The research center is designed to welcome 250 researchers and numerous equipments such as IRM 3, miscroscopes, laboratories, specialized in brain medical imaging.
Settled in a tree-filled landscape, the building surfaces from the ground in the direction of an unstable position, overhanging the terrain.
The terraces of the high level, allow the staff to enjoy the outsides and so the daylight which enter via bay windows.
The facades are made of concrete associated with big glazed openings.
A very thick double glazings have been chosen in order to manage with the solar supplies and the outside losses.
Both levels are organized around central circulations which are naturally lighted. They become wider in order to create exchanges and sociability between researchers.
Upstair, offices are brought together in a hub. Three, four, six our ten working commitees are brought together, allowing a great spatial diversity.
On the ground floor, the laboratories take up the whole building width. This simple disposition authorizes a kind of flexibility of the layouts connected with the development of research needs.