Caisse des Écoles
City: Paris
Country: France
Architectural Design: Aristide Bravaccio Valari Architect e Atelier 27
Photo: Jordane Bodin
An interesting and adventurous restoration- and even refurbishment project- has redesigned the space at the Municipal Education Offices that manage public school services.

The challenge facing the team of architects involved, who completed the project in just four months, was to find the right balance between the historical building in Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the functional needs of the internal space, Modern materials, fixtures and solutions needed to coexist with the existing stucco and plaster mouldings. The result is a bright, colourful space designed for the comfort of those who work there as well as to make visitors feel welcome.

Lighting is part of this logic in a particular way. From an aesthetic point of view the objective right from the start was to integrate fixtures that could leave a definite stylistic imprint without contrasting with the classic interior décor. For this reason Targetti’s CARTESIO suspension light fixture with LED sources was chosen. The direct and indirect light emission ensures just the right quantity of light on desks and various work surfaces and also brings out the beautiful plaster mouldings adorning the ceiling.

Moving around the various rooms in the Municipal Education Offices gives the impression of a series of almost weightless, suspended, ephemeral objects creating an effect that is in juxtaposition with the fixture’s rational design. According to project designer Aristide Bravaccio Valari, fellow architects at Atelier 27, the clean, rounded lines are right out of a wind tunnel. Then there’s the profile: sober, elegant, and what’s more, stylistically in-keeping with the mouldings that the project set out to enhance through the use of light.
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