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Museum Of The Sea – Rehabilitation And Museography in Sète, France by C+D ARCHITECTURE

Monday, February 19th, 2018

Article source: C+D ARCHITECTURE

Historically the port of Sète owes its existence to Louis XIV (1666) who decided to create an outlet to the sea from the Canal du Midi. Associated for a long time with the wine trade, today it serves as a port for the whole of southern France. Like other Mediterranean sites, Sète is in an important position for the French Research Institution for the exploitation of the sea (IFREMER), a major player in scientific and maritime technology and much acclaimed worldwide. At the beginning of the year 2000 the branch of this institution in Sète set up on the edge of Etang de Thau leaving the old building to the mercy of graffiti.

Image Courtesy © Marie-Caroline LUCAT

Architects: C+D ARCHITECTURE
Project: Museum Of The Sea – Rehabilitation And Museography
Location: Rue Jean Vilar, 34200 Sète, France
Photography: Marie-Caroline LUCAT
Architect in Charge: Nicolas Crégut, Laurent Duport
Projet Manager: Sophie Fernandez, Museography Laurent Duport et Nicolas Crégut with Sophie Fernandez
Consulting Engineers: Grontmij
Area: 1053.0 sqm

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Tags: France, Sète
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Lunel and Sète offer two new museums to the Languedoc Roussillon region in France By C+D ARCHITECTURE

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

Article source: C+D ARCHITECTURE

The recently opened Médard Museum in Lunel and the Maritime Museum in Sète are now part of a wide choice of cultural visits offered in Languedoc Roussillon. The region has supported the towns in the financing of these cultural amenities. Benefiting from new funds, the two museums stand out from the rest because of the way their architecture has been restored – they are both diametrically opposite in historical terms – and because of the content of their respective collections.

Image Courtesy © Marie Caroline Lucat

Architects: C+D ARCHITECTURE
Project: Lunel and Sète offer two new museums to the Languedoc Roussillon region
Location: Sète, France
Photography: Marie Caroline Lucat, Eric Pol-Simon

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71 Council and Private Flats in Sète, France by Colboc Franzen & Associés

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Article source: Colboc Franzen & Associés

The building plot lies on the thin strip of land between the Étang de Thau and the Mediterranean Sea on the northern side of the old town, close to the commercial port and its huge industrial facilities. How should we evoke the site’s past and at the same time, through architecture, forge a modern identity for this entrance point to the town of Sète and its emerging neighbourhoods? How should we respond to the titanic scale of the port, with the sea as the horizon, while also maintaining the old town’s way of living?