The BOB (Bâtiment Ouvert aux Bifurcations)

At a glance

Lyon Metropolitan Area
Urban Plateau
temporary occupancy, business development
June 2024
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logo vert d'eau, BOB le Batiment ouvert aux bifurcations

BOB is a third place where cultural, circular, community-driven, and social projects take shape. It is a resource hub for experimenting with new ways of working and living together in a post-industrial, unconventional, and inspiring setting.

BOB is also a place for living and interaction, both for the 80 resident project leaders and for the local residents and users of the area.

Starting in the first quarter of 2026, BOB will welcome everyone’s civic initiatives and will also offer spaces to local associations to meet their needs and support their activities through a multipurpose hall: La Multi.

This third place is part of the L’étape 22D site, which straddles the eastern part of Villeurbanne (Carré de Soie neighborhood) and the southern part of Vaulx-en-Velin. With its 4 hectares of buildings and outdoor spaces, it is one of the major mixed-use transitional urban planning projects in the Lyon Metropolis, where active mobility advocates, emergency shelters, and educational programs come together.

Discover the site’s program:

March, April, May

In June and July

Practical Information

Address

22 Rue Decomberousse, 69100 Villeurbanne.

Life in the Community

29 April 2025

PROFILE OF STAFF MEMBERS – ATD Quart Monde

ATD Fourth World fights poverty. Based in BOB, they are exploring the issue of employability.

29 April 2025

PROFILE OF RESIDENTS – AFEV

Pauline Fabre is the KAPS program coordinator at Afev and a resident at BOB.

The team

Resources

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