Bérén i c e A u b r y Po r t fo l i o
E l em ent s
BA I Di e te r D i e tz
Developping of two architectural elements (chosen between bed, window, table, door) on the scale 1:1 which propose a spatial idea in relation to the body. The element is constructed in and for a place marked by a succession of levels and horizontal planes. As in a dialogue which makes two persons depend on each other, the table and the two assises are totally dependent on the place to which they owe their static equilibrium. The incorporation of two functions (seat and table) involve a tension between the element and the body where we have to find the right balance.
Wood model, 1:1 - staged on the site of the assembly of the table-chair
Ro o m Developping of an idea, in the city: a space proposal for one of the characters in John Hejduk’s book Mask of Medusa. « The priest listens to all confessions with earphones. He considers all speech as confession. The church is entered trough narrow steel funnels. The church’s roof platform can be reached by circular steel stairs. On the roof platform and suspended from the main vertical wall are Observation Booths. The pulpit is enclosed by a large cylindrical concrete funnel open to the sky, where the priest reads from a book made of lead. The interior wood pews face the main interior wall where five screen are hung. The flat tower is used for elevated meditation and for suspension of the bells. »
Digging under the stairs, my project consists of an overlay of layers. It consists of two different qualities of space, one elevated, a promontory, a pulpit ; and the lower, more intimate. In this small space, by the superposition of transparent layers, the inhabitant keeps a glance towards the outside.
Plan and section, 1:33, drawing by hand (60x80cm)
Plaster, cardboard, wood and mdf model, 1:33
Plaster, cardboard, wood and mdf model, 1:33
BA II Di e te r D i e tz
Co r n e r Ca s c a d e H o use
BA I I I - B A I V Jan De Vyl der and J o Ta i l l e u This year was separated in three : the ‘corner’, the ‘cascade’ and the ‘house’. Through an analisis of an unbuilt reference, we had to concentrate on a ‘corner’ - a detail - then, through the understanding of the potential of our ‘corner’, we had to concentrate on a ‘cascade’, a succession of spaces, and afterward through a site and the observation of how the design of the ‘cascade’ will evolve differently depending of its location, we had to concentrate on a ‘house’. This evolution is aimed to make us focus at beginning on construction, materials, details, aspects which are defining a quality of space and then also by its fonction (the program of each room). The reference was from the Max Bill’s model of the Swiss Pavilion to the Venice Biennale in 1951, I considered the consequences of a hole in the roof and the light that this could bring. Working with brick and concrete, I have been thinking about how openings in the roof, where light passes through the wooden frame, can transform the space. I continue the idea that the amount and the direction of lignt can transform the space. From the corner, I keep the construction of the roof where the light can pierce it. This fact transformes the geometry and the dimension of the space depending of the use and the qualities wanted. The house was located in Brussels, in a very calm suburb, in a garden city. While keeping the language of the neighborhood, the idea is to propose a different way of living there. Instead of having a very narrow house and a large garden behind, I propose to bring the garden inside. This house for two families allows to have larger indoor spaces which revolove around wells of light and garden.
Co r n e r
Axonometry, 1:20, drawing by hand (40x60cm)
Cardboard and wood model, 1:20
Cardboard and wood model, 1:20
Ca s c a d e
Perspective section, 1:50, drawing by hand (60x80cm)
Cardboard and wood model, 1:50
H o use
Perspective section, 1:50, drawing by hand (60x80cm)
Cardboard and wood model, 1:50
Co r n e r Ca s c a d e H o use
BA I I I - B A I V Jan De Vyl der and J o Ta i l l e u This year was separated in three : the ‘corner’, the ‘cascade’ and the ‘house’. Through an analisis of an unbuilt reference, we had to concentrate on a ‘corner’ - a detail - then, through the understanding of the potential of our ‘corner’, we had to concentrate on a ‘cascade’, a succession of spaces, and afterward through a site and the observation of how the design of the ‘cascade’ will evolve differently depending of its location, we had to concentrate on a ‘house’. This evolution is aimed to make us focus at beginning on construction, materials, details, aspects which are defining a quality of space and then also by its fonction (the program of each room). The reference was from the Jo Van Den Berghe’s drawing of the House VDV-C in 1991, I considered the consequences of a series of brick steps and how to make small cantilever with it. Working with the brick, I was interested in the impact of a wall movement inwardly on the space and how the addition or removal of brick can transform it. I deepened the idea that the addition and the removal of bricks can transform it. From the corner, I keep the shifts of the facade and I translate them in the horizontal direction. Then, the alcoves and the promontories generate different qualites of space. The house was located in Brussels, in a very narrow space, stuck between the railway and an other house. The idea is to take back the form of the tunnel’s vault, that pass under the rails, and then to have the house as a tower with one floor, one space. This tower, all in bricks, allows to escape from the city, we can take the stairs, placed in the thickness of the wall, to reach the roof terrace.
Co r n e r
Axonometry, 1:20, drawing by hand (40x60cm)
Cardboard and mdf model, 1:20
Cardboard and mdf model, 1:20
Ca s c a d e
Perspective section, 1:50, drawing by hand (60x80cm)
Cardboard and wood model, 1:50
Perspective section, 1:50, drawing by hand (60x80cm)
Cardboard model, 1:50
H o use
Li v i ng L a b Z a k in t h os
BA V D i rk H e b e l
Testing S us t anib il it y 1 :1
Design of a future-oriented, sustainable accommodation complex on the rural west coast of Greece. The ambition of the project is to test how our future lives could be led in a world with a reasonable consumption and without destruction of natural resources. We develop the project based on our own definition of sustainability. The availability of resources, craftsmanship and talents as well as the climatic, ecological and economic conditions shall be integrated into the design of an innovative architectural project. I believe that architecture, agriculture and tourism can merge into one through a proper design. Nowadays, there should be no border between rural agriculture and modern architecture. One should complement and support the other. In our proposal, this thesis is presented in two interfaces. On one hand, we have interaction between plantation and architecture where fields enter the building and continue their growth in vertical direction, on the other hand, interface happens inside the unit where plantation and human being coexist and depend on each other. The design of each typology ames to create the perfect condition for each vegetable and guest.
Cardboard and mdf model, 1:200
Site plan, 1:50, drawing by computer (84.1x72.6cm)
Plan and section of 1 of the 5 pavillons, 1:50, drawing by computer (42x42cm)
Interior rendering of this pavillon, drawing by computer (84.1x48.5cm)
Cu r r i c u l u m V i t a e
Scolar formation 2002-2014 Lycée Fénelon Sainte Marie, Paris, Baccalauréat série S mention très bien 2014-2015 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - (section architecture) BA I - BA II Dieter Ditz 2015-2016 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - (section architecture) BA III - BA IV Jan De Vylder and Jo Tailleu 2016-2017 ETH - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Zurich - (section architecture) BA V Dirk Hebel BA VI Peter Swinnen Software experience Autocad Rhinoceros Adobe Systems Cinema 4D Grasshopper Ladybug Language French English Spanish
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Bérénice Aubry berenice.aubry@epfl.ch +41 78 821 11 99 Rotbuchstrasse 27 8037 Zürich CH