Fondation Clément
Project to extend a contemporary art exhibition space
Project Owner
HERITIERS H. CLEMENT
Project owner’s representative and curator
Florent Plasse
Assistant to the project owner
Technical inspection: APAVE
Surveyor: Expert Géomètre Caraïbes
Project Supervision
Reichen et Robert & Associés
Supervising contractor: GUEZ CARAIBES
Concrete design office: ITC
Façades design office: TESS
Fluids design office: CONCEPT
Technical inspection: APAVE
Design office, Roadways and Utility Networks, Scheduling, Construction Management and Coordination and Health and Safety coordinator: GUEZ CARAIBES
Economist: Lucigny Talhouet et Associés
Area
Total: 3,000 m²
Restructured existing area: 1,900 m²
New area: 1,090 m²
Library: 190 m²
Project value
€5 M tax excluded
Photographers
Bernard Reichen, Fondation Clément - Jean François Gouait
Creation of a contemporary art foundation (the first exhibition centre for Caribbean art) within a historic site.
The Habitation Clément is a concentrate of images of Martinique. A rum, a vast agricultural landscape, a luxuriant park, an exceptional industrial ensemble, rum warehouses and a historic house make up this unique territory.
The buildings – from the smallest, the cabins, to the largest, the distillery – have their place in the topography and blend in to a landscape peopled with “monument” trees.
Within this coherent and fragile ensemble, a new “room”, the Fondation Clément, devoted to contemporary art, will take its place. It has been prefigured for several years in the Cuverie (fermenting room). Beneath the wooden roof structure of the industrial site, Caribbean art has found a home.
