Oasis21 hosts conferences, seminars, training days, workshops, round tables, film shoots and professional evenings for up to 100 seated or 150 standing guests. The venue is a third place for the social and solidarity economy, at 2 rue de la Clôture in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near La Villette.
Seminars and company events
Four rooms can be hired, from a 20-square-meter workshop room to a 120-square-meter hall. The list of uses is broad: conferences, seminars, shoots, workshops, meetings, debates, exhibitions, cooking classes, yoga, concerts and screenings. A seminar can combine a plenary in the Grande Salle with workshops in the Oranger and the Amandier.
Every booking includes a video projector, sound system and microphones, a stationery kit, flipcharts, whiteboards, high-speed Wi-Fi, and organic tea and coffee. Extra services are quoted on request: logistics, technical crew, catering, custom hours, an activity or a guided tour of the building. All rooms are accessible to guests with reduced mobility.
Common areas are shared with the resident organisations: planted balconies, relaxation areas, an equipped kitchen, a dining area, alcoves and phone booths. Private terraces are available with some rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The Grande Salle covers 120 square meters and takes 100 seated or 150 standing. It opens onto an outdoor courtyard, has natural light and an industrial look, and suits conferences, seminars, professional evenings and photo or film shoots.
La Serre covers 75 square meters and takes 50 to 60 seated and 80 standing. It has daylight, a private balcony and good sound insulation, and suits training sessions, round tables and professional cocktails.
The Oranger covers 25 square meters and takes 20 people in workshop layout or 25 to 35 in conference layout. The Amandier covers 20 square meters and takes 16 in workshop layout or 20 in conference layout. Both have a private balcony, daylight and sound insulation, and suit creative training, collaborative workshops and short meetings.
Catering
The cooperative works with two partner caterers. La cuisine de Souad cooks Moroccan dishes, homemade, vegan and based on organic seasonal produce. Margot Marie Catering offers varied, seasonal, homemade food with an anti-waste approach. The shared kitchen can also host cooking workshops.
History and setting
Oasis21 occupies a former building of the La Villette abattoirs, eco-renovated in 2020. Its 1,500 square meters use bio-based materials such as straw and seaweed, run on green electricity supplied by Enercoop and are furnished with reused furniture. The site holds a long-term occupancy lease running to 2035.
The hub is run by the cooperative CitéCoop and hosts only organisations of the social and solidarity economy, with about 15 permanent residents. They include the French mountain and climbing federation, the accounting cooperative Finacoop, the network Coorace, Coalition Plus and France Nature Environnement. Governance is shared among residents. For organisers working on ecological or social transition, the setting matches the subject of their event.
Getting there
The venue is at 2 rue de la Clôture, 75019 Paris, at the northern edge of the city near the Parc de la Villette. The official site gives an access page for details on public transport and parking.
