Troyes Business School

The French designer Jean-Sébastien Lagrange designed wooden and colourful equipments and furnitures for the central area of the Troyes Business School.

Troyes Business School wanted Atelier JS.L to take responsibility for equipping and furnishing its central area. After an initial period of observation and interviewing the management teams and students to define what is lacking and the needs in terms of use and furnishings, the industrial design studio founded by Jean-Sébastien Lagrange has proposed two designs specifically for the campus.

The entrance was abandoned by the students due to a lack of seats, now it has been enhanced with a row of seats. This addition makes the building more welcoming and has a double use. The row of seats snugly fits the sloping ground and brings a colourful dynamic to the area through its gradients. Deliberately ambiguous regarding function and aesthetics (rest or teaching), this seating system allows you to pause between two lessons, but it is also a “line”, an arrow prompting busy visitors to cross the space to reach the reception located several metres further on.

In the middle of the interior street, the layout of the cafeteria is convivial and open comprising a restaurant and an area to work or for relaxation. A set of platforms enables the areas to be delineated and the uses diversified by playing with the height of the work surfaces without varying the distance from the granite floor. Students have a choice of high tables, worktables and coffee tables. The colourful furniture trend highlights this progression.