21, the social innovation accelerator of the French Red Cross, rents event space in Montrouge for conferences, seminars, team brainstorming sessions and visits. The space covers 1,000 m² at the Red Cross headquarters, at the gates of Paris, with a conference area with tiered seating and modular meeting rooms.
Seminars and company events
The official page lists conferences, seminars, team brainstorming sessions, team-building days and inspiring visits. 21 supports the organizer with additional services: catering, audiovisual equipment, and workshops on social innovation or collective intelligence. A team can therefore book a room and add a working format run by the house. Everything rests on the idea that an event here also introduces people to the social economy.
Rooms and capacities
The event area is open and modular. The main room is a large conference space with tiered seating, which suits plenary sessions and talks. Meeting rooms and workshops can be arranged to fit the day. The coworking side of the building has eight meeting rooms, and the official text presents the whole 1,000 m² as accessible to people with reduced mobility. The site does not publish seat counts for the conference space, so ask for the capacity in your layout.
Workshops
Short formats last one to two hours. The social innovation mural puts participants in the shoes of a social entrepreneur, and the co-development session lets peers help each other with their projects. Longer formats last one to two days: discovery and project workshops based on design thinking and collective intelligence methods, and hackathons that run as a sprint to generate ideas. Each is led by the team of 21, which accompanies project leaders year round.
Catering
Catering is offered as an additional service when the event is organized, and the building also has a restaurant and a cafeteria for the people who work there. The site does not detail menus or formats, so describe your meal requirements in your request.
History and setting
21 was created in May 2019 by the French Red Cross and Nexem to accelerate social innovation projects. It brings together more than 100 coworkers, mostly associations and social enterprises, with a gym, restaurant, cafeteria and bike and car parking. A client of the venue mentions the proximity of the offices and the shared values as reasons to choose it.
Getting there
The address is 21 rue de la Vanne, 92120 Montrouge, at the gates of Paris. The official text describes the location as accessible and strategic. It does not name a station, so check the metro or tram access when you send your request.
