New Construction

  • Building Type : School, college, university
  • Construction Year : 2019
  • Delivery year : 2019
  • Address 1 - street : CCD6 Bambou Ouest 97604 BOUéNI, France
  • Climate zone : [Aw] Tropical Wet & Dry with dry winter.

  • Net Floor Area : 5 536 m2
  • Construction/refurbishment cost : 24 730 000 €
  • Number of Pupil : 900 Pupil
  • Cost/m2 : 4467.12 €/m2
  • Primary energy need
    90 kWhep/m2.an
    (Calculation method : RTAA DOM 2012 )
Energy consumption
Economical buildingBuilding
< 50A
A
51 à 90B
B
91 à 150C
C
151 à 230D
D
231 à 330E
E
331 à 450F
F
> 450G
G
Energy-intensive building

The Bouéni middle school is located on the island of Mayotte. It is subject to major climatic hazards: cyclones, earthquakes, floods and landslides. Our project, winner of a competition, proposed original conceptual and constructive solutions that made it possible to deal with repeated earthquakes and a strong tropical depression during the works and delivery phase. We relied on a construction method in the steel sector, with little impact on the site, in a remarkable environment, studies in a physical wind tunnel which made it possible to optimize the dimensioning of the building for natural ventilation (passive architecture) and for seismic forces and surface rainwater management avoiding the obstruction and / or destruction of networks in the event of heavy rain and earthquakes. The results are up to the ambitions since this bioclimatic building now operational gives full satisfaction to users, after having successfully faced the elements.

Sustainable development approach of the project owner

 

 

Architectural description

The architectural choice of this project stems from the concerns of the client developed in the program and from the visit of the site with its exchanges. Our reflection followed the criteria of choice, without hierarchy:

  • Respect of the program, quality of functioning and adaptation to the site
  • Overall economy of the project
  • Architectural and environmental quality and integration

 

A project in line with the program


Our project only deviates occasionally from the program (space optimization). For the rest, the functional units are grouped into legible and identifiable entities, easily appropriable.

A functional project: the organization articulated from the central space of the courtyard identified spatially defines easily usable premises, without creating a closed courtyard.

An evolving project: the technical choice of load-bearing facades frees up the space and allows for easy evolution of the partitioning.

A "mutualizable" project: the optimization of the premises and spaces was exploited as much as possible and determined the position of the premises and spaces in relation to each other to reach this objective, in particular the multipurpose room, the restaurant, the CDI and the sports facilities. 

A safe project: the articulation from the courtyard and the judicious layout of the surveillance rooms make this middle school easy to control and monitor both inside and outside spaces.

 

An economical project with low maintenance


Our project integrates the concern of constructive simplicity, guaranteeing a controlled construction cost and easy maintenance. It is composed of simple volumes, covered by large single-slope roofs protecting the facades and respecting the useful surfaces.

The use of low- or no-maintenance materials guarantees an exceptional longevity of most of the exterior structures.

The adaptation to the ground minimizing the rocky excavations by constructions on piles, parking lots as close as possible to the topography and the privileged use of the flatter zones for the establishment of the courtyard and the stadium optimize the adaptation to the ground, in a ground with a marked and constraining slope.

The technical equipment was determined with these concerns of simplicity, low cost and reduced maintenance.

 

Architectural quality


Quality has been sought through the respect of the previous points.

It stems from the choice of a soft implantation in the site, legible functioning, the choice of natural, durable materials, climatic protection, landscaping and the finesse of the details implemented.

The analysis of the context also led us to take advantage of the exceptional site offered to us and to allow an optimal exploitation of the views for the non-teaching premises.

We developed an equatorial architecture, where the expressiveness of the project stems from architectural elements such as sunbreakers, large roof overhangs, a strong porosity, thin buildings, and an omnipresence of vegetation. This expression is specific to the climatic and geographical conditions of this territory, far from a commonplace international architecture.

 

Environmental quality


From the start, the philosophy that underpinned our concept was that of minimal visual and physical impact on the site. To achieve this, we have organized a project that spreads out in a flexible manner along the contours of the site, optimizing the movement of the earth. This choice was amended and reinforced by the will to preserve the remarkable trees punctuating this site, the two baobabs and the orchard of fruit trees in particular.

The need to ensure optimal ventilation of the premises to ensure thermal comfort also dictated specific morphologies of the building, low thickness of the constructive frame, construction on piles optimizing air circulation, mono-pitch roofs, patios with depression wells, optimizing pressure/depression phenomena, North-South orientations of the building ideal for solar protection and lateral lighting in the classrooms.

Finally, the desire to preserve ecological corridors and good hydraulic transparency led us to build on stilts and to make cuts ensuring the free flow of rainwater on the surface in the existing talwegs, thus limiting the acceleration of runoff and soil erosion so fragile in Mayotte.

 

Insertion in the site


At the convergence of the architectural and environmental quality concerns mentioned above, the quality of insertion is thus easily ensured by a minimal impact, a split project, in the slope, in a preserved vegetation. It is a question here of creating a public facility coiled in the slopes and the vegetation, preserving as much as possible the majestic site of the Ile aux Parfums.

The insertion in the site is strongly worked with :

  • a staging of the highest volumes in the slope
  • a staging of the living terraces, with the play of ramps becoming spaces of evolution complementary to the large spaces of the courtyard
  • the conservation of large indigenous trees (baobabs) and domestic trees (mango trees) in order to benefit from shade and to participate in the plenum of inscription in the slope
  • simple volumes with roofs following the slope for the tallest (cumulative aerodynamic effect and insertion)
  • the vegetal enhancement of the site with, in particular, the creation of forest gardens with indigenous biodiversity (a potential conservation site) forming a setting and continuity with the slope of the great landscape
  • soft treatment of rainwater runoff (conservation of small ditches, aerial management of rainwater to remove pollution)

 

The architectural image


Mayotte is a young island, and the architectural references for programs of this scale are recent. The materials once used, such as wood and mud brick, which are very interesting in terms of carbon impact and bioclimatic behavior, are currently less used, in favor of a fairly ubiquitous concrete sector as in Reunion Island.

Therefore, we looked for a differentiated and relevant approach for a competent and contemporary architecture in Mayotte. In particular, the use of dry methods allows us to rediscover or renew the immense competence of an emblematic building of the island: the governor's house in Dzaoudzi.

This learned climatic reference designed by Eiffel's engineers has strongly inspired us to search for a differentiated and inventive architectural image. In the green and brown landscape of the xerophilic slopes of Bambo Ouest, the long slope of the buildings is treated with porous materials with a white structure that traps the light and not the heat, behind the wooded masses of the first slopes.

The buildings thus develop an integrated image of competent and bioclimatic institutional architecture. The color effects are defined in a pointillistic way in the manner of the drawings of the bangas on specific elements: sunshades of the volumes of reception and restoration, refrets of the volumes long pan (ochre of the lateritic grounds), doors of the buildings, specific technical aediculae... These elements, as well as the signage that will be designed, provide the domesticity necessary for the social life of the middle school.

 

Bioclimatic architecture


It is an obvious fact that is not yet recognized for insertion, but yet very necessary and civic: that of creating equipment whose use minimizes the carbon impact and therefore the consumption of fossil energy. Standard air-conditioning of premises is the plague of tropical and equatorial environments... It is a simplified answer that is not acceptable for the architecture nor for the planet, because it is the architecture that must create the conditions of comfort and avoid or limit the active systems, most of which also pose health problems.

The project is conceived as a climatic machine in the slope, open to the sea breezes and deployed to the weak night breezes. The orientation of the roofs parallel to the slope, the very high porosity of the facades (nearly 50%). The following effects are so many devices combined to irrigate and refresh the interior premises:

  • overhangs of the roof
  • thermo-acoustic double skin roofing
  • tree protection of the "hard" floors and courtyards in particular
  • climatic double skin
  • ventilated basements (raised)
  • thermal draught by associated patios (or even by permanent smoke extraction chimney - restaurant room).

In addition to the strategy on the site, a thermal zoning is set up in the premises with process like the restoration and its kitchen in order to refine the energy optimization.

 

A middle school where life is good


Children are not necessarily prepared to be confined in institutional buildings that can constrain the capacity of students by their poorly designed or poorly adapted aspects. A middle school is a place to live and learn. Also, the beauty of the place (in the sense of the intensity generated by the place) is a condition sine qua non of the quality of life and teaching.

In addition to the comfort generated by the bioclimatic architecture and the generosity of the protected outdoor spaces, we must also mention :

Ø the acoustic partition with the aero-acoustic design of the project (acoustic zoning, orientations, masking effects, etc...)

Ø visual comfort, in terms of daylight

Ø visual comfort with views on the great landscape from the bay or from a wooded courtyard

Ø visual comfort without glare by the north and south orientations of the work space bays

Ø comfort for the body through "soft" courtyards partially treated with synthetic turf

Ø comfort of movement through soft ramps, differentiated inscription of the terraces organized on the site

Ø pedestrian comfort through the protection of soft movements....

 

We therefore propose a project of tropical architecture, functional, adapted to a preserved environment that it was essential to protect as much as possible and that can serve as an educational base for the preservation of the Perfume island.

If you had to do it again?

We would have used wood instead of metal, which would have further improved the carbon footprint, even if for Mayotte, it is a real change to have been able to go to middle school in the dry sector and not in concrete.

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 Le projet a été étudié sur la base du référentiel HQE, même si aucune certification n'a été faite

Photo credit

LAB Reunion - Tand'M

Contractor

Construction Manager

Stakeholders

    Designer

    Tand'M

    Stéphan Aimé

    project management


    Structures calculist

    GECP & OMNIS

    Alexandre Jennant

    structural and seismic studies


    Other consultancy agency

    INSET

    Eric Ottenwelter

    Fluid study and BET



    Structures calculist

    I2M

    Jean Marc Bouchut

    bet metal structure


    Other consultancy agency

    NATURALISTE DE MAYOTTE

    Franck Coudray

    Naturalist


    Company

    SOGEA TRAVAUX

    Claude Petit

    external development company


    Company

    SMTPC

    Olivier Trassard

    masonry structural work


    Company

    SMAC

    Virgile Virot

    metal structure company - cladding - metal textile


    Other consultancy agency

    Delhome acoustique

    bet acoustic studies


    Other consultancy agency

    MBE

    ANtoine Bajeux

    bet vrd


    Construction Manager

    Michel Delafosse

    Michel Delafosse

    project manager and OPC

Type of market

Global performance contract

Energy consumption

  • 90,00 kWhep/m2.an
  • 330,00 kWhep/m2.an
  • RTAA DOM 2012

    Outdoor lighting: 7,305 kWh Interior lighting: 21,448 kWh Air conditioning: 9556 kWh CMV: 592 kWh Kitchen ventilation: 1082 kWh Elevator: 400kWh Ventilators: 14,990 kWh Hot water: 1000 kWh Restoration: 120,000kWh Miscellaneous: 15,000 kWh

Real final energy consumption

    27,00 kWhef/m2.an

More information

Interior lighting expansion of 0.8 Standard building ratio 100 kWh / m²SU / year

Systems

    • No heating system
    • Solar Thermal
    • Water chiller
    • Fan coil
    • Natural ventilation
    • Solar Thermal

    The project of a photovoltaic farm on the roof is under study, it should enable the objective of a positive energy building to be achieved.

Smart Building

     

     

Urban environment

  • 34 443,00 m2
  • 19 125,00
  • From the start, the philosophy behind our concept has been that of minimal impact, both visual and physical, on the site. To do this, we have organized a project deploying in a flexible way along the contour lines optimizing the movements of the earth. This choice was amended and reinforced by the desire to preserve the remarkable trees punctuating this site, the two baobabs and the orchard of fruit trees in particular.

    The need to ensure optimal ventilation of the premises to ensure thermal comfort has also dictated specific morphologies of the building, low thickness of the constructive framework, construction on stilts optimizing air circulation, single-slope roofs, patios with low pressure wells, optimizing the phenomena of pressure / depression, orientation of the North-South frame ideal for solar protection and side lighting in classrooms.

    Finally, the desire to preserve ecological corridors and good hydraulic transparency, led us to build on stilts and to make breaks ensuring the free flow of rainwater on the surface in the existing thalwegs, thus limiting the acceleration of runoff and the erosion of so fragile soils in Mayotte.

     

    Insertion into the site

    At the convergence of the architectural and environmental quality concerns mentioned above, the quality of insertion is thus easily ensured by a minimal impact, a split project, on the slope, in preserved vegetation. It is a question here of making a public facility coiled in the slopes and the vegetation preserving as much as possible a majestic site of the perfume island.

    The insertion in the site is worked strongly with in particular:

    • a tier in the slope of the highest volumes
    • a tiering of living terraces, with sets of ramps becoming spaces for development complementary to the large spaces of the courtyard
    • the conservation of large native (baobab) and domestic (mango) trees in order to benefit from shade and participate in the registration plenum on the slope
    • simple volumes with roofs following the slope for the highest (cumulative aerodynamic effect and insertion)
    • the plant enhancement of the site with in particular the creation of forest gardens in native biodiversity (potentially conservatory site) forming a setting and continuity with the slope of the large landscape
    • soft treatment of rainwater flows (conservation of small valleys, decontaminating aerial management of rainwater)

     

Product

    COVERIB

    ONDULIT

    Laurent Pippinato

     https://ondulit.com/

    Gros œuvre / Charpente, couverture, étanchéité

    Multilayer roofing with high performance: sound insulation (noise impact of rain), high solar reflection power

    No specific problem


    SMC2

    SMC2

    Samuel Guillermard

     https://www.smc2-construction.com/

    Gros œuvre / Charpente, couverture, étanchéité

    Metallo-textile framework with prestressed PVC type text and tensioning system by mechanical jacks.

    Very good feedback, provides sun protection and homogeneous light for sports practice at a very good value for money.


    Crystalis transparent roller shutter

     https://www.provelis.com/nouveautes/le-volet-roulant-transparent/

    Second œuvre / Menuiseries extérieures

    Transparent roller shutter used in classroom glazing allowing full opening and therefore excellent natural ventilation (maximum porosity).

    No specific problem reported.

Construction and exploitation costs

  • 24 730 000

Water management

  • 261 573,00 m3
  • Water tarpaulins have been put in place to collect rainwater to supply the toilets. This device makes it possible to deal with frequent water cuts on the site.

    Rainy waters :
    On-site rainwater management is managed gently and on the plot. Thus, rainwater delay / infiltration devices have been installed on the site. We thus find, as we can see in the ground plan below, landscape valleys around the buildings and in the lower parts of the plot.

    Vegetated valleys are structures that collect and regulate rainwater and runoff by slowing its flow to an outlet. This type of technique is suitable for the management of rainwater for the Bouéni college construction project in Mayotte.
    From a technical point of view, the green valleys are structured in this way:

    The permeability of a plot is the ability of the land to delay and infiltrate rainwater. Thus, a so-called “permeable” soil will have a greater capacity to manage rainwater on site (greater storage / infiltration volume). A permeable soil is characterized by the nature of its coating. Thus, a concrete surface will be impermeable (coefficient of permeability = 0) unlike a surface with several plant layers (coefficient of permeability = 1).

    Permeability
    FLOOR COVERING Surface in m² Percentage (%) Coefficient Result
    Concrete swept on roadway and access 1,300 / 2.9% / 0.00
    Pedestrian swept concrete 2,200 / 5.0% / 0.00
    Concrete grass slab 900 / 2.0% / 0.00
    Flat stone paving 1,020 / 2.3% / 0.00
    Grating 60 / 0.1% / 0.318
    High Modulus Asphalt 1,280 / 2.9% / 0.00
    Bituminous concrete 6 9,401 / 5.6% / 0.00
    Colored bituminous concrete 1720 / 3.9% / 0.00
    Concrete stairs 410 / 0.9% / 0.00

    BUILDINGS
    Overall (Right-of-way built on the ground floor, excluding roof terraces) 3,427 / 7.7% / 0.00
    Green roof terrace 823 / 1.9% / 0.3247

    PLANT SYSTEMS
    SV1 Forest gardens 19 3954 / 3.7% / 1.019 395
    SV2 Courtyard Gardens 667 / 1.5% / 1.0667
    Planting pit - trees in the yard 15 / 0.0% / 1.015

    Project 44 40 710/0% 46%

    The plot's waterproofing coefficient is 54%, which is correct.


    Drinking water consumption
    Consumption item Ratio Area (m²) Daily consumption (liters) Annual consumption (liters)
    Flush / 4.5 liters / uses1 200 300,000
    Sanitary water (maintenance, hand washing, etc.) 1 liters / day / person 1200 300 000
    Catering 4000 liters / day 40001000000
    Forest gardens 2 liters / m² / day 193953879014158350
    Courtyard gardens 5 liters / m² / day 66733351217275

    TOTAL WATER CONSUMPTION: 19,078,025
    TOTAL WATER CONSUMPTION: 26,157 m3 / year
    WATER CONSUMPTION COST: € 57,806 / year
    Assumption: average cost of water in Mayotte: 3.03 € / m3
    The project will therefore have a drinking water consumption of 26.157m3 / year.
    Note that this applies for the first year of operation because the young plantations must be sufficiently fed to be able to develop sustainably. Ultimately, consumption may be lowered.

Indoor Air quality

    The concept of a building with natural comfort ventilation (only the administrative building is air-conditioned) provides excellent air quality. Simulations in a physical wind tunnel at the Eiffel laboratory in Paris rely on minimum air renewal rates of 15vol / hour ensuring excellent air quality by evacuating pollutants efficiently.

Comfort

    Below is a summary table of the materials used:

    Materials / Use / Description / Proliferation of microorganisms / Emissions of VOCs, toxics, allergens, etc. / Emissions of fibers and particles / Environmental certification / Ventilation conditions

    Hot-dip galvanized steel, Frame, Technical room doors, Inert material, Inert material, None, Strongly ventilated, Prestressed PVC, Sun protection

    Textile membrane on galvanized steel frame Null

    Presence of phthalates

    VOC Emissions: None

    Strongly ventilated

    Aluminum

    Transom and spandrel

    Composite panels

    Nothing

    Inert material

    Nothing

    Strongly ventilated

    Polyethylene

    Transom and spandrel

    Composite panels

    Possibility of proliferation of microorganisms if infiltration

    Low quantity VOC emissions

    Nothing

    Not ventilated

    Polycarbonate

    Vertical berries

    Roller shutter

    Nothing

    VOC emissions

    Nothing

    Strongly ventilated

    Electro galvanized steel sheet

    blanket

    Nothing

    Inert material

    Nothing

    Strongly ventilated

    Mineral wool

    Transom and spandrel

    Lining partitions and suspended ceilings

    Possibility of proliferation of microorganisms if infiltration

    Low quantity VOC emissions

    Emission of fine particles possible

    Obligation to have an FDES

    Not ventilated

    Saniclip - Comepal

    Sanitary separations

    Compact laminate

    Possibility of proliferation of microorganisms

    Low quantity VOC emissions

    Emission of fine particles possible

    Moderately or heavily ventilated

    Plaster

    Partitions and lining

    Possibility of proliferation of microorganisms if infiltration

    Low quantity VOC emissions

    Emission of fine particles possible

    Moderately ventilated

    Concrete

    Vertical walls and slabs

    nothing

    Low quantity VOC emissions (grinding agents, additives, molding agents)

    Nothing

    Strongly ventilated

    Softwood fibers

    Roof insulation (thermal and acoustic)

    Fiberboards (fibralith)

    Possibility of proliferation of microorganisms if infiltration

    Low quantity VOC emissions

    Emission of fine particles possible

    Acermi

    NF EN

    Not ventilated

    Mineral fiber

    Ceiling

    Ceiling of the kitchen preparation area

    Possibility of proliferation of micro-organisms if infiltration, VOC emissions in small quantities, Possible fine particle emissions, Not ventilated, Paint

    -

    Masonry and plaster walls, Nil, Low quantity VOC emissions, Nil

    European eco-label, Moderately ventilated, Earthenware, Protection of walls (housing), Inert material

    Inert material, Null, Glue with NaturePlus label, Moderately ventilated, Structured porcelain stoneware, Floor, Kitchen preparation area, Inert material, Inert material, Nil, Glue with NaturePlus label, Moderately ventilated

    Acoustics :

    In this part we will study the acoustic behavior of each room, by determining the indices of attenuation of the walls, the acoustic isolations between rooms and the reverberation time of the rooms.

    It should be noted that in the vicinity of the project, no source of external nuisance has been detected.

    Definitions of the acoustic concepts used:

    Sound is a wave of energy that travels through the air more or less quickly. Depending on its intensity, it can make certain bodies vibrate and thus be transmitted through the air as well as through solid elements, such as the walls of a building. Thus, when a sound is emitted outside a room, it can be heard inside it depending on the intensity of the sound, but also depending on the physical properties of the separating walls.

    Sound reduction index of a separating wall

    The sound reduction index, noted R, allows to characterize the ability of the partition wall to attenuate the transmission of noise. The higher its value, the more the wall attenuates the sound level of noise transmitted.

    We will focus here on the sound attenuation index weighted for a pink noise and for a traffic noise.

    Acoustic insulation:

    The sound insulation of a room is the arithmetic difference in sound pressure levels between the room where the sound is emitted and the room where it is received and is expressed in dB.

    We are interested here particularly in the standardized sound insulation weighted DnT,A which corresponds to the sound insulation to airborne sound between two premises, taking into account the reverberation time of the room of reception.

    With         

    - Rw + C is the attenuation index of the separating wall;

    - V the volume of the room studied;

    - S is the surface of the separating wall common to the transmitting and receiving rooms (room under study and adjacent room);

    - a, a corrective coefficient characterizing the decrease of the insulation due to lateral transmissions.
     

    Reverberation time

    Reverberation time is defined as the time in seconds that it takes for the sound to become one millionth of its original intensity (60 dB decrease in intensity level). It can be assimilated to the presence of an echo inside a room. This is regulated in educational premises by the decree of 25 April 2003, relating to the limitation of noise in educational premises.

    Speech intelligibility

    Speech intelligibility is defined as the ability of a monologue or conversation to be understood by a listener located nearby. This depends on the ambient noise level, the absorption of part of the sound spectrum by the walls, acoustic distortions, etc...

    Standardized acoustic insulation weighted to airborne sound DnT,A and DnT,A,tr :

    The sound insulation levels indicated are expressed in dB from the weighted standardized insulation DnT,W. This notation means that the difference in sound pressure levels measured in octave or third octave bands between two adjacent or overlapping rooms must be corrected for the nominal reverberation time of the receiving room.

    Standardized Impact Sound Pressure Levels:

    The isolations from impact noise due to walking or solidian excitations by the feet of furniture are expressed as a maximum standardized sound level not to exceed L'nT,w, calculated according to NF EN ISO 717-2, when the standardized impact machine excites the floor considered. This sound level is corrected according to the nominal reverberation time of the measuring room.

     

    In the context of the middle school of BOUENI, this concept takes all its direction in particular for the classrooms, but also for the CDI. The uses being appreciably different, the expected level of acoustic comfort is different:

    - in the classrooms, the teacher must be heard by all the students, whatever his position in the room, without encouraging echoes;

    - In the CDI, which is not intended for verbal exchange, the acoustic level must be controlled, ensuring that users have a calm working space.

     

    Acoustic regulations

    The order of April 25, 2003 relating to the limitation of noise in educational establishments.

    Article 2:

    Here is the table of minimum values of standardized sound insulation weighted DnT,A between premises, expressed in decibels:   

    ROOM OF EMISSION ROOM OF RECEPTION

    teaching room, practical activities, administration

    MEDICAL ROOM, infirmary, low-noise workshop, kitchen, closed assembly room, meeting room, sanitary facilities

    stairwell

    horizontal circulation, closed checkroom

    music room, multipurpose room, sports room

    catering room

    Noisy WORKSHOP (as defined in section 8 of this order)

    Teaching room, practical activities, administration, library, CDI, music room, meeting room, teachers' room, low-noise workshop.

    Medical room, infirmary.

    43 (1)

    50

    43

    40

    53

    53

    55

    Multipurpose room.

    40

    50

    43

    30

    50

    50

    50

    Catering room

    40

    50 (2)

    43

    30

    50

     

    55

    (1) An insulation of 40 dB is allowed in the presence of one or more communication doors. (2) With the exception of a kitchen communicating with the dining room.

    Article 3:

    On the other hand, Article 3 states that the weighted depression level of the standardized impact noise L'n,Tw shall not exceed 60dB. If the shocks are produced in a noisy workshop, a sports hall, the values of weighted pressure level of the noise of standardized shock, L' nT,w, must be lower than 45 dB in the rooms of reception.

    Article 4:

    The value of the standardized sound pressure level LnAT of noise generated in libraries, documentation and information centers, medical premises, infirmaries and rest rooms, music rooms by a building equipment shall not exceed 33 dB(A) if the equipment operates continuously and 38 dB(A) if it operates intermittently. These levels are increased to 38 and 43 dB(A) respectively for all other reception areas

    Article 5:

    UNOCCUPIED FURNISHED PREMISES

    AVERAGE REVERBERATION TIME (expressed in seconds)

    Nursery school rest room; nursery school exercise room; nursery school playroom.

    Teaching room; music room; study room; hands-on activity room; dining room and multipurpose room with volume 250 m³.

    0,4 Tr 0,8 s

    Medical or social premises, infirmary; sanitary facilities; administration; foyer; meeting room; library; documentation and information center.

    Rooms for teaching, music, study or practical activities with a volume > 250 m³, except noisy workshops (3).

    0.6 Tr 1.2 s

    Catering room with a volume > 250 m³.

    Tr 1.2 s

    Multipurpose room with a volume > 250 m³ (1).

    0.6 Tr 1.2 s and compulsory special study (2)

    Other rooms and corridors accessible to students with a volume > 250 m³.

    Tr 1.2 s if 250 m³ < V 512 m³ Tr 0.15 ³V s if V > 512 m³

    Sports room.

    Defined in the decree relating to the limitation of noise in the establishments of leisure and sports taken in application of the article L. 111-11-1 of the code of the construction and the housing.

    (1) If the dining room is used as a multipurpose room, the values to be taken into account are those given for the dining room. (2) The particular study is intended to define the acoustic treatment of the room allowing to have a good intelligibility in any point of this one. (3) See article 8.

    Note that the Boueni middle school site is not included in a perimeter linked to the airfield noise exposure plan. 

    Article 7:

    The value of the weighted standardized sound insulation DnT,A,tr, of the reception premises mentioned in article 2 with regard to the noise of land transport infrastructures is the same as that imposed on residential buildings in articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the aforementioned decree of 30 May 1996. It can in no case be less than 30 dB.

    6.2.3.        Acoustic characteristics of the project walls

    After having stated the regulatory texts, we will evaluate the characteristics of the project.

    The sound reduction index of a wall provides a lot of information concerning the acoustic behaviour of a wall, especially its capacity to attenuate the sound levels emitted in an adjacent room. The calculation of its value is necessary to determine the sound insulation of a facade, which may be composed of various constructive elements (walls, windows, doors, ventilation grilles, etc.). Only the sound insulation of a facade has a regulatory character.

    The first step is to identify the different building materials used to determine their respective sound reduction values.

    Figure 3: Sectional view of building F

     

    All the walls and their compositions are marked on the cross-section of building F and their attenuation indices have been evaluated and summarized in the following tables.

     

    We recall that: the higher the loss index RA, the more the wall attenuates the noise emitted in the adjacent premises. 

    Facades

    Typology

    Curtain wall with aluminum frame + rock wool

    Total thickness of the wall

    about 100 mm

    Number and thickness of plates per facing

    3 (sheet metal / polyethylene / sheet metal)

    Weight

    5,61 kg/m² (5,61 kg/m²)

    Surface transmission coefficient

    U = 5.6 W/m².K

    Rw (C;Ctr)

    -

    RA

    40 dB

     

    Partition walls

    Typology

    Plasterboards screwed on a galvanized steel frame type Placostil 120/70

    Total thickness of the partition

    120 mm

    Width of the framework

    70 mm

    Number and thickness of the plates by facing

    2 x 13 mm

    Weight

    42 kg/m2

    Insulation

    Mineral wool (U = 0,60 W/m².K)

    Rw (C;Ctr)

    52 (-2;-7) dB

    RA

    50 dB

     

    Slab

    Typology

    Raw concrete wall (with coating?)

    Total thickness

    180_ mm

    Weight

    432 kg/m² (2400 kg/m³)

    Insulation

    None

    Rw (C;Ctr)

    -

    RA

    58 dB

    Ln,w

    77 dB

     

    Floor

    Typology

    COFRADAL 200 Decibel type floor with micro-perforated underside

    Total thickness

    200 mm

    Weight

    200 kg/sqm

    Insulation

    Mineral wool (R = 3,14 m².°C/W)

    Rw (C;Ctr)

    58 (-2;-8) dB

    RA

    56 dB

    Ln,w

    78 dB

    Note: the values given for COFRADAL 200 correspond to the tests carried out for COFRADAL 200 Decibels with the micro-perforated underside.

    Roof

    Typology

    Roofing sheet COVERIB ep 60/100

    Total thickness

    60 mm

    Weight

    8,6 kg/m² (8,6 kg/m²)

    Insulation

    Mineral wool (R = 0,50 m².K/W)

    Rw (C;Ctr)

    -

    RA

    28 dB

    Note: the announced attenuation index does not take into account the presence of insulation on the underside.

    6.2.4 Weighted standardized sound insulation, DnTA

    Educational premises / Educational premises

     

    Note: the objective is 40dB because of the presence of a communication door

    The objective is well respected.

    Administration room / Multi-purpose room

    The objective is well respected.

     

     

    Administration room / Administration room

    The objective is well respected.

    Note that the noisy rooms (gym, music room) are all located in the G building. There is no room next to the gym and the two music rooms.

    The medical room with the social worker's office is isolated in the eastern part of building A. 

    6.2.5.        Standardized impact sound pressure level, L'n,Tw

    The objectives of weighted acoustic pressure levels of standardized impact noise L'nT,w measured in the various rooms are given in the table below:

    Reception room

     

    Objectives of the level of standardized impact noise L'nT,w [dB]

    College rooms

    60

    Dwellings

    58

     For the construction project of the Boueni secondary school, it is planned to install a COFRADAL200 type floor.

     

    Normalized sound pressure level, LnAT

    The equipment that will be a source of nuisance inside the premises will be

    - cassette fan coil units located in the teacher's room and the meeting room

    - fan coil unit located in the offices

    - Square diffuser in the CDI

    - Blower in the laundry/cooking room

    - Extractor hood in the kitchen

    - Elevators

    As a result, the objectives to be respected are listed in the table below:

    Reception area

     

    Operation

    permanent

    Limited to

    Operation

    intermittent operation

    Limited to

    NR levels

     

    Hall

    38 dB(A)

    43 dB(A)

    35

    Offices

    38 dB(A)

    43 dB(A)

    35

    Meeting room

    38 dB(A)

    43 dB(A)

    35

    CDI / Multipurpose room

    33 dB(A)

    38 dB(A)

    35

    Classroom

    38 dB(A)

    43 dB(A)

    35

    Medical rooms

    33 dB(A)

    38 dB(A)

    35

    All these equipments operate continuously and will not exceed 33dB(A). This is specified in the SCC of the relevant lots.  

     

    Reverberation time, Tr

     

    In order to calculate the reverberation times, it is necessary to determine the absorption coefficients between 125 and 4,000 Hz (frequency of the human voice) of each material developed in the interior walls of the room. These have been compiled in the following table.

    Absorption coefficients

    Material

    alpha sabine

    125 Hz

    250 Hz

    500 Hz

    1000 Hz

    2000 Hz

    4000 Hz

    Concrete

    0,01

    0,01

    0,01

    0,01

    0,01

    0,01

    Gypsum

    -

    0,02

    0,03

    0,03

    0,04

    0,05

    0,04

    Closed bays

    0,1

    0,1

    0,1

    0,1

    0,1

    0,1

    Open bays

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    Fibralith 50 mm

    0,55 (H)

    0,11

    0,24

    0,66

    0,68

    0,66

    0,76

    COFRADAL 200

    0,85

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

     

    As the premises are naturally ventilated all year round, it is interesting to evaluate the reverberation time when the windows are open and when they are closed. When the windows are open, they function as perfect absorbers, and when they are closed, their reflection coefficients correspond to those of a simple glazing.

    REVERBERATION TIME (open windows)

    Room studied

    500 Hz

    1000 Hz

    2000 Hz

    Calculated Tr60

    Tr60 expected

    Classroom

    50 m² floor space

    175 m³

    Equivalent absorption area =

    74,11 m²

    76,86 m²

    76,60 m²

    Reverberation time =

    0,38 s

    0,36 s

    0,37 s

    0,37 s

    0.4<Tr<0.8

     

    Classroom

    75,16 m²

    236,06 m³

    Equivalent absorption area =

    74,11 m²

    76,86 m²

    76,60 m²

     

    Reverberation time =

    0,57 s

    0,55 s

    0,55 s

    0,56 s

    0.4<Tr<0.8

    CDI

    291 m²

    1076 m³

    Equivalent absorption area =

    215,07 m²

    187,41 m²

    178,56 m²

    Reverberation time =

    0.80 s

    0.92 s

    0.96 s

    0.90

    0.6<Tr<1.2

    Sports hall

    203 m²

    1218 m³

    Equivalent absorption area =

    205,73 m²

    230,19 m²

    226,07 m² 

    Reverberation time =

    0.95 s

    0.85 s

    0.86 s

    0.88

    0.6<Tr<1.2

    REVERBERATION TIME (closed windows)

    Room studied

    500 Hz

    1000 Hz

    2000 Hz

    Salles de classe FLJ entre 3,3% et 5,5% - autonomie en éclairage naturel à 300 lux (DA300) supérieure à 80%

GHG emissions

  • 47,00 KgCO2/m2/an
  • TEC TEC tool

  • 823,00 KgCO2 /m2
  • 50,00 année(s)
  • The calculation was made on the basis of a tool adapted to overseas departments as part of a study funded by ADEME and AQC.

Reasons for participating in the competition(s)

The project allows for natural ventilation for comfort and low energy consumption despite high temperatures and humidity. A wind tunnel study allowed an optimization of the use of the dominant winds, either in cross ventilation or with a pressure well. Its implantation parallel to the slope reduced its impact on the site. A thermo-acoustic double skin roof was installed to protect the envelope from solar gain. The use of transparent roller shutters in the classrooms ensures optimal ventilation and light. The building is built to preserve the site and its vista with a steel-clad structure. The following features have also been the object of the greatest care: conservation of native and domestic trees that also allow natural shading, reacute;alization of gardens rich in biodiversity indigène, étagement in the slope of the highest volumes and living terraces.


The resilience of the building is ensured by multiple tools: optimization of the dimensions to allow a natural ventilation and lighting (passive architecture), management of rainwater on the surface (obstructing or destroying the drain in case of seismic or heavy rain), optimization of the load drops to protect the building from seismic altitudes.

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