Sitting at the edge of an industrial zone, Saint-Dizier?s new arts centre occupies a complex site close to a roundabout fed by several busy roads. Despite slotting discreetly into a generally undistinguished environment, the building serves as a notable defining element marking the town?s threshold.

© Guillaume Guérin

Architects: ANMA

Location: 1 Avenue Raoul Laurent, 52100 Saint-Dizier, France

Architect In Charge: Nicolas Michelin, Cyril Trétout, Michel Delplace

Design Team: Hélène Galifer Étienne Challet-Hayard Clémentine De Sorbay Jean-Francois Vaudeville Gaëtan Jaworsky

Area: 4541.0 m2

Project Year: 2012

Photographs: Guillaume Guérin

Structure: OTE
Bet Hqe: OTELIO

Project Budget: Michel Forgue

Electrical Engineer: IDF

Acoustical Engineer: Peutz & Associés

Scenography: Architecture & Technique

Perspectivist: Kaupunki

Client: Ville de Saint-Dizier

© Guillaume Guérin

Text description provided by the architects. Sitting at the edge of an industrial zone, Saint-Dizier?s new arts centre occupies a complex site close to a roundabout fed by several busy roads. Despite slotting discreetly into a generally undistinguished environment, the building serves as a notable defining element marking the town?s threshold.

Scheme

Pod-shaped volumesEchoing the soft folds of the surrounding countrysi...