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After several volumetric insertion tests of the new programs, the preservation of the gallery space emerged as the solution best suited to the context of the operation. The design was implemented through a project anchored in its site, making the most of its intrinsic qualities. We used curved and circular forms, both echoing to the existing geometry of the building, and subtly referencing the natural movement of water. The dynamic movement created by this new layout allow to implement a new streamlined visitor experience, progressively immersing the public into the sea world.
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The position of the building, ensconced in the hillside between the Trocadero Plaza and Gardens, is revealed through punctual façade openings and through the creation of an oculus in the end pavilion, which establishes a visual connection between the two levels. The reopening of the historic staircase, which dates from the original 1878 project, streamlines the visitor experience by creating multiple possible itineraries between the plaza and garden levels.
The renovation of the museum has taken place in the existing Palais Chaillot, listed as historic monument. Working in such building implies to make with what is already there and to preserve as much as possible of the existing structure. We mostly worked on revealing the volumes of the 1937 transformation, by removing posterior additions which prevented the reading of the previous layouts. The walls have been covered by an envelope which encloses the devices used both for thermal regulation and to set up exhibitions. By anticipating most of the needs for the organization of temporary exhibition and for the rotation of the semi-permanent collection, which ensured to deliver a long-lasted project, flexible enough to evolve with the events to come.
The design intent behind the renovation of the Musée National de la Marine by h2o architectes and Snøhetta was to rethink the organization within the museum’s services to offer visitors and employees a functional environment for work, discovery, and exchange. The design of the new museum is characterized by curved and circular forms, in keeping with the existing geometry of the building and subtly referencing the natural movement of water. This dynamic architectural movement facilitates circulation and connectivity between spaces and encourages more fluid interaction between them. Drawing from the building’s different historical layouts, h2o architects and Snøhetta have restored the monumental volumes of the existing structure, creating ideal spaces for the newly imagined visitor experience and auxiliary functions. The visit itinerary begins in the intimate atmosphere of the vestibule, progressively immersing the visitor in the world of the museum before moving into the heart of the full-height hall, from which one can directly access the museum’s various services. The play of transparency reveals the graceful curves of the Galerie Davioud–inspired by its 1937 layout–and provides a glimpse of the functions associated with the newly created mezzanine levels (pressroom, members’ lounge, exhibition space, etc.). A double wall creates a functional interstitial space, housing technical devices required for exhibit installation and the thermal envelope.
The jury ranked the project in first place for its accurate approach, its flowing visitor’s path and its understanding the challenges of tomorrow's museum. The jury was sensible to the relevance and coherence of the project from both a functional and technical point of view. The delivered project provides a beautiful setting combining the history of the site with its contemporary repositioning, echoing the transformation of the Musée de la Marine into a museum of society open to the times.
h2o architectes is a firm specialized in architectural, heritage and urban design and reconfiguration. It develops a variety of programs on different scales: housing, public spaces, new neighborhoods, work and educational environments, and cultural facilities.Faced with the complexity of the contexts addressed and their heritage or social characters, the firm has built an agile approach, capable of resolving situations in unique ways, through concerted action. Projects are designed to be open-ended, in a finely balanced dialogue with the history of the site, systematically questioned and always enriched. — Snøhetta was founded as a multidisciplinary collective around the competition winner for the new Alexandira Library in 1989. The agency is named after a Norwegian mountain, asserting the importance that Snøhetta has always assigned to context and environment. Snøhetta currently has over 350 employees of 32 nationalities across the world, based in 8 autonomously operating agencies.
