"This new nursery school In Alsace was built within listed historical walls that once enclosed the gardens of a 5th-century monastery. The architects designed a low-rise building with a roof articulated into a number of planes. In this way, they were able to keep the eaves line below the crest of the wall, as required by the authorities, while achieving a greater room height elsewhere. The internal soffit echoes the form of the roof. Not only are the sloping surfaces of advantage acoustically; their complex geometry helps the children to identify with the individual rooms."