Bassins à flot in Bordeaux, France by Mateo Arquitectura

Article source: Mateo Arquitectura 

In the Garonne river port, Bassins à flot, Bordeaux.

As though washed up here by nearby waters, rises the hulk of the World War II submarine base.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

• Architects: Mateo Arquitectura
• Project: Bassins à flot
• Location: Block B9 Bàssins-à-flot, Bordeaux (France)
• Photography: Luc Boegly and Jean-François Tremege
• Software used: Autocad
• Author: Josep Lluís Mateo – mateoarquitectura
• Client: Kaufman & Broad
• Project leader: Laurent Baudelot
• Project team: Till von Mackensen, Blanca Lora-Tamayo, Èlia Canadell, Maria Güell, Sara Dordas, Àlex
  Vilar, Marta Gual, Anna Profitós, Lu Xiao, José G. Perpiñá, Frédéric Géraud, Mireia Luzárraga
• Site management: Xavier Monclús
• Surface: 30,000 m2 of urban planning and 10,000 m2 of housing block
• Project: 2010-2011
• Construction: 2012-2016

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Beside us, other remains of the shipwreck: some small constructions that have to be integrated into the project (A).

The water table is very high. We cannot excavate to build car parks.

We build two storeys right across the plot, introducing the car parks at the centre and arranging dwellings around them, with services along the front.

Image Courtesy © Jean-François Tremege

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

In this case, the floor is porticoed, drawing the perspective from the street towards the old submarine base. Three volumes are arranged on this platform.

(B) is very low (2 floors), and metal. A small, shiny animal that accompanies the existing dwellings.

(C) at the corner, a small tower with four façades. Two metal faces, two timber faces.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

(D) A concrete-walled block that follows the limits of the plot and defines the urban from towards its sides.

(E) The centre is an open, communal garden, offering views and sunlight to the dwellings behind.

The whole, seen from the old port, is mobile and rather jaunty.

Like the old ships that are beached there, waiting to be broken up.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

Image Courtesy © Mateo Arquitectura

Image Courtesy © Mateo Arquitectura

Image Courtesy © Mateo Arquitectura

Image Courtesy © Mateo Arquitectura

Image Courtesy © Mateo Arquitectura

Image Courtesy © Mateo Arquitectura

Tags: Bordeaux, France

Categories: Autocad, House, Residential

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