Le Pavillon International des Arts

The Toy Pavilion is supported by the International Arts Pavilion Association (PIA), founded in 2020. PIA defends a clear ambition: support contemporary creation, encourage artistic exchanges, and develop cultural cooperation within and beyond its walls. Through it, the Toy Pavilion is part of an active network of artists, institutions, and public and private partners in France and internationally. Artistic direction is ensured by the founder and sponsor, GAO Bo, supported by a team with complementary skills. This structure provides governance, coordination, and activity development. Thanks to volunteers' commitment and generous contribution, we will begin making this Factory integrated into territorial culture. Toy Pavilion An industrial wasteland that miraculously survived Around 1920, at 2 rue de Giverny in Vernonnet (current n°134), the Deglos brothers built a modern factory dedicated to coffee roasting. Tall and compact, topped with a skylight and supported by a puddle iron structure typical of the Eiffel era, it embodied the industrial momentum of the early twentieth century. A workplace, full of steam and coffee, inscribed in national productive history. At the same time,…