Congress and exhibition centre — Valenciennes
Three auditoriums and a “Zénith-type” nave at the heart of the Rives Créatives development zone.
The Rives Créatives development zone is one of the flagship operations of the Valenciennes-Métropole conurbation authority, intended to mix digital industry activities across more than 16,000 m². At the heart of the zone, the congress and exhibition centre brings together, under a canopy unifying the site, three juxtaposed poles: the Halle (reception, exhibitions, catering), the Nef (events, amplified music) and the Village (auditoriums, committee rooms).
With respective capacities of 800, 300 and 150 seats, the auditoriums are served by a transverse bay gathering their control rooms, so as to optimise operation of the site with reduced staff. The large auditorium can operate with capacity limited to the stalls thanks to its control rooms set between the 300-seat balcony and the 500-seat stalls; it is pre-equipped to take a simultaneous interpretation installation in three side booths.
The Nef has a Zénith-type stage infrastructure allowing large international events to be rigged quickly to professional standards: a grid of 2-tonne rigging points covers the 2,800 m² of usable area, with electrical distribution at ceiling level and through floor ducts.
