Le 106, Music venue in Rouen, France.
Le 106 is a concert hall for contemporary music on quai Jean-de-Béthencourt in Rouen, housed in a former port warehouse whose exterior was kept. It was designed by the King Kong architecture agency with dUCKS scéno for stage design and idB for acoustics. It has a modular main hall of 500 to 1,148 seats and a 318-seat club.
The idea of a contemporary music venue in Rouen dates to François Zimeray's presidency of the Rouen agglomeration, when the private club L'Exo 7 was too small and run-down. The city chose an old port warehouse on the Seine quays west of Rouen. After an unsuccessful tender forced King Kong to drop an outdoor stage, work began in January 2008 and Le 106 opened on 27 November 2010.
The venue's name comes from its address on quai Jean-de-Béthencourt in Rouen's 106 district, and its programme covers current popular music, with 80 to 90 concerts a year in the main hall or the 318-seat club. Five rehearsal studios and a demo-recording studio support local and national artists throughout the year.
Le 106 stands on quai Jean-de-Béthencourt, on the western Seine quays of Rouen, not in the city centre. It is served by tram lines T1, T2 and T3 at the Boulevard des Belges stop, and by lines T4 and T5 at the Orléans stop. The main hall is modular, seating 500 or holding 1,100 standing, while the club holds 318.
The port cranes known as "Picasso" were repainted and kept as part of the project, and the hangar's exterior was preserved. The architects had to revise their plans after an unsuccessful tender, dropping a stage open to the outside. The venue is served by tram stops Boulevard des Belges (T1, T2, T3) and Orléans (T4, T5).
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