Barge EMGP, Paris 19

Moored along the Canal de l’Ourcq, at the heart of the Paris General Warehouses (EMGP), the EMGP Barge, desi­gned by Loci Anima, rede­fines the concept of a cultu­ral plat­form. At the cross­roads of artis­tic, urban, and indus­trial worlds, this floa­ting pro­ject becomes a hybrid space—both a crea­tive fac­tory, a living hub, and a site for expe­ri­men­ta­tion.

Its archi­tec­ture draws from the aes­the­tics of light indus­try: metal struc­ture, open façades, and modu­lar volumes. Yet it trans­forms these into a space of free­dom, where dis­ci­plines converge—design, music, digi­tal arts, crafts­man­ship, and urban eco­logy. The upper deck hosts public events, scree­nings, concerts, and talks, while the inter­ior contains work­shops, stu­dios, artist resi­den­cies, and co-wor­king areas.

The EMGP Barge is concei­ved as a mobile exten­sion of the city—able to evolve, to move, and to fos­ter connec­tions bet­ween shores and net­works. It is a living urban tool, both ancho­red and fluid, giving the canal a rene­wed cen­tral role in sha­ping the contem­po­rary metro­po­lis.

With this pro­ject, Loci Anima explores an archi­tec­ture in motion—accessible, open, and dee­ply enga­ged.