Data Intelligence Workplace

Where data finds its architecture

For Décideom in Lyon, we shaped 170 sqm of scalable space where Data & AI expertise comes to life through an agile, light-filled and resolutely human space planning.

170 m²
2025

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When data gets an address in Lyon

Décideom is a Data & AI expert, partner of software publishers such as Qlik-Talend, PowerBI, Snowflake, Fivetran, Semarchy, Blueway and Data Galaxy. The 2025 project delivered 170 sqm in Lyon for the data consulting teams.

When data finds an address

Décideom holds a distinctive position within the French data ecosystem. A Data & AI expert and strategic partner to leading software vendors — Qlik-Talend, PowerBI, Snowflake, Fivetran, Semarchy, Blueway, Data Galaxy — the company operates in a market where human capital outweighs any other asset. In Lyon, the firm’s growth ran up against a simple reality: its legacy premises no longer reflected the brand’s ambition.

Recruiting data engineers, BI architects or AI consultants in a tight Lyon talent pool demanded more than a compelling salary. It demanded a place. A workplace able to embody, the moment you step through the door, the analytical rigour and collaborative spirit that define Décideom’s signature.

So, 170 sqm to transform — but above all an equation: turning office fit-out into a lever for attractiveness, productivity and culture.

Scalable interior architecture

The approach was clear from the very first workshops: design a scalable standard office, able to absorb Décideom’s growth trajectory without requiring fresh works at each stage. This adaptable floor-plate logic structures the entire project.

The architectural design phase began with a close reading of usage patterns — data sprints, client training sessions, steering committees, informal moments — to translate each professional ritual into a dedicated space typology. Planning then orchestrated a dense yet breathable space planning, where circulation becomes a tool for spontaneous collaboration.

Two structuring constraints emerged very early on: restoring generous natural light across the entire floor plate, and guaranteeing flawless accessibility, built into the layout of pathways rather than added afterwards. Integrated project management, from diagnosis through to handover, aligned design, functional and budgetary trade-offs along a single trajectory — that of a workplace conceived as a performance infrastructure.

Engineering the detail in the service of usage

The renovation began with a methodical strip-out of the floor plate, an essential precondition for rethinking the technical flows. Partitioning was reconceived along a hybrid grid: fixed partitions for focus and client-confidentiality areas, high acoustic performance demountable partitions for project zones likely to evolve in step with recruitment.

This choice responds directly to the very nature of Décideom’s business, where a data team can double in size within a few months. The IT cabling and network were dimensioned as a critical infrastructure: redundancy, throughput suited to high-volume processing, multiple sockets per workstation, discreet integration within the technical suspended ceilings that also conceal ventilation and lighting.

The plumbing was overhauled to make the social spaces more reliable. In terms of atmosphere, the paintwork plays on deep tones punctuated by chromatic accents, while the lighting combines preserved natural light with variable-temperature LED sources, calibrated to working rhythms.

The furniture, selected for its postural comfort and modularity, dialogues with an understated décor in which the floor coverings — acoustic in open areas, warmer in the informal spaces — segment the experience without partitioning the view. The electrical system, entirely redesigned, secures the whole.

An asset in the service of growth

Delivered in 2025, Décideom’s 170 sqm now function as a fully fledged production tool. The floor plate welcomes the Lyon teams with controlled density, while retaining a capacity reserve that can be activated without further works — the promise of the scalable concept, kept.

User feedback converges on three benefits: acoustic comfort that makes intense days sustainable, natural light that transforms the perception of the space through the seasons, and a fluidity of circulation that multiplies informal interactions between consultants. On the employer-brand front, the premises have become a tangible argument in recruitment processes, particularly with senior profiles sensitive to the quality of their daily environment.

« Our offices now tell the story of what we do, » sums up the management. For Décideom, interior architecture is no longer a cost item: it is an investment aligned with the growth strategy.

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