2011 Sophie de MarchinSophie de Marchin - A music centre of 8000m ² in the district Outremeuse, Liège, Belgium
Personal opinion:
School is for me a place of freedom: it is for me the place where we can take time to think, think about the meaning of the project, about the meaning of the program and where we can grant themselves the freedom to design imaginary and utopian projects.
Urban Position:
Using the ”Boulevard of the constitution” as the main compositional tool of the group’s master plan, the Jehan le Bel’s public space seemed to be a strategic square: leading on the boulevard, creating a transversality towards the Meuse and marking the entry into the neighborhood.
Programmatic position / concept:
On the other hand, thinking on the music center's program (combining a music academy and music’s house) led me to realize the complexity of this one: it brings together functions with different characteristics, everyone extroverted but mainly introverted. The desire was to retain the intimacy of the program but also opening it to the outside world and to achieve in democratizing the music. Therefore, the decision was taken to use this strategic location that is the Jehan le Bel’s public space, unskilled at present, as a musical square.
It consists of one landmark tower dedicated to the public and another one dedicated to the insider/artist which are then gathered by a slab covering the square and a base both related to training and music production. Thereby, the space between the slab and the base get in connection with the program due to various patios and skylights crossing the project and creating intimate’s relationships between the introverted music’s program and the public space open to all.
School is for me a place of freedom: it is for me the place where we can take time to think, think about the meaning of the project, about the meaning of the program and where we can grant themselves the freedom to design imaginary and utopian projects.
Urban Position:
Using the ”Boulevard of the constitution” as the main compositional tool of the group’s master plan, the Jehan le Bel’s public space seemed to be a strategic square: leading on the boulevard, creating a transversality towards the Meuse and marking the entry into the neighborhood.
Programmatic position / concept:
On the other hand, thinking on the music center's program (combining a music academy and music’s house) led me to realize the complexity of this one: it brings together functions with different characteristics, everyone extroverted but mainly introverted. The desire was to retain the intimacy of the program but also opening it to the outside world and to achieve in democratizing the music. Therefore, the decision was taken to use this strategic location that is the Jehan le Bel’s public space, unskilled at present, as a musical square.
It consists of one landmark tower dedicated to the public and another one dedicated to the insider/artist which are then gathered by a slab covering the square and a base both related to training and music production. Thereby, the space between the slab and the base get in connection with the program due to various patios and skylights crossing the project and creating intimate’s relationships between the introverted music’s program and the public space open to all.
