VILLA MAIS D'ICI

What VILLA MAIS D'ICI does

Villa Mais D'ici is a French non-profit cultural arts organization (association loi 1901) founded in 2003, operating a converted former coal factory at 77 rue des Cités in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, as a multi-disciplinary creative campus. It hosts more than 40 resident artistic structures spanning theater, dance, street art, visual arts, sound design, cinema, and crafts, and provides a working environment organized around mutualization and collective management, governed by a 14-member co-presidency Council of Administration with 6 salaried staff plus an entretien agent. The core offering is the rental of physical creative workspace rather than any software or technology product.

The organization's core product is space rental, comprising four rehearsal spaces (Petite loge at 33m², Grande loge at 38m², Cyclo at 70m², and Auberge at 105m² with garden and stage), two dedicated music facilities (Omnia Studio with two listening rooms and four recording/mixing cabins, and Studio Zebra for band rehearsal), and shared communal areas (Cour & Buvette). Spaces are rented at published daily rates of €45–€99 HT to artists and companies, with weekly rates of €304–€564 TTC, a €30 annual membership fee, and optional technical equipment (sound and lighting) and régie support at preferential rates. Booking is direct via a dedicated reservation email, with no intermediaries, marketplace channels, or technology platform mediating access.

The business model is a hybrid of earned rental income and ongoing institutional public funding. Earned revenue comes from unit-priced space rentals (daily and weekly) and membership fees. Operating and project subsidies have been provided by the Ville d'Aubervilliers since 2003, the Région Île-de-France since 2013, the Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis since 2014, and project-based support from DRAC since 2019 and ANCT. The organization also delivers a public-facing community program through the Maison des Cités, including cooking projects, neighborhood events, and participatory workshops targeting local Aubervilliers residents. Distribution is entirely direct, and go-to-market is community-led, relying on resident artist referrals, newsletter, Facebook/Instagram, and an annual calendar of festivals including Nuit Blanche, Arts de Rue des Cités, PunkOctober Fest, and a Christmas Market.

Name

VILLA MAIS D'ICI

Legal name

Villa Mais D'ici

Website

https://villamaisdici.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

French non-profit cultural arts organization founded in 2003 in Aubervilliers, operating a former coal factory as a creative campus hosting 40+ resident artistic structures and renting rehearsal spaces and music studios, funded by unit-priced rentals and regional institutional subsidies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aubervilliers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Space Rental: Four rehearsal spaces (Petite loge, Grande loge, Cyclo, Auberge) are rented to companies and artists for daily or weekly use, generating rental income. A €30 annual membership fee is charged per user.
2. Rental of Rehearsal Spaces: Spaces are available for rent Monday–Saturday, 10h–19h, at daily or weekly rates. Technical equipment (sound, lighting) available at preferential rates.
3. Institutional Subsidies and Support: The organization receives ongoing operational funding from Région Ile-de-France (since 2013), Ville d'Aubervilliers (since 2003), and Seine-Saint-Denis Department (since 2014), plus project-specific support from DRAC (since 2019) and ANCT.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Villa Mais D'ici is a French non-profit cultural arts campus housed in a former coal factory in Aubervilliers, Île-de-France, providing affordable rehearsal spaces, music recording studios, and shared communal areas for rent to artistic companies and individual artists. It hosts more than 40 resident artistic structures under a collective management model focused on mutualization of resources, and runs a community-facing public program including festivals, workshops, and the Maison des Cités neighborhood hub.

Product overview

Villa Mais D'ici est une friche culturelle de création artistique située à Aubervilliers, offering a single unified offering centered on hosting over 40 artistic structures in residence. Its core product is the mise à disposition (rental) of shared creative workspaces — specifically four rehearsal rooms (Petite loge, Grande loge, Cyclo, Auberge) and shared communal areas (Cour & Buvette). Ancillary sub-products include two music studios (Omnia Studio for recording/mixing and Studio Zebra for band rehearsal), all available to resident artists and external renters on a daily or weekly basis with optional technical equipment (sound and lighting). The center also runs a public program of events, workshops (Ateliers de la Villa), and community initiatives including the Maison des Cités.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rehearsal space rental

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ville d'AubervillierscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003The City of Aubervilliers has been a key institutional supporter since the Villa's founding in 2003. It provides ongoing operational funding and supports the Villa's cultural programming on the territory. The city also partners on specific events such as the Arts de Rue des Cités festival.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• La Générale: Paris art space offering workspace and exhibition resources to artists and collectives, with a cooperative governance model. Comparable as a Paris-based nonprofit artistic co-working and residency venue.
• La Friche la Belle de Mai: Marseille-based cultural friche housed in a former tobacco factory, hosting artist residencies, rehearsal and production spaces, and community programming. Closest functional analog to Villa Mais D'ici's model of repurposing industrial heritage for multi-disciplinary artistic activity and mutualization.
• La Bellevilloise: Paris collective cultural space in a former workers' cooperative building, hosting events, residencies, and community programming. Comparable hybrid model combining artistic workspace, public events, and bar/restaurant revenue streams.
• Le DOC!: Paris cooperative of performing-arts professionals sharing workspace, equipment, and resources. Directly comparable mutualization model serving theater, dance, and performing-arts practitioners.
• Stëmm: French cultural cooperative organizing residencies, events, and shared resources for performing-arts professionals. Directly comparable cooperative-residency model serving the same independent artist population.
• La Cartoucherie: Vincennes/Paris complex of historic theater studios hosting multiple theater companies in a collective governance model. Directly comparable as a shared rehearsal/residency campus with co-managed operations and a resident-company ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Ground Control: Paris temporary cultural venue combining food, retail, events, and artistic programming in a redeveloped industrial site. Comparable in its adaptive-reuse heritage-site positioning and event-driven community engagement, though more commercially oriented.
• Atelier des Artistes en Exil: Paris-based organization hosting exiled artists in residency with workspace and production support. Comparable mission of providing studio and rehearsal space to artists in a residential, public-funded framework.

Broad incumbents

• Le Centquatre (104): Large Paris public cultural center in a former municipal funeral home, offering rehearsal and residency spaces, exhibitions, and community programming. Overlaps with Villa Mais D'ici on artist workspace rental and community engagement, but at significantly greater scale and institutional weight.

Regional players

• La Main Jaune: Paris collective of artists offering shared studio and event spaces with participatory governance. Overlaps with Villa Mais D'ici on cooperative workspace and mutualization model, though smaller and without dedicated rehearsal-room infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LaVillaMaisDIci
• Instagraminstagram.com/villa_mais_dici/?hl=fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/villa-mais-d'ici

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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