What is Bliiida?
Bliiida brings together artists, entrepreneurs, and craftspeople to experiment and share. Ideas are tested, transformed, and spread at the intersection of culture, design, and technology.
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Bliiida is primarily
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A true toolbox, Bliiida acts as a project facilitator within an entrepreneurial framework. The third place encourages mentorship, initiative-taking, and secures career paths in sectors where economic models sometimes diverge from market logic.
BLIIIDA contributes to the development and sustainability of employment, professional activity, and businesses in the artistic and creative sectors broadly, supporting professional integration and combating the precariousness faced by authors and artists.
Throughout the year, Bliiida presents a program of unique cultural events highlighting the talents, expertise, and partners of the region. Bliiida is committed to implementing the most accessible pricing policy possible to make its events open to the widest audience.
Bliiida offers services that encourage an alternative way of producing by pooling production resources (machines, tools, spaces, etc.). In doing so, the third place contributes to the emergence of project leaders by limiting the initial investment required for their activities.
Deeply multidisciplinary, Bliiida encourages encounters and the cross-pollination of skills, expertise, and networks. We are convinced that innovative, inspiring, and unique projects emerge from the meeting of diverse profiles.
At Bliiida, sharing is more than just a principle: it's a driving force. It fuels projects, connects people, and circulates ideas. From informal exchanges to spontaneous collaborations, from feedback to collective projects, it creates an environment where mutual support goes beyond simple cooperation to become a true collective dynamic.
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Our Highlights
2019
Creation of the Fluxus incubator
Following the transfer of the Metz Region Public Transport maintenance center to Woippy in 2013, the 30,000m2 site became an industrial wasteland. In October of the same year, it hosted the sixth Metz edition of Nuit-Blanche. Metz artists discovered the site and took it over. The need for a cultural creation and production space in Metz emerged. In 2014, the site welcomed its first resident organizations, driven by the City of Metz.
2019
Creation of the Fluxus incubator
Following the transfer of the Metz Region Public Transport maintenance center to Woippy in 2013, the 30,000m2 site became an industrial wasteland. In October of the same year, it hosted the sixth Metz edition of Nuit-Blanche. Metz artists discovered the site and took it over. The need for a cultural creation and production space in Metz emerged. In 2014, the site welcomed its first resident organizations, driven by the City of Metz.
2014
The adventure begins
After the Metz Region Public Transport maintenance center was transferred to Woippy in 2013, the 30,000m2 site became an industrial wasteland. In October of the same year, it hosted the sixth Metz edition of Nuit-Blanche. Metz artists discovered the site and took it over. The need for a cultural creation and production space in Metz emerged. In 2014, the site welcomed its first resident organizations, driven by the City of Metz.
2019
Creation of the Fluxus incubator
After the Metz Region Public Transport maintenance center was transferred to Woippy in 2013, the 30,000m2 site became an industrial wasteland. In October of the same year, it hosted the sixth Metz edition of Nuit-Blanche. Metz artists discovered the site and took it over. The need for a cultural creation and production space in Metz emerged. In 2014, the site welcomed its first resident organizations, driven by the City of Metz.
2022
The site is awarded the "Local Manufacturing" label
Emerging from the health crisis, Bliiida was one of 100 laureates of the "Local Manufacturing" call for expressions of interest. Led by the government and operated by ANCT, it aims to create spaces for production, resource sharing, and skill transfer across the national territory. Starting in 2022, this certification allowed the third place to invest in and create its shared workshops for woodworking, metalworking, ceramics, and torch-blown glass. These facilitate business launches and encourage experimentation by reducing initial investment and promoting skill-sharing and knowledge transfer.
2025
Rental management and new governance
Emerging from the health crisis, Bliiida was one of 100 laureates of the "Local Manufacturing" call for expressions of interest. Led by the government and operated by ANCT, it aims to create spaces for production, resource sharing, and skill transfer across the national territory. Starting in 2022, this certification allowed the third place to invest in and create its shared workshops for woodworking, metalworking, ceramics, and torch-blown glass. These facilitate business launches and encourage experimentation by reducing initial investment and promoting skill-sharing and knowledge transfer.
Bliiida's key milestones
For over 10 years, Bliiida has been developing through various activities, hosting talented residents, and a constant pursuit of innovation through projects undertaken with passion.
2014
The adventure begins
After the Metz Region Public Transport maintenance center was transferred to Woippy in 2013, the 30,000m2 site became an industrial wasteland. In October of the same year, it hosted the sixth Metz edition of Nuit-Blanche. Metz artists discovered the site and took it over. The need for a cultural creation and production space in Metz emerged. In 2014, the site welcomed its first resident organizations, driven by the City of Metz.
2019
Creation of the Fluxus incubator
After the Metz Region Public Transport maintenance center was transferred to Woippy in 2013, the 30,000m2 site became an industrial wasteland. In October of the same year, it hosted the sixth Metz edition of Nuit-Blanche. Metz artists discovered the site and took it over. The need for a cultural creation and production space in Metz emerged. In 2014, the site welcomed its first resident organizations, driven by the City of Metz.
2022
The venue receives the "Local Manufacturing" label
Following the health crisis, Bliiida was one of the 100 laureates of the "Local Manufacturing" call for projects. Supported by the government and operated by the ANCT, it aims to create places for production, resource sharing, and skill transfer across the national territory. From 2022, this certification allows the third-place to invest in and create its shared workshops for woodworking, metalworking, ceramics, and torch-blown glass. These facilitate business launches and encourage experimentation by reducing initial investment and promoting the sharing of know-how and skill transfer.
2025
Rental management and new governance
In early 2025, the Bliiida association takes over the site's rental management. Its ownership is transferred to the Eurométropole de Metz. The association independently manages the residences of artists, craftspeople, and entrepreneurs. This structural change in the third-place's operation is accompanied by a revision of its association statutes.
A new shared governance for a locally rooted project that is open to citizen memberships, in addition to users, partners, local authorities, and employees.
Bliiida
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At Bliiida, the diversity of activities and audiences creates true collective wealth. Entrepreneurs, artists, associations, and citizens meet, exchange, and inspire each other.
Our team
Bliiida is a non-profit organization driven by its administrators, members, and employees. To learn about its operations and administrators, click here!
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