city? of 3,500 inhabitants, located on the outskirts of the agglomeration of Rodez. The site is located in a peri-urban area made up of architectural objects, built in the ?70s and ?80s. The municipality wanted a strong architecture, thus the building was designed as a monolith, set back from the main street of the village to assert itself and propose a vast landscaped space in connection with the existing sports facilities.
A monolithic building open on its landscape

The budget allocated to the operation being modest compared to the ambitions of the client, the design of the project was dictated by economic imperatives without ever denying the architectural quality. The result is a compact and functional building of 1000 m² on the ground, a square of 33 * 33 m, without unnecessary corridors. Also, the realization of the library, decided later, was logically integrated into the building freshly delivered to benefit from the volume already built.

The volumetry of the building, deliberately simple, consists of a square with rounded c...