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Notre‑Dame‑du‑Paradis Elementary School | Renovation and Expansion
Notre‑Dame‑du‑Paradis Elementary School | Renovation and Expansion
Dudswell, Canada
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Notre‑Dame‑du‑Paradis Elementary School | Renovation and Expansion
Dudswell, Canada
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$5M - 10M
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Notre‑Dame‑du‑Paradis Elementary School stands in the rural municipality of Dudswell, in the Eastern Townships of Québec, as a typical 1960s school building set within a scenic landscape of fields and forests. The renovation and expansion project extends the life of this familiar structure by introducing new learning and sports facilities, while significantly improving accessibility and upgrading the existing building envelope and systems.
The extension houses a double gymnasium with its support spaces, a dedicated classroom for four‑year‑old kindergarten, a preschool dining room and new changing rooms. An elevator now connects the three existing floor levels, resolving long‑standing accessibility issues in a building characterized by half‑levels and varied topography. An outdoor classroom completes the program, allowing teaching activities to spill out directly into the surrounding landscape.
Inside the original school, the former gymnasium is transformed into a new changing‑room sector that incorporates a ramp, a classroom and a daycare space. Additional interventions reorganize everyday life within the building: a new cafeteria and a series of mechanical and electrical upgrades, including mechanical ventilation and new water points in all classrooms, align the school with contemporary comfort and safety standards.
At the heart of the project, a new library shared by the municipality and the school becomes a civic living room for Dudswell. Careful planning of entrances and circulation allows citizens to access the library and the sports facilities outside school hours, while maintaining secure boundaries required by the Ministry of Education and the school board. This dual use reinforces the role of the school as a community anchor in a small village context.
Working on an occupied site throughout the school year, and in the particular constraints of the pandemic, required meticulous phasing and close coordination between all stakeholders. The ability to deliver the project on time and within the global budget, while maintaining safety and continuity of teaching, demonstrates the value of a design approach that is both technically rigorous and finely tuned to the needs of students, staff and residents.
The extension houses a double gymnasium with its support spaces, a dedicated classroom for four‑year‑old kindergarten, a preschool dining room and new changing rooms. An elevator now connects the three existing floor levels, resolving long‑standing accessibility issues in a building characterized by half‑levels and varied topography. An outdoor classroom completes the program, allowing teaching activities to spill out directly into the surrounding landscape.
Inside the original school, the former gymnasium is transformed into a new changing‑room sector that incorporates a ramp, a classroom and a daycare space. Additional interventions reorganize everyday life within the building: a new cafeteria and a series of mechanical and electrical upgrades, including mechanical ventilation and new water points in all classrooms, align the school with contemporary comfort and safety standards.
At the heart of the project, a new library shared by the municipality and the school becomes a civic living room for Dudswell. Careful planning of entrances and circulation allows citizens to access the library and the sports facilities outside school hours, while maintaining secure boundaries required by the Ministry of Education and the school board. This dual use reinforces the role of the school as a community anchor in a small village context.
Working on an occupied site throughout the school year, and in the particular constraints of the pandemic, required meticulous phasing and close coordination between all stakeholders. The ability to deliver the project on time and within the global budget, while maintaining safety and continuity of teaching, demonstrates the value of a design approach that is both technically rigorous and finely tuned to the needs of students, staff and residents.
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