{"id":7021,"date":"2026-04-13T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7021"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:24:38","slug":"vatea-apartment-block-resembles-ship-set-along-the-riverbank-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/vatea-apartment-block-resembles-ship-set-along-the-riverbank-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatea apartment block resembles “ship set along the riverbank” in France"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Vatea<\/div>\n

Local studio Nicolas Laisn\u00e9 Architectes<\/a> has completed Vatea, a riverside apartment block<\/a> in France<\/a> with a sleek, skinny form that references ship design. <\/span><\/p>\n

Located in Huningue, where the borders of France, Germany and Switzerland meet, the nine-storey block provides 20 individual and co-living<\/a> apartments targeted at students and young professionals.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
Nicolas Laisn\u00e9 Architectes has completed a riverside apartment block in France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taking cues from its riverside location, Nicolas Laisn\u00e9 Architectes<\/a> said it considered the building as a “ship set along the riverbank”, designing a streamlined form and a series of deck-style terraces overlooking the Rhine.<\/p>\n

“The project is based on the idea of creating a co-living building open to an international population, at the intersection of France, Germany and Switzerland,” studio founder Nicolas Laisn\u00e9 told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"Vatea
Its sleek, skinny form references ship design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It is conceived as an inhabited structure in direct relationship with the Rhine, evoking the image of a ship set along the riverbank \u2013 both anchored in its site and oriented towards the landscape,” Laisn\u00e9 added.<\/p>\n

“The defining gesture is the mid-level terrace, conceived as a ship deck overlooking the Rhine, offering panoramic views and creating a central shared space.”<\/p>\n

\"Terrace
Deck-style terraces overlook the Rhine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The wedge-shaped plan of Vatea tapers towards the north, ending in a curved, prow-like point that contains a spiral staircase on the lower levels and a stack of terraces above.<\/p>\n

Bookending this plan are shared living, kitchen and dining spaces that benefit from expansive curved glass facades, while in between is a mixture of collective apartments and private studios with their own kitchenettes.<\/p>\n