The Gare Numérique
in Carpentras
The Gare Numérique becomes a digital totem managed and facilitated by Provence Créative. Everything was built around the idea of a third place, orchestrated around physical or virtual spaces, to foster encounters between people with varied skills that were otherwise not necessarily destined to cross paths.
A renovated former station which is now a third place
The activities offered by the Gare Numérique:
Digital manufacturing workshop
4 areas dedicated to craftspeople experimenting with the second life of materials
A showroom, where craftspeople’s creations are on display and available to buy
A Fablab open to the public, with digitally-controlled machines that can be hired after compulsory training (laser cutter/engraver, 3D printer and thermoformer)
Green screen studio
A 55 m² studio dedicated to audiovisual creation, fully equipped (blackout curtains, spotlights, technical grid).
Amateurs and professionals can use it for filming and productions.
Accommodation and business services
Business Centre – 339m² / 13 offices / 1 meeting room
Shared space (coworking) – 25 offices / 295 m² / 1 meeting room / 1 skype area / 1 shared area for children
Pooling of human resources (digital: e-marketing, community management, development, etc.)
In cooperation with local economic players, the CoVe has been renovating the former Carpentras SNCF train station in the Digital Station since 2019.
The objective is to create, on a surface of 1,142 m² served by the fibre optic network, a veritable ecosystem dedicated to new technologies, in the form of a service hub dedicated to the many local small businesses.