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Boarding facilities at an agricultural school,
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, France
n Boarding facilities with very high environmental performance at the agricultural school
in Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (Ille-et-Vilaine, France)
n 9,000 m2 of tapered-edge fermacell Gypsum Fibreboards, 12.5 mm thick
n Project completed in 2011
Boarding facilities at an agricultural school, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, France
The Project
school are largely built out of wood, using
10 mm, fermacell fibre-reinforced boards
Built in 1979, the agricultural school is
local timber, with high-performance
provide structures that are resistant to
made up of three parts: the agricultural
windows and a green roof. The require-
fire for between 30 and 120 minutes. The
school, the training centre and the farm.
ments for the interior were as stringent as
architectural firm Liard & Tanguy, based
The region places great importance on the
for the external structure and the building
in Rennes (France) chose 12.5 mm thick
quality of its accommodation and decided
has been fitted with fermacell boards –
fermacell boards with tapered edges
to provide the students at the agricultural
ceilings and partitions on metal frames -
because they met the project’s environ-
school in Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier with
which were chosen for their technical
mental requirements thanks to their
exemplary boarding facilities, in terms of
characteristics and the quality of the
ecological qualities and safety perfor-
the construction materials used and the
materials they contain.
mances, among other things.
design of the building, which is perfectly
integrated into the environment.
Solution
The fermacell boards are made of recy-
Project Requirement
cled paper fibres, gypsum and water, with
With the support of its partners, directors
no additional binding agent. They are
of establishments, architects in charge of
compressed at extremely high pressure to
project management and technical staff,
obtain a stable, odourless material with
the Brittany region has decided to pay
impeccable quality consistency. They
particular attention to the quality of its
provide unrivalled mechanical strength.
buildings in order to reduce its environ-
The 12.5 mm thick fermacell Gypsum
mental impact as much as possible.
Fibreboards can support 50 kg per screw
As such, the use of ecological building
with wall plug, 30 kg per screw without
materials is essential. The new boarding
plug and 17 kg per picture hook fixed with
facilities (1,520 m ) at the agricultural
a nail. In addition, as of a thickness of
2
Fermacell GmbH
Overview
Cost of the works:
€2.8 million
Main contractors:
the architectural firm Liard & Tanguy
(Rennes, France),
SEMAEB (Rennes – Ille-et-Vilaine, France)
Acoustics expert:
Y. Hernot (Bruz – Ille-et-Vilaine, France)
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