La Cartonnerie

http://carton-plein.org/

CARTON PLEIN association was formed at the instigation of EPASE in October 2010, around the conception by episode of temporary and experimental public space of 2000m2 : La Cartonnerie. Became playground many stakeholders (universities, developers, neighbors, professionals designing public space, associations, companies, etc.), La Cartonnerie offer a working place to collective projects, multidisciplinary and anchored in the city. This unique public space has became a place of experimentation, a living place where successive workshops, games, arts broadcasts, residences, mixed with various events of the site and its many users.

Key actors

Promoters :

• CARTON PLEIN Association, multidisciplinary (architecture, design , sociology, gardening , art …)

Secondary players :

• EPASE (urban developers)
• Local associations
• Neighbors

Beneficiaries :

• Residents of the district
• Residents of Saint-Etienne

Role of design

• To build unique identity public spaces based on the resources (human, cultural, physical, energy) of the city
• To form an associative dynamic by developing the power to act Citizen.
• To open the fabric of the city and the conception of public spaces for citizens by inventing tools and forms of mediation.
• To participate in the invention of new models of urbanity .

CONTACT (of the editor)

 Organization CARTON PLEIN – Email : plein.carton@gmail.com