Cite du Design

Saint-Etienne, Francia
Foto © Jan Oliver Kunze
Foto © Jan Oliver Kunze
Foto © Jan Oliver Kunze
Foto © Jan Oliver Kunze
Foto © Jan Oliver Kunze
Foto © Christian Richters
Foto © Christian Richters
Foto © Christian Richters
Foto © Christian Richters
Foto © Christian Richters
Architetti
LIN Architects Urbanists
Sede
3, rue Javelin Pagnon, 42000 Saint-Etienne, Francia
Anno
2009

The Cité du design is a new international institution for communication, dissemination, research and training for design. The project involves the transformation of the Saint-Etienne Manufacture d’Armes, one of the major industrial spaces of the territory. It also represents a first step in the city's redevelopment.
The essential elements consist of the restoration of some of the buildings of the old Manufacture, a new building, the large 200x32 m single space called La Platine, an Observatory tower, two Gardens, and the Place d'Armes, a large public plaza.

Platine
The Platine is an interclimatic laboratory whose adaptable skin encloses several programs, such as exhibition spaces, the auditorium, the Agora, the Greenhouse and the Material Library, and responds to their needs in terms of light and climate. It is also an articulation between the different activities of the Cité du design.

Structure of the Platine
The structure of the Platine is a kind of latticed unit , formed by a three dimensional mesh consisting of metallic profiles of minimum size and based on a 2.10 m frame. It becomes both the roof and walls. The homogeneity and distribution of forces in all directions generate a non-hierarchical structure – a monospace free of any intermediate support.

Skin
The Platine's envelope, consisting of 14,000 equilateral triangles of 1.20 m per side is a graduated and reactive skin: modulation between opaque and clear, insulated or interclimatic, open or closed, reflects and accompanies the various cycles and interactions of the Cité du design.
In order to achieve the differentiated ambiences and performances for each space of the Platine, the types of modules are combined according to their characteristics.

The choice of glazing type allows a distribution of natural light depending on the use of the premises. Thermal qualities of the panels permit the climatic quality of the envelope to be modulated according to unplanned criteria of the premises.
The opportunity to integrate solar panels (photovoltaic and experimental) in the skin of the Platine will allow solar energy production, as well as development and testing of innovative solar energy materials.

The skin reacts continuously to changes in climate. It may also be given new functions. In the longer term, the panels may be replaced or modified to be adapted to changing needs or to expand the areas of experimentation.

Light
The Platine skin not only regulates climate but also lighting, by changing the angles for blocking the light. The luminosity reacts to outdoor conditions and inside needs. The panels provide controlled lighting in exhibition areas or areas with high light levels, such as the Greenhouse or the Agora.

Program
The cite du design is an international design center and an institution for communication and research. The project is located on the National Manufacture D'ARMES, a site of a former munitions factory, in Saint-Etienne, France.

Client
Saint-Etienne Metropole

Status
2004-2009, opening 1st OCTOBER 2009

Cost
41, 54 Mio €

Surface
17,250 m² (net), 64,000 m2 Cite Du Design

Price
Prix Spécial de l’Équerre d’Argent pour la Cité du design de Saint-Etienne, 2010 ; Prix de la Construction Métallique, Bâtiments à usage tertiaire, and Ouvrages d’art, 2010 ; Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch, Germany, 2009

Publications
CITE DU DESIGN-ST ETIENNE, 01 OBSERVATION and 02 PROJECTIONS; Edition: Jean-Michel Place; Designer: Andreas Schneider, IIDJ

Team
LIN, Giulia Andi, Finn Geipel, David Lettelier (competition), Stefan Jeske, Philip König, Jacques Cadilhac(till spring 2008) with: Susana Draeger, Judith Stichtenoth, Jan-Oliver Kunze, Wiesje Bijl, Laura Delaney, Olaf Dolfus, Simon Wiesmaier, Interns: Marielle Gilibert, Anna Heilgemeier, François Maisonnasse, Muriel Poncet, Emma Willliams, Guillaume De Morsier, Alana Cooke, Berlin; Local Architect: Dominique Berger, Sandra Tauveron, Cabinet Berger, Saint-Étienne; Assistance construction management Maurice Guitton, Benjamin Wallerand, Lyon,; Werner Sobek, Thomas Winterstetter, WSI, Stuttgart/New York, Structure; Frederique Binvignat, Christian Desquiens, BETOM INGÉNIERIE, CORBAS; Engineering; Matthias Schuler, Arnaud Billard, TRANSSOLAR, Stuttgart/New York, Climate; Economy: Pierre Dumond, Alain Baland, CYPRIUM, Lyon Acoustics: Richard Denayrou, Emily Morin, ALTIA ACOUSTIQUE, Paris; Scenography: Gérard Fleury, Architecture & Technique, Paris Lightning: Andy Sedgwick, Jeff Shaw, OVE ARUP, London Landscape Design: Clément Willemin, Frank Poirier, BASE, Paris Information Design: Andreas Schneider, IIDJ, Tokyo Art: Lucy + Jorge Orta, Paris/London Urban Strategy: Wilhelm Klauser, IND Philosophy: Joseph Hanimann, Paris Theory of Architecture and Urbanism: Kaye Geipel Model: Werk5

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