VINCI Construction hands over the renovated buildings for La Samaritaine
June 21 2021 - 12:00PM
VINCI Construction hands over the renovated buildings for La
Samaritaine
Rueil-Malmaison, 21 June 2021
VINCI Construction hands
over the renovated buildings for La
Samaritaine
- A complex revamp spanning 70,000 sq. metres in central Paris,
requiring specialist skills
- A new customer reference for listed historic landmark
renovation
- New premises alongside the retail areas: a hotel, offices,
social housing and a crèche
Petit, a VINCI Construction France subsidiary,
handed over today the La Samaritaine renovated buildings, a
well-known Parisian landmark established in 1870 by Ernest Cognacq,
to the LVMH group. The works began in 2015 and up to 700 employees
daily, including experts in listed heritage renovation, were
involved.
The project encompassed stores 2 and 4, which
are between the river Seine and rue de Rivoli, in Paris's 1st
arrondissement. This 70,000 sq. metre operation involved a full
revamp and the complex now houses the La Samaritaine Paris
Pont-Neuf department store (almost 30,000 sq. metres), 96 social
housing units (6,350 sq. metres), a crèche for 80 children (1,100
sq. metres), offices (16,000 sq. metres) and a Cheval Blanc hotel
with 72 rooms and suites (14,500 sq. metres).
The emblematic department store has been
entirely restructured. The historic and heritage features, namely
the glass roof, monumental staircase and peacock painting, have
been refurbished to match the original décor. France's top ateliers
handled the conservation and restoration of the façade's hallmarks,
including the enamelled lava panels, ridges, composite decorations,
the ceramics and the mosaics.
In the centre, the historic Art Nouveau building
designed by architect Frantz Jourdain now includes social housing
units meeting the targets of the city of Paris' Climate Plan, with
primary energy consumption lower than or equal to 80
kWh/sqm/year.
On the Seine side, there is now the Cheval Blanc
Paris hotel in the Art Deco building originally created by
architect Henri Sauvage. The hotel was designed by architectural
firm Maison Édouard François. The full conversion entailed creating
12 lifts and staircases connecting the hotel's floors. The
meticulous work to restore the façade by the river involved
integrating openings with sections that provide outstanding thermal
and acoustical properties for the indoor areas. The two restaurants
on the seventh floor have terraces overlooking the Seine and a
garden terrace skirting La Samaritaine's glass roof to the north. A
spa with a 30-metre-long swimming pool and a fitness centre have
been built in the first basement.
For the Rivoli block, Japanese architectural
firm Sanaa created an unambiguously contemporary design. The
building has an ultra-high-tech three-layer transparent façade (a
wavy exterior layer, a flat silk-screened layer and a thermal
insulating layer). This new construction, combining concrete and a
metal structure, stands on rue de Rivoli and rue de la Monnaie. A
new glass roof, known as an "ombrelle", allows daylight to flood
the patio and provide natural light in the retail areas in the
basement.
This recently completed project is a new
testimony to the LVMH group's trust in VINCI's know-how, following
the Louis Vuitton Foundation, which VINCI handed over in February
2014.
About VINCI
VINCI is a global player in concessions,
construction and energy businesses, employing more than 217,000
people in some 100 countries. We design, finance, build and operate
infrastructure and facilities that help improve daily life and
mobility for all. Because we believe in all-round performance, we
are committed to operating in an environmentally, socially
responsible and ethical manner. And because our projects are in the
public interest, we consider that reaching out to all our
stakeholders and engaging in dialogue with them is essential in the
conduct of our business activities. Based on that approach, VINCI’s
ambition is to create long-term value for its customers,
shareholders, employees, partners and society in general.
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