Editing La Ruche (residence) (section)

==History==
Located in the Passage Dantzig, in the [[15ème arrondissement, Paris|15th arrondissement]] of [[Paris, France|Paris]], La Ruche is a three-storey circular structure that got its name because it looked more like a large beehive than a dwelling for humans. Originally a temporary building designed by [[Gustave Eiffel]] for use as a wine rotunda at the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Great Exposition of 1900]], the structure was dismantled and re-erected as low-cost studios for artists by [[Alfred Boucher]] (1850–1934), a sculptor, who wanted to help young artists by providing them with shared models and an exhibition space open to all residents. As well as to artists, La Ruche became a home to transients.<ref>Jeanine Warnod, ''Les Artistes de Montparnasse: La Ruche'', Paris et Saint-Ouen, Van Wilder, 1988, {{ISBN|2-85299-005-9}}</ref><ref>Dominique Paulvé, François Goudier, ''La Ruche : Un siècle d'art à Paris'', Paris, Gründ, 2002, {{ISBN|2-7000-3062-1}}</ref>

At La Ruche the rent was cheap; and no one was evicted for non-payment. When hungry, many would wander over to artist [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s soup kitchen (more genteelly called her ''cantine'') for a meal and conversation with fellow starving artists.