Lab City

Middle Density, OMA, Project, Technology and fabrication, Territory and mobility

Cities Lab, Collaborative work, Educational, Educational Building, France, Functional node, Infrastructure, Laboratory, Making, Micro-community, Multifunctional building, Project, Saclay, Space-time relationship, Technological Approach, Territorial Approach, Urban conditions, Urban infrastructure, Urban strategy

In an era of privatization, cities are facing a major challenge: investment in the public domain depends increasingly on the private sector. As a result of this reframing of the collective agreement, the role of architecture is often reduced to the visual impact of its shape and surface rather than contributing to a new educational, social and civic dimension. The competition launched by the Ecole Centrale Paris for the design of a new engineering school has become the perfect opportunity to explore ways to answer this demanding challenge.