[Bonnard Woeffray architectes fas/sia - Ecole de commerce et culture générale, Sierre - COVER IMG] Nicolas Sedlatchek

Ecole de commerce et culture générale, Sierre

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Educational Buildings
Firm LocationMonthey, Switzerland
Project locationSierre, Valais , Switzerland
CompanyBonnard Woeffray architectes fas/sia
Lead ArchitectDenis Woeffray & Geneviève Bonnard
Design TeamJean-Pierre Williner, Diogo Marques, Xaveer Gheysens, Javier Fernandez
ClientEtat du Valais

The new École de commerce et culture générale is a college providing training in the fields of commerce, health, social and teaching. The design of the college offers a typology that meets the requirements and specificities of the level of education and training it houses. A ring of classrooms is served by a balcony passageway overlooking the large central space bathed in light. This central space, occupied by the play of flights of stairs, becomes the college's space of reference and identity. The classrooms arranged around the periphery of the central space enjoy a variety of orientations.