Transalley Technopole: Ecosystem for Innovations

Transalley – scientific and technological park of the international scale in France, in which are conducted scientific researches in the field of transport systems and transportations. The competition proposal for Technopole by Mikou Design Studio aims to be a real ecosystem of innovation. The authors drew their inspiration from their perception of motion and speed, and so have designed the prospective object in the form of dynamic wave-like bands that copy the rails, which themselves form the topography in a scale of the existing landscape. Transportation - one of the key sectors of the economy, the value of which is constantly increases. For today, 7% of the GDP of the European Union created in transport, and 7% of workplaces are concentrated there.

Public investment in this sector reached 40% of the total volume and, According to the recent decades, there consumed about 30% of energy. Needless to say how important is this strategic industry in terms of both cargo and passengers transportation, and in the context of safety, saving energy and reducing the impact on the environment.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE

The nerve centre of the European automotive and rail industries - Transalley’s locality, in the vicinity of Valenciennes, in northern France, is home to many of the key players in the European automotive and rail industries. Powerful, well balanced and structured, this world-class cluster offers development opportunities for all actors in the mobility sector, at local, national and international levels. With 300 companies and 60,000 professionals, the Transalley territory is one of the most important industrial clusters in the world, in the area of mobility. This cluster hosts both international groups and a dense and structured network of SMEs, subcontractors and companies of specialized services. With over 400 researchers in the field of mobility, the cluster represents one of the largest innovation and research centre in the automotive and rail sectors and in sustainable development in France and Europe.

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