An independent guide
BASSINS À FLOT — Le quartier entre mémoire et mouvement
An independent editorial guide to the Bassins à flot in Bordeaux: port history, industrial heritage, contemporary architecture, local life, and urban transformation. We are not the official site of Bordeaux Métropole or the City of Bordeaux.
Port history
From working docks to a shared district
Port activity
A working port on the Garonne
The basins were built to serve maritime trade on the Garonne. Their quays, locks, and warehouses shaped the district for generations of dockworkers and merchants.
Industrial heritage
Warehouses and workshops
Brick and concrete industrial buildings remain legible in the streetscape. Several have been rehabilitated, keeping their structure and materials visible.
Transformation
A district in motion
Since the port's decline, parts of the area have been reconverted for housing, culture, and public use. Ongoing projects are identified separately in the urbanism section.
Editorial charter
We separate what stands today from what has only been announced.
BASSINS À FLOT is an independent record of a neighborhood in change. We keep the working history of the port in view, and we say plainly which developments are completed and which remain in progress.
Explore the district
Architecture, quays, and daily life
Three ways into the neighborhood, each with its own articles and archive.
Architecture
Contemporary architecture
How new buildings sit alongside rehabilitated industrial structures along the water.
Mobility
Quayside walks and mobility
Routes along the basins and quays, and how people move through the district on foot and by bike.
Community
Local life
Public spaces, neighborhood initiatives, and the residents who shape everyday life here.
Panoramic record
The basins, quays, and buildings
Wide views of the water, the docks, and the spaces people use today.
