Digihall Project

The project brings together next to the Nano-Innov building several independent entities, including the Systematic Paris-Region competitivity cluster, the System X Technological Research Institute (IRT) and the headquarters of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). Shared spaces are also planned, to ensure the synergy of the different programs on the site, notably a landmark reception building integrating facilities shared by all DigiHall users. The major challenges of this project consisted in bringing together the complementary entities, setting up a network and interconnecting their skills, services and people.

The overall structure is striving to highlight the identity of DigiHall as a community based on sharing and cooperation, through a unified architectural approach and an abundance of common spaces. The new buildings outline roads, galleries and public squares, fostering encounters and exchanges. Each unit has preserved its independence, achieved by a spatial configuration that provides functional autonomy, ensuring that “each person belongs”. The project has developed around three new buildings: the reception building, serving as center’s figurehead and functioning as a gateway, separately integrating the INRA headquarters, the building of the CEA-LIST Systems and Technology Laboratory – a successful graft, built in the carvings of existing buildings, and the SystemX-Systematic building, a porous volume in the heart of the site, marking the transition to the protected wooded areas south of the plot and leveraging the landscapes and insights into the verdant surroundings. The façades are enlivened by ascending pathways and a succession of balconies covered with vegetation, projecting an overall sense of vibrancy and sharing.