
Restoration project for the homeless shelter barge designed by Le Corbusier, floating on the River Seine.
02.29.2020
02.29.2020
Two piers donated from Japan were completed.
Introduction
Few people know that Le Corbusier designed "Asile Flottant" (a floating shelter) that can be said as a floating architecture at the request of the World Salvation Army. "Asile Flottant" was completed in 1929 for the purpose of accommodating women refugees who were in Paris city due to the turmoil of World War I. Le Corbusier implemented an ideal inner space as a modern architecture by adding pillars, a roof and horizontal windows to the state of only a concrete box-shaped hull. Then, it is still floating on the left bank of the River Seine 1 km upstream from Notre Dame Cathedral. As a result of aging, it lost the function as a building in the beginning of this century; but five volunteers including Mr. Michel Cantal-Dupart have been carring out the restoration work from 2005. This autumn a pier donated by Japan will be set up, it will be restored as a functional building from 2018 again. On this occation, we will introduce Asile Flottant, based on materials at the time of completion provided by Foundation Le Corbusier and present photos and images. This exhibition also cooperates with the "Asile Flottant JAPAN ARCHITECT Exhibition" introducing contemporary Japanese architects to be held inside the Asile Flottant in the coming autumn.
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Two piers donated from Japan were completed.
Two piers donated from Japan were completed.
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1995〜2023年までのアジール・フロッタン

1960年頃からはオーステルリッツ駅近くのセーヌ川左岸に係留されてきましたが、2018年2月に水没、2020年10月に浮上しました。今後躯体の修復を行い、コルビュジエのオリジナルデザインへの復元工事が終了すれば、セーヌ川の岸から10m離し公開スタートとなります。
2008-2010年のアジール・フロッタン(畑陽子撮影)

2018年のアジール・フロッタン内部360度画像
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2018年1月時点
2019年のアジール・フロッタン(菱川勢一撮影)

2020年のアジール・フロッタン浮上工事映像(Nicolas Brasseur 撮影)
