Community Centre – LAUZACH (Morbihan)
RetourCompletion year 2005
Contracting Authority Municipality of Lauzach
Mission Landscaping the vicinity of the new community centre
Project Management Team Architect Yannick Bohuon (mandated agent) and Architect Serge Bertic (building), Landscape architects and designers Laure Planchais, Consulting engineers ISATEG
Surface area 1.7 hectares
Budget €220,000 exc. VAT
Ratio €13 exc. VAT per m²
The project consisted, in the short term, in landscaping the vicinity of a cultural centre, and of a gymnasium in a subsequent second lot. Located at the town’s entrance, the land has a significant slope. Landscaping the outdoor spaces was an opportunity to highlight the facade as seen from the access road into the municipality and to unify the site’s existing facilities, namely the school, playgrounds, cemetery, Indochina War memorial, pool and town centre. The land was remodelled into a succession of plateaux bordered by banks or ditches to collect rainwater so it flows into the Indochina War memorial pool. The plateaux enhance the dramatic view over the surrounding valleys and countryside.
The immediate vicinity of the existing and future facilities was unified by treating the ground with stabilised soil, reviving the original village atmosphere and enhancing the existing architectural relics (a fountain and a bread oven). The tree plantations mainly include oaks, to replace the local horticultural varieties which had been making the area very commonplace.
Feedback (last visit in 2014)
- The municipality has produced attractive line patterns of flowery prairies. It is simple, clever and effective.