PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS

On the floors of the Foundation, production workshops equipped with machines, power tools and small tooling allow creators to explore many techniques and work a wide range of materials.

The Foundation aims to be both a place of research, experimentation and professional production, as well as a place of awareness and learning for the general public. It houses equipped and secure workspaces in which the projects of creators and researchers can flourish independently.

On the first floor are the production workshops, accessible 6 days a week from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.: the glass workshop, run by glassmakers Valentin Rizzo and Gaëtan Oheix, the wood workshop, the ceramics workshop, the moulding workshop, the textile workshop, and the Fablab.

On the second floor is the Labo Almanach, a space created in 2023 following an investigation aimed at identifying the resource panel of the Charentes. The objective was to build a tool of knowledge of the territory in order to foster links between residents and the local fabric. This Living Archive is a participatory tool for transmission, intended to complement each other over time thanks to the contributions of residents and the local community. It combines contacts, know-how, materials as well as the prototypes made during the residencies.

There is also a digital photo studio and a bilingual (French/English) library of reference books on art, design, ecology and environmental, economic and social policies that residents can borrow freely.

The workshops' guide

Glass workshop


Ceramic workshop


Wood workshop


Plural workshop, textile and FabLab


Moulding workshop


Almanac Lab


Numerical photo studio


Experimental plateau