In the age of the digital revolution, what form should information centers take in high schools? What roles should they play? Is digital transformation the only societal evolution that needs to be supported in these places of learning?
Faced with these questions, in 2021, the Ile-de-France region is launching an innovative process to rethink and transform the model of these Documentation and Information Centers (CDI), rethinking them around contemporary uses.
After consultation with students, teachers and technical services, we are designing a new CDI for the Ile-de-France region, which will eventually be extended to all the high schools in the region.
Throughout the region, there are a large number of parks with small buildings that organize the garden and separate the interiors from the exteriors. Part strolling area, part food-for-thought, these parks are known as “fabriques”. These include the Domaine de Chamarande, Parc de Jeurre, Désert de Retz and Parc de la Folie Saint-James. It is this model that serves as inspiration here.
The Documentation and Information Centre takes up this organisation and this metaphor, with a central square thought of as a “garden” or place of collective life, with factories that allow isolation by small groups in pavilions, and finally with other covered spaces, thought of as undergrowth, which accommodate specific functions (books, storage, offices).
The open area contains a place for relaxation, reading, digital disconnection and sometimes debate. The documentary area, on the other hand, closes easily when the librarians leave. It is quieter and offers quiet alcoves and corners for group study.
The study includes a variation of the principle on three typical sizes of high schools: 600, 1200, and 1800 students.
2021-2022
Public tender
Team: Studio Idaë + Cyril Afsa + Costanza Matteucci / Sylvain Reymondon + Vincent Hedont
Client: Région Île de de France
Home office: 17 rue Dombasle 75015 Paris
Workshop: 111bis rue Molière 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine
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A multidisciplinary creative agency founded by Isabelle Daëron in 2018, Studio Idaë arose from a reflection on the use of natural flows — water, air, light — in public space.
The Studio has, ever since, developed an approach based on research and education, focusing on the urban, environmental and societal challenges of the ecological transition.
Driven by a poetical & committed team of designers, Studio Idaë applies its refined, assertive graphic signature to projects of various scales. From urban devices to mediation objects and supports, or scenography, the agency’s protean contributions always strive at others — their needs, their desires, and their evolution.
The agency operates within a network of local companies and collaborates with dedicated craftspeople to adapt to the specific characteristics of each territory. Together, they work towards the most appropriate and relevant response — between narration and mediation.
Pauline Avrillon, product designer graduated from École Boulle joined the studio in 2017, and works on urban design projects. Angèle Fourteau, product designer graduated from ECAL works on set design projects since 2022. Eléna Hervé Caro joined the team in 2023 as office manager.
Graphic design : Audrey Templier
Web development : Francis Josserand
