Why not but it is really not the purpose of the debateI begin my tour Editor's note with the exhibitOscar on October 1Its rare escapades the reserves for the Opera The system had shortcomings by partitioning he saidIt will perhaps become your favorite leisureHalf a dozen leaders of the CAC 40 settled thereBut when Europe is not yet won far from itAlso the Euribor 3 months EUR rate fell 0Revel the message of the patterns is moreThis is my motherinlaw who found the siteBirthplace of industry, Roanne resigned not to displayed limited vibrancy in the Loire, on the sidelines major axes. Pioneer rail journey, it is found more than an hour's drive of TGV which mark the case to the Creusot-Montchanin and in console at Troisgros, before a sultry station. Clinging to its last industries (pneumatic, arms...), it pays in green tourism, pénichettes in support, after the major river port was in the 19th century.
To dispel the old fragrance France, Roanne developed on large equipment in the air of time, instead of performances and events, which it expected attractiveness and effect of training. Known as the scarab for its shell Golden, this versatile building shines of thousand lights fields, on the territory of Lyon, one of the six communes that make up this town of 70,000 inhabitants, of whom half for city-centre. A location as uncertain as that of Roanne at the crossroads of three regions, the Auvergne, Burgundy and Rhône-Alpes, it depends! The agglomeration community of tire and benefit of a land reserve of 30 hectares for its development. The scarab is the first implementation. Inaugurated with a concert of Charles Aznavour, followed a showcase, it demonstrated its potential at a steady pace, under the direction of the company GL Events. In this April, is Patricia Kaas, who was there glue, on display in the evening. Scene returns are all favourable. The scarab settles in the landscape foment a diverse programming. Its architecture contributes deliberately spectacular to attract crowds one hundred kilometers to the round. Equipment between and in dance alongside Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand and Saint-Etienne, which opened its zenith in 2008 (Norman Foster, architect). If a such label, the scarab catches up with intensity and multifunctionality its lesser tonnage. Alain Sarfati's architect (Agency Sarea) carved out a light customized dress. Subscribe to cultural, sports and leisure equipment, to discount "a pleasure which ignores the gloom, the false austerity and maniéré minimalism".
Festive packaging
Neither forced nor urban, equipment plays its role without complex. Parachuted on the site, it occurs in an organic form in the centre of a perfect circle of parking. A heart of easy-to-point target. Its symmetry is no mystery to the functioning: entry to the public in head and logistics on the back. The Red of the fireplace illuminates its gaping mouth cut into bedrock in visor on the entry. Its shell gold envelope erect building of a single holding between two concrete sails parallel, lodges and ancillary premises aligned behind the scenes on its flanks. Animated artistically inclined folds, this habit fall like a curtain on the beast, concealing the domestic scene. The packaging is festive, historicist divine surprises. He rounds up the angles and absorbs the structure of the work, strictly utilitarian. Folds Deconstructing the box and parent of changing shades as light. This seduction of facade is the case of aluminum plate hemmed on metal frames attached to the concrete. Perforated streaks accentuate the vaporous aspect of the holding of pageantry threaded under the sky. The identity of the equipment is this tormented drapery in which some will be a tribute to the extinct textile industry (DMC, Rhône-Poulenc...). President of Grand Roanne, Christian Avocat sees "the signal of the city and the promise of a revival." Alain Sarfati speaks of "the symbolic tool of a community".
Under the effects of dress, the tool was thought squared with designers Guy-Claude François and Jean-Hugues Manoury of stage Agency, authority on the matter. Subsumed within the same volume, the room and the stage lend themselves to multiple configurations: musical performances, sports, Congress-exhibitions and fairs events... Telescopic stands provide a maximum of 57,000 seating, or 5.5 sitting-standing, and curtains cut the stands to get an impression of room full with a thousand spectators. Folded, the pullout stands have a tray of 3.100 m2, with or without ensuite Forum. Small rooms open on the hall and the fireplace complement the device, and a kitchen and a space of restoration at the other end. This large has black box of a lighting system suitable for all cases of figure and a rather absorbing acoustic, consistent with the uses expected. A general technical Grill is deployed in ceiling 13.50 metres above the ground, suspended from the frame and equipped with wheels beams above the stage area. Generous in its spaces and welcoming in the gesture, the room is the size of a challenge. The town of Grand Roanne relied almost 20 million euros (including 15 for construction) on this golden equipment which it waits for fortune and fame.
