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École primaire de la Rocade
By : PRISME architecture + Francis Lussier Architecte
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 16th edition
Discipline : Interior Design
Categories : Education, Institution & Healthcare / Elementary School & Kindergarten : Platinum Winner
Categories : Special Awards / Interior Design +Wood : Gold Certification
Categories : Special Awards / Interior Design + Colour : Gold Certification
Categories : Special Awards / Kids zone : Gold Certification
A participatory environment in its community – It is in this register of an inclusive and stimulating school that our project to expand the Rocade Elementary School in Saint-Dominique fits. Saint-Dominique is a village where citizens are very involved and united, which is why the project consisted of the development of an innovative model of co-financing and participatory management of the municipality, the school service center of Saint-Hyacinthe and the Ministry of Education of Quebec. This project offers the population and the students of the school a modern and welcoming library, a functional gymnasium as well as a multipurpose room allowing the organization of a wide range of activities. This expansion also fills a gap in classroom space and partially modernizes its aging facilities.
An integration in contrast – The architecture of this expansion is of modern expression whose style contrasts with the existing school by its volumes and materials. The new addition, meanwhile, was joined from a non-conforming staircase from the 1969 portion. In order to create a fluid corridor between the two buildings, the staircase was demolished and rebuilt adjacent to this corridor.
Developing a Sense of Belonging – More than anything else, the architects wanted to make this school an exemplary school, conducive to educational success, designed to allow students and faculty to develop a sense of belonging to their institution, in a safe and healthy context taking into account the physical and societal context. Because at the primary level, academic success depends first and foremost on the quality of teaching and learning spaces the school team then becomes the transmission belt between spaces and pedagogy, for it is in the classroom and through the teacher that academic success is articulated and defined.
An energy efficient school – Finally, this school wants and needed to be eco-responsible, sustainable, supports conceptual, technical, and material choices based on a 75-year life cycle that takes into account gray energy and material layout as well as operability and minimal maintenance in time and money. All of this is intended to ensure the sustainability of the building as well as reduced energy consumption, limited waste of potable water, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and optimal air quality. The school has 18 geothermal wells that provide year-round heating and cooling for the expansion.
The presence of wood – Many touches of wood were used in the interior finishes such as in the acoustic wall coverings in the school\\\’s gymnasium, in the acoustic wood slat ceilings in the hallway and in the library, or in the furniture and special ceiling fallout details in the classroom hallway.
Collaboration
Architect : PRISME architecture
Architect : Francis Lussier Architecte
General Contractor : Construction Gératek Ltée
Manufacturer - Distributor : Thaler
Manufacturer - Distributor : Ideal revêtement
Manufacturer - Distributor : Dizal
Manufacturer - Distributor : Tarkett
Manufacturer - Distributor : Armstrong
Manufacturer - Distributor : Corflex
