Pourcieux - Municipal media library and cultural and associative center
Pourcieux 83 470 - Var Population: 1092 inhabitants
Cultural space of the station
Since the 1990s, this rural commune has experienced a very strong demographic expansion.
A construction project of about a hundred housing units is being carried out, creating a new urban space between the center of the village and the old SNCF station. A "Vélorail" walking system along the old railway line has been successful for several years and for a long time was the main attraction of this area of the village. The latter, which has long been left on the sidelines, is now experiencing a growing revival, integrating demographic, social, cultural and tourist dimensions.
The media library
To accompany the urban planning project, several facilities have been planned to offer a real space for social and cultural life: a crèche, a school, a canteen as well as a cultural and associative pole.
The latter replaces a 40 m2 library, insufficient for this new and young population. It results from the rehabilitation and extension of the former SNCF station and contains, in addition to the media library, an exhibition hall, a dance hall and spaces for associations as well as for communal services.
Inaugurated in January 2012, the media library is located on the ground floor of the building extension. Since its opening, it has been an attractive feature of the cultural hub, offering the consultation and borrowing of written documents, audios and videos as well as access to computer stations.
The construction of the media library and the purchase of equipment and furniture were supported by the State, amounting to 40% and 80% for computerisation.
Architect Ms. Martine Henriot (Bandol)
Localization : former SNCF station
Size of media library : 165 m2
Cost of the Media Library (HT)
- construction 417,000 €
- equipment and furniture €56,872
- computerisation 12 123 €
State aid :
- construction €166,800 (40%)
- equipment and furniture €22,749 (40%)
- Computerization €9,698 (80%)
- Sheet prepared by Odile Chatirichvili, trainee at the drac paca with the book and reading consultant
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