Le Learning Planet Institute

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, located in Paris’s Marais district, within a complex composed of a 17th-century hôtel particulier and a former 1930s industrial dairy. The learning environment design aims to bring together teaching and residential functions on a single site with a highly adaptable programme, flexible spatial configurations, and strong environmental performance requirements. The neuroarchitecture design of the Learning Planet Institute welcomes professional and non-professional users, whether French or international, embodying an open, innovative and transdisciplinary approach to research and learning.

In October 2013, the educational architect won the competition for the refurbishment and contemporary extension of the Learning Planet Institute. The learning environment design was recognized for its fluidity of use and spatial flexibility. The project integrates seamlessly into the urban fabric, with programmatic coherence achieved through a topographic distribution of functions. A shared ground-level and lower-ground-level base accommodates collective spaces — entrance hall, lounge, foyer, courtyard, garden — enhancing spatial permeability and encouraging interaction and exchange. The neuroarchitecture design informs circulation and spatial organisation, ensuring clarity, cognitive legibility, and future adaptability.

Within the research centre, the learning environment design of the upper floors ensures maximum flexibility, enabling functional reconfiguration in line with evolving pedagogical models. Functions include classrooms, laboratories, a Learning Center, a video production studio, and a modular auditorium for group work. The educational architect housed the residential component within the historic hôtel particulier, with its contemporary insertion articulated through the interface between private and shared spaces.

The neuroarchitecture design provides visual transparency and daylight, a diversity of spatial volumes and terrace-to-garden perspectives within a consistent material palette contributing to the quality of these living and working environments. Visual comfort is enhanced by the performance of the learning environment design strategy, combining simplified technical systems, reduced energy consumption, and ease of maintenance.