L'Atelier Cail hosts company seminars, training sessions, team meetings, cocktails and team-building workshops, with rooms for 4 to 60 people. The two largest rooms, the painter's studio and the Salle Amédéo, each take up to 60. The venue occupies a former mechanical factory of 750 m² at 83A rue des Alliés in Saint-Étienne.
Seminars and company events
The team helps build a company seminar and works with selected partners to offer turnkey packages: a cocktail, a seated lunch and team-building activities. Rooms are hired by the half day, the full day or longer. Each room has a screen, a whiteboard or flipchart, coffee and tea, and very high-speed fibre internet.
The painter's studio, L'Atelier d'Etienne Cail, is the room where a team works surrounded by the canvases of the artist Etienne Cail. It covers 100 m², takes up to 60 people, can be arranged in almost any layout and opens onto a private terrace. The Salle Amédéo, of 110 m², takes up to 60 and combines a work area with large tables and a giant whiteboard, a lounge corner and a fully equipped kitchen for breaks and lunch on site.
The team-building program uses the place itself: a painting workshop with Etienne Cail, a musical wine tasting, wellbeing sessions and a yoga and piano format.
Rooms and capacities
L'Atelier d'Etienne Cail: 100 m², up to 60, private terrace. Salle Amédéo: 110 m², up to 60, private kitchen. Salle Eugène: 33 m², 20 in classroom, theatre or conference layout and 14 in a U shape, with daylight from large front windows and its own street entrance, suited to training. Le Petit Salon: 13 m², 4 people, with a video-conference camera. Salle Léonard: 10 m², 4 people, with a video-conference camera. La Cave: 55 m², 10 people, for an intimate dinner or a wine tasting.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms on site.
Catering
Catering is arranged through the venue's partners, from a cocktail to a seated lunch. The Salle Amédéo has its own kitchen for breaks and meals, and the building has two kitchens in total. La Cave, the owner's wine cellar, holds Burgundy grands crus, Rhône Valley cuvées and Champagne, and hosts tastings and dinners for up to 10 guests.
History and setting
The building is the former Chambon mechanical factory, lit by glass roofs. The painter Etienne Cail and Valentine took it over to install his studio, stripped the building back and opened up the floors to bring light into each space. The first level of 460 m² opened with the studio, offices, a coworking area and a meeting room. In October 2020 new works created the Salle Eugène and the Petit Salon, then the lower floors gained a large kitchen and dining room, a lounge, three terraces of 70 m² in total and more offices.
Today the venue counts 13 private offices, two coworking areas, two kitchens, three terraces and four reception lounges, with about a hundred plants and colours chosen by the owners. An annex across the street at 90 rue des Alliés provides parking and storage.
Getting there
Saint-Étienne Châteaucreux station, served by TGV from Paris and regional trains from Lyon, is a 10-minute walk away. The M3 bus stops 30 m from the door. Parking is free.
