New European Bauhaus Prizes

Initiative title

The multi-activity room

Full initiative Title

Extension and renovation of the multi-activity room

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.

This project consists of a renovation as well as an extension to the multi-activity room.
This building houses the village associations and serves as a place for eating for the schoolchildren of the municipal school.

Where is your initiative being developed or/and implemented?

France

If relevant, please indicate the address of the initiative

Rue principale 62142 Colembert

Please indicate the current stage of development of your concept

Completed

Has an infrastructure element or public space been identified?

Yes

Has political support for the project been secured?

Yes

Is there a commitment (current or future) to involve partners, end users, and other relevant stakeholders through a participatory or co-creation approach?

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?

Please select the main municipality submitting the application: Applicants must pick only one option.

62230: Colembert (FR)

Please select all associated authorities if relevant

Authority: 62230: Colembert (FR)

Please provide a summary of your initiative, outlining the overall aim, target group(s), specific objective(s) and expected outcomes.

The main objective is to expand and renovate to bring the premises used for meals served to children up to standard.

They are used by various audiences: schoolchildren, professionals, associations and individuals.

The specific objectives are:
- Expand in order to rearrange the sanitary facilities and increase the reception area
- Renovate the kitchen to make it compliant with regulations.

This work will allow the preparations to be carried out in good sanitary and ergonomic conditions, as well as best accommodate the children attending school during the meridian break.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.

conformity

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sustainable development

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durabilité

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accessibility

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ergonomy

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been or are being met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context

This project will reduce energy consumption and promote sustainable development through energy gains.

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design and cultural benefits) and how these have been or are being met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context

This work will allow the preparations to be carried out in good sanitary and ergonomic conditions. It will have a favorable impact on people’s health.

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been or are being met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context

By expanding the reception area, access for people with reduced mobility will be facilitated. They will have more space to move around the premises.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been or are being involved in the initiative and what is the impact of this involvement on the initiative. Please describe their role and level of involvement

Many audiences will benefit from these arrangements. These premises are made available to the village associations for their annual events. They will also be rented by individuals for the realization of family celebrations. Communal agents will have a more ergonomic kitchen for the preparation of meals for schoolchildren.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) have been or are being engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative. Please describe their role and level of involvement. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was or is expected

The department, the region and the state played a fundamental role in the implementation of the project through their funding. These partners finance up to 36%.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields have been or are being reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted or are interacting with each other, and what the added value of this process was or is expected

Within this project, many areas of knowledge meet, notably the structural work, the framework, the covering, the external and internal joinery, the plastering, the tiling, the painting, the electricity, the gas networks and the external arrangements. These local representatives interact with each other by cooperating. This process allows to start from a structured organization and share the pooling of skills, arrive at the completion of this project.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative

The innovative character of this initiative is an ergonomic space for cooking and a more imposing living space, as standard.

Please describe the methodology or approach used or being used in your initiative.

To carry out this project, the public contracts were awarded according to the technical value of the offers:
the presentation of the company, the human and material resources, the intervention methodology and the product technical sheets.
Particular attention was paid to the measures adopted in environmental and sustainable development matters.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.

This project can easily be replicated in other communities and benefit other beneficiary groups: premises with standards and more ergonomic

Please describe the activities planned for the further development and implementation of your initiative, and how the NEB values and working principles have been incorporated so far. Additionally describe what are the expected key steps to implement the initiative according to the NEB values and principle.

Please attach at least six high resolution images or visual representations of your initiative to your application.

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