L’Espace Pierre-Talagrand, Dole du Jura Building, Place d’Armes, TNA Architectes East France Architecture
L’Espace Pierre-Talagrand, Dole du Jura, France
17 November 2021
Municipal swimming pool Barbarossa
L’Espace Pierre-Talagrand, Dole, Jura
Design: TNA Architectes
Location: L’Espace Pierre-Talagrand, 21 Pl. Frédéric Barberousse, 39100 Dole, France

To develop the attractiveness of the city center, the city of Dole has opted for an original approach by taking the strong and dynamic part of bringing together in a single place, in the heart of the historic city of the 18 th century, large areas sports for schools and the public.

The building is designed around the principle of a clear and legible distribution of functions by distinct levels. This vertical stratification, distributed by a circulation core, around a fresco by Vasarely, which has been restored to its exact original place and dimension, right in the heart of the project, allows a good distinction between the different flows, without crossing at the – beyond the reception. Four levels, four functions
Each level of the complex – ground floor, garden level, first floor and second floor – is assigned a function. The ground floor, on the same level as the square, is devoted to reception, with a large atrium opening onto the esplanade, very bright. All users of the equipment pass through there, regardless of their destination. It distributes all levels. It?s a bit of...