portfolio guillaume dopchie 2015

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIOGUILLAUME DOPCHIE

CONTENT

NEW YORK CHAPTER

p.8: Collective fields

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

Graduation project

Sint-Lucas University

BARCELONA CHAPTER

p.24: Guardia Urbana

Nou Barris, Barcelona

Technical Drawer

dataAE arquitectura i enginyeria

BASEL CHAPTER

p.50: Scheron

Scheron, Geneva

Coordinator & Technical Drawer

HHF Architekten, LRS architectes

THEORY CHAPTER

p.78: Manifest & Phd

p.38: Sant-Pau Hospital

Horta-Guinardo, Barcelona

Technical Drawer

dataAE arquitectura i enginyeria

p.60: Expo 2027

Lake of Constance, St. Gallen

Project leader

HHF Architekten, AWP

p.66: Sports complex Blotzheim

Blotzheim, Haut-Rhin

Technical Drawer

HHF Architekten, TOPOTEK1

4Since my first steps into architecture at the Sint-Lucas school of science and arts in Ghent, I continuously tried to question

and recalibrate my perception of architecture and reflecting on the possibilities of new spatial and social typologies. I became

therefore very critical about the way the role of architects is perceived to be in service of the matter rather than the social

dynamics it generates. Architects of the new generation are often compared with artists and designers rather following the

intrinsic definition of their profession. Architecture of objects and imagery has reached a significant role within the global

understanding of how we perceive space. A certain freedom of expression became correlated to the barren plot rather than

the freedom to explore the diversity of human behavior through existing conditions a context has to offer. The public realm and

communal spaces seen as hubs for activity and social mix is in my opinion the true embodiment of the greatness of human

desires on every possible level. Consequently, my goal as an architect is to disentangle and observe distinctions between

private, collective and public spaces related to each culture, topography and scale as a base for the design-process towards a

better integration of functions, social interaction and physical relation with a particular environment.

FOREWORD

6NEW YORK CHAPTER

New York abstraction: Guillaume Dopchie

8COLLECTIVE FIELDS

Willamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

Final Thesis - Sint-Lucas Ghent

New Yorks street life is conducted by the

stratification of its physical environment

through the grid, and community based

neighborhoods. Its underground and

elevated public transportation systems

differentiate themselves from it and act

as disconnected parts of the city. Both

entities are distinguished by different

perceptions of space, social interaction,

movement principles and more. This project

disentangles these differences in an attempt

to elevate the richness of the transition

spaces and its peculiar social relevance to

the level of the dynamic street. As the subway

and elevated train system reflect a certain

public identity as collective enhancers, they

withhold a great potential to invite a certain

dialogue between the street and the indoor

private and public environment it relates to.

This verticality as a specific programmatic

strategy in New York is yet to be assimilated

to the public space to associate itself in a

more organized way with the space inside

the private domain. Staircases act as an

important layer in the collective strategy by

inducing movement aswell as creating the

possibility to appropriate space towards a

more static activity, providing therefore an

urban stage with its own specific use and

significance for the multy-culturality of the

neighborhood.

The site of Williamsburg has a rich diversity

of public-private layering through the use

of stairs and permeability of the blocks,

generating an effective soft border between

two areas and/or programs. Introducing this

new vertical planning in a current changing

urban setting, reinforces this richness and

enables the identity of the area to be more

impervious to alternations towards spatial

introvercy by the occuring gentrification

process. The result is a diversification of

public-private relations as they are mostly

integrated in urban projects as horizontal

interactions or as distinct entities.

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Diagram of the gentrification process from Manhattan to Williamsburg guided by the public

transportation system. The project proposes the use of this process to calibrate the investment on

the level of urban planning throughout the area most subjected to be gentrified.

COLLECTIVE FIELDS

Gentrification diagram: Guillaume Dopchie

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The potential of the fire-escape stairs, renound informal platform for social activities in New York,

is maximised and linked to an added layer of the existing structure of the public transportation

system. Consequently, the collective gradient between private and public domain is enriched on a 3

dimentional level.

COLLECTIVE FIELDS

Bow-wow vertical connectivity: Guillaume Dopchie

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COLLECTIVE FIELDS The mirror line in the middle of the plan distinguish the base typology of the collective gradient on the left and the possible use of space according to the desires of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood

on the right.

1st Floor, Housing typology: Guillaume Dopchie

15scale 1/500

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Example of a reinforcement of low-rise buildings connected to the urban fabric through program,

permeability, materiality and multy-functionality with the existing conditions of the site.

COLLECTIVE FIELDS

Axonometry Bus stop typology: Guillaume Dopchie

18 scale 1/500

COLLECTIVE FIELDS

Ground level and 1st Floor, Bus stop typology: Guillaume Dopchie

MIRROR

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BARCELONA CHAPTER

Barcelona abstraction: Guillaume Dopchie

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GUARDIA URBANA

Nou Barris, Barcelona

Reconstruction & New project - Collaboration with dataAE

During the six months internship at dataAE

arquitectura i enginyeria, I spent most of

my time working on a project for the police

department near the center of Barcelona,

Spain. Through this project, I learned a great

amount about construction details and the

importance of the latter to raise the concept

to its full potential. Throughout the several

visits to the construction site, I witnessed

the relevance of care and research for every

decision to be made and the problematics of

dealing with changing desires of the client.

As rather often occuring in the center of

Barcelona, the project elevated itself from a

very defined spatial typology as of this existing

historical building. Through this, I could

observe a distinct vision in todays catalan

architecture and often admired their spatial

comprehension, the great simplicity in their

design language and the refined elegance

in the meeting between the existing and the

new.

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The floor to ceiling windows of the office space open up the view towards the green patios along the

underground volume. The patios not only generate a direct relation to the outside from each office but

enable more indirect sunlight to penetrate the volume aswell. The latter forms here a dialogue, acting

as an antagonist to the formal and material expression of the preexisting surrounding building as to

reveal the functional distiction between them.

GUARDIA URBANA

Pictures: Adria Goula

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To balance the desire for additional space and a preservation of the existing building, a new floor is

introduced below the former green patio. Following a logical programmatic sequencing of the space,

the first floor contains the reception desk, the interrogation rooms and prison cells. The offices,

changing rooms, conference rooms and storage areas requiring a more resticted access, is situated

on the lower level.

GUARDIA URBANA

Underground level and Ground level: Guillaume Dopchie

29scale 1/500

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To preserve the identity of the existing building, the former pavilion in the courtyard was renovated

and acts as a light shaft for the underground floor.

GUARDIA URBANA

Picture: Adria Goula

32 scale 1/75

GUARDIA URBANA

Section Lanterna and window details: Guillaume Dopchie

33 scale 1/5

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The view from the entrence of the building is rather minimalist. A new volume is introduced containing

the interrogation rooms, the bathrooms and the reception desk. Inspired by the faade of the Yellow

house project by Olgiati, the texture of the walls is put to use, to contrast the new elements introduced

to the environment through the renovation.

GUARDIA URBANA

Pictures: Adria Goula

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Section and plan of the an interrogation room on the ground level.GUARDIA URBANA

Section and plan: Guillaume Dopchie

37scale 1/50

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SANTA CREU AND SANT-PAU HOSPITAL

Horta Guinardo, Barcelona

Urbanisation project - Collaboration with dataAE

The innovative modernist project was directed

by Llus Domnech i Montaner in 1930. The

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau was

a modern, spacious facility, consisting of

separate pavilions surrounded by gardens

and streets. The complex of buildings formed

a small town which took into account the

patients quality of life.

The pavilions were surrounded by streets and

green areas to walk in. An underground tunnel

connected the wards and other facilities,

making it easier to move casualty patients

around the complex. The brick building at

the main entrance with its clock tower, is the

hospital reception. It is here, and in the ten

pavilions surrounding it, where Domnech i

Montaner and his associates, who included

the modernist sculptors Pau Gargallo and

Eusebi Arnau, proved their talents in the

execution of sculptures and mosaics.

In 2011, a competition was launched for a

new urbanistic concept for the whole complex

and was won by dataAE in collaboration with

GRND82. The historic element of the area, as

it has been proclaimed an unesco heritage,

together with the urbanistic aspect of the

project made it very interesting to work on. As

the project of Guardia Urbana, the meeting

between two century designs revealed each

other perfectly and intensified the experience

of the architecture to the wanderer. As often

noticable in urban projects in Barcelona,

the focus of the design was the gradation of

the green areas surrounding the pavilions

together with the paved walkable areas and

the main boulevard leading towards them.

As I was assigned to this project at a late

stage, I mostly worked on finetuning the

execution plans and drawing up details for

windows, stairs and their railings. Though my

implication in this project was rather brief, I

particularly enjoyed studying the design of the

soft borders in this project and their potential

for multy-level interactions for my own future

urban designs.

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View towards the central plaza of the historical complex. The competition image reveals the chosen

approach to generate a gradient combining nature and stone paths from the central collective spaces

towards the pavilions surrounding them.

SANT-PAU HOSPITAL

Competition image: dataAE-GRND82

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As often used in recent urbanisation projects throughout Barcelona, the formalisation of the gradiant

relates to the keys of a piano. The elements of both parties seem to introduce themselves to one

another in an orthogonal way. The stone tiles produce a similar effect according to privatisation of

the collective space.

SANT-PAU HOSPITAL

Plan: Guillaume Dopchie

43scale 1/250

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View from the entrence of a pavilion. The light color of the sandstone tiles accentuate the pavilion

ornaments and reflect the cleansy attributes of a hospital environment to the outside space of the

complex.

SANT-PAU HOSPITAL

Picture: Guillaume Dopchie

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Section and plan of a stairwell typology deserving the entrences of the pavilions.SANT-PAU HOSPITAL

Section and plan: Guillaume Dopchie

47scale 1/100scale 1/50

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BASEL CHAPTER

Basel abstraction: Guillaume Dopchie

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SECHERON

Scheron, Geneva

Renovation, Reconstruction & New project - Collaboration with HHF

The client being mostly concerned with

retreiving as much as possible from his

investment in this real estate project, the

main concerns during the design process

were dealing with a low budget and needing

to maximize the number of rooms according

to the Geneva housing legislation. As a result,

it is not purposed to be that glittering thing

on that corner with its seal of architectural

renoun, but is considered carefully and this,

without forgetting to open a window for the

participation of the dweller. The practicality

of assessing the qualities, the lacunae and

the potential for change, provided a certain

clarity to the methodology for recalibrating the

existing architectural language.

The project itself was a three part project,

containing a minor renovation and

transformation of an existing building and

a new construction next to it. As the project

takes place at the corner of the dialogue

occuring between buildings of an urban block,

the approach towards its environment and

the potential conflict between architectural

generations became one of continuousy and

enlighthened reinterpretation of its base. The

pronounced elements of the 70s grid of the

faade were reassimilated in the new building

and elements as the balconies, the parapets,

the windows and the railings were revived and

transformed for a lightened experience of the

added floors.

On the inside, sequencing a variety of

appartment typologies containing displays of

high density repartitions of spaces became a

very interesting exercice throughout the SIA

phases 2 and 3.

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Faade studies acccording to the maximum volume capacities of the reconstruction part of the

project. These initial studies demonstrate the desire to incorporate privatised terraces with bow-

windows directed towards the lake of Geneva.

SECHERON

Images: Guillaume Dopchie

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The images on the left show the existing building and the project image at the end of phase SIA 33.

The concept for the faade at this stage, consisted of a formal reinterpretation of the parapets into

set-backs in the slabs of the two added levels.As to obtain an uniform building, the language of the

existing southern faade was assimilated to the new building project next to it.

SECHERON

Image: Igor Brozyna

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SECHERON

scale 1/500 Plans: Guillaume Dopchie58

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The approach towards a soft transition of space between inside and outside on the levels of the

surelevation is translated by the use of floor to ceiling windows. Through the reproduction of the set-

backs in the faade as existing on the lower levels and the curtain walls at the edges of the balconies,

the distiction between both spaces becomes blurred.

SECHERON

Image: Igor Brozyna

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EXPO 2027

Lake of Constance, St. Gallen

Competition - Collaboration with HHF

A national exhibition in Switzerland has been

long overdue since the last one dates from

2002. This idea-competition for the Swiss

exhibition of 2027 at the lake of Constance

and its surrounding territory reveals a great

challenge as it will reflect not only domestic

identities with the participation of each Canton

but also its position towards foreign countries

on a socio-political level.

The lake of Constance offers a prime location

for these issues as the nationality of the lake

is shared with Germany and Austria. The

entry for this competition tries to take profit

of this location by promoting and engaging a

dialogue with the visitors around themes of

territorial borders, geographical and political

limits, felt or symbolic. These themes would

be those of a country like any other (that

distinguishes itself) within Europe. The global

issues represented during this exhibition at the

scale of the Cantons as of Europe, will enable

a new take on the position of Switzerland and

its interactions, as the nature of which might

alter the very idea of territorial identity of

which the Swiss are so found of.

The physical projection of the exhibition

can be assimilated with a great cultural and

narrative migration from the peaks to the

lake. This process of refection and inventions

initiated prior to the event would take attractive

and welcoming shapes at temporary adresses

in the form of pavilions, gardens, transport

systems and more.

The extent of the experience retrieved from

the expo wouldnt be solely confined to the

duration of it, but would transform the region

indefinitely. This entry aims to constitute a

remarkable and sustainable cultural heritage.

The notion of heritage would generate a

reinvented genius loci, or a rebirth of the

territorial story for the East of Switzerland

beyond the pictural and romantic postcards.

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From their manufacture to the final stage of the procession, the pavilions interact with their environment

and themselves in various ways to generate a dynamic exhibition. This evolution of the exhibition will

create a wide range of approaches towards the different locations as the implementation of the hybrid

structures will vary from the single unit on the land, to floating elements circulating on the lake or even

merging with each other to generate bridges and islands.

As the heritage of previous exhibitions has thought us to have left a minor physical and spiritual

imprint on their surroundings, the aim of the expo 2027 is to expand the life cycle of its physical

elements by a process of scattering and repurposing them throughout the country and further.

EXPO 2027

Diagrams: Guillaume Dopchie & Brnice Gentil

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The boards of the competition identify the relevance of this proposal in relation to the national

dimention of the exhibition. Whereas a national exhibition is demonstrating the know-how of ones

land, the location of the lake of Constance bordering no less than 3 countries creates a ideal setting

for debating the reigning international concerns of the diplomatic relations of Switzerland.

To strategize both physical and logistical issues of the exhibition, several guidebooks and terms of

references are implemented to direct and recalibrate each subject to be dealt with.

EXPO 2027

Illustrations of the competition boards: Guillaume Dopchie & Brnice Gentil

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GERMANY

Bodensee

SWITZERLAND

KANTON ST. GALLEN

KANTON APPENZELL INNERRHODEN

KANTON THURGAU

Konstanz

ReichenauRadolfzeller

AUSTRIA

berlingen

MeersburgFriedrichshafen

Langenargen

Lindau

Romanshom

Amriswil

Lustenau

Bregenz

Dornbirn

Hard

St Gallen

Rorschach

Arbon

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Bahnhof

tranhumanz 2027

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CULTURECH

LOCALVS.

GLOBAL

EVENT

EVENT

EVENT

EVENT

CULTURECH

CULTURECH

MAKE ITMAKE IT

RE-USERE-USE

RE-USE

RE-USE

MOBILITYLOGISTICS

MOBILITYLOGISTICS

MOBILITYLOGISTICS

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SPORTS COMPLEX BLOTZHEIM

Blotzheim, Haut-Rhin

Competition - Collaboration with HHF

The competition for a new sports complex

in Blotzheim was designed in collaboration

with landscape office TOPOTEK1 with whom

HHF has often worked in the past. The

territorial planning of the area rest on a simple

functionnal approach favouring density and

proximity of the multiple elements.

As a first leading concept, a H-shaped canopy

was elected to connect the spaces, sheltering

the building and the tribunes along the fields.

As a result, the required parking spaces, the

land reserves and running track were able to

be kept as seperate entities in the surrouding

area of the site. Moreover, the structure of

the canopy disguises the use of fences by

elevating them from a functional purpose to a

visual part of the whole.

In this way, other than representing a shelter,

the canopy embodies the functionality of

conducting and regulating the circulation of

the user and delimits the different layers of

privacy throughout the complex.

The building itself has a central position in the

masterplan of the complex and is placed in a

perpendicular position to the respective fields.

This typology allows a certain constriction

of the supporters to the main tribunes at

the edge of the building and thus creating

closer proximity and enhancing the collective

experience during the sports events.

The overall architectural language of the

complex is kept very simple, allowing a great

clarity for the user. The materials used for the

building reflect the respective needs of the

program it enfolds as the more robust ground

floor for changing rooms and storage spaces

at close proximity of the fields.

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The division of space between the respective fields, training field and multysport area is defined by

the H-saped canopy. By aplying this concept to the sports complex, the privatisation of the different

areas can be regulated in a more specific way as each field is seperated by the canopy and its

underlying fences.

BLOTZHEIM

Axonometry: Guillaume Dopchie

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The canopy represented in the images create a certain continuity throughout the whole complex

and offers a shelter to the tribunes and the clubhouse terrace aswell.

As the budget was one of the main concerns for this project, the choice of materials and structural

complexity of both building and canopy were reduced, therefore generating a visual simplicity

providing a certain elegance to the built elements.

BLOTZHEIM

Images: Mariana Santana

BLOTZHEIM - Plaine Sportive - FORUM DES SPORTS Equipe B 12

Rangement MatrielComunal 2

Rangement MatrielCLUB 2

VestiairesJoueurs 6

VestiairesJoueurs 5

VestiairesJoueurs 4

VestiairesJoueurs 3

Medical room

Rserve du Bar

Buanderie

Sanitaires Public Hommes

Sanitaires Public Femmes

Sanitaires Arbitres

Local Mnage

Zone de sche

Douches Douches

Zone de sche

Douches Douches

Chaufferie

Clture 6m hauteur

Clture 2m hauteur

VestiairesArbitres-Assistants

Circulation Extrieure

VestiairesArbitres

VestiairesJoueurs 2

Zone de sche

Zone de sche

Douches

Douches

VestiairesJoueurs 3

Local Technique

Rangement MatrielCLUB 1

Rangement ExtrieurTerrasse

Bar Extrieur

Sanitaires Public Hommes

Sanitaires Public Femmes

Tisanerie

LocalDchets

Bureau AdministratifClub

Salle de Convivialit

Sanitaires Joueurs

Btiment

Le btiment du club bnficie dune position centrale au sein du forum des sports, plac de faon perpendiculaire aux terrains de jeux. Cette typologie permet de regrouper les spectateurs sur les tribunes principales, rectangulaires et compactes, et de maximiser la proximit avec les vnements sportifs. Le premier tage du club et sa terrasse offrent une vue panoramique sur les terrains de jeu et la place des sports. Lauvent en forme de H gnre des zones de passage et de dtente, protgeant les utilisateurs des conditions atmosphriques. Il unifie lespace en vitant que les cltures deviennent le motif central du projet. Le langage architectural choisi est celui dune grande simplicit et clart: les matriaux utiliss ref-ltent un aspect robuste au rez-de-chausse en rapport avec le contenu du programme.

Vue Intrieure

Coupe CC 1:200

Coupe AA Coupe BB Facades

Club House 1:200

Tribunes 1:200

RDC

R +1

Vue sur les tribunes

Vue (terrain entranement) Vue (terrain dhonneur)

Rservefoncire

Cltures Toit Espace communautaire dactivits

BLOTZHEIM - Plaine Sportive - FORUM DES SPORTS Equipe B 12

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FORUM DES SPORTS

Lamnagement de la plaine sportive de Blotzheim sappuie sur une organisation fonctionnelle simple, privilgiant la den-sit. Le forum des sports regroupe les terrains de jeu, et les activits de loisir dans un cadre privilgiant la densit. Lauvent en H connecte les espaces, abrite le btiment, et les tribunes couvertes. Les places de stationnement, et les rser-ves foncires, sont disposes en priphrie et traites de ma-nire extensive.

Place des sports

La place des sports marque lentre du forum. Elle est amnage en asphalte peint de lignes graphiques blanches, agrmente de revtements de stabilis et de sol souple, et plante dessences ornementales de type ginkgo biloba et zelkova. Des bancs cir-culaires compltent lamnagement. Lensemble des activits de loisirs, ddies aux jeunes et aux habitants du quartier sont implantes sur la place : agrs, terrains de ptanque, skate parc, piste dathltisme, basketball, handball, volleyball, et

Plan 1:500

tennis de table. Lorganisation dense des programmes permet dobtenir un niveau dactivit lev, qui amne la convivia-lit et la rencontre.

Terrains de football

Le terrain en herbe est situ lest du forum. Il dispose louest de tribunes couvertes par lauvent le long de la place des sports, et de tribunes paysages sur sa partie est. Le ter-rain dentranement dispose de tribunes couvertes sous auvent le long de la place des sports. Le demi terrain dentranement est situ entre les terrains principaux. Les trois terrains disposent dun accs direct au club house direct, ses vesti-aires, et sa salle de convivialit.

Les terrains sont dlimits par des cltures mtalliques de couleur argente, en harmonie avec la matrialit du btiment. Le clos vue du terrain dhonneur est assur par lajustement de bches textiles sur lest cltures, sur lesquelles sont in-

diqus le nom du club sportif, des joueurs, et des sponsors ventuels. Les cltures sont de 6 m de hauteur sur les faces nord sud, et de 2m de hauteur sur les faces est ouest. Ce dispositif permet de grer les limites et de contrler les ac-cs du forum des sports.

Espaces fonctionnels

Le parking est accessible depuis la rue de lindustrie, qui pour-rait tre rebaptise rue des sports. Il est plant dessences indignes et champtres, de type aulne, saule, orme, et peu-plier, qui assurent couvert et continuit paysagre avec les alentours. Un accs de desserte permet de longer la plaine spor-tive sur lensemble de sa longueur. La desserte permet laccs aux vhicules dentretien et sert galement de piste de course secondaire de distance. Les rserves foncires se trouvent de part et dautre du forum des sports. Elles sont traites de ma-nire extensive, amnages de gravillons rcuprs sur site.

Vue Extrieure

Rservefoncire

Rservefoncire

Terrainsde jeux

Placedes sports

Espaces foncionnels

Placedes sports

Clubhouse

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Billeterie

Parking

Parkingbus

Vlos

Terrain entranement

Terrain dhonneur

Entre piton

Accs secondaire

Pistedathltisme

Accs vhicule

1/2 terrainentranement

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