Le Silo

About

The CEPAC Silo is a Marseille showroom inaugurated in 2011 and located in Euroméditerranée, district of the 2nd arrondissement. It was previously a former industrial building in the city of Marseille. The conversion was designed and carried out by the firm C+T Architecture, associated with the scenography agency Ducks Scéno, the technical studies office SLH Engineering and the Atelier Rouch for acoustic studies.

History: Former cereal silo built in 1924, the Arenc silo was labeled in 2004 heritage of the twentieth century by the Ministry of Culture. It is a rectangular building of more than 16,000 square metres. During the 2000s, it was arranged in two separate volumes: on the one hand, in an office space and on the other hand, in a concert hall, especially in theatre or concerts. This renovation, initiated in 2007, is part of the project to upgrade the Joliette district through the creation of the Euroméditerranée district. The work was entrusted for the performance part to the architect Roland Carta (C+T architects), the scenographers of the agency Ducks Sceno and the agency Atelier Rouch for acoustics...