Maison de la Batellerie

The Maison de la Batellerie is part of a group of buildings that form an urban facade on the banks of the Seine. The strategic location of this Maison (house) between the Seine and the quay offers exceptional views, but various transformations over the years have eliminated this permeability.
 
Today the building houses offices for Voies navigables de France (French navigation authority), which manages, operates, maintains and upgrades Europe's largest waterway network.
 
Our project consisted in returning to the original concept of the Arsène Henry brothers and was "treated in the spirit of stripping back and simplicity", which restores transparency. We proposed a new alliance between heritage and modernity. By removing all the pastiche interventions, the new transparent skin opens up onto the landscape of the Seine and lights up at night like a "magic lantern".
 
Inside, energy performance and the comfort of users are improved, acoustically, visually, and in terms of thermal comfort.