Three themes: an atelier in a former depot, a porticoed infill, a student house
What the track asks
A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 5 hours): the design of a civil building work or an urban-scale intervention, with the linked written test asking to justify the choices and the structural sizing. THEME 1 — in an existing building of an urban terrace, a former municipal vehicle depot facing the city watercourse, a change of use into an atelier for artists with temporary residence: from the existing reinforced-concrete frame (40×40 columns, 80 cm top beams, north/south fronts in three bays with infill removed, blind flank walls, precast roof at 5.30 m) obtain an exhibition space ≥100 sqm with toilets accessible to disabled users, a dwelling ≥60 sqm, a public-visitable workspace ≥90 sqm and a store/garage ≥30 sqm reachable from the street, with new infill and an insulated, energy-efficient envelope. THEME 2 — in a terrace of porticoed gothic lots, the reconstruction of a collapsed lot (street fronts 4.8 m wide, 2.4 m deep portico, side walls already consolidated and insulated) as a home for a family of four: living ≥25 sqm, kitchen, bedrooms and baths, a study, a garage ≥15 sqm reached through the portico, complying with the local building code on open spaces. THEME 3 — in a terrace along a tree-lined avenue, a 43 m east-west lot with side fronts misaligned by 2 m: a student house for at least 124 students over four levels (double/single rooms with private bath, shared kitchens every 8 students) and a ground floor with a public urban hub, a 24/7 café/reception, laundry, bike and waste stores, aligning the eaves to the existing buildings. Deliverables shared by the three themes: 1:100 plans, 1:100 sections and elevations, and the construction detail of the ground and roof nodes showing attention to energy containment (1:20).
Required drawings
Shared by the three themes: plan or plans 1:100 (minimal furniture, with areas and functional zones marked); significant longitudinal section 1:100; significant cross section 1:100; elevations (north/south or east/west) 1:100; construction detail of the ground-attachment and roof/vertical-closure nodes showing attention to energy-containment rules, 1:20. Linked written test: justify the design choices, the construction system and the structural sizing.
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