Press pack
Centre Prouvé
Grand Nancy Congrès et Événements
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Centre Prouvé - Grand Nancy Congrès & Événements (SPL) - 17-19, rue du Grand Rabbin Haguenauer - C.S. 60663 • F-54063 Nancy Cedex - www.centreprouve-grandnancy.com
Contents
03 An innovative convention centre in the Grand Nancy region 05 Excellent access and accommodation 06 Space for all
10 Functionality and design
12 Eco credentials
13 Grand Nancy: an attractive and dynamic environment
15 Gastronomy, culture and the art of living, French-style 17 Already booked with confidence
19Contacts
20 Press photos
An innovative convention centre in the Grande Région
The Centre Jean Prouvé, a new infrastructure for Grand
Nancy, will be opened in summer 2014. Located in an
attractive, competitive environment, this new Convention Centre includes a 20,000 sqm space that is both
flexible and functional, is bristling with the latest
generation equipment and facilities, and is carefully
designed to meet the most demanding requirements.
Right in the metropolitan heart of the Sillon Lorrain,
or the Lorraine “corridor”, Grand Nancy is located on a
major European crossroads. It forms part of the
SaarLorLux “Euroregion” of five regional authorities in
four different European states. This makes the Centre
Prouvé easily accessible from Germany, Luxemburg
and Belgium.
BELGIEN
Brussels
GERMANY
Wallonia and the
french community
of Belgium
FRANKFURT
Rhineland palace
Grand region
LUXEMBOURG
SAARLAND
Saarbruecken
LORRAINE
TGV East
STRASBOURG
LORRAINE BASIN
Elsaß
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Nancy is located
by car
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1 hr 20 mins from Sarrebruck
2 hr 15 mins from Karlsruhe
2 hr 50 mins from Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Liège
3 hr 15 mins from Brussels
• 30 mins from Metz-Nancy-Lorraine airport
(also accessible by shuttle from the Nancy TGV train station)
• 1hr 15 mins from Luxembourg international airport
by train
• 1 hr 10 mins from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport
• 1 hr 15 mins from Strasbourg
• 1 hr 30 mins from Luxembourg and Paris
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Excellent accessibility and accommodation
The Centre Prouvé is ideally located 1 minute from
the TGV rail station, with a wide range of hotels on
the doorstep. Half of the 3000 rooms are located right
in the city centre.
Grand Nancy region is an area where the wide
range of hotel accommodation – mainly 3* and 4* –
is proving increasingly attractive.
Factors such as quality, cultural hot spots and easy
accessibility explain the boom in hotel bookings since
the mid-2000s.
The Centre Prouvé is only a 10 minute walk from
Nancy city centre, where visitors can enjoy the
renowned cultural, culinary and tourist attractions
and a retail complex housing over 800 shops.
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Space for all
2 foyers areas,
one 100 sqm
and one 300 sqm
A panoramic reception
space seating up to
1,200 guests
An 850-seat
auditorium
A 300-seat
auditorium
The Centre Prouvé has a useable area of more than
20,000 sqm, of which 12,000 sqm is net surface area
and 8,000 sqm is technical areas, arranged over
4 levels and in 2 blocks linked by an Atrium.
With same-level access, the building can naturally
accommodate all types of attendees. It is easy to
get around: there are six lifts, one of which provides
direct access to the panoramic reception area; and
three escalators, one of which goes straight to the
floors with the breakout rooms.
A 620 sqm
multipurpose
space
13 breakout
rooms
2 foyers, one 720 sqm and
one 300 sqm
A 2,400 sqm exhibition hall that
can be divided and set out as
a 1,500 seater conference hall
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2 foyers areas,
sizes 100 sqm and
300 sqm respectively
A panoramic reception
area seating up to
1,200 guests
From the bottom to the top of the first block, it comprises:
• in the basement: a logistics space
• on the ground floor: a 1,530 sqm reception hall and a 620 sqm
multipurpose space
• on the 1st floor: 7 flexible breakout rooms, equipped with
simultaneous interpreting booths, and a 100 sqm breakout room
• on the 2nd floor: 6 other meeting rooms equipped with
simultaneous interpreting booths and a 300 sqm breakout room
• on the 3rd floor, a panoramic reception area
A 620 sqm
multipurpose
space
13 breakout
rooms
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An 850-seat
auditorium
A 300-seat
auditorium
The second block of the Centre Prouvé extends horizontally
alongside the TGV station and comprises:
• underground: a 455-space public car park over 4 levels
• on ground level: a 2,400 sqm exhibition hall that can be adapted
to a flat hall seating 1,500 people
• 1st floor: 2 auditoriums
- an 850-seat auditorium with a 250 sqm stage and a 720 sqm foyer
- a 300-seat auditorium with a 100 sqm stage and a 300 sqm foyer
• 2nd floor: access to the upper area of the large auditorium
Two 720 sqm and
300 sqm foyers
A 2,400 sqm exhibition hall that can
be divided and set out as
a 1,500-seater conference hall
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The Centre Prouvé’s panoramic reception area has an exceptional capacity for 1,200 diners, which can be divided into 2 spaces
seating 860 and 340 respectively. Rising to a height of 21 metres,
its design and the spectacular view it offers over the City of Nancy
make it a fantastic choice for organisers of lunches or prestigious
gala dinners within event packages. The four catering areas - which
can operate independently – offer a wide choice. Quality for every
occasion.
In addition to all its public hospitality areas, the Centre Prouvé has technical and equipment areas for use by
organisers, exhibitors and service providers:
• a partially covered loading area for large trucks and an underground loading area for service providers with an
authorised laden weight of up to 3.5 t and 25 cbm capacity
• a 120 sqm transit storage area
• a 40-space car park for service vehicles
• 4 goods lifts, two going directly to the stages within the auditoriums and large exhibition hall
• an unloading and parking area reserved for the use of refrigerated catering vehicles as well as kitchens
and cold storage rooms for caterers.
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Centre Prouvé - Grand Nancy Congrès & Evènements (SPL) - 17-19, rue du Grand Rabbin Haguenauer - F-540063 - Tel.: +33 (0)3 83 30 80 00 - www.grandnancy-congresetevenements.com
Functionality and design
The Centre Prouvé is a reconversion and
extension of an old and impressively
sized building: the Nancy Postal Sorting
Office. The Centre Prouvé’s architects
Marc Barani and Christophe Presle have
used the scale of the existing site and
retained the exceptional floor-to-ceiling
heights: 7 m on the first three floors and
6.50 m on the fourth floor.
These impressive open spaces continue
into the auditoriums, where the capacity,
stages and foyers offer multiple possibilities in terms of lay-out and interaction.
building, the breakout rooms, designed
as different modules within the spacious
settings, have been designed to let in
maximum daylight.
In paying homage to Jean Prouvé, Nancy’s
internationally renowned architect and
designer, the new Grand Nancy Convention Centre promises to be functional,
elegant and innovative.
The Centre Prouvé is beautifully transparent, showcasing the simple, noble
materials of concrete and glass. Inside
this functional, open and interactive
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The Centre Jean Prouvé’s technological and multimedia facilities will enhance every event while encouraging and capturing public interaction. These include:
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total Wi-Fi coverage
fibre-optic loops
digital display signage
digital sound, light and video channels
real-time signage in the reception hall for mainline
train times
• digital external signage for forthcoming events.
The 850- and 300-seat auditoriums can be fitted with
scenery, since their wide stages are on a level with
the bottom seating tiers and are served by goods
lifts.
The stage in the large auditorium, with 5.3t lifting
capacity and a surface area of 290 sqm, is big enough
to take a saloon car.
The spaces have been designed to ensure they can
satisfy the most ambitious of projects. On the ground
floor, an exhibition hall can host trade fairs and
exhibitions over a total surface area of 3,000 sqm
which can be partitioned into 600, 1200 or 2,400 sqm.
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Eco credentials
The new Convention Centre combines design elegance
with adherence to environmental requirements. The
roof is fitted with 1,000 sqm of solar panels, so the
building meets France’s “High Environmental Quality”
standards.
The Centre Prouvé’s teams have also been trained to
adopt an environmentally responsible attitude from
start to finish in the event process.
The whole complex has signed up to a policy of
sustainable development and aims to expand the green
spaces so it evolves into a really special environment.
This is why it was awarded the title of “EcoQuartier”
by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable
Development, Transport and Accommodation in 2009.
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Grand Nancy: an attractive and dynamic environment
The Centre Prouvé is located in a financially competitive
area where there are 36,000 businesses and a pool of
215,000 jobs. Grand Nancy, which is currently France’s
fifth financial centre, is home to many major international groups (Saint-Gobain PAM, Daum, Novasep,
Fives Nordon, Welcoop etc).
As a result of its new business support network, Grand
Nancy also has a remarkably high rate of start-ups.
These are most evident in the health, imaging, chemistry,
materials, computing, ICT and high-tech sectors.
The Grand Nancy environment brings together competitiveness and research with the Université Unique de
Lorraine, which appears in the list of France’s Top 10
universities and in the Top 300 on the Shanghai classification.
The Université de Lorraine is a leading light within
excellence clusters ranked competitively in these
networks:
• Matéralia (nanomaterials and transformation processes)
• Fibres (fibrous materials and bioresources)
• Hydreos (ecotechnologies, water quality and management) 13
Health and Life Sciences, with 75 certified research laboratories and 2,500
researchers, is also one of Lorraine region’s specialisms. Its great strength in
basic and applied research is built on partnerships between researchers and
business: almost half the patent applications by the Université de Lorraine
are made jointly with business, especially in the fields of biotechnologies,
medicine and pharmacy, which account for a quarter of patents. Bolstered
by its influence in these different sectors, the Urban Community of Grand
Nancy has enjoyed a long tradition of hosting conventions and events.
The old convention centre, built in 1977, has played host to many prestigious scientific conventions including:
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the International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine en 1981
the 7th International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry Congress in 1988
the IUFRO International Scientific Congress in 1992
the Giropharm Pharmacy Congress in 2011
Grand Nancy will be entering a new dimension in terms of event-hosting when the ribbon is cut on the Centre Jean
Prouvé in summer 2014. Such an innovative infrastructure offering an extraordinary range of facilities to satisfy the
most diverse event requirements.
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Gastronomy, culture and the art of living, French-style
The Centre Prouvé, located right in the very centre,
is close to the city’s most beautiful historic districts.
Nancy is one of the top locations for Art Nouveau and
also has some exceptional 18th century architecture:
Place Stanislas, a Unesco World Heritage Site is one of
the jewels. Lonely Planet®, publisher of the world’s most
popular guide books, gives Nancy special recognition in its
prestigious awards, ranking Place Stanislas as the fourth
most beautiful square in the world.
Nancy and the Urban Community of Grand Nancy
together form a safe and pleasant city of 300,000
inhabitants where visitors can enjoy the art of living
French-style while sampling French cuisine and culture.
Classified fourth in the list of France’s foremost artistic
cities*, Nancy provides an ideal backdrop for side events
at meetings, conventions and fairs organised at the
Centre Prouvé. *(According to the arts magazine Le Journal
The sumptuous rooms
at the City Hall on Place
Stanislas can also provide an impressive backdrop for drinks receptions
organised during events at
the Centre Jean Prouvé.
des Arts, 15.11.2013)
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the museum of the history of iron Musée de l’Histoire
du Fer (Jarville), the Muséum-Aquarium and the Botanical Gardens (Villers-lès-Nancy). These are each leaders
in their fields with high-quality collections and a lively
schedule of temporary exhibitions.
Art Nouveau has had a major impact on Nancy’s
architecture and people (Gallé, Prouvé, Majorelle,
Vallin, etc.), while the globally renowned DAUM
crystal factory continues to astonish with the
dazzling beauty of its crystal creations.
The city offers six national museums: the fine arts
museum Musée des Beaux-Arts, the museum of the
region’s famous art movement Musée de l’Ecole
de Nancy, the regional museum Musée Lorrain,
Each season offers a different and exciting event: the
International Festival of Images, the Festival of Choral
Singing, Eastern European Theatre, the outdoor book
fair Livre sur la Place, temporary gardens, Nancy Jazz
Pulsations, Saint Nicolas celebrations, Choral Singing,
the “Neue Stücke” theatre festival, Nancyphonies, not
to mention opera, ballet, orchestral performances,
theatre, modern music, music venues, festivals, and
exhibitions, all of which give Nancy a vibrant artistic and
cultural scene.
Nancy is an attractive and welcoming city that has for
many years worked with Nancy Convention Bureau,
Nancy Tourisme et Evénements; to welcome Germanspeaking tourists or business people who represent the
largest group of foreign visitors to the city.
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Already booked with confidence
Some of the events already booked to take place at the Centre Prouvé include:
Conventions
in 2014
• European Conference on Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (350 participants)
• the 17th epilepsy event, Journées Françaises de l’Epilepsie (700 participants / 150 sqm exhibition space)
• the 24th ophthalmology event, FOCAL Convention (Formation Ophtalmologique Continue Associative Lorraine)
(250 participants)
• 10th International Conference on Modeling, Optimization and SIMulation (MOSIM 2014) (270 participants)
• 74th Congrès national du syndicat des directeurs généraux des collectivités locales
(600 participants from local authorities / 500 sqm exhibition space)
• the 12th care-home managers’ event, Journées nationales d’étude des directeurs des soins
(400 participants / 225 sqm exhibition space)
in 2015
• Science & You (Journées Hubert Curien) (600 participants / 250 sqm exhibition space)
• 16th infectology event Journées Nationales d’Infectiologie (1500 participants / 550 sqm exhibition space)
• 13th SGA (Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits) Biennial Meeting (600 participants)
• 14th vascular medicine event, Congrès de la Société Française de Médecine vasculaire
(800 participants / 500 sqm exhibition space)
• Congrès 2015 de la Fédération des Entreprises Publiques Locales et Salon du développement local
(1700 participants from local government and development agencies/ 700 sqm exhibition space)
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in 2016
• 43rd surveyors’ convention, Congrès National des Géomètres-Experts (800 participants / 500 sqm exhibition space)
Corporate
in 2014
• BPLC – Banque Populaire Lorraine Champagne – Meeting of Shareholders (1500 participants)
• EDF – Sales teams – Training seminar (250 participants)
Trade fairs
in 2014
• Geologia – the national Geosciences forum (40 companies / 1000 visitors / 400 sqm exhibition space)
• Salons CE – the works councils’ trade fair (600 participants / 270 sqm exhibition space)
in 2015
• Studyrama – the higher education fair (5000 participants / 400 sqm exhibition space)
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Contacts
Centre Prouvé
Grand Nancy Congrès & Événements (SPL)
17-19, rue du Grand Rabbin Haguenauer
C.S. 60663 • F-54063 Nancy Cedex
www.centreprouve-grandnancy.com
[email protected]
Tel. +33 (0)3 83 30 80 00
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Contact Germany
Andrea Brück
[email protected]
Tel. +49 (0) 72 25 / 91 35 92
Contact Luxembourg and Belgium
Caroline Pernot
[email protected]
Tel. +49 (0) 72 25 / 91 35 93
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Press photos
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Page 1: Centre Prouvé © Atelier Marc Barani Architecte
Page 2: A centre in 2 volumes © Centre Prouvé
Page 2: Atrium © Atelier Marc Barani Architecte
Page 2: Meeting room © Atelier Marc Barani Architecte
Page 3: Nancy at the heart of the Grande Région © ADUAN
Page 5: Centre Prouvé and TGV station © Atelier Marc Barani Architecte / Centre Prouvé
Page 6-8: Centre Prouvé line drawings © Centre Prouvé
Page 10: Architecture of the Centre Prouvé © Centre Prouvé
Page 11: 850-seat auditorium © Atelier Marc Barani Architecte
Page 12: The complex in 2023 © AREP Ville / Jean-Marie Duthilleul, architect/town-planner – Michel Desvigne, landscape architect
Page 15: Place Stanislas et Renommée © City of Nancy
Page 15: Trade fairs at City Hall © City of Nancy
Page 16: Ducal Palace © City of Nancy
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