Villeurbanne

BOB – Bâtiment Ouvert aux Bifurcations

2026

Address

34 rue Decomberousse,
69100 Villeurbanne

BOB is a temporary third place where cultural, circular, solidarity-based, and social projects are developed, managed by the Plateau Urbain Cooperative for Solidarity-Based Real Estate and Temporary Occupancy.

Having become an industrial wasteland since 2019 following the departure of the Swiss company BOBST (a manufacturer of corrugated cardboard and cardboard packaging machines), the goal of this temporary occupation—which will last until December 2027—is to give these walls a new, more community-focused and inclusive narrative, just as it does for the entire Etape 22D site; a 4-hectare site on which the BOB is located.

With its 95 resident project leaders—whether in the 3,000 m² of office space or the 13,000 m² of industrial halls—the BOB hosts organizations working in the fields of social integration, reuse, crafts, solidarity, entrepreneurship, and the cultural sector.

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  • Résonance

Eco-engraving of a third place: the BOB

BOB – Bâtiment Ouvert aux Bifurcations

The “eco-engraving project at a third place » offers a perspective on the BOB—Bâtiment Ouvert aux Bifurcations—within Étape 22D in Villeurbanne. The two artists—Laura Ben Haïba and Rémi De Chiara—have had their studio there since February 2025. In their individual practices and as a duo, they explore these spaces and create fragmented portraits of them, blending documentary and fiction.

  • Résonance

Eco-engraving of a third place: the BOB
Opening Ceremony

BOB – Bâtiment Ouvert aux Bifurcations

The “eco-engraving project at a third place » offers a perspective on the BOB—Bâtiment Ouvert aux Bifurcations—within Étape 22D in Villeurbanne. The two artists—Laura Ben Haïba and Rémi De Chiara—have had their studio there since February 2025. In their individual practices and as a duo, they explore these spaces and create fragmented portraits of them, blending documentary and fiction.