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2013 - 2015

Les Morettes nursery school

Stage
Completed
Location
Prangins, Vaud
Awarded project
"best architects 17" Award - category "Education buildings"
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Contractor
Municipality Prangins

Architect
Pierre-Alain Dupraz

Award of contract
Tender

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The project

The new nursery building in Prangins is composed of four volumes gravitating around a central staircase flooded in natural light. The volumes, which form a cross-shaped geometry in plan view, are set at different levels according to the natural slope of the terrain.

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The load-bearing structure consists of a conventional system of reinforced concrete walls and flat slabs. In order to free the courtyard from any intermediate support, the facade wall works like a deep beam suspending the slabs. Furthermore, the slabs are prestressed over the large windows to limit the deflections.

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Dimensions
7'200 m3

Cost
11 M.
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