Danone’s new wooden, low-carbon R&D center

In Europe's Silicon Valley, the Arte Charpentier project embodies in architectural terms the need to innovate the production system in order to prepare for the challenges of the future.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France. Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France. Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France. Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France. Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France. Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

Arte Charpentier has just completed “In’Cube”, Danone’s new research and innovation center located on the “Plateau de Saclay”, the European Silicon Valley, a science cluster of international renown, 20 km south of Paris.

The wooden building, designed with a low-carbon approach, aims to facilitate the development, testing, and cultivation of innovative activities, as well as to optimize the quality of life at work. The central atrium, in fact, promotes meetings and resumes the codes of a town square.

With this project, Arte Charpentier has given shape to the Danone group’s vision, integrating an advanced reflection on technical and regulatory aspects, on the hybridization of structures, the sustainability of materials, the reuse channel, and the circular economy.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France.

Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France.

Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France.

Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France.

Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.

"In’Cube", Danone Research & Innovation Centre. Plateau de Saclay, France.

Image courtesy of Arte Charpentier.