Floating House
Shaun Castle 30 October 2006
An exquisite take on the erstwhile houseboat, La Maison Flottante is currently floating on the Seine river and is moored at the "impressionist island" in Chatou. It was conceived by the Bouroullec brothers together with architects Jean-Marie Finot and Denis Daversin. It has "an aluminium skin enveloped by a wooden trellis that delimits the long alcove laid onto the rectangular platform of the boat (23m x 5m). Large flower pots placed on the terraces are the starting points of creepers that should invade the walls and roof. In the near future, plants will cover the whole, thus integrating the building with the landscape of the shores and providing further intimacy to the residents".
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