R*GÉNÉRATION Project

Guyancourt, France

Observation: The passage of time has gradually rewritten the whole of this interior “territory” by accumulating different elements, thereby losing both its clarity and its identity.

Scenario: The ambition of our project is to rediscover an “original condition” capable of generating an immersive field, a support for different uses, from which “poetic objects” will emerge to house all the collective and collaborative practices. From the generic to the exceptional… The identity of this space lies in the structure of the building, the grid, and the potential it generates.

The objects are part of the history of mankind and design. Today they are being modified by the new possibilities offered by networks, information technology and interaction. We are witnessing the birth of a “new system of objects”. These objects are becoming interfaces, but we can also envisage that the interfaces themselves are becoming objects. These new objects will give rise to a new materiality, a new symbolism and a new aesthetic.

A sufficiently indefinite and neutral spatiality whose only function is to let its occupants exist.

Program
Renovation of Renault’s Industrial Design division

Location
Technocentre Renault
1 Avenue du Golf
Guyancourt, France

Schedule
Competition: 2014

Client
Renault

Project management
Lead architect: Hamonic+Masson & Associés

Engineering
All trades, environmental and quantity surveyor: SIBAT, acoustic: AVEL ACOUSTIQUE, ergonomist: Abilis Ergonomie, work environment design: Génie des lieux

Renderings
Luxigon

Floor Area
29 000 m²