Urban shelters around Bordeaux
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A collection of amazing shelters for wandering souls.
When the Bordeaux-based collective Bruit du frigo tests new ways to escape the city or seeks to reinvent it for better appropriation, we witness the creation of striking peri-urban shelters.
Shelters for hikers rediscovering the outskirts of Bordeaux, for those who want to share a unique experience, an unusual adventure, or simply enjoy a break from daily life. These shelter-works are open to everyone and offered free of charge for one night.
These shelters, with their original and spartan design—reminiscent of those found during mountain races—are placed in locations representative of Bordeaux to better surprise us.
By clicking on the links, you will learn all about the symbolism of each one, and it’s up to you to choose which charm you will succumb to.
✦ Le Nuage, by Candice Pétrillo from Zébra3/Buy-Sellf, Parc de l’Ermitage in Lormont (2010),
✦ Le Hamac, by Yvan Detraz from Bruit du frigo, Parc de Mandavit in Gradignan (2012),
✦ Les Guetteurs, by Candice Pétrillo from Zébra3/Buy-Sellf, Parc des Rives d’Arçins in Bègles (2012),
✦ La Belle étoile, by Stéphane Thidet. Domaine de la Burthe in Floirac (2012),
✦ La Vouivre, by Candice Pétrillo from Zébra3/Buy-Sellf, Parc de Cantefrêne in Ambès (2013),
✦ Le Tronc creux, by Yvan Detraz from Bruit du frigo, Site du Bourgailh in Pessac (2013),
✦ La Nuit Américaine, by the Nantes-based collective Fichtre, Tertre de Panoramis in Bassens (2015),
✦ Le Prisme, by Lou-Andréa Lassalle, Plan d’eau de La Blanche, Ambarès-et-Lagrave (2016).
✦ Le Haut Perché, by Studio Weave, Chemin du Moulinat, Le Haillan (2017).
✦ Neptunea by Mrzyk & Moriceau, Lac de Bordeaux, Bruges (2017).
This initiative has been led and designed since 2010 by the collective Bruit du frigo, directed by Yvan Detraz, in collaboration with Zébra3/Buy-Sellf—which notably creates the shelters—Bordeaux Metropole, and the host localities. An ever-growing audience, loyal and engaged, eagerly awaits this summer rendezvous to be surprised again and again.
To book, it’s now all online on the Les Refuges Périurbains website. Reservations are open from May to November (note: pre-bookings open on the 1st of each month for the following month).
The Refuges project earned the Bruit du frigo association the 2016 Award for Peri-urban Innovation - Living Together, Social Cohesion, and Culture category, from the Ministry of Regional Planning, Rurality, and Local Authorities. That year, more than 5,000 people stayed there for free.
..:: AcTu ::..
The adventure continues as new shelters regularly emerge! The latest addition, Neptunea, opened in September 2017.
✯ Open from March to November ✯
When the Bordeaux-based collective Bruit du frigo tests new ways to escape the city or seeks to reinvent it for better appropriation, we witness the creation of striking peri-urban shelters.
Shelters for hikers rediscovering the outskirts of Bordeaux, for those who want to share a unique experience, an unusual adventure, or simply enjoy a break from daily life. These shelter-works are open to everyone and offered free of charge for one night.
These shelters, with their original and spartan design—reminiscent of those found during mountain races—are placed in locations representative of Bordeaux to better surprise us.
By clicking on the links, you will learn all about the symbolism of each one, and it’s up to you to choose which charm you will succumb to.
✦ Le Nuage, by Candice Pétrillo from Zébra3/Buy-Sellf, Parc de l’Ermitage in Lormont (2010),
✦ Le Hamac, by Yvan Detraz from Bruit du frigo, Parc de Mandavit in Gradignan (2012),
✦ Les Guetteurs, by Candice Pétrillo from Zébra3/Buy-Sellf, Parc des Rives d’Arçins in Bègles (2012),
✦ La Belle étoile, by Stéphane Thidet. Domaine de la Burthe in Floirac (2012),
✦ La Vouivre, by Candice Pétrillo from Zébra3/Buy-Sellf, Parc de Cantefrêne in Ambès (2013),
✦ Le Tronc creux, by Yvan Detraz from Bruit du frigo, Site du Bourgailh in Pessac (2013),
✦ La Nuit Américaine, by the Nantes-based collective Fichtre, Tertre de Panoramis in Bassens (2015),
✦ Le Prisme, by Lou-Andréa Lassalle, Plan d’eau de La Blanche, Ambarès-et-Lagrave (2016).
✦ Le Haut Perché, by Studio Weave, Chemin du Moulinat, Le Haillan (2017).
✦ Neptunea by Mrzyk & Moriceau, Lac de Bordeaux, Bruges (2017).
This initiative has been led and designed since 2010 by the collective Bruit du frigo, directed by Yvan Detraz, in collaboration with Zébra3/Buy-Sellf—which notably creates the shelters—Bordeaux Metropole, and the host localities. An ever-growing audience, loyal and engaged, eagerly awaits this summer rendezvous to be surprised again and again.
To book, it’s now all online on the Les Refuges Périurbains website. Reservations are open from May to November (note: pre-bookings open on the 1st of each month for the following month).
The Refuges project earned the Bruit du frigo association the 2016 Award for Peri-urban Innovation - Living Together, Social Cohesion, and Culture category, from the Ministry of Regional Planning, Rurality, and Local Authorities. That year, more than 5,000 people stayed there for free.
..:: AcTu ::..
The adventure continues as new shelters regularly emerge! The latest addition, Neptunea, opened in September 2017.
✯ Open from March to November ✯
Bruit du Frigo
Fabrique POLA / Cité Numérique
2, rue Marc Sangnier
33130 Bègles, France
Fabrique POLA / Cité Numérique
2, rue Marc Sangnier
33130 Bègles, France
Pricing details
The shelters are graciously made available to you 7 days a week from early March to late November.Information and online booking on the website Les Refuges Périurbains.
Please note, pre-bookings open on the 1st of each month for the following month between 7 and 8 pm, this is the date to remember to try your luck!
