Nicolas Laisné Architectes completes Vatea apartment block with ship-inspired design in French riverside location
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Jon Astbury
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Summary
French architecture studio Nicolas Laisné Architectes has completed Vatea, a nine-storey riverside apartment block in Huningue, France, near the borders with Germany and Switzerland. The building features a sleek, skinny form designed to resemble a ship set along the riverbank, with 20 apartments targeted at students and young professionals, including both individual and co-living units. The architectural design emphasizes a maritime aesthetic with references to ship design, creating a distinctive residential building in the tri-border region.
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· 3 pulledLocal studio Nicolas Laisné Architectes has completed Vatea, a riverside apartment block in France with a sleek, skinny form that references ship design.
Located in Huningue, where the borders of France, Germany and Switzerland meet, the nine-storey block provides 20 individual and co-living apartments targeted at students and young professionals.
Vatea apartment block resembles 'ship set along the riverbank' in France
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