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Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems

Fri Nov 28, 2014Science Center, InstituteFrance2011

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture

BUILDING A CAMPUS INTEGRATION OF EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Christophe Bidaud Architecture

ARCHITECTS
Christophe Bidaud Architecture

AREA
3880 m²

YEAR
2011

CATEGORY
Research Center, Institutional Buildings

LOCATION
Saint-étienne-du-rouvray, France

Text description provided by architect.

This mecca of operational research on the drivers of tomorrow (electric and hybrid) has an architecture draws its vocabulary in the automotive world. We imagined a long building that evokes the abstract body of a car.

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture
Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture

We wanted this new structure, located between Esigelec and Insa, a hyphen, it is visible while hiding.

To do this, the project reflects the wooded environment. The building is located behind a row of pines whose vertical slice with the horizontality of the structure.

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture
Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture

The facades are Corten steel, rusted steel that brings out the shimmering orange. Inside, the space is divided into three parts:

A lab section, a large atrium on several levels and a workshop for advanced research.

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture
Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture


The three areas still live with this search for balance between home and privacy.

SPECIFICATIONS

- Structure-walls mixed concrete floor to the lobby, rooms meeting and office space. - Metal post and beam structure for research laboratories. - Shear walls stained concrete facade. - Envelope laboratory Corten

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Courtesy of Christophe Bidaud Architecture

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Section AA

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
East Elevation
Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
West Elevation

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
North Elevation
Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
South Elevation

Building a Campus Integration of Embedded Systems
Site Plan