architecture
Alexandre Pineill
LICENCE 2007- 2011
CULTURAL FACILITIES
Bac 1 (first-year university level) year’s end project, a circus school established in Brussels’ outskirts.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
Bac 2 (second-year university level) project, a living area in Brussels for a couple and their young child, the mother works at home. URBAN PLANNING
Bac 3 (degree level) project, a fitness trail, a skate-park and a covered market are installed along the Antwerp quay. CULTURAL FACILITIES
Bac 3 (degree level) project, reorganization and extension of the Jules Vernes museum in Nantes.
MASTER 2011 - 2013
COMPETITION 2012 - 2013
VOLUNTEER 2011- 2012
tertiary
urbanism
palomino cultural
Master 1 (fourth-year of university) project, a market place in the Usaquén district in Bogota, Colombia.
Urban planning competitive exam for students on the topic of urban regeneration of Liège urban area.
Project carried out during my student exchange. Intervention in the village of La Guajira, Colombia.
housing
Master 2 (master degree) project located in Brussels outskirts, individual project carried out as part of a group exercise.
DRAWINGS 2009 - 2013
MULTIPURPOSE
freehand
Multipurpose year’s end project, including multi-family dwellings, offices and sports facilities in Ans, a municipality of Liege urban area.
Some drawings made in Brussels locations: the «Bozar», the Saint-Gilles town hall and the law court.
B1, B2, B3
LICENCE MASTER 2007 - 2011
M1, M2
2011 - 2013
STUDENT
COMPETITION AUGUST 2013
COLOMBIA
VOLUNTEER DRAWINGS 2011 -2012
BRUSSELS
2009 - 2013
THE CIRCUS SCHOOL BAC 1
This is meant to rehabilitate the circus school. The project becomes established along the Brussels canal and puts to good use the difference in height. A light steel structure bears the fanned-out roofs that open onto the canal. The brick walls covered with zinc plates play with the sun reflections and open onto the plain where an outside training area is being set up.
LIVING SPACE BAC 2
The concept aims at creating a living area for two people in a parallelepiped-shaped volume. A mother and her child live in this house located on the heights of the Forest park in Brussels. The mother works at home as a masseuse. A set of movable partitions enable to adjust the space in various ways so as to meet the occupants’ needs.
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Multi purpose space
Massage
Entrance hall
Playing area
THE ANTWERP QUAY BAC 3
Reorganization of the Antwerp quay. A 7km long fitness trail livens up and gives the final touch to the quay while a covered market is established in the flood area. The integration of a skate-park nearby allows an intermingling of generations and ensures a daily control of the newly created spot. The whole structure generates an attractive pole at the intersection of three major routes and showcases the quay.
WALK A succession of gentle slopes, located at times street-side at times quayside, which allow to reach the walk set up on the wooden pontoon.
fitness trail One of the many sports activities scattered along the quay. Each activity is distributed occasionally along the fitness trail and provides diversified exercises and a bicycle parking.
logistic This access road is meant for the market trucks and allows to unload the goods at each stall.
skatepark The skate-park is a part of the sports topic of the fitness trail. Unlike the market, it is accessible all day, every day.
flood zone The zone located under the pontoon, which shelters the covered market, is completely liable to flooding when the Escaut is in spate.
THE JULES VERNE MUSEUM BAC 3
Extension of the Jules Verne museum in Nantes. A new volume made of corten steel shelters the museum circulation and, in line with the scenery design, crosses the former building. The inside is reorganized and the whole structure includes a permanent exhibition area, a temporary exhibition area and a cafeteria at the end of the course.
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legend Reception Circulation / temporary exhibition Permanent exhibition Temporary exhibition Cafeteria
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FITACUDE TUB A KSEDOTUA TIUDORP NU RAP ESILAER
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
B1, B2, B3
LICENCE MASTER 2007 - 2011
M1, M2
2011 - 2013
STUDENT
COMPETITION AUGUST 2013
COLOMBIA
VOLUNTEER DRAWINGS 2011 -2012
BRUSSELS
2009 - 2013
A MARKET PLACE MASTER 1
introduction The master-plan has been developed on Master 1 (fourth-year university level) during my student exchange at the Universidad Pontificia Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. The proposal derives from a city planning analysis of the San Cristobal Norte « favela » located in the Bogota suburbs. The major issue of this area is the remoteness from the rest of the city. I decided to focus on the sensitive point of the master-plan located in the lower part of San Cristobal Norte. By improving the accessibility to this area, the latter will get reconnected to the rest of the city. It seemed important to me to review this activity hub and turn it into an attractive pole at UPZ scale but also at the district scale and possibly even at the overall Bogota north area scale.
concept The basic idea of the project is to bring back together mankind and the surrounding nature. The plot of land is therefore redesigned so as to have the three symbolisms of the site coexist: man’s constructions, the water from the hydric rifts and the trees of the protected nature reserve, thus providing three atmospheres – mineral, vegetable and aquatic – through which man will be able to evolve as he pleases. The key elements of the site are generated by the buildings volumes.
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volumes The urban confusion and the complete lack of logics in the existing urban development allowed me to play with my volume and turn it into a sculpture sheltering man’s needs. Since the ground treatment and the malleability of the volume -which asserts itself strongly- are quite complex, I chose to repeat it in the same manner rather than creating something new each time. Thus the building becomes a model in the city and the volumes eccentricity is meant to impart a feeling of proudness to the surrounding population.
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Flowers
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Fruits
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VĂŠgĂŠtables
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Fish
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Meat
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Grains and eggs
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Others
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Child care center
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Workshop
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Waste treatment
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structural axes
green area 15 837 m2
site access
mineral area 10 318 m2
constructed area 5 630 m2
aquatic area 7 424 m2
REALIS
typology
selling stand
Like in all markets, each type of food corresponds to a selling sector. The same goes for the present project, each module receives a type of product. The plot includes ten modules, seven are devoted to flowers, fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, grains and eggs, miscellaneous. The other three include respectively a child-care centre which will be meant for the customers and the sellers as well, a workshop aimed for vocational training in meat cutting, and a waste processing centre for the market waste including a collecting and selecting system suited to the types of waste.
workshops
waste traitment
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glazing The window pane frames are anchored on the metallic substructure. Some openings subserve the ventilation.
WOODEN CLADDING A wooden cladding adorn some triangles. The wood, a warm material, contrasts with the concrete coldness thus creating a more pleasant atmosphere.
METALLIC STRUCTURE The secondary structure of the module consists of a system of metallic triangle-shaped rods. A substructure finally subdivides each of the triangles.
UTILITY UNIT The utility unit that include the vertical circulations and the utility spaces finds its place under one of the wings of the stiff casing.
CONCRETE CASING The primary structure made of reinforced concrete enables to sit the module in its settlement location. It also imparts a monolithic look to the module.
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
THE SCALES OF REALITY MASTER 2
The project suggests a reflection at various scales. First of all, a 25 people work team were led to consider the district scale, then we were able to approach the block scale on a 3 people team base. Finally, each member of the group focused on a lot belonging to the block. The building includes a bicycle workshop that looks out onto a small square and local shops on the ground floor. As for the upper floors, they are reserved for accommodation. The entrance to the accommodations is located on the street-side frontage. There is also an entrance to reach the block centre. The major part of the apartments available are double-oriented, and include 2 or 3 rooms.
legend Vertical circulation
Building 3
Apartment 3 rooms
Building 1
Apartment 1 room
Day area
Building 2
Apartment 2 rooms
Night area
Typical floor
Circulation
distributivity
typology
day & night
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building floor 00
legend Vertical circulation
Shops
Housing
Administration
a detailed apartment Plan
duplex
duplex
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technical cut apartment
AN’SPORT MASTER 2
Introduction The project becomes established in the municipality of Ans, located in the Liège urban area in Belgium. Previously to the project, a urban planning study of the sector was carried out, along with an urban proposal. The urban planning proposal selected is based on the conversion of the highway into an urban boulevard, on increasing the population density of the municipality of Ans, especially at the surroundings of the newly created
boulevard and on the Ravel walk, which will be incorporated into the master-plan in order to cross the residential area newly established and finally join the mine dump. The building is located along the urban boulevard, next to the bridge. The plot is delimited by the city boulevard, the high square, the esplanade below the bank and the mine dump.
The project schedule is multipurpose: a sports centre, shops and catering, offices and accommodation. The project is established around the edge the block. A front is built quite high up enabling to organize the public areas of the esplanade and of the high square and, as you change scale and enter the district, the volumes become less imposing.
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sport center Circulation Sports halls Squash halls Sports lower entrance
Accessibility There are two entrances to the sports centre: the first one is located on the high square, the other is located in the esplanade on the mine dump side.
Cafeteria Sports complex Climbing hall
ground floor Circulation Shops Youth community centre Sports higher entrance Urban house
The entrance to the esplanade building accommodations is located on the high square and passes through an empty space that connects the tower volume and the angle volume. You can enter the private space of the base through a grid, then you access the accommodations. On the ground floor and on the first floor, town houses arranged in split-level apartments have their own entrance while the last 3 floors have a shared vertical circulation and include 1 room and 3 rooms one-level apartments. The tower has its own circulation that lead to 1 room or 2 rooms apartments. Both halls of the corner building are double-oriented: you enter through the high square or through the inside of the block, which is public.
Typical floor Circulation Apartments
A walkway located North and West gives access to split-level apartments.
the BASE The base has been designed so as to create a pleasant living area for the residents: a one-meter thick cellular concrete slab allows to create a vertical garden that provides to the inhabitants a private park with walks and views of the mine dump and the block inside. 7 glass roofs are integrated in the base landscape and vitalize the walks. They have been dug in the base to bring light and to structure the area of the sports complex included in the sports centre which is unequipped with columns. Placing a cellular slab allows to do without columns and so to leave the sports complex free of obstacles. And last but not least, the sports centre users can also take advantage of a section of the base to watch a tennis match or just enjoy the sun.
the sport center The base as well as the ground have been sculpted to incorporate the sports centre, making the most of the big heights available thanks to the difference in height of the boulevard. The ground has been dug in tiers to provide height to the spectators wishing to watch a match in the sports complex. The whole circulation is centred around a patio which lets the light pass into the areas that need it the most. The patio also provides the sportspersons with an outer area devoted to resting and playing. The squash halls, which need no outside light find their place simply against the bank while the various heights available also allow to install a climbing hall.
the facade On this elevation, the base is visible at first sight, it is deliberately highlighted, which enables to dissociate the sports centre from the housing. The reading of the building changes therefore, the tower is integrated into the housing bar and is not seen any longer as a separate component; thus it no longer clings to the ground level. The various functions of the building are easily distinguished. The town houses stand out, being slightly set back from the rest of the facade and being provided with big terraces. In the upper floors, the suc-
cession of setbacks and projections of the balconies gives an idea of the various existing types of accommodation. The vertical circulations which connect the upper floor apartments are distinguished from the rest of the volume for they go down up to the base level and also play a part in the articulation of the whole structure. The facade composition is based on a 60cm module corresponding to a window width. This modulation also applies to the
lower part of the base, it divides in the same way the glazed facade of the sports centre which turns into an actual showcase. Finally, the elevation allows to observe the obscuring system of the balconies of the south-facing apartments. It consists of a metallic structure which is affixed to the balconies. On that very structure, rails have been fastened to support sliding punched shutters.
the difference in height The 7m difference in height of the urban boulevard has been resolved in two different manners. The first one is the use of a base that shelters the sports centre and allows to pass from the high square to the esplanade level through two entrances. The whole circulation of the sports centre is centred around a patio which lets the light in to the rooms that need it the most and provide an outside tree-bordered rest area dedicated to the sportspeople. The second one is the levelling of the ground inside the block which allows to link up the high point of the boulevard to the low point of the street in a smooth way with a succession of diversified areas: green areas, minerals and sports grounds. A forest of columns along the boulevard clears the view to create a perspective plunging onto the overall block inside. Taking advantage of the difference in height, the passer-by is invited to walk around among all the public areas made available.
Louver shutter made of natural aluminium punched bent sheet metal
Reinforced concrete
Balcony rail made of welded steel sections + powder-coated finish
Monorail equipped
sliding door with thermal
frame break
Thermal break – Insulating material made of non-hydrophilic mineral wool Bent sheet of natural
metal anodized
made zinc
Sound insulation + concrete screed
Rail made of extruded aluminium section – natural anodized finish
Grooved planking
B1, B2, B3
LICENCE MASTER 2007 - 2011
M1, M2
2011 - 2013
STUDENT
COMPETITION AUGUST 2013
COLOMBIA
VOLUNTEER DRAWINGS 2011 -2012
BRUSSELS
2009 - 2013
URBAN RE-GENERATION
AN ENTRANCE FOR LIEGE, AN URBAN BOULEVARD Liège metropolis tends to develop according to 2 major routes: the Meuse River and the motorway. The highway route that connects Ans to Liège is therefore becoming more and more important and the proximity between both cities keeps materializing. As time goes by, this route risks becoming a highway inside the city, uninhabitable
The Meuse-Rhin Euregio, created in 1976, is one of the oldest cross-border cooperation located in the centre of the European community and established under the form of a Euroregion. It is meant to emphasize and enhance the common interests of the regions concerned, and to make the inhabitants aware of the necessity of a cooperation in terms of administration,
and bordered with industries and supermarkets. The city of Ans is looking for enhanced transportation and links solutions to reach the neighbouring municipalities and Liège.
economy, culture, education and infrastructure. Located in the very centre of the Meuse-Rhin Euregio, Ans plays a crucial part in the development of the cross-border cooperation. On the doorstep of Liège, Ans is an inescapable passage between Brussels/Wallonia/France and Maastricht/ Aachen/Germany.
The city of Liège is on the verge of developing until Ans in the next 15 years.
ting highway into an urban landscaped boulevard, likely to be crossed and inhabited.
The E25 highway will thus become a road entering the urban area of Liège. It therefore seemed interesting to us to turn this highway into an entrance boulevard to the city.
The district: Create a district that would mix housing, equipments, offices and shops, thus enlivening both residential side districts.
The boulevard: Turn the exis-
The project aiming at transforming the highway into a boulevard is carried out according to three phases: The first phase is carried out between Grivegnée and Saint Nicolas. The second one is carried out between Saint Nicolas and Glain and before Liège
The green walk: Create pleasant green areas and public areas to promote social interactions.
Finally, the third phase is carried out between Glain and Ans. A transition area will be positioned before Ans to allow the car drivers to slow down before the boulevard entrance.
THE MINE DUMPS IN THE WALLOON LANDSCAPE A mine dump consists of an accumulation of mining residues, by-products of mining. It may be conical and thus stand as a strong signal in the landscape, or flat and completely melt into the latter, especially if plants have taken hold of it. The mine dumps often contain a great ecological wealth when they are not toxic or infertile. Imposing and sustainable, they mark the Walloon landscape, and are high stakes in the urban development of the cities and regions in which they were born. There was a phase of commercial development (they were operated as materials quarries, after which the idea of removing them was not even discussed. The operation is useless and sometimes expensive, but most of all this idea hurts the inhabitants’ sensitivity, attached as they are to this peculiarity of their landscape and heritage. Thus the alternative is to convert the mine dump of Ans into a landscaped garden, ending point of the Ravel promenade.
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MÉDIATHÈQUE CINÉMA
CENTRE COMMERCIAL
ÉQUIPEMENT SPORTIF
A NEW CITY ENTRANCE FOR LIEGE
The boulevard would no longer be a 6-ways road but a 4-ways one, to leave room for the tram, for bicycle paths and large sidewalks for the pedestrians. Along this boulevard, public areas, squares and gardens as well as equipments and offices will make the transition between the boulevard and the city of Liège. The entrance to the city of Ans would be made easier through the installation of two new tramlines, the first one located on the boulevard and the second, perpendicular, which would follow the route designed for the « Transurbaine » (crosstown road) and get to the station.
Gare
Two automobile junctions would allow to reach the city of Ans through the urban boulevard, one of which will be directly connected to the N3.
A new centre and A unifying route
Creation of a « new centre » organized around the station: convert the station by making it bifacial, a linking component between the new part of the city and the existing one. Creation of a route which would connect the station to the mine dump and pass under the boulevard, and be equipped with a tramline At the intersection of the urban boulevard and the station avenue, an inter-
Parc du quartier
modal junction will serve as a meeting area for people from various locations, enlivened by shops and providing a viewpoint on the city and on the station. Thus the visitors will enjoy the city of Ans through a sort of showcase.
A pleasant district arranged around a green walk
A green walk is being created, at the district scale. It is a green lung which begins at the Ravel’s arrival. This walk structures the district and provides it with sporting, cultural and district facilities. It also generates hubs of social interaction along the course.
Bassin
Boulevard urbain
Terril
Rue partagée
Intérieur d’îlot
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Boulevard urbain
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Intérieur d’îlot
Rue partagée
PHASING step 1
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Development of the station and urbanisation along the road.
Creation of a new roundabout and of a route leading to the main road.
Creation of an extension of the green walk and of surrounding buildings
Conversion of the boulevard and urbanisation of its surroundings.
PALOMINO CULTURAL LA GUAJIRA, COLOMBIA
Introduction The village of Palomino is located in the north of the Colombian territory, at the border of the regions of Guajira and Magdalena, at the edge of the Caribbean sea and on the Sierra Nevada area in Santa Marta. The Colombian armed conflict which has isolated this area of the country since over 25 years is a hard fact. The area is fertile, which facilitates the illegal cultures that finance the narco-trafficking and the marginal armed groups. The violences that affect the area have impaired the behaviour of the native populations that live on the
spot as well as the populations living in Palomino. Basic rights such as the right to life, the right to freedom, the right to education, the right to health, among others, are jeopardized since the State left the region. The Inteligencias Colectivas Palomino project, promoted at the VIII iberian-american biennial can be described as an open trial of an eco-social nature in which the PEI (Programa de Estudios Internacionales) section of the Pontificia Javeriana university of Bogota
intervenes. The trial aims at reviewing, understanding and approaching the issues of an area, a region, a village and of their inhabitants, through tangible architectural proposals. The proposal is based on the implementation of a network of agents to work with highly vulnerable community and population, with a view to find concrete, feasible and long-term alternatives to improve the inhabitants’ quality of life.
Concept
Palomino Cultural is a progressive workshop, which has just ended its fifth phase. Community know-how is used to follow and identify the local building techniques in various scales, serving to implement a complex town planning review of the population. Thus, thanks to the experience acquired, we are now in a position to identify and propose prototypes designed to evolve with time. Finally, in addition to establishing an analytic and proactive environment, the workshop builds a database of Palomino, which bases on experiences that may not easily be published under other circumstances.
Casa de la Cultura
Another action carried out is the Casa de la Cultura (culture centre). Its dimensions are 15mx7m and 9m in height, the architectural structure is designed for dance lessons and other activities. This is one of the major building project in the village, and many building experts of Palomino took part in it, whether for the wooden structure or for the reinforced concrete slab or for the palm leaf cover. The lot is a planted area, almost square-shaped, that looks onto the Sierra Nevada. The bamboo removable terraces are
positioned as close as possible to the entrances. The covering design was a complex exercise meant to open the scenery at the most. The covering was thus designed with a complex geometry that is not usually used for palm leaf roofs. The difficulty lied in maintaining each section of the roof at 45째 so that the material remains efficient in terms of rainwater evacuation. For that purpose, two types of palm leaf weaving were used, allowing to enhance the harmony and the slope variations of the roof.
dry toilet
One of the exercises was the construction of dry toilets. The dry toilet claims to be an ecological machine working in cycles, which generates fertilizers for a vegetable garden by means of the roof which collects the rainwater used for washing and irrigation, in addition to its initial function of dry toilet. This model costs less than 400 US $, and is entirely built with local wood and local materials. The system used to collect the water is made of PVC, available at the local DIY store.
B1, B2, B3
LICENCE MASTER 2007 - 2011
M1, M2
2011 - 2013
STUDENT
COMPETITION AUGUST 2013
COLOMBIA
VOLUNTEER DRAWINGS 2011 -2012
BRUSSELS
2009 - 2013
DRAWINGS
OF BRUSSEL’S BUILDINGS
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