Pouponnière

Project description

The Pouponnière du Calvados is a structure which takes in some sixty children from 0 to 6 years of age in great distress each year. This complex project, designed with curved lines that provide a sense of security, owes its success to the synergy and anticipated organisation of the participants: the file was studied with the company over a period of 2 years, all the trades worked together within a very short timeframe of 7 months, and the logistical aspects were intelligently managed (anticipation of orders 2 months in advance, storage, etc.).

A range of technical solutions were deployed. Examples of this are :

• Curved structures in Placoplatre® BA 6 forming islands,
• Plaster and staff elements, all in the round,
• Decorative ceilings in Rigitone® Activ’Air® 8-15-20 Super,
• The construction of Placostil® 98/48 partition walls in Placo® Duo’Tech® 25.

The highlight of the project was the creation of the dome, the central point of the building, forming a six-petal flower. This required the bending of Stil® F 530 furring using a specially designed machine. The wooden arch, which was used as a template to connect the staff panels, was specially created in a workshop.

This site has high heat, fire, mechanical and acoustic performance: thermal resistance R=10, independent airtightness, fire resistance EI 60 and R 30, sound insulation of 67 dB in the separating section/47 dB in the distributing section and an acoustic correction of 0.50.