Today we bring a project of the modern French study TANK Architects, led by Olivier Camus and Lyderic Veauvy, workshop that has already appeared in several publications and has been awarded more than one occasion.

The college Levi Strauss is settled in the heart of a urban growth district, between its ancient housing, wharehouses and the port district of Lille, North of France. The college integrate a strong environmental conception associated to poetic thoughts on handcraft bricks.

The main building’s settled on the urban boulevard. The main hall, highly transparent, is opened on the front square, this gives an institutional feature to the high school playing a major role within the district. The main entrance is through a porch at the intersection of Boulevard de la Lorraine and Rue Lestiboudois.

Very sunny and sheltered from the winds, the playground is mainly mineral and generously planted. Opened on the playground, the entrance of the dining hall and club. Dedicated to the pupils facilities, those spaces have been thought like spaces in the bricks oriented towards the trees of the playground.

On top of the covered playground situated on the southern side, the scientific classrooms offer a large view on the nearby urban environment. Connecting to these specialized classrooms, the library’s occupying a central position on the first floor with direct access to the school hall.

The asymmetrical alignment of the variously sized square windows bring light into the classrooms and offer pupils large views of the city. On the southern part of the site outdoor sporting facilities and a gymnasium operate independantly.

As in many regions of northern Europe, the brick is the only material used for the facades. The architects wanted rounded corners, so that the high school looks soft, there’s no sharp angle. The bricks are rendered in 3 stratums corresponding to the 3 shifted levels of the building which create open spaces and identify the entrance of the pupils.

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TANK Architectes. Olivier Camus & Lydéric Veauvy.
Mathieu Berteloot, collaborating architect.
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Collaborators
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Structures, fluids, kitchen.- Pingat Ingéniérie.
Sustainable development.- Etamine.
Road works.- Best VRD.
Landscape.- Paysages.
Outdoor design.- Atelier Télescopique.
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Conseil Général du Nord.
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8,200 m².
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Studies.- June 2007-Oct 2008.
Building.- Nov 2008-Nov 2010.
Delivery.- November 2010.
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€ 13,158,000.
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Olivier Camus and Lydéric Veauvy. Graduates with distinction from the Superior Institute of Architecture (ISA) St Luc in Tournai, Belgium (1998 and 1999). After seven years of professional affinities, they created TANK Architectes in 2005. They are winners of the European 40 under 40 2011, awarded by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. TANK was also awarded the 3rd Trophy of Nouveaux Albums des Jeunes Architectes (NAJA) in 2006. They have several publications to his back, and have been invited to several conferences and exhibitions in places like the National School of Architecture of Grenoble (ENSAG).

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Published on: September 10, 2012
Cite: "Collège Levi-Strauss by TANK Architectes" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/college-levi-strauss-tank-architectes> ISSN 1139-6415
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