The aim was to stimulate cross-cutting activities between the arts and to encourage the opening up of culture from this new cultural centre. The project unfolds around the existing Lino Ventura space with a seat auditorium, a seat cinema, a conservatory and a media library, organised around a generous, bright and crossing reception area.
The cultural centre project completes the network of existing public facilities, mainly educational, the Simone de Beauvoir high school, the Henri Matisse college and the Paul Langevin primary schools. The green corridor bears witness to the former route of the abandoned A16 motorway, which extends along the entire western boundary of the plot.
A real breathing space in a dense urban context, its physiognomy and its opportune position between the Fort de Stains to the north and the Parc de la Courneuve to the south, favours the attractiveness of the cultural centre. The green corridor anchors the project as a milestone and reveals it to visitors in a friendly and welcoming green setting. The project, through its clear layout, its simple, balanced volumes, establishes the urban coherence of the site in a symbiotic relationship with the park and the neighbouring facilities.
The project extends the volume of the Lino Ventura auditorium towards the park in a cantilevered fashion, with the new auditorium next to it. The sharing of these spaces for the two auditoriums optimises their use and facilitates the management of the technical teams.
The common core also acts as an acoustic buffer between the two large volumes. The volumes of the cinema, the conservatory and the media library are organised in spokes with the volumetric ensemble of the auditorium and the Lino Ventura space as their centre of gravity.
