‘Charles Aznavour’ conservatoire of music, theatre and dance in Montigny-le-Bretonneux

Firm LocationStrasbourg, France
Project location1 Parvis Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
CompanyDominique Coulon & Associés
Lead ArchitectDominique Coulon
Design TeamArchitects: Dominique Coulon. Assistants: Steve Letho Duclos, David Romero-Uzeda, Diego Bastos Romero. Site supervision: Diego Bastos Romero. Perspectivist: Denis Gabillat.
ClientTown of Montigny-le-Bretonneux [France]

The music, drama and dance academy building in the new town of Montigny-le-Bretonneux stands on a triangular site. It offers distant views of the famous apartment block Les Arcades du Lac that Ricardo Bofill made in 1985. The building has four levels. It includes drama rooms, a large black-box auditorium, music rooms of different sizes, a recording studio, three dance rooms with changing rooms, and an underground car park. The spaces are spread along an uneven axis that generously offers convivial areas looking out at the town or the building's main sections.