FEDORA - Collectif 17h25 Presents MOD 200 at Opéra Bastille: Pioneering Sustainable Stage Structures

LAB 4—9 and 10 April, Théâtre du Châtelet © Thomas Lamouroux i

Collectif 17h25 Presents MOD 200 at Opéra Bastille: Pioneering Sustainable Stage Structures

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05 March 2026

Paris / France

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On 5 March 2026, the Opéra Bastille hosted the Symposium MOD 200, a landmark event where Collectif 17h25 publicly unveiled the results of three years of collaborative research into sustainable stage production.

Bringing together five major European cultural institutions, the Collective has been working since 2019 to transform production practices through shared innovation, ecological responsibility, and collective intelligence.

At the centre of the symposium was the presentation of MOD 200, a new operational standard for set structures based on a 200 mm grid. Designed to make scenic elements reusable, compatible and easier to transport, MOD 200 reduces material consumption, streamlines manufacturing processes, and lowers the environmental impact of productions. Supported by France 2030’s Green Alternatives programme, the system has already been successfully tested across multiple productions within the member houses, demonstrating a clear environmental benefit from its second use onward.

The project goes far beyond technical solutions: Collectif 17h25 has fostered a new culture of cooperation across institutions. Through shared workshops, prototyping sessions, collective evaluation methods and open-source tools, scenic and technical teams have developed new ways of working together, unlocking creative potential while addressing contemporary ecological challenges.

Two members of our team attended the event and witnessed firsthand how this pioneering initiative is reshaping the future of scenography. With MOD 200 now entering a broader dissemination phase under a Creative Commons licence, the Collective aims to make these tools accessible to cultural organisations across Europe, encouraging them to join a growing community committed to sustainable artistic creation.

Collectif 17H25

Collectif 17h25 is composed of the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Paris Opera, the Opéra de Lyon, and La Monnaie.

The members share the common ambition of improving and strengthening their practices through innovation and the pooling of their human, technical, and financial resources. Their collaboration also aims to promote these values within the cultural sector and to contribute to the wider sharing of best practices.

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