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49°28'27.9"N 0°07'37.1"ETypology:
Mortuary temple
Year: 2025
Type: Personal
Year: 2025
Type: Personal
The 2024 Paris Olympics introduced a fleet of game-changing electric water taxis to promote transportation along the Seine. With this niche enacting itself within the marine transport industry in countries like Norway and The Netherlands, the call for speciality ports is becoming increasingly inevitable. Le-Havre’s position along the English Channel and its pre-existing foothold as Europe’s fifth-largest cargo port creates a prime location for a new node for Le-Havre’s chokehold on the industry.
By allowing Le-Havre to capture and expedite large alternative energy transport vessels, it can become a node to enter and exit France. The Seine will then act as an aquatic highway, connecting the sea to the many municipalities along the river and towards the Île-de-France. Le-Havre’s geography will allow it to function as the gateway in and out of France, bringing tourism into the country’s hull.
By allowing Le-Havre to capture and expedite large alternative energy transport vessels, it can become a node to enter and exit France. The Seine will then act as an aquatic highway, connecting the sea to the many municipalities along the river and towards the Île-de-France. Le-Havre’s geography will allow it to function as the gateway in and out of France, bringing tourism into the country’s hull.
The Museum of Naval Transport captures these vessels, bringing people from the beginnings of marine transportation, the canoe, to the industry’s future, the electric water taxi. This provides a brief introduction to those visiting Le-Havre and a nudge to explore the historic city further upon arrival.
The existing windbreaks’ architectural expression lends a prominent character, and by expanding this form, the building pays respect to the public image of Le-Havre without being obsequious. The museum is a scion of the iconic windbreak, a distortion of such. The three ‘windbreaks’ are held together by capillaries spanning between them, fluidly intertwining between the ships presented within.