• Expertise of the Fab Lab of the Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Annecy

    Project management: ARDI (Agence Régionale du Développement et de l’Innovation) Partnership : Ocalia Years : 2015-2017 Villes Innovations studied the development of the Fab Lab de l’Ecole Supérieure d’Art de l’Agglomération d’Annecy, the ESAAA-LAB (Expertise of the Living Labs and Fab Lab of Rhône-Alpes)  

  • Feasibility study for implementing Third Places on the Lauragais region in France

    Project management  : Pays Lauragais Partnership : Karine Pouliquen Year : 2017 Located between Toulouse, Albi and Carcassonne, the Pays Lauragais brings together 4 intercommunities and 167 municipalities. The aim of this report is to support the development of various Third Places initiatives, and to  anticipate a network of Third Places on the territory.

  • Research seminars on social innovation in Living Labs

    Project management : Laboratoire PACTE, Laboratoire CRISES Years : 2015-2016 Villes Innovations took part in a series of conferences organized by PACTE laboratory (social sciences laboratory, Grenoble) and Crises (Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales, Québec) about social innovation in Living Labs.

  • Study on the « Libraries as Third Places » (digital services and collaborate uses)

    Project management : Agence Régionale du Livre PACA Years : 2015-2016 Villes Innovations accompanied the Agence Régionale du Livre Provence Alpes Cô̂te d’Azur in organizing a study day on the theme of « Digital services, collaborative uses : towards a participatory library ».

  • Study and report on the economic paradigm of Third Places

    Project management : Grenoble Institut National Polytechnique – Chaire Innovation Industrielle Partnership : Laboratoire PACTE Year : 2014 Under the scientific leadership of the Chaire Innovation Industrielle of Grenoble INP, Villes Innovations has conducted a study to analyze the economic model of a set of french (Living Lab and Fab Lab of Grenoble CCSTI ; […]

  • Study on the mutation of the Science Centers INMEDIATS into Third Places

    Project management : INMEDIATS (Innovation-médiation-territoires) Year : 2015 In the framework of INMEDIATS program (Innovation-Mediation-Territories), Villes Innovation analyzed the role and function of Science Centers in the new territorial fabric. Villes Innovations also conducted a discussion (Ateliers INMEDIATS 2015) under the theme « new scientific cultural mediations, new places ».

  • Study about outstanding sites as a resource for local development

    Project management : PUCA (Plan Urbanisme Construction Architecture) Partnership : Laboratoire PACTE, LABURBA, ACADIE Year : 2015 The PUCA (Urban planning Construction and Architecture Plan) submitted to PACTE and LABURBA laboratories as well as to the consultancy ACADIE, a study about outstanding sites as a resource for local development. Villes Innovations was also involved in […]