{"id":269212,"date":"2024-12-16T11:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=269212"},"modified":"2024-12-16T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:19:00","slug":"a-school-in-a-forest-the-new-ecole-secondaire-du-bosquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/architect\/a-school-in-a-forest-the-new-ecole-secondaire-du-bosquet\/","title":{"rendered":"A School in a Forest: The New \u00c9cole Secondaire du Bosquet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architecture closely linked to Quality of Life<\/h3>\r\n

A<\/span>BCP<\/a> | Menk\u00e8s Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux<\/a> | Bilodeau Baril Leeming Architectes<\/a> unveiled The New \u00c9cole Secondaire du Bosquet in Quebec, Canada. Society needs innovative architecture that tells a story and inspires excellence. This statement, a leitmotif of the architect's work, has, since 2020, been explicitly emphasized by the Quebec government in a vision and architectural signature aimed at framing the creation of a new generation of schools. And so, in the wake of this transformative social momentum, \u00c9cole secondaire du Bosquet welcomed its first students in autumn 2024.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Locker area for students
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Located in Drummondville's Saint-Nic\u00e9phore district, on the edge of a wooded area that played a key role in the architectural design, the new school provides an inspiring setting to positively support students on their educational path.<\/p>\r\n

A Footpath, a Trail<\/h4>\r\n

On entering the site, the visitor is in a forest: Biophilic Square [the signature space for this school connected to nature] and the benches constitute a public gathering space. They open up perspectives and assert the omnipresence of nature at the heart of the project. At the second level, this architectural ramble continues, to include an auditorium and a central walk-about area in front of the vast light-filled library. Each area is interconnected with nature, with the grandeur and majesty of the forest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The many windows in all the fa\u00e7ades and the built-in sunscreen in the bronze-coloured aluminum panels matching the woodland hues subtly evoke the dappled warm light that filters through the treetops. As for the richly planted outdoor spaces seem to reflect the adjacent woodland. From the public square in front of the school to the inner courtyard, passing through a wide stepped opening between the sports complex and the main building, everything is intertwined with, enveloped in nature. Within this environment, school and forest are as one.<\/p>\r\n\n\t\t