Digitizing a Highly Connected Building

For this building digitization project, Tribord did not describe the technical requirements to us but rather the intended uses of each technology they wanted to implement: connected screens, smart reception kiosks, co-design processes… Specifically, to cite just one example among many, we helped shape the concept for the “Rain Room,” a large room located in the heart of the Sailing Lab that simulates a storm under real-world conditions, allowing the durability and quality of jackets and sails to be tested before they are brought to market.

To ensure optimal and safe use, one of our tasks was to detect moisture to prevent leaks… And we were assigned similar tasks for the entire building. We had to make nearly 3,000 m² connected, interactive, smart, and digitized!

In total, we had to connect more than twenty data streams—via API keys—to each other in order to gather information relevant not only to Tribord employees but also to passing customers. In addition to Decathlon’s internal data feeds, such as product data, we worked on integrating with the information systems of all relevant external parties, including local weather, the surrounding transportation system, port-related data, tides, and more.

These data streams are consolidated, updated, and synchronized, and they interact with various devices or connected objects capable of retrieving the information and displaying it in real time within the building:

• Sensors: They are used to monitor environmental conditions, such as humidity, or to control the opening and closing of doors.
• Passive displays: They show real-time data on building usage (such as electricity consumption).
• Active terminals: These are touchscreens that allow users to interact with data and write to the data streams in real time.