Alem Moiteaux
Architect
and
Civil Engineer
Portfolio
alem.moiteaux@gmail.com
+33 (0)7 86 43 67 37
Alem Moiteaux Architect
and
Civil Engineer
2 Square Antoine de Condorcet, 35 700 Rennes, FRANCE +33 (0)7 86 43 67 37 alem.moiteaux@gmail.com Linkedin Issuu portfolio
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Education 2017 - 2019
I.T. Skills Master degree in civil engineering - INSA of Strasbourg (National Institute of Applied Science) Included in the double diploma curricula architect/civil engineer
2013 - 2017
2012 - 2013
2012
Final year project : reconversion of an industrial building in Berlin Research project on how to value the 19th century industrial architectural heritage through reconversion Entry based on competitive examinations
Intensive preparatory classes in mathematics and physics
Artlantis
Autodesk Robot Fbeam RDM 6
Microsoft Office Suite Bluebeam
Languages French
Native speaker
Science high school diploma with high distinction
English
Fluent Internships in New York (2 months) and London (6 months). Intensive English courses in 2011 (1 month) at ELS Language Center in Concordia University, Portland, Oregon, USA
German
Intermediate
Specializing in mathematics, English European section - Saint Vincent high school, Rennes
experience
Trainee engineer in a structure consulting firm | BuroHappold Engineering, London
Trainee engineer in a structure consulting firm | Capem Engineering, Strasbourg Technical Design | Calculation of the steel reinforcement for concrete
2016 2 months
Trainee architect | SSD Architecture, NewYork
2016
Special mention on the architectural competition «ConstruirAcier (BuildingSteel)» 2015/2016
Schematic Design | Design of a residential complex in Malaysia based on a MicroHousing concept
Cruise terminal project designed with a Tensegrity structure, Gold Coast, Australia
2015 2 months
Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator
For competitive entrance to French engineering and architecture schools Chateaubriand high school, Rennes
Final year project in a firm : Development of a parametric tool to design large web-openings in steel beams on the project Battersea Power Station Technical Design | Calculation of steel structures | Analysis of existing beams | Inspections on site
2018 2 months
Sketchup Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper
Master degree in architecture - INSA of Strasbourg
Professional 2019 6 months
AutoCAD ArchiCAD
Trainee architect | K&+ Architecture, Strasbourg
Schematic design | Design of individual homes | Building permits | Construction Documents
Extra-curriculum 2013-2017 Founder and president of the Cinemaclub of INSA Strasbourg Administrative management, team management, budget management, speeches, communication Activities Drama since 2002 Music in a band (concerts) Hobbies
Guitar
Surf Tennis
Soccer
Hiking
Cinema Drama Drawing
Trips
Sweden USA South Africa Italy M La Réunion United-Kingdom Australia
adagascar
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INDEX
PROJECTS Alternative socio-cultural center in Berlin - Architecture graduation project Learning Center of Strasbourg university - Detailed project The Green Stitching of Strasbourg - Urban project Perspective view of the transport office Turned outwards - Passive energy housing project Inside out - Belvedere Sailing Gold Coast - Cruise terminal
ÂŤLES CHARRETTESÂť PERIOD Rehabilitation of Bordeaux stadium Urban farm in Brooklyn, New York
RESEARCH STUDIES Architectural valorisation of the industrial heritage through reconversion Influence of bio-additives on the set rate and the porosity of concrete
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INTERNSHIPS BuroHappold Engineering - Engineering graduation internship Capem Engineering SSD Architecture + Urbanism K&+ Architecture Globale
WORKSHOPS & OTHER WORKS Digital prototyping workshop Tensegrity workshop Study of the wooden bridge of Crest, France Church mini-project in Strasbourg
EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES Drawings Extra-curricular activities Trips
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PROJECTS PROJETS
Alternative
socio-cultural center in berlin
Architecture graduation project
For my graduation project, I chose to work on the reconversion of an abandoned factory, the Eisfabrik, into a cultural facility, following my research thesis on the industrial heritage of the 19th century. It is located in the center of Berlin which is now the world capital of alternative culture where alternative communities cohabit with conventional populations. The project consists in the creation of a hub of promotion, experimentation and production, both cultural and technical. This hub gravitates around a Socio-Cultural Center (SCC) offered to the local population, integrating at the same time the alternative community already living on the site. I intend to create a real sharing of the urban space as well as a collaboration between these populations. So I suggest to gather these populations around common topics: culture and social matters. This socio-cultural center of experimentation will transcribe the cultural identity of the place while contributing to the social, economic and urban development of the district and its various communities. I aim to suggest a participative architecture integrating users in the construction and in design process. This would encourage experimentation and urban appropriation by users through self-construction. Thus, I have to rethink the role of the architect in urban design, the same way many architects did, such as Julien Beller, the ETC collective, Lucien Kroll or Patrick Bouchain. The intention here is to highlight a project design process that would convey political and social values through architecture.
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PROJECTS Foodlab
Performance
hall
Restaurant - Refectory
Cultural
Rented premises (artists, craftsmen, start-ups)
Alternative
Socio-Culturel Center Workshops Music room Conference room
village
Concert Bar
Exhibition
Biergarten Rented premises (artists, craftsmen, start-ups)
Urban
Exploded Axonometry
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square under the canopy
Market
garden square
farm
and
Microbrewery
hall
This experimental hub is composed of a Socio-Cultural Center (SCC) for the neighborhood, coupled with the former factory. The Eisfabrik will house the majority of the conviviality and promotion program dedicated to public reception, such as the performance hall, the restaurant and the concert bar.
Existing
eisfabrik
There will also be private rented premises which will gravitate around the SCC-Eisfabrik block. These are intended for artists, small businesses and local shops. Their structure will be simple and modular creating a great flexibility so the users could appropriate their own workspace. The users will also be able to participate in the construction site. The project also suggests to integrate the alternative communities already living on the site into the project design, allocating them a space to rebuild their houses as they see fit. The banks of the Spree River are also landscaped to extend an existing bank walk.
The entire project is designed with a structural framework based on the framework of the Eisfabrik. This framework is rigid and strongly marked in the SCC-Eisfabrik block, materialized by columns. However, it fades out with the premises, leaving a greater flexibility in terms of its respect and materialization. It allows the spaces to adapt to uses.
Propagation
of the structural framework
of the eisfabrik
Space definition degrees Involvement of the architect
The village remains marked by the grid, organizing water sources and electricity connection points. Yet, the grid disappears in the definition of the spaces since the freedom of construction is total in here, operating on the selfconstruction in situ principle. All of these sectors are defined by their degree of freedom to build for the user and therefore the degree of involvement of the architect in the design.
Distinction
of external spaces
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PROJECTS Eisfabrik
Restaurant - Refectory
ground floor plan
Foodlab
Restaurant - Refectory
Performance Reception
Concert
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bar
hall
Spree
ambiance
The east facade of the Eisfabrik is perforated in order to provide an extreme porosity for the ground floor, allowing higher connections to the adjacent cultural square. The bar and the restaurant would be able to extend outwards with terraces. The original structure of the building is fully preserved. It is only structurally rehabilitated, still keeping the majority of the street art that is now part of its image and atmosphere. All new structures, such as the mezzanines, are lightweight wooden structures that are attached to the existing structure of the Eisfabrik without altering it. Thus they are reversible and do not cause any major destruction.
Cross
section
Socio-Cultural Center
Cultural
square
Eisfabrik
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PROJECTS Rented premises Post-and-beam
Bracing
Prefabricated
frame for
decking mad up with joists
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Solid
wood frame
structure for modular spaces with partition walls made up with diverse materials
Laying
of the decking on bearers
Assembly
of the frames
with joist hangers
Post -
stake connection
Post -
beam connection
Post -
post connection
Slidable
Filled
Assembly
wall
and translucent prefabricated panels
of the partition walls and the outer coating
Participative
construction
The rented premises are based on a post-and-beam structure and a modular construction system. Users will be able to participate in the construction of their own workspace. Common spaces are also designed to encourage interaction between the different users. This system stimulates a participative construction and a progressive construction according to the needs: floors are built progressively as needed. The users involved in the construction are trained and supervised by qualified people.
The alternative village has a different relation with the grid. The grid organizes the access to the electric and water networks and then disappears in favor of the liberty of construction. We can therefore find water sources, meeting areas and a fire access. The inhabitants manage their spaces as a community, building their homes wherever they want according to the respect of their neighbors. In the same way, the community invests and helps in the construction of these various houses. These take the form of teepees, yurts, cabins or even trailers modified into houses. Gardens are also created within the village. Village
ambiance
Water
source
Framed
organization of the village
Common tent Water sources and networks connections Sanitary
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PROJECTS Model 1:500
Model1:200
Longitudinal
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section
Model 1:500
Model1:200
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PROJECTS
Learning Center External
view
of strasbourg university Project
H O T E L
C O W O R K I N G
C A F É
project
principles
This detailed project follows a reconversion project of the Chemistry Tower of Strasbourg University, second highest building after the cathedral, into a Learning Center housing a substantial program. On the basis of selected projects from the previous phase, the idea was to take over another student’s project with a group of six and to focus on the realization of the project at a detailed scale. It was therefore crucial to understand the essence of the architectural concept of the sketch phase in order to transcribe it into the technical drawings.
R E S T A U R A N T
O F F I C E S
C O N F E R E N C E
RECEPTION
C O N F
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- Detailed
The dense program includes conference rooms, co-working areas, amenities such as a café and a restaurant, offices and finally a hotel to accommodate the academics staying in Strasbourg for various occasions. Mass
plan
Standard
slab section
Extension
Existing
concrete slab
Extension
The initial concept was to integrate the entire program within the tower in order to maintain its verticality and its pure shape without extrusion. To achieve it, the tower is thickened by the addition of a steel exoskeleton structure supporting steel-concrete floors using metal decks, fixed to the existing concrete slabs. Thus, the missing surface area is added on each side of the tower. Structural axonometry
The detailed areas are: - The double skin faรงade treatment as well as its folded sheet appearance. - The slab extension through a steel exoskeleton structure - Some typical areas of the project requiring special attention (the main auditorium, the green terrace on the top with the end of the double skin facade)
Exploded
axonometry-
Slab
extension
Detailed
section-
Slab
nosing
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PROJECTS Longitudinal
18
section
Auditorium
plan
Auditorium
view
Fresh
Winter
operation
Winter
air supply
greenhouse effect
Exhaust
air extraction
Summer
over-ventilation
Supporting
principle for the double skin facade
The double skin glass façade, that drapes the tower, optimizes ventilation and temperature regulation in both summer and winter. This double skin facade is also equipped with pivoting mesh panels that filter sunlight. Their rotation is automated according to the incidence of sun’s rays. Only a central slit is not equipped with this double skin system, offering a direct view on the campus through a simple glass facade.
Detailed
section
- Slab
extension and double skin facade
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PROJECTS
Top
20
section
- Green
terrace
Top
green terrace view
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PROJECTS
The Green Stitching Sequences
of strasbourg Wacken
Jardins Family andfamilliaux Community Jardins communautaires gardens
of the new green corridor
Place de Haguenau
Pôle Tertiaire
Tertiary and buiseness hub Affaires - Entreprise Research and development Recherche & Développement
Wacken Stadiums Stades Tennis courts Gymnasiums Courts Swimming pool Gymnases Piscine
Music and Convention PMC Centre Stadiums Stades Tennis courts Landscaped Courts Parc aménagé park
Parc naturel aménagé Landscaped natural park
Stadiums - Gymnasiums - Tennis courts Stades - Gymnases - Courts, Skatepark - Mini Golf- -Ice Patinoire Skatepark - Mini Golf skating
Rempart et espace scénique Rampart and scenic space
Housing within Logement au sein park du Parc the
Jardins communautaires Community gardens
Stadiums - Riding Stades - Equitation
Campagne Countryside Family Jardinsgardens familliaux
Fermes Farm
Camping
Stades - Tir- Shooting Stadiums Centre d’acceuil des gens du voyage Travelling community shelter Jardins gardens familliaux Family
Accrobranche - Paintpark ball - Paintball Treetop adventure Gerig
Park Parc
Parc naturel aménagé Landscaped natural park
Sport & Loisir Leisure
Forêt d’ Ostwald
Agriculture Agriculture
Aquaticnautique activities - fitness Activité - parcours path Swimming pool de -santé - Piscine
- Urban
project
Pourtales Forêt de forest Pourtales
This urban project suggests a long-term vision, in three phases, of the future of Strasbourg Euro-metropolis and more specifically of its train station sector and the A35 highway. By creating a large-scale Green Stitching based on an existing green and blue belt, this project closes the fracture between East and West, reconnecting these districts and providing three new gateways to Strasbourg. The highway is transformed into an urban boulevard, and the northern, western and southern gateways to the city are equipped with car-park relays near extensions of the tramway network. Transit traffic is diverted to the Strasbourg Western Bypass (Contournement Ouest de Strasbourg in French) already under construction. The old highway is no longer an impassable fracture but a major artery that irrigates the adjacent urban fabric. The Green Stitching is more than just an ecological corridor. It is a support for soft circulation, and a nursery for various amenities in order to federate people within large green spaces rather than separate. This stitching completes the integration of the western neighborhoods into a completed Strasbourg metropolis that no longer turns its back on its suburbs. This project then proceeds to the requalification of the rear part of the train station, creating a crossing station connected to a brand new district, a new high-tech hub. Urban
section
- Rampart
and landscaped park of the glacis slope area
Culturel &&Historique Historic Cultural Logements Housing Tertiaire Tertiary
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Illkirch
Leisure
park
Project
New
at territorial scale
train station district
Phase 2 Tertiary Hub et logistic industries Freight station
Hautepierre
Train Station
Poterie
Strasbourg center
Phase 3 Mixed district High-tech Hub Train
station turnaround
Phase 1 Housing Park
Montagne
landscaping
valorisation of the glacis
verte
Plaine
des
bouchers
Housing Tertiary Industries
Housing
Urban
boulevard
Shared
gardens
Historical
glacis
Train
station district
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PROJECTS
Perspective
Situation
view of the transport office
The new small transport office of Strasbourg is set back from the square’s traffic hub. It creates a small square with a particular relation to the banks with its stepped descent towards the water, offering a view on the opera house on the other side. The road network is diverted to give priority to soft circulation within the square. The office located to the west of the Republic square is in dialogue with the exterior design of the Strasbourg National Theatre (TNS). The beige flagstone covering of the TNS forecourt is extended over the entire southern strip of the Republic square. On the new office square, the ticket office frames his view on the bleachers and the bank. Thus, we have a perspective view of the office from the opposite bank as it is perfectly centered between the existing trees. The office is still positioned close to a street in order to provide a roof for the bus stop. Taxi drivers can also park nearby and use the rest room of the office. The office responds to the TNS facilities by using the same materials. The outer coating is covered with steel plates, while the reception area is in a warmer ambiance thanks to wooden flooring and plywood. The south and west facades are fully glazed to open towards the traffic hub and the bank’s bleachers creating a framing effect. External
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view
plan
Républic Square Transport office
TNS
Plan
North-East
elevation
A
A
AA Section
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PROJECTS
Turned
outwards
- Passive
energy housing project
This passive energy housing project is located in a brand new eastern district in the city of Saint-Louis that was redesigned during a previous urban planning project. The latter planned blocks with green central courts creating breathing spaces in a mineralized city. The heart of the block to the south of the building offers an unobstructed view and better solar gain thanks to the absence of shade. The project involves the construction of 23 housing units, consisting of 100 to 150 m² duplexes with winter gardens and 10 student housing units, as well as a public facility, a 550 m² restaurant-theater on the ground floor. In order to optimize the building from an energy point of view and thus obtain a passive energy building, the project was carried out in collaboration with a student in Climate and Energy Engineering. This allowed us to take the energy studies into account upstream during the design of the project and to valorise the natural thermal contributions. We also created thermal models and simulations. Model 1:200
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Mass
Winter
plan
gardens modularity
vĂŠgĂŠtalisĂŠe Green
Use
of the garden as an interactive theatre set
Dwelling
terrace
Veranda
Dwelling
Dwelling
The main concept is to create a special interaction between the outside and the inside, through winter gardens that can be used as a veranda, as an extension of the living room or even as an open terrace. Continuity outwards is also accentuated by the use of a private garden as an interactive theatre set.
Duplex
standard
Upper
level
For this project we carried out the following research and studies: Materials (thermal characteristics, grey energy), thermal mass to avoid heat loss, thermal phase shift to redistribute heat in the evening (KLH solid wood), buffer spaces, double flow ventilation, percentage of glazing for sunshine in winter and summer, shutters to create a shaded outdoor space, use of balconies as a cap to avoid summer overheating and finally solar panels on sloping roofs.
June 21 Lower
level
December 21
Section
and sunshine
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PROJECTS Detailed Solid
wood floor
plan of a duplex under the roof
(KLH) KLH
External
wall
-
floor conection section
External
Bathroom
wall
Dressing
6.72 m²
Kitchen
2.75 m²
External
wall
-
intern solid wooden wall
(KLH)
connection plan
:
Room 1 15.4 m²
Living room 30.2 m²
External wall
Intern wall
Winter garden 17.7 m²
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3.25 m²
Floor
corridor
External
Hall
7.75 m²
Duplex
under the roof
section
Winter
Living
garden view
room view
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PROJECTS
Model 1:200
North
30
elevation
Detailed
model of a winter garden under the roof
1:20
Detailed
South
model of a winter garden under the roof
1:20
Model 1:200
elevation
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PROJECTS
Inside
out
- Belvedere
Formal
Ascension
principle
Signal
SCHÉMA 2
SCHÉMA 2
SCHÉMA 3
in the landscape
SCHÉMA 3
SCHÉMA 1
+
Model 1:100 +
This belvedere is located in the center of a landscaped park pond. With its feet in the water, it rises above the treetops of the surrounding woods, offering a 360° panorama over the park and Saint Louis city. The belvedere offers an upward path animated by thematic boxes. These boxes are focused on raising awareness of the surrounding fauna and flora (pond, flora and insects, birds, distant landscape). All of this is set up through explanatory panels, floral samples or bird nesting boxes. This path leads to an all glazed cafeteria and a panoramic platform at the top. The thematic boxes are extrusions on the belvedere framing specific directions like camera lenses when climbing the internal stair. The cafeteria and the panoramic platform remain accessible to all thanks to an external steel and wooden elevator. External
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view
Structural
axonometry
Ring - Bracing
Post - Ring
Post - Beam
bars connection
Section
connection
grid connection
The construction principle is based on four laminated timber columns acting mainly in compression and supporting the upper platform. Steel bars triangulate and stiffen the construction by connecting these columns. It transmits the forces and ensures the bracing. The boxes are stiffened with beam grids directly connected to the columns. Each structural element has been dimensioned using an RDM 6 model, which we also used to elaborate a calculation note considering the different load cases. A structural model was also made in order to study the structure behavior once loaded by weights and thus avoid unbalanced systems that would be sensitive to earth tremors.
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PROJECTS
Sailing Gold Coast - Cruise
terminal
Special mention on ConstruirAcier (BuildingSteel) competition This cruise terminal, located in Gold Coast on the East Coast of Australia, aims to combine the occasional terminal program (15 days a year) with the one of a large covered outdoor plaza that blends in perfectly with the green coastal walk by offering a pleasant break. This dual functionality also marks the desire for a low footprint building both physical and ecological. The buildings shelter the necessary program of the cruise terminal. They also shelter a tourist and transport office and a cafÊ-restaurant with a seafront terrace. The buildings are made up of a steel supporting structure with earth fillings. This outer coating has been chosen according to the main concept of creating a natural, outdoor atmosphere. A gigantic canopy, reminding a ship’s sail, covers this large public space. This stretched polyethylene membrane is suspended at a maximum height of 35m using a metal tensegrity structure. This allows over-ventilation and cooling of the underlying atmosphere. The structure is composed of two steel arches tensed by cables which stabilize the whole by triangulation. A structural study as well as a calculation note were carried out from an RDM6 model. It showed the necessity of ball joints in order to reduce stress. Like all tensegrity structures, the general assembly requires a constant holding before the cables that ensure the global stability are tensed.
Tensegrity
Force
due to the membrane weight
Stabilizing tension
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principle
force
- Cables
Model 1:200
Intention
schemes
Top
ball joint
Top
membrane and cables clip
Low
Ball
Exploded
axonometry
membrane clip
joint support
Facilities
buildings steel structure
with earth fillings
Section
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«LES CHARRETTES» PERIOD The “charrettes” period is a specific feature of INSA Strasbourg. It is a one-month period where students are divided into working groups composed of 5 students from each year of the architecture training, in order to help a graduating student in the finalization of his Graduation Project for his graduation presentation. This practice is important for the school as it encourages inter-promotional links and co-training through the knowledge application and new skills learning. The working groups operate as mini-agencies entirely directed by the graduating student. The ”charrettes” period requires management skills while stimulating teamwork and collaboration.
Rehabilitation
of bordeaux stadium
Robin BOUCKNOOGHE project 4th year - 3D modeling and computer drawings During my fourth year, the project consisted in rehabilitating the former Bordeaux soccer stadium into a rugby stadium while reconnecting it to the surrounding neighborhoods and offering shops within the arcades of the grandstands. The project also included the landscaping of a vast park serving as the stadium forecourt that extends towards the field of the stadium through the arcades.
Model 1:200
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Stadium
forecourt scheme
Mass
plan
Mass
Urban
plan
farm in brooklyn new york
Jérémy WATERKEYN Project 5th year - Design and documents production During my fifth year, the project proposed a development and promotion center for urban agriculture in Brooklyn. It sets up an urban farm within a former industrial complex interconnected with footbridges. The agriculture is focused on hydroponics and aquaponics.
Model 1:200
There are also a supermarket selling the farm’s products, a restaurant, a food lab, coworking offices and studios for artists. The building is equipped with a double skin that regulates the interior temperature. The set of footbridges is reinforced by pedestrian and cycling accesses connecting the center to the surrounding urban spaces, highways and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Cross
section
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RESEARCH STUDIES
Architectural
valorisation of the industrial heritage through reconversion
Architectural resarch thesis - 4th year in architecture For my research thesis, I chose to focus on a current issue: the reconversion of industrial heritage buildings. We are seeing more and more building conversions. It responds to a major issue of our century: the safeguarding and reuse of industrial wastelands which have become a real urban problem in our cities.
We discover the potential of these buildings in terms of surface area, modularity and luminosity. A wonder of architecture and structural engineering, they are also a symbol of the industrial era of the 19th century. This thesis highlights, through multiple case studies, the recurring issues that need to be taken into account during the reconversion of industrial buildings.
Protection as historical monument does not guarantee the durability of these buildings that are deteriorating due missing funds and end up being torn down for economic interests. The architects Brenard Reichen and Philippe Robert initiated the building conversion in France in 1977. This method ensures the preservation of this heritage, its valorisation while serving new economic and social interests.
The relationship between form and function helps to determine the appropriate approach and the program, after site analysis. We then describe the differences between restoration, letting-live, renovation, reuse and reconversion practices. These methods echo the various philosophies coming particularly from Viollet-le-Duc or Ruskin. The relationship to the structure helps to determine the method of construction of new spaces. Finally, the relation to the existing building, to the memory of the place, raises the question of the valorisation of its heritage and whether or not the new and the old should dialogue.
Euratechnology
Heymans Soap Factory - Brussels
Duisburg Park
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(Le Blan Lafont Cotton Factory)
(Blast Furnaces)
- Rhur
region
- Lille
Tate Modern
Duisburg Park
(Power Station)
- London
(Blast Furnaces)
- Ruhr
region
Influence
of bio-additives on the set rate and the porosity of concrete
Technology research project - 5th year in engineering Additives used in construction come from chemical industry and are usually polluting or even harmful. Researchers are now trying to produce bio-additives made up from flora or biotechnological elements.
Mortar
sample
The purpose of this practical project was to analyze the effects of a bio-additive on the porosity (durability) and the time setting of mortars through the analysis of numerous standardized tests. For our study we used a bio-surfactant of bacterial origin from Pseudomanas fluorescens strains developed by INRA of Massy. The project is part of the research project named SEPOLBE (Extracellular substance for concretes). The time setting studies are performed using the Vicat apparatus. It consists in plunging a needle into the sample during the setting and in drawing the resulting penetration curve. The porosity studies were subjected to two tests. The total porosity test consists in immersing the samples in a tank full of water after creating a vacuum, then weighing the mass of the sample once soaked. The capillary imbibition test consists in placing the samples on a film of water and regularly measuring the mass of the samples and the height of the capillary fringe. Our studies have been able to confirm an improvement in the durability of concrete through a decrease in the porosity coefficient. However, the bio-surfactant cannot be considered as a setting retarder according to the standard, as it doesn’t delay enough the concrete hardening.
Vicat
apparatus
- Penetrometer
test
Tanks
for total porosity test
Capillary
imbibition test
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INTERNSHIPS
Structure
engineering consulting firm,
London
2019 - 6 months internship Battersea Power Station | London, UK Engineering Graduation Project: Development of a parametric tool to design large web-openings in steel beams on the Battersea Power Station reconversion project Use of Excel and Grasshopper for programming Technical Design | Calculation of steel structures | Analysis of existing beams | Site inspections
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Structure
engineering consulting firm,
Strasbourg
2018 - 2 months internship Calculation of the steel reinforcement for concrete slabs and beams for residential buildings using Autodesk Robot. Creation of an automated Excel tool for retaining walls verifications
architecture + urbanism
Architecture
agency,
New York
2016 - 2 months internship Oasis Place | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Design of a residential complex in Malaysia based on a Micro-Housing and semi-shared spaces concept. Schematic design | RhinocĂŠros 3D modeling | Autocad Drawings | Illustrator and Photoshop post-production
Architecture
agency,
Strasbourg
2015 - 2 months internship 1+1 | Saint Pierre-Bois (67) Design of an individual home and a bed and breakfast on the same plot. Schematic design | Drawings and 3D modeling with BIM ArchiCad | Rendered image Artlantis
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WORKSHOPS & OTHER WORKS
Digital
Canopy design Exposure to the
prototyping workshop
The purpose was to understand the process of parametric digital modeling, using logical algorithms. We chose to use Rhinoceros and Grasshopper softwares to model a canopy that filters daylight according to its sun exposure. We thus created 3 forms of triangular openings, more or less large, automatically positioned according to its sun exposure. Then we varied the inertia of the beams so that they widen near the pillars and narrow at the highest point of the canopy. We were then able to make a 2 meters diameter model from the assembly of the triangles made up with a laser cutting machine.
Model
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Canopy,
upper view
sun
Simple
Tensegrity
four bars tensegrity model
workshop
Construction of steel structure on the principle of tensegrity. Tensegrity structures are stabilized by tensed cables without even connecting the bars together. The result is a light and airy structure that gives the impression of levitation of the rigid steel bars.
Study
of the wooden bridge of crest, france
During our timber structure courses, we studied the design of a structure of our choice. I chose the bridge of the city of Crest in the DrĂ´me department, in France. The deck, supported by reinforced concrete piers, is made of laminated Oak and Douglas. Model1:50
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WORKSHOPS & OTHER WORKS
Church External
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mini-project in strasbourg
view
This mini-project, which lasted 4 days, consisted in building a protestant church in Strasbourg. The concept was to mix modern architecture with traditional church and monastery architecture elements. So we kept a spire used as a signal. We reused the idea of the cloister with its outside patio and courtyards. This one, located at the entrance of the church, serves as a forecourt where people can gather before mass. The bells are also installed in the center of the green patio.
Ground
floor plan
Longitudinal
section
We can also find a more intimate garden with a pool at the back of the church, forming an outdoor chapel. The interior of the church generates a feeling of ascent towards the altar due to a gentle slope leading to a large stained-glass window illuminating the whole church. The large stained-glass window has a double symbolic function, viewed from the inside of the church and from the outside, in the outdoor chapel.
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES Church Santa Maria
Drawings Michelangelo
new sacristy
Florence, Italy
Piazza Florence, Italy
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Arezzo, Italy
Cathedral San Donato’s Arezzo, Italy
bell tower
della
Pieve
pillar
Island
of
Lake Bled
Slovenia
Eastbourne Pier Eastbourne, England
Eastbourne Pier Eastbourne, England
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES
Extra-curricular
activities
I have been playing drama since I was 8. It is one of my main passions (acting and participation in the staging within a theater company). Keen on cinema, I founded the INSA Strasbourg cinemaclub to contribute to the social life of the school while discussing about movies with others after the organized screening sessions. I was president for two years, managing the club with the help of a small team. It consists in the planning of screening events, speeches before screening, communication and budget management. I then handed down the presidency to keep the club alive. I also participated in student concerts with the band I was playing in. Thanks to these different activities, I have acquired collaboration skills through communication, listening and project management, putting the qualities of the participants to good use while valuing them. The drama practice has also sharpened my vision in staging.
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Guitar
in a band
Insa
strasbourg
Drama
Cinemaclub
play
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES
Trips Having lived for 10 years in Reunion Island, a truly multicultural land, I now enjoy discovering new countries and cultures. My studies in architecture have also made me particularly observant of the places and cities I walk through during my travels. We indeed had several study trips as part of our training. Tate Modern, London, England
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Barbican, London, England
London
skyline,
National Theatre, London, England
England
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
Florence
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skyline,
Italy
Cilaos
circus,
Reunion Island
Notre-Dame-du-Haut Chapel, Ronchamp, France
IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, Vandans, Austria
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Alem Moiteaux Architect
and
Civil Engineer
alem.moiteaux@gmail.com +33 (0)7 86 43 67 37 Linkedin