Manège Fonck

Guide : Beneath the listed roof structure of the Manège Fonck, the former riding hall for the barracks horses has become a large modular performance venue. The seating, stage and brick walls hold together military memory and the energy of live performance. What strikes you first: the scale of the nave, or its raw character?

Guide : The same nave, but at night. The great riding hall becomes a reception space: tables, lights, a standing audience, raw brick lit from below. Nothing decorative has been added to the building itself; only the layout changes. What strikes you first, the elegance of the staging or the roughness of the place it reveals?

Guide : Tiered seating in place, stage ready, lighting rigged: the nave becomes a true theatre. The Festival de Liège often stages ambitious works here, because this volume responds. Height, depth, raw stone: everything plays with the performance, nothing fades behind it. What do you expect from a hall that does not try to be forgotten?

Guide : This is the Manège Fonck with nothing in it: no seating, no stage, no tables. Just the nave, its brick, its listed roof structure and its floor. In this state, you understand more clearly what the building was, and what it can still become. What do you notice first, the scale or the material?