RCP Design Global
Encyclopedia
RCP Design Global or RCP is an independent design agency based in Tours
and Paris
(France
) fonded by Régine Charvet-Pello in . RCP is predominantly based in the transport and mobility design, and specialises in urban transport
, High-speed rail
, interiors
, public space
s and street furniture
. RCP is the french leader on sensory design
.
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Head Office
56 avenue Marcel Dassault
, 37200 Tours
France
RCP Design Global
Paris Office
4 Place d'Estienne d'Orves
, 75009 Paris
France
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) fonded by Régine Charvet-Pello in . RCP is predominantly based in the transport and mobility design, and specialises in urban transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
, High-speed rail
High-speed rail
High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions by the European Union include for upgraded track and or faster for new track, whilst in the United States, the U.S...
, interiors
Interior design
Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
, public space
Public space
A public space is a social space such as a town square that is open and accessible to all, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age or socio-economic level. One of the earliest examples of public spaces are commons. For example, no fees or paid tickets are required for entry, nor are the entrants...
s and street furniture
Street furniture
Street furniture is a collective term for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes, including traffic barriers,...
. RCP is the french leader on sensory design
Sensory design
Sensory design aims to establish an overall diagnosis of the sensory perceptions of a product, and define appropriate means to design or redesign it on that basis...
.
History
1986 :- Fondation of RCP Design Global
1996 :
- Design Transport :TransilienTransilienThe Transilien is the brand name for suburban railway services of the SNCF-owned railway network operating within the Île-de-France région...
for the SNCFSNCFThe SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
- extern design - Main contract with the RATP
2002 :
- Design of the Paris Tramway Line 3Paris Tramway Line 3Tramway line T3 is the first modern tramway in :Paris proper. Opened on 16 December 2006, it is known as the tramway des Maréchaux because it follows the boulevards des maréchaux, a series of boulevards that encircle Paris along the route of the former Thiers Wall . The boulevards are, with three...
for Alstom transport
2003 :
- PREDIT Program with the SNCFSNCFThe SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
- Direction de l’Innovation et de la Recherche - Became the advertising agencyAdvertising agencyAn advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients. An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services...
of the château de ChenonceauChâteau de ChenonceauThe Château de Chenonceau is a manor house near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. It was built on the site of an old mill on the River Cher, sometime before its first mention in writing in the 11th century...
2004 :
- Le Mans tramwayLe Mans tramwayLe Mans tramway is a network of one tramway line in the city of Le Mans, France.The design of the rolling stock was made by the agency RCP Design Global for the general concept, fabrics and interior environments...
design - Fondation of Sensolab, sensory designSensory designSensory design aims to establish an overall diagnosis of the sensory perceptions of a product, and define appropriate means to design or redesign it on that basis...
department.
2006 :
- Le MansLe MansLe Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...
busBusA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es Design - Angers tramwayAngers tramwayThe Angers tramway is a tramway in the French city of Angers. Opened on 25 June 2011, Line A is operated by Keolis and replaced some bus lines, with the buses redeployed throughout the rest of the metropolitan area. Alstom's APS ground-level power supply has been used on two parts of the line...
design
2007 :
- Design in AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
of Algiers tramwayAlgiers tramwayThe Algiers tramway is a tram system which was partially put into service on May 8, 2011 in the Algerian capital Algiers. The opened section has a length of and 13 stops and is operated by ETUSA, the public transport operator of the Algiers metropolitan area, with Alstom Citadis trams...
, OranOranOran is a major city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the second largest city of the country.It is the capital of the Oran Province . The city has a population of 759,645 , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second largest...
Tramway and ConstantineConstantine, AlgeriaConstantine is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. It was the capital of the same-named French département until 1962. Slightly inland, it is about 80 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast, on the banks of Rhumel river...
Tramway for AlstomAlstomAlstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are... - Design of the tram-trainTram-trainA tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams run both on an urban tramway network and on main-line railways to combine the tram's flexibility and availability and the train's greater speed...
express line Rhônexpress (Lyon/Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport) with Veolia TransportVeolia TransportVeolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...
and Stadler RailStadler RailStadler Rail AG , based in Bussnang, Switzerland, is a Swiss manufacturer of rail passenger cars.In 1942 Ernst Stadler founded the Stadler Engineering Office which later became Stadler Rail.- Factories :...
2009 :
- Tramway of ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
Design in association with Roger TallonRoger Tallon- Biography :After studying as an engineer , Tallon was employed by Caterpillar France and DuPont. In 1953, he joined Technès, the technical and aesthetic studies office founded in 1949 by the father of industrial aesthetics Jacques Viénot, and Jean Parthenay...
and Daniel BurenDaniel BurenDaniel Buren is a French conceptual artist.- Work :Sometimes classified as an abstract minimalist Buren is known best for using regular, contrasting maxi stripes to integrate the visual surface and architectural space, notably historical, landmark architecture.Among his chief concerns is the... - Wind turbine Design for VergnetVergnetVergnet is a French wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Orléans. The company also produces water pumps installed in Africa.Vergnet wind turbines are small to mid size designed for operation in tropical countries: Caribbean, Africa, parts of Asia and South America...
2010 :
- ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
busBusA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es Design - Renovation of the SNCF TGV Sud-EstSNCF TGV Sud-EstThe SNCF TGV Sud-Est or TGV-PSE is a French TGV train built by Alstom and operated by SNCF, the French national railway company. It is a semi-permanently coupled electric multiple unit which operates primarily between Paris and the south-east of France....
; in association with Compin - Seat concept for TGVTGVThe TGV is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator....
- SNCFSNCFThe SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
2011 :
- SUDI Design, PhotovoltaicsPhotovoltaicsPhotovoltaics is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic power generation employs solar panels composed of a number of solar cells containing a photovoltaic material...
station with Groupe Hervé and Raphaël Dinelli
Awards
RCP is most notable for the number of national and international design awards they have won over the years.- 2001 : Étoiles de l'Observeur du design 01 (see French Wikipedia article): « Jeux d'extérieur Gyrosat » - Proludic
- 2004 : Lauréat Observeur du design 04 : « Jouet Manipuloo » - Nathan
- 2006 : Lauréat Observeur du design 06 : « Tramway des Maréchaux à Paris » - RATP
- 2006 : Lauréat Observeur du design 06 : « CYCLOTRI, borne interactive de la mallette pédagogique » - Haute-GaronneHaute-GaronneHaute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...
general council - 2007 : Grand Prix Cap’ Com / Prix coup de cœur : « Ciel en Arc » - Société d'Équipement de la TouraineTouraineThe Touraine is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, the Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, :Loir-et-Cher and Indre.-Geography:...
- 2009 : Lauréat Observeur du design 09 : « Éole, le village du vent, aire de jeux pour enfants de 2 à 7 ans » - Wiki-cat and ADAPEI 79
- 2009 : Lauréat Observeur du design 09 : « Exposition énergies » - SMEPE Haute-GaronneHaute-GaronneHaute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...
- 2009 : Lauréat Observeur du design 09 : « Birdlike, éolienne Farwind de 1MW » - VergnetVergnetVergnet is a French wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Orléans. The company also produces water pumps installed in Africa.Vergnet wind turbines are small to mid size designed for operation in tropical countries: Caribbean, Africa, parts of Asia and South America...
- 2011 : Lauréat Observeur du design 11 : « SMS, Sani Module System » - Sanitec
- 2011 : Lauréat Observeur du design 11 : « Savebag, le book, cahier d’idées » - Savebag
- 2011 : Lauréat Observeur du design 11 : « Chenonceau Store » - Château de ChenonceauChâteau de ChenonceauThe Château de Chenonceau is a manor house near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. It was built on the site of an old mill on the River Cher, sometime before its first mention in writing in the 11th century...
- 2011 : Rolling stock price by french magazine « Ville, rail & transports » : « Moovi TER » - Brittany (administrative region)
- 2011 : Rail d’Argent by french magazine « Ville, rail & transports » : « Intercités Normandie » - Région Haute-NormandieHaute-NormandieUpper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
Locations
RCP Design GlobalHead Office
56 avenue Marcel Dassault
Marcel Dassault
Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft industrialist.-Biography:Dassault was born in Paris. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, Breguet School and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Société des...
, 37200 Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
RCP Design Global
Paris Office
4 Place d'Estienne d'Orves
Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves
Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves was a French Navy officer, reputed "first martyr of Free France" and one of the major heroes of the French Resistance.-Early life:...
, 75009 Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...