Let the creative juices flow
They are young men and women who go by the names Nicolas, Carlos, Abhijeet, Virginia, Sanjay, Valentino, or Faruk, who hail from countries around the world such as India, China, Italy, the United States, the Dominican Republic, China, Mali, Spain, and Taiwan. Under the close supervision of two professors and the patronage of Raphaël Linari, Chief Designer at Alpine – himself an IED alum – they took to the project with enthusiasm, with only a simple oral brief and no supporting documents. "I gave them what they needed to understand the brand, its design, and its legacy, but only very few constraints. They had to give free rein to their creativity, without feeling like their hands were tied," Raphaël explains.
The students set to work with without having to worry about any of the engineering or manufacturing aspects. Only the vehicle’s general dimensions (length, height, width, and wheel size) were given in advance. Raphaël describes the project in a rather visual manner:
The measurements are those of a supercar. They form a box within which the students had to place the driver, seats, powertrain, and overall shape of the vehicle.