Our work at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, one of the world’s leading centres for neutron science, includes a new visitor centre, conference facilities, bookable lab space, and healthcare support. Designed in collaboration with local practice TKMT, the building is conceived as two halves with the centre split into public and private zones to balance accessibility with more secure functions.
The new building has a delicate appearance that is underpinned by a solid, muscular structure. Slender white perforated fins on the exterior modulate daylight and privacy. A singular skylight pushes its way through the roof to provide natural light throughout the space. The interiors are crisp, white, and calm, featuring elements of timber joinery to offer moments of warmth and texture alongside a large, helical exposed concrete stairway.
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New visitor centre and state-of-the-art facilities for one of the world's leading centres for neutron research, undertaken as an international collaboration with architects TKMT.