* 빛과 나무가 빚어낸 유기적 배움의 축, 르 파뉘엘 에 아소시에의 시몬 베유 학교 [ Le Penhuel & Associés ] Simone Veil School Group

"자연광이 없는 방은 방이 아니다."— 루이스 칸 (Louis Kahn)

le penhuel & associés designs french school with ubiquitous wooden interiors

프랑스의 유아 교육을 위한 새로운 공간 디자인Design for Early Learning in France
- 매체 배치 제안: 기사 도입부에는 차분하고 낮은 외관을 보여주는 학교의 외부 전경 사진을 배치하여 독자의 시선을 유도합니다.

- 프랑스 건축 사무소 르 파뉘엘 에 아소시에가 설계한 시몬 베유 학교는 트랑블레앙프랑스의 조용한 주택가 가장자리에 안착한 새로운 학습 공간입니다. 유치원과 초등학생을 위해 지어진 이 프로젝트는 기존의 단순 여가 센터 모델을 벗어나, 교실과 모임 공간, 야외 구역이 유기적으로 어우러지는 환경을 만들어냅니다.

- 거리에서 바라본 학교는 차분하고 낮은 외관을 띠고 있습니다. 건물의 하중을 떠받치는 석재 파사드는 주변 맥락 안에서 차분한 볼륨감을 형성하며, 밝은 톤의 표면 위로 깊이감 있게 설치된 목재 창호들이 시각적인 리듬감을 더합니다. 거대한 단일 블록이 아닌 일련의 조형들이 연결된 조합으로 다가오는 이 건물은, 주변 주택가와 8개의 교실·공용 시설·옥상 운동장 등 공공 프로그램 사이의 공간적 전이를 마치 한옥의 부드러운 문턱처럼 자연스럽게 이어냅니다.

교차하는 두 개의 건축 축과 내부 가로Two Intersecting Axes and the Interior Street
- 매체 배치 제안: 이 단락 사이에는 붉은 원형 바닥 패턴이 돋보이는 목조 로비 내부 사진과 평면도를 나란히 배치하여 동선의 교차를 직관적으로 설명합니다.

- 건축가들은 교차하는 두 개의 축을 바탕으로 건물의 뼈대를 완성했습니다. 남북을 가로지르는 로비는 건물의 중심축으로서 출입구에서 놀이터까지 깊숙이 뻗어 나가며, 한국 전통 건축의 대청마루처럼 가장자리에 마련된 알코브를 통해 독서와 소규모 그룹 활동을 지원합니다. 단순한 이동 통로를 넘어, 아이들이 머물고 관계를 맺는 살아 숨 쉬는 공간으로 기능하는 것입니다.

- 한편 동서 방향으로 뻗은 교실 가로는 교육 공간을 체계적으로 묶어냅니다. 복도와의 경계를 완화하는 작은 전실을 거쳐 각 교실로 들어서게 되며, 곳곳에 배치된 중정 형태의 파티오는 자연광과 신선한 공기를 실내 깊숙이 끌어들입니다. 두 동선이 교차하는 지점에 마련된 실내 놀이 공간은 이른 아침 등교 시간부터 방과 후 활동에 이르기까지, 하루의 흐름 전체를 품어냅니다.

빛이 깃든 목조 학교, 감각으로 읽히는 내부 공간 Inside the Luminous Timber School
- 매체 배치 제안: 마지막 단락에는 층고가 높고 따뜻한 목구조가 드러난 실내 교실 사진과 채광이 쏟아지는 복도 이미지를 활용하여 재질감을 강조합니다.

- 학교 내부의 교육 공간은 양방향을 향하고 있어 시간의 흐름에 따라 끊임없이 변화하는 다채로운 분위기를 만들어냅니다. 북쪽으로는 파티오를 통해 들어온 빛이 두 교실 사이의 공용 목조 구역을 은은하게 채우며, 아늑한 규모와 나무 특유의 따스한 질감이 아이들의 차분한 활동을 자연스럽게 이끌어냅니다. 반면 남쪽으로는 더 큰 창문들이 활기찬 놀이터를 향해 시원하게 열려, 두 방향의 빛이 서로 다른 정서로 공간을 채웁니다.

- 각 교실은 내부와 외부를 자연스럽게 매개하는 그늘진 야외 구역으로 확장되며, 지붕이 덮인 이 툇마루 같은 공간들은 날씨와 관계없이 유연한 동선과 다채로운 놀이를 지원합니다. 주 놀이터는 대지의 남쪽 가장자리를 따라 늘어선 나무들 아래로 여유롭게 펼쳐져 있습니다.

- 자재의 선택은 이 프로젝트의 성격을 결정짓는 핵심 요소입니다. 현장에서 약 60킬로미터 떨어진 본뇌유앙발루아에서 채굴한 지역 석재는 단단한 구조적 외피를 형성하는 동시에 실내 온도를 쾌적하게 유지하는 축열재 역할을 수행하며, 공간 곳곳에 뚜렷이 드러난 목재 구조체는 교실 사이에 쌓아 올린 흙벽돌과 어우러져 손끝으로도 읽히는 정직하고 따뜻한 건축미를 완성합니다.

프로젝트 개요 / Project Information
- 프로젝트명: 시몬 베유 학교 / Simone Veil School Group
- 건축가: 르 파뉘엘 에 아소시에 / Le Penhuel & Associés
- 위치: 프랑스 트랑블레앙프랑스 / Tremblay-en-France, France
- 사진: 블라디미르 드 몰레라 뒤 죄 / © Vladimir de Mollerat du Jeu

Write by Gemini & Jean Browwn

design for early learning in france
Simone Veil school group stands in Tremblay-en France, on the edge of a quiet residential neighborhood, as a new learning center designed by French practice Le Penhuel & Associés. Built for kindergarten and elementary students, the project replaces an earlier leisure-center model with an arrangement of classrooms, gathering spaces, and outdoor areas.
From the street, the school presents a low profile. Load bearing stone facades define volumes that feel settled within their context, their pale surfaces punctuated by deep-set wooden openings. The massing reads as a series of connected forms rather than a single block. This eases the transition between the surrounding homes and the civic program that includes eight classrooms, shared facilities, and a rooftop sports field.

architecture by Le Penhuel & Associés
The architects at Le Penhuel & Associés shape the Simone Veil school building with two intersecting axes. A north-south lobby forms the heart of the building and extends from the entrance toward the playground. This interior street acts as a lived space rather than just a corridor, with alcoves carved into its edges that support reading and small group work. 
Meanwhile, the east west classroom street organizes the teaching areas. Each classroom opens from a small vestibule that softens the threshold from the corridor. Patios introduce daylight and fresh air, and an interior play area at the crossing of the two routes can be used throughout the day, from early-morning arrivals to after-school activities.

inside the luminous timber school
Teaching spaces within Le Penhuel & Associés’ Simone Veil school benefit from dual orientations for ever shifting atmospheres. To the north, light enters through patios and washes over shared timber-built zones between paired classrooms, where scale and material encourage quieter activities while, to the south, larger windows face the playground.
Each classroom extends toward a shaded exterior zone that mediates between inside and out. These covered areas support fluid circulation and play. The playground itself stretches along the southern edge of the site beneath a line of trees.
Material decisions play a central role in the project’s character. Stone quarried in Bonneuil-en Valois, less than sixty kilometers (37 miles) from the site, forms the structural envelope and provides thermal mass that moderates interior temperatures. Inside, the timber structure is expressed throughout, and is paired with earthen bricks placed between classrooms to reinforce a tactile, legible construction.

name: Simone Veil school group
architect: Le Penhuel & Associés | @lepenhuel_associes
location: Tremblay-en-France, France
photography: © Vladimir de Mollerat du Jeu | @vladimirdmdj

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