Samaritaine Cheval Blanc Flagship | Maison Edouard François

an iconic building Paris / France / 2014

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The exceptional site for this confidential project is a historic department store designed by Henri Sauvage that overlooks the Seine river and the Pont Neuf. The Samaritaine is a landmark that embodies a Parisian tradition. Our client, the LVMH group, challenged us with welcoming the building into the 21st century by converting it into the flagship of its hotel Cheval Blanc. The project sits in front of a series of Samaritaine buildings that are renovated and designed by Japanese architects SANAA, dedicated to shops, offices, and housing. To restore this iconic building and adapt it to the standards of a demanding clientele, the existing bay-windows will frame winter gardens with views over the Seine river. They conceal the hotel rooms behind screens of vegetation, creating a new green facade. The imposing figure of the street level canopy will be reinterpreted. The interior layout and its systems are also uniquely inventive. For the most important floor, that of the restaurant and its large public terrace, we have developed a new back façade. First sculpted as a continuation of the main facade, it will then fade into an unfinished drawing. In the interstices of the rock mass, trees will be found as well as various plants and mineral surfaces, merging as with the passing of time.
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    The exceptional site for this confidential project is a historic department store designed by Henri Sauvage that overlooks the Seine river and the Pont Neuf. The Samaritaine is a landmark that embodies a Parisian tradition. Our client, the LVMH group, challenged us with welcoming the building into the 21st century by converting it into the flagship of its hotel Cheval Blanc. The project sits in front of a series of Samaritaine buildings that are renovated and designed by Japanese architects...

    Project details
    • Year 2014
    • Work finished in 2014
    • Client LVMH
    • Status Current works
    • Type Hotel/Resorts
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