Final report - "Maritime Transformations. Adaptive reuse inspired by local shipbuilding heritage".

Thursday, July 11, 2024 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Musée maritime de Rouen -

This workshop, supervised by Ariel Genadt, invites students to draw inspiration from naval architecture to imagine a conversion project for an existing building. The site of the project will be the current Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire de Rouen. The project will showcase the museum's collections in a setting more suited to and expressive of its fluvial context.

While the Armada event reminds residents and tourists of the city's maritime past, it remains fleeting. This workshop aims to reestablish a more lasting presence of maritime heritage in the heart of the city. The project will highlight the current imperatives of ecological transition, namely the sustainable use of natural resources and recycling of industrial resources, while creating habitats that generate a sense of belonging to a community and its cultural heritage. The project will address these objectives by designing a place for exhibition, education, and exchange for city dwellers, using elements of naval architectural vocabulary as formal and structural generators. The work will be carried out in collaboration with the Maritime Museum and its shipbuilding workshop, as well asENSA Normandie woodworking workshop.

Open to all

Projects on display until September

Visual ©Matthieu Rousseau