School lunchroom - Sartrouville | Carlo Grispello

Sited on a block comprised of several buildings that also have extensions and separate exterior spaces, the project’s approach concerns work on thresholds, circulations, interior-exterior itineraries as fertilizers of the spatial concept.

The volume of the extension takes form through the definition of a double wall that asserts its belonging to the school without taking away from the value of the existing building.

In a context in which the relationship of the lunchroom and the schoolyard appears very weak, the extension enables the relationship to be strengthened.

The added volume takes advantage of the large lateral openings to the courtyard then a tree-lined space while framing the views toward the playing field.