- Effinergie Habitat & Environment Heritage Certification for the housing.
- HQE (High Environmental Quality) and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) “gold” level for retail, hotel, nursery and offices
- BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) Certification “excellent” for retail, hotel and offices.
Renaissance of a Parisian symbol.
La Samaritaine, Paris - France
After 16 years of closure La Samaritaine has regained its luster. The Parisian department store, located on the banks of the Seine, near Pont Neuf, has reopened at the end of an major 5 year restauration project managed and partly designed by Egis.
Contracting Authority
La Samaritaine
Delegated Contracting Authority (hotel)
LVMH Hotel Management
Executing Project Manager
Egis
Primary Contractor
Vinci Construction France consortium
Architects
- Sanaa Agency (design)
- Lagneau Architectes (heritage)
- SRA Architectes (office and business operations)
- Brugel Architectes Associés (housing and nursery operations)
Hotel project design
Maison Edouard François
Facades and Glass Roof
RFR
Timeline
2010 - June 2021
An environmental approach at the heart of the project.
Imagine.
New and mixed use needed to reposition La Samaritaine.
The LVMH group, owner of the iconic department store, has invested 750 million euros in the renovation and transformation of the building.
With retail (26,000 m²), a luxury hotel, 20,000 m² of offices, 96 housing units and a nursery with 60 places, diversity has been invited into the heart of this legendary place.
The objective of this extraordinary project was to revitalize the whole building, to renew the image of La Samaritaine while preserving the architectural identity, the soul and the retailing vocation of one of the most famous department stores in Paris.
Complex environment and construction
Egis’ teams, responsible for coordinating studies, executive project management and managing the execution of works contracts, had to evolve in an extremely restricted setting: very dense urban fabric, sensitive neighbourhood, asbestos removal operations...
The complexity of the project has been further compounded by the many project managers, the large number of partner companies and the variety of property programs, which cover all major categories of the building industry.
This reconversion operation required ingenuity and creativity at all times in order to carry out the various projects and to bring together activities, services and uses that are nevertheless very disparate.
Renovating a building that is largely listed
80% of the surfaces of La Samaritaine, including the original metal frames, are classified in the inventory of historical monuments. The challenge of this renovation project was to find the right balance between restructuring and creating new spaces.
The environmental requirement
The programme is in compliance with the particularly demanding approach of the Paris climate plan and aims to reduce energy needs, with the objective of reducing consumption in both the renovated and new parts.
Create.
Parallel construction sites.
With its 70,000 m², La Samaritaine does not have one but four adjoining buildings: on the Seine side, Henri Sauvage’s Art Deco building stands alongside Frantz Jourdain’s two central Art Nouveau buildings, while on the Rivoli side, a new building joins the buildings dating from the 17th century.
Achieve.
La Samaritaine, a new showcase for Parisian elegance.
At the end of an extraordinary 70,000 m² rehabilitation and renovation project that has involved many craftsmen - painters, sculptors, gilders, ironworkers... in the heart of the capital - and up to 800 people simultaneously on the site, this legendary department store promises to be the new destination for Parisian elegance. It is aimed both at Parisians and French citizens who will be able to reclaim this emblematic site, as well as at travellers and tourists who will be able to appreciate the French art of living there.
Between authenticity and modernity
Now recognisable by its undulating glass facade on the rue de Rivoli designed by the Japanese agency Sanaa (Pritzker Prize 2010), La Samaritaine has found its monumental Eiffel structured glass roof, a spectacular architecture element dating from 1907 with an area of 37 meters by 20 meters designed by the architect Frantz Jourdain, its Art Nouveau decorations in enameled lava, its monumental staircase, but also the majestic “Peacock painting” designed by Francis Jourdain (115 meters long).
A revitalised neighborhood
La Samaritaine has revitalised the right bank of Paris with nearly 3,000 jobs, a testament to the positive impact of LVMH on the local economic fabric. In the immediate vicinity of the Louvre Museum and Les Halles, La Samaritaine complex is contributing more widely to the renaissance of the district with a pedestrian square offering direct access to Pont Neuf.
