Les Allues Village Centre

Location

Les Allues, Savoie

The Concept

A mountain village: its square, its church, its arcaded façades. The reworking of the centre of Les Allues covered the square, the paths and a play area set between the chalets and the forest. Stone walls, solid timber play structures on soft surfacing, grass borders, young trees for shade. Design and site supervision of the outdoor spaces, with Inex-A Architectes.

What this project explores

Stone walls, paving and steps for the square and the walkways
Solid timber play area on soft surfacing: cabin, slide, swing, climbing net
Grass borders and a row of young trees for the shade to come

A timber play cabin with a pitched roof, metal slide and climbing ladder with holds, set on ochre soft surfacing in front of a large pale pink arcaded façade; tall grasses and a stone wall to the right, a swing beyond.

The hand-drawn, watercoloured site plan of the play area: an angled plot ringed by stone walls, pink and ochre washes for the soft surfacing, trees as green patches, timber play structures drawn in line, planted borders along the edges. The design drawing behind the built place shown in the photographs.

"Between the chalets and the forest, the play area borrows its materials from its surroundings: timber for the logs, stone for the walls."

The log swing frame in the foreground, a wooden picnic table on the grass, the red soft surfacing of the play area behind, the village façades and a young tree in light foliage.

A climbing net stretched between two log posts on the red soft surfacing; behind it, the cabin and its slide, a row of young trees, the arcaded village façades and parked cars.

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