La Sucrière

Address:
La Sucrière
Les Docks, 47-49 quai Rambaud,
Lyon 2

Built in the 1930s and extended in 1960, La Sucrière is an old sugar factory that was used as a warehouse until the 1990s. It was converted for the 2003 Biennale, becoming its emblematic venue in the heart of the new Confluence district. The entrance to the 7,000 m² exhibition space through the old silos, thus following the route once taken by inbound shipments of sugar.