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‘La Boussole’ Centre for Culture and Tourism, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France

Firm LocationStrasbourg, France

Project location2 Place Jules Ferry, 88100 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

CompanyDominique Coulon & Associés

Lead ArchitectDominique Coulon

Design TeamProject manager: Dominique Coulon & associés, architect: Dominique Coulon, project supervision: Steve Letho Duclos, Javier Gigosos Ruipérez, assistant architects: Hannes Libis, Mathilde Blum, Yannick Signani, worksite supervision: Javier Gigosos Ruipérez

ClientCommunauté d’Agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (public authority of the Saint-Dié-des-Vosges urban area)

Projecthttps://coulon-architecte.fr/en/projet/747/saint-die-des-vosges

The town of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges wanted to turn a disused administrative site, dating back to the period when the town was rebuilt, into a cultural centre with a media library, a tourist information centre and a 4,800m2 floor area. The old complex was made up of a central courtyard and several buildings next to one another. These buildings once housed the town’s police station, high court and chamber of commerce. We thought that it would be a good idea to bring these different sections together to offer a complex centred upon a vast communal space.