La Mélangeuse
An associative and cultural wasteland hosting workshops, courses, creations and residencies. Located on a former lime quarry, La Mélangeuse opens its lime kiln museum from May to October and other activities all year round.
The Mixer
It's a :
A LABORATORY OF POSSIBILITIES
Open to the initiatives of one and all.
A resource center, a common good to be experienced and shared.
A popular education association.
8 HECTARES OF SHARED AND RENTAL SPACE
A former lime kiln quarry, an ecological multi-purpose hall, industrial buildings undergoing eco-renovation, a lime kiln micro-museum, a fully-equipped kitchen, a courtyard and cliffs.
This is the home of the association La Barrejaire (pronounced la barrejaïre), which in Occitan means the tool that mixes or the beater, the churn. There's also an SCI.
A FACTORY OF CONCRETE UTOPIAS
A place steeped in the history of the Villeneuve area and the Gare district.
Spaces that have been created over the last 10 years by those who come to mix.
An enhancement of the built and unbuilt heritage, a working-class and rural memory.
A SELF-MANAGED ECO-PLACE
A collective and cooperative intelligence
where ecological and social transition is tested
where people are invited to participate and be autonomous, responsible for doing and being.
A PROGRAM
workshops, courses in arts and crafts, well-being and personal development
participatory construction, eco-renovation and low-tech projects
artists' and craftspeople's residencies
events, laboratories, meetings, festivals
A TEAM
of salaried employees, active members, volunteers, founding members, artists and craftspeople.
Currently, la Mélangeuse is the permanent home for the activities of the association la Barrejaire, Cie empaRtance, la Boîte de Trad', the Kora work shop, Recyclabulle, Les Mains Sensibles, Lent de Mains, Roxane Petitier, as well as associations, companies and collectives on an ad hoc basis throughout the year.
