Founded in 1921, the Concervatoire de Vanves today has 40 teachers for over 700 students. The new building, named Ode, replaces the cramped, dilapidated offices scattered around various places in the town, representing both a qualitative and quantitative leap. Acting as a music school and a performance theater, the facility is as much a teaching center as a disseminator of the musical and dramatic arts. The project is both a building and a public space with a piazza able to host open-air shows, located on a small square that provides a centrality that is mostly lacking in the area.

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Architects: Babin+Renaud

Location: 21 Rue Solférino, 92170 Vanves, France
Area: 3198.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Cécile Septet

Consultancy: Grontmij Etco

Acoustician: Acv

Scenographer: Xns

General Contractor: Legendre

Client: Gpso - Ville De Vanves

© Cécile Septet

From the architect. Founded in 1921, the Concervatoire de Vanves today has 40 teachers for over 700 students. The new building, named Ode, replaces the cramped, dilapidated offices scattered around various places in the town, representing both a qualitative and quantitative leap. Acting as a music school and a performance theater, the facility is as much a teaching center as a...