First a festival, then La Friche, here is now a whole part of the city that Atelier Lucien manages thanks to the sustainability guaranteed by the signing of a lease running until 2031 with the SNCF, owner of the place.
Ultimately a living space with gardens divided into around fifty plots, its solar oven, a coworking space and relaxation classes in a yurt. The idea also of opening the place to other structures recognizing themselves in its values and of erasing a little the trademark to rethink living together because Lucien is a cooperative with an ultra responsible and 32 employees who act as consultants for towns like Malaunay, Barentin or Elbeuf.
Furthermore, Le Quartier Libre wants to be a committed place, not neutral, without cultural subsidies, which fights for causes such as feminism, LGBTQI+ rights and respect for animals and to make populations victims of harassment feel comfortable during its events.
The Quartier Libre has two restaurants, Popote with its ecotable and its future indoor room and Les Tendres Normands which makes KFC without guilt in a short circuit and without waste, four bars which offer cocktails, pints for 5 euros and glasses of wine at 3 euros including an oyster bar, an Agora which can accommodate 1500 people, around ten shops selling CBD, clothes, a tattoo artist, an escape game and soon a children's play area on a bus and a cultural café, le Fait-Social, at the entrance to the site.
On the music side, the programming is muscular and headliners like Acid Arab or Kiddy Smile rub shoulders with local artists in a creative synergy where it's good to dance outdoors.
Did you know ?
Signage What is this construction site? was designed to help its 35000 monthly visitors establish themselves in the Quartier Libre and follow its constant evolution.
📌 Pl. Carnot, 76100 Rouen
