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Kayak Club

Designed by Inessa Hansch architect in Caen, the Kayak Club invites passers-by into the interior through its transparency and fosters the appropriation of the place.

Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

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This covered and porous structure houses the kayak club, which is envisaged as a very open building one can pass through, and which is inseparable from the public space. Located on the eastern edge of the Caen Peninsula, it invites passers-by into the interior through its transparency and fosters the appropriation of the place.

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Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

Hewing to a generous but constraining orthogonal system (4 meters), which gives it the capacity to house a large number of activities, the purpose of this kayak club is twofold: to satisfy the requirements of the program for such a facility and to serve as a sheltered public space. Its broad covering structure enjoys double exposure. There is no limit on the ground indicating the perimeter of the public space. A protected peripheral walkway serves strollers as well as the users of the kayak club.

Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

The facades are immense doors that are like large bays looking out onto the landscape. The presence of multicolored boats also form part of this extraverted arrangement, in contrast to the façade’s incongruous scale. Aligned in vertical rows, they turn the club into their showcase. Sunlit with fanlights running the length of the façade, the changing rooms, also open to outdoor areas, become little inhabited rooms open to the city. Fluid ease of practices and moving about the building characterize this project.

Inessa Hansch architect, Kayak Club, Caen, 2016

Kayak Club, Caen
Program: sport centre
Architect: Inessa Hansch architect
Area: 432 sqm
Completion: 2016

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