We Art Minds can host a training day or seminar for 35 people in classroom layout, a launch or after-work event for 50 standing, and smaller meetings or workshops for 6 to 20 people. We Art Minds, known as WAM, is a coworking space at 25 rue de Pontaniou, inside the Ateliers des Capucins in Brest.
Seminars and company events
WAM rents two spaces to companies by day or for an evening. The WAM Place is a modular room of 56 m² for workshops, seminars, launches, after-work events and breakfasts. It has a large screen or video projection with HDMI or VGA connections, very-high-speed Wi-Fi, a Devialet sound system and access to the shared kitchen. It takes 35 people in classroom layout, 16 to 18 in a U-shape and 50 standing.
The Mezzanine covers 83 m² and combines three areas: the Plateau, the lounge and the Up Room. It can be hired as a whole for workshops, photo and video shoots, interviews and press conferences, for up to 16 people. A group of 11 or more booking the Plateau for a half day or a full day takes the whole mezzanine.
Four meeting rooms can be booked by the hour, the half day or the day. The Big Room, 32 m², takes up to 14 people for meetings, conferences or training. It is soundproofed and air-conditioned, with a connected conference table, a 3.5 m whiteboard wall, a video projector, a 75-inch interactive screen and Bose sound. The Golden Room, 12 m², seats 1 to 6 at a high table with Vitra stools, a screen and an air purifier. The Up Room is a work pod on the mezzanine for up to 6. The Plateau, also on the mezzanine, is a modular area for 3 to 20 people, used for training, creative workshops and ideation sessions. Members of the coworking community get a discount on room hire.
Rooms and capacities
WAM Place: 56 m², 35 classroom, 16 to 18 U-shape, 50 standing. Mezzanine: 83 m², up to 16. Plateau: 3 to 20. Big Room: 32 m², up to 14. Golden Room: 12 m², up to 6. Up Room: up to 6.
Catering
Catering is available on request for events in the WAM Place, and the shared kitchen can be used for breaks and breakfasts. Ask the team which caterers they work with and what can be served in the space.
History and setting
WAM was created by Pascale as a place for creative freelancers, entrepreneurs and employees of companies based in other French cities who work from Brest. It runs a members' community, events and yoga sessions alongside the coworking desks. The space is inside the Ateliers des Capucins, the former naval workshops on the right bank of the Penfeld in the Recouvrance district, now converted into a public venue with shops, a media library and cultural spaces.
Getting there
The address is 25 rue de Pontaniou, 29200 Brest, in the Ateliers des Capucins. Access and practical details for the Capucins site, including public transport and parking, are published by the Ateliers des Capucins and linked from the WAM site.
