Training and Research Unit (UFR), Brest University

The project is based on the idea of the "centre" in an attempt to recreate an urban space inside the buildings which, though built to a large scale, appear very light in relation to the size of the area.
The openings in the façades form a virtual link between the university and the city, both from the inside out and vice versa; the trees and the sports complex provide the base for introductory routes and reconstruct a family feeling.
Fuksas deals here with the theme of the building arising in an already established urban setting, linking the past with the present.
The new architectural structure fits into its urban environment, and is dependent on the organisation of the city, from which it is divided only by the traffic; it is not intended to fill in an empty space in the city and organise the space around it, but to organise its interior and set up a relationship which draws its surroundings toward its centre.

Laura Puliti