ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
The CSI is developing three functional poles : a resource and documentation centre ( Learning Center ), a teaching centre and an innovation centre . These three poles are articulated around a public area called the agora .
AGORA
The agora , the real heart of the project , is located in the historical East-West axis of the Manufacture in the centre of the Forges Building . The Agora , which crosses the building , provides access to the Knowledge Centre via Rue du Docteur Rémy Annino and Rue Claudius Ravachol . Benefiting from a triple and double height , it is the federating space of the project serving all the project ’ s polarities .
“ The technological platforms , independent and modular cells , are mixed research / training premises reproducing a more or less technological environment .
On the ground floor , the agora includes reception , conviviality , snacking , exhibition in the form of a large open space .
On the first floor , an open suspended footbridge crosses the volume and forms the upper agora serving the Learning Center , creating a strong visual link between the two floors .
INNOVATION CLUSTER
The innovation cluster is made up of four main areas : the technology platforms , the project hotel , the D ’ Factory and the incubator .
Access to this cluster can be made directly from the agora on the ground floor , and also benefits from secondary accesses to the north and south of the site opposite the Campus . The majority of the innovation centre is located on the ground floor , thus providing a showcase for the building , taking advantage of the building ’ s volume , which echoes the site ’ s industrial past .
The technological platforms , independent and modular cells , are mixed research / training premises reproducing a more or less technological environment .
The project hotel is similar in use to the technological platforms , for limited periods of time , without the need for industrial or laboratorytype infrastructure . It is also located on the ground floor in the continuity of the technological platforms . The four project cells are adjoined so that they can be modulated .
The D ’ Factory ( innovation factory ) provides premises conducive to creativity with the aim of offering a complete pathway from ideation to pre-industrialisation ( Fab Lab ).
The USE ’ In incubator is located on the first floor south above the D ’ factory , with which it is linked , and houses young innovative companies in the form of modular tertiary offices .
DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES & SERVICES POLE - Learning Center
The whole of the resources and documentary services centre is located on a single plateau on the first floor . Visible from the upper agora , it plays an important role in the attractiveness of the Centre des Savoirs .
The Learning Center is intended to be a place for living and socialising as well as for training and academic work . As a support for teaching and research , it welcomes all CSI and Campus Manufacture users in differentiated work spaces equipped with comfortable designer furniture .
The Learning Centre is organised into three areas - a reception area with a reception point , automatic machines , a lounge , lockers and a training room ;
- a central area forming a free table top with a central space dedicated to the collections , a silent work area with large tables - and a “ whispered ” work area with more relaxed seating allowing for one or more people to work together ;
an area dedicated to co-working and group work made up of four rooms , each with its own furniture and atmosphere , a large modular space .
TEACHING CENTRE
The teaching area located on the ground floor takes advantage of the elevation of the Forges building in relation to its existing walls . The teaching rooms are therefore well lit . Inside , the wide central circulation is punctuated by the skylights on the first floor , and benefits from natural light through them . These openings also create visual links between levels and activities .
The teaching centre is composed of twenty thirty-seat classrooms ( six of which are equipped with movable partitions , thus offering double rooms ), two hundred-seat amphitheatres , a cartography room and two computer rooms .
Located at the top of the arcades , it benefits from the historic setting of the Forges building , while being largely lit by natural light . The resource centre functions as a large , open-plan “ Learning Centre ”, where convivial spaces , work areas , shelving , etc ., are located side by side .
An innovative teaching centre is located on the first floor , between the Agora and the Incubator . It has an open co-working space of over 200 m ² and four co-working spaces .
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