k architectures: ZIK music school

‘ZIK’ by k-architectures in granville, franceall images courtesy k-architecturesphotographer: simon deprez

paris-based k-architectures has sent us images of their most recent project, ‘ZIK’, a music school outside of the port town of granville, france. inserted into a site characterized by rolling fields of wheat, the inter-municipal facility features a series of extending arms that slip into the terrain, purposely blurring its architecture with the land.

exterior view

retained to a single-storey, the verticial heights of the design responses to the needs of the building’s various programs. ranging from barn-like silhouettes to tall rectangular volumes, the overall form of the school adopts a dynamic and playful look. the finger-like wings which stretch out from the central axis features a sloped green roof which invites elements of the land onto itself, further diluting its presence in the rural setting. wrapped in pre-patinated copper panelling finished in a pastel blue-green, the facades are punctured with regular, vertical windows which enhances the interior with both natural daylighting and views of the surrounding fields.

from the hills

hosting a number of different spaces for specific functions – individual rehearsal rooms, classrooms, percussion, jazz, chamber music and orchestral rehearsal rooms – the architects paid close attention to the acoustic requirements and sound characteristics of the facility. running along a central corridor, the spine-like circulation dictated the intuitive arrangement of the internal space. 

extending green roofs

views of facade

interior view of rehearsal room

(left) study space (right) circulation

rehearsal room

(left) entrance (right) hallway

night view

overall perspective

rendering

site map

site plan

ground floor plan