Located in northern France, Le Havre is one of the most important cities in the Normandy Region and the capital city of Seine-Maritime department. It is on the right bank of the Seine River estuary, where it meets the English Channel. This strategic location makes it becoming one of the largest ports in France and a gateway for transatlantic and European trade. The Port of Le Havre focuses different priority activities in different time period along the history, from initially colonial products like sugar and coffee to oil transportation and then to the leading activity nowadays, the container traffic. During the process of functional shift, there are some wasteland and industrial heritage that are not in use and need renovation to support the sustainable development of the port area. Brise-Vent Le Havre is one of them built in 1947 after a significant maritime accident caused by a devastating storm. It is a raw concrete structure with a curved shell originally intending to prevent the ships from the strong wind at the port, but not in use anymore. There is a competition on the renovation project of this unique structure. The mission is to convert the structure into a museum. The city of Le Havre already has a lot of tourism resources including museums, art and heritage. Because of the special location in the center of the port area, the renovation project of Brise-Vent Le Havre is dedicated to having a museum in the city for exhibiting history and knowledge about the port activities. The project aims at taking use of the main feature "wind" by adding a new big curved roof to capture the wind and generate energy. Apart from enclosing the original structure as main exhibition space, a linear volume is added next to the original structure under the big roof. The new volume is elevated from the ground for a better view and connected with the old structure by footbridges. The main strategy for the design and construction is economical and sustainable. This project uses simple material and construction methods to celebrate the rawness of industrial heritage and provided with more efficient solution for renovation projects. The new volume is composed by recycled ship containers, which represents an important identity of the city and is sustainable at the same time. This museum contains exhibition space, lecture hall, libraries and cafe. It could be a starting point for attracting visitors to the port area of the city.
Situata nel nord della Francia, Le Havre è una delle città più importanti della regione della Normandia e il capoluogo del dipartimento di Senna Marittima. Si trova sulla riva destra dell'estuario del fiume Senna, dove questo si incontra con il Canale della Manica. Questa posizione strategica la rende uno dei porti più grandi di Francia e una porta d'accesso per il commercio transatlantico ed europeo. Il porto di Le Havre ha concentrato diverse attività prioritarie in differenti periodi storici: inizialmente prodotti coloniali come zucchero e caffè, poi il trasporto di petrolio e infine, l'attività principale odierna, il traffico di container. Durante il processo di riconversione funzionale, sono emerse aree in stato di abbandono e patrimoni industriali non più utilizzati che necessitano di riqualificazione per supportare lo sviluppo sostenibile dell’area portuale. Il Brise-Vent Le Havre è uno di questi: costruito nel 1947 dopo un grave incidente marittimo causato da una tempesta devastante, è una struttura in cemento grezzo con una copertura curva, originariamente destinata a proteggere le navi dal forte vento del porto, ma oggi non più in uso. È in corso un concorso per il progetto di ristrutturazione di questa struttura unica. L’obiettivo è trasformarla in un museo. La città di Le Havre dispone già di numerose risorse turistiche, tra cui musei, arte e patrimonio culturale. Grazie alla sua posizione speciale al centro dell’area portuale, il progetto di ristrutturazione del Brise-Vent Le Havre è dedicato alla creazione di un museo che esponga la storia e le conoscenze relative alle attività portuali. Il progetto mira a valorizzare l’elemento principale, il “vento”, aggiungendo una nuova grande copertura curva per catturarlo e generare energia. Oltre a racchiudere la struttura originale come spazio espositivo principale, viene aggiunto un volume lineare accanto alla struttura esistente, sotto la grande copertura. Il nuovo volume è sollevato da terra per offrire una vista migliore ed è collegato alla struttura originale tramite passerelle. La strategia principale del design e della costruzione è economica e sostenibile. Il progetto utilizza materiali semplici e metodi costruttivi essenziali per celebrare l’autenticità del patrimonio industriale e fornire una soluzione più efficiente per progetti di riqualificazione. Il nuovo volume è composto da container navali riciclati, che rappresentano un’identità importante della città e sono al contempo sostenibili. Questo museo comprende spazi espositivi, una sala conferenze, biblioteche e una caffetteria. Potrebbe diventare un punto di partenza per attrarre visitatori verso l’area portuale della città.
Brise vent Havre : framing a museum from industrial heritage and ship containers
Wang, Tianduo;Sun, Yixian;Lin, Rita
2024/2025
Abstract
Located in northern France, Le Havre is one of the most important cities in the Normandy Region and the capital city of Seine-Maritime department. It is on the right bank of the Seine River estuary, where it meets the English Channel. This strategic location makes it becoming one of the largest ports in France and a gateway for transatlantic and European trade. The Port of Le Havre focuses different priority activities in different time period along the history, from initially colonial products like sugar and coffee to oil transportation and then to the leading activity nowadays, the container traffic. During the process of functional shift, there are some wasteland and industrial heritage that are not in use and need renovation to support the sustainable development of the port area. Brise-Vent Le Havre is one of them built in 1947 after a significant maritime accident caused by a devastating storm. It is a raw concrete structure with a curved shell originally intending to prevent the ships from the strong wind at the port, but not in use anymore. There is a competition on the renovation project of this unique structure. The mission is to convert the structure into a museum. The city of Le Havre already has a lot of tourism resources including museums, art and heritage. Because of the special location in the center of the port area, the renovation project of Brise-Vent Le Havre is dedicated to having a museum in the city for exhibiting history and knowledge about the port activities. The project aims at taking use of the main feature "wind" by adding a new big curved roof to capture the wind and generate energy. Apart from enclosing the original structure as main exhibition space, a linear volume is added next to the original structure under the big roof. The new volume is elevated from the ground for a better view and connected with the old structure by footbridges. The main strategy for the design and construction is economical and sustainable. This project uses simple material and construction methods to celebrate the rawness of industrial heritage and provided with more efficient solution for renovation projects. The new volume is composed by recycled ship containers, which represents an important identity of the city and is sustainable at the same time. This museum contains exhibition space, lecture hall, libraries and cafe. It could be a starting point for attracting visitors to the port area of the city.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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