Arthur LAURAIN
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
LAUREATE - STUDENT COMPETITION Student competition to design THE FRENCH PAVILION for the 25th International Union of Architect’s World Congress in DURBAN 2014 (http://www.uia2014durban.org)
Student Competition SOPREMA 2014 ARCHI DESIGN : «Imagine the roof-terrace for tomorrow»
Competition organised by the CIAF (International Council for French Architects)
_ LAUREATE SECOND PRIZE
_ LAUREATE FIRST PRIZE
Proposition for a new urban public space on the city’s roof, thanks to the creation of a platform that takes place on
_ Monitoring and management of the pavilion construction (analysis of tenders, realisation of the technical
documentation, construction monitoring, shipping to Durban for the pavilion assembly, dismantling of the pavilion at the end of the congress and reuse of different elements for a Children Hospital and the Alliance Française in Durban) _ Participation to the World Congress of IUA in Durban as a member of the French delegation
ARCHITECTURE & WORK EXPERIENCE October 2014 Workshop (1 week) :
March 2014 Workshop (2 weeks) :
_ Potentiality of earth architecture
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Erasmus Intensive Training Programmes
_ realisation of rammed earth wall _ realisation of prefabricated rammed earth blocks _ understand the characteristics of earth material in a way to use it optimally in the architecture constructions
June 2012 Architecture - Design (6 weeks) :
July 2011 Labourer (1 month) :
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_ Work placement in a construction «Atelier Fou du Roi»,
Mulhouse, France
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the example of Naples» _ work on the expression of the Napolitan landscape characteristics in the design of public places
_ laying of metalic mesh for concrete slab _ proposition for the realization of an entry restaurant
_ laying of frame and removal of framework of concrete slabs
_ proposition of furnishings for the shops of the Mountain Monkeys, Kintzheim, France
_ stock list of construction site materials _ calculation of masonry and carpentry for the interiors walls
+++ LANGUAGES _ French, native speaker _ English, conversational English _
COMPUTER SKILLS
_ _ completed last year of bachelor’s degree at the
_ Italian, basic knowledge
Indesign
Illustrator
Autocad
Photoshop Artlantis
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION Architecture School in the ENSA of STRASBOURG
Universidad Politecnica de VALENCIA (Spain) Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
Architecture School in the ENSA of STRASBOURG
Architecture School in the ENSA of STRASBOURG
«The future in the Mediterranean sea will take place in the _ urban planning along the railway infrastructures
Archicad
STUDENT COMPETITION to design THE FRENCH PAVILION for the 25TH INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECT’S WORLD CONGRESS in DURBAN 2014 Laureate First Prize FOLDED EARTH
#Design #Modularity #Pavilion #Materials Site location Project Team _ Arthur Laurain
Professionals working (stretched membrane elements) on the pavilion _ GL Events (wood elements) _ Philips Lighting (lamps) _ Cluster Lumière (lighting installation and conception)
Our concept was to reveal that though earth is of course a “low tech” material it could also be promising because it
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Woodv
Front elevation
Ferrocement
Rammed earth
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4 _Retractable furniture*
* the retractable furniture represents the hybridity of the programmme, in one part it’s an display rack for the Cluster
Lumière and in the other part we can pivot a board to create a space for screening and testing during the interventions of
Longitundinal section
ROOF
STUDENT COMPETITION SOPREMA 2014 ARCHI DESIGN IMAGINE THE ROOF-TERRACE FOR TOMORROW Laureate Second Prize A NEW PUBLIC SPACE ON THE CITY’S ROOF Site location Project Team
_ Arthur Laurain _ Guillaume Colinmaire
become a new space to be used by inhabitants of neighbourhood and users of the
and also creates a planted rooftop that can be used as a place to sunbathe or as an various appropriations through the day and the season, such as the water pond that
Temporality Day/Night
ORGANIC FRAMEWORK - THE NOTION OF THRESHOLD AS A QUALITATIVE THICKNESS
#RailwayStation #MixedUse #UrbanConnection #RailwayInfrastructure #UrbanSpace #MovementDialectical Master’s Degree Graduating Project Project Director Site location Programmes
_ Architecture and Metropolis _ Cristiana Mazzoni
_ Valencia, Spain Transportation _ Railway station _ Parking garage _ Underground station _ Postale sorting station
Cultural _ Multi Media Library _ Cinema _ Arts school
Mixed-Use _ Hotel _ Housing _ Restaurant _ Shops
My graduating project was a work on the railways infrastructures that converge at the south of the Valencia Metropolis. It’s an axis of 2400 meters that creates an urban fracture between the different neighbourhoods located along the railways and that are composed of landscape and industrial wasteland. Furthermore, the actual Central is why a new temporary station was built 800 meters from the actual one. In a way to bring an answer to this context I worked on the notion of threshold as a qualitative thickness at both architecture and urban scales. The urban solution wants to give a proper identity to the different neighbourhoods through a landscape accompanying. This new urbanisation will create porosity and new appropriation spaces. The architectural project is questioning the Railway Station type, as a place of social life potentiality for the metropolis, such as the old covered market. Through the dialectic of movement the project wants to create several spaces with different appropriations but also where people can meet and exchange in a informal way. The notion of threshold is developed in a way to make a sliding between the public space and the interior building. It prompts a thickness to the boarder between inside and outside. It will change the relation between the human body and the architectural space in a way to create a Railway Station as a true urban connector. 19
REHABILITATE THE OLD HEAD OFFICE OF THE «HOSPITAL OF THE INCURABLES» #Heritage #MixedUse #Tendenza #RegionalArchitecture Master’s Degree 1st year Director project _ Georges Heintz Site location
Piazza Cavour, Naples, Italy
Programmes
Public facilities _ Restaurants
Cultural Center _ Multi Media Library _ Gallery _ Multi purpose hall
Educational
The building is located along the piazza Cavour (one of the biggest public spaces of the city) at the foot
Making the analysis of the urban area I noticed that it’s located in a student area composed of a lot of building has the possibility to become a new reference in the social life of this area in a way to create an
hall that connects the piazza Cavour with the Caponapoli hill and leads to the multimedia library on the
To go along with these programmes I wanted to change the rigidity of the facade by revealing the strength (like Aldo Rossi’s work) in a way to express a new regional language for the Napolitan architecture using the
HOW TO REPRODUCE THE CITY LANDSCAPE IN AN OPEN SPACE WORKSHOP - NAPLES 2014 Erasmus Intensive Programme Project group : _ Arthur Laurain
you walk down those streets you are always in narrows spaces composed by the Pedestrians, cars, motorcycles, and common transports are always sharing the
How can we change the sterility of the Napolitan urban space in a way to allow for new uses and perceptions of the city for the pedestrians? How can we design the urban space of Naples through the search for a Napolitan identity?
CONCEPT spaces that exist in the city by translating the built scale into an
We started from a section of the city from the sea to the castle and we caught each element that represent the identity of Naples’ the view, the ascent through the narrow street and the sea with the
you can escape from the chaotic narrow streets and have new
#LowDesign #Modularity #PlugIn #HomelessUrgency Master’s Degree 1st year Project group : _ Arthur Laurain _ Mylène Welsh
First of all we have to understand that these persons are also inhabitants of the
When an homeless wants to use it, he unlocks a panel containing a metallic
FURNITURE
LET US CONVERT THE ICARE PARK #LowDesign #Modularity #Debate #Animation #Construction #HandMade Master’s Degree 1st year Project group : _ Arthur Laurain _ Nicolas Roux
speaking with the children and the parents using drawings and talks in a way to give
be easily transportable but also convertible in a way to permit different appropriations One of the main themes that emerged from the discussion was the celebrations
Le Corbusier LC2 chair as a reference and add a module that can “close” the chair
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COLLAGE
The collage is a very useful tool in the architect’s work as it permits
perspectives in a way to think about the composition of a public space
An important part of the collages were based on the Cathedral which is
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Ring road
House Kammerzell
It can catch a sensation, a random moment and give it a
The human eyes can go beyond the mere representation giving new
why I have a particular interest for lighting and how it spreads into the spaces, how it interacts with persons and stirs deep emotions