portfolio 2014

WORKS

LOUISE CLAEYS

LOUISE CLAEYS 09.04.1990

M.Arch Graduate - Architect of State

claeys.louise@gmail.com 00447779349009

As young professional (Architecte DE), I combine creativity and care to respond to the context of each project I have been involved in. I’m convinced of the significance of cross-disciplinary since Architecture is not only an architectural matter. Thanks to the variety of experimented situations in the past five years, I’m able to work in a team as well as being autonomous and to deal with a wide range of scales and audiences,in order to produce intelligent and relevant results. Hard worker, my motivation pushes me to develop a strong communication skills by dedicating specific attention to graphic design.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 09.2013 - 03.2014 LIN Architects Urbanists / www.lin-a.com - traineeship Berlin

Project Assistant Member of the urban and architecture teams, involved in the Masterplan of IBA Basel 2020, the urban renewal of the industrial site of PSA France and the refurbishement and extension of a listed building in Vienna.

- urban study, site analysis, atlas of maps (Adobe Suite, Autocad) - concept and design of a train maintenance facility (Autocad, Adobe Suite, 3D) - architectural competitions, model making and drawings (Autocad, Adobe Suite) - competitions applications (Indesign, Excell, Powerpoint,Word) 07-09.2012 Newcastle

Plus 3 Architecture / www.plus3.co.uk - internship

Team leader of a Think tank (8 students)

- urban study, field trip, site analysis - publication, graphic design (Indesign, photoshop) 03-05.2011 Rotterdam

Office for Metropolitan Architecture / www.oma.eu - workshop

Collaboration on the exhibition (Im)pure (In)formal (Un)built - elaboration of the content and scenography - design and building of the exhibition

07-08.2010 Lille

DCArchitecture / www.dcarchitecture.fr - internship

Involved in various tasks such as commercial and retail design, measurement taking for future house refurbishement

_Publication

_Exhibition

Systèmes Métropolitains du Grand Paris, Immanent Systems of the Soft City AIGP, Archibooks, (2014), p 69-81

Futurs Immédiats, awarded thesis project Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Center for Architecture and Urban planning Paris, 02.14 to 04.14

TECHNICAL SKILLS _2D

Photoshop Illustrator Autocad Vectorworks Microstation

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_3D

_Communication

Rhino + + + + + Sketchup + + + Autodesk Revit +++ Model making ++++ Grasshopper +

Indesign Microsoft Excell Microsoft Word Powerpoint

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French (native) English (fluent) Spanish (intermediate) EDUCATION 2012-2013

Paris, France

M.Arch with distinction School of Architecture Paris Malaquais (ENSAPM)

In Banlieue We Trust, highjacking the suburban clichés by making a serie of alternative and local proposals in an ordinary context - Awarded and Exhibited

by Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris / http://www.pavillon-arsenal.com

Athens, Greece

National Technical University of Athens & ENSAPM - workshop

2011-2012

1st year M.Arch at Architecture Planning and Landscape School,

Newcastle, UK

Collaboration with PhD students on a urban scheme University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Natural History Society of Northumbria & APL Research team - research

Collaboration with NHSN to develop a design of education facility Bologna, Italy

Gerrit Rietveld Academie & APL School - workshop

2008-2011

BA in Architecture School of Architecture Paris Malaquais (ENSAPM)

Paris, France

Collaboration with art students on the biennale Creating a Context

REFERENCES Fabienne BOUDON Senior Architect - fb@lin-a.com

Marc ARMENGAUD

LIN Architects Urbanists

AWP Office for territorial reconfiguration

Franklinstrasse 15, 10587 Berlin, Germany

25 rue Henry Monnier 75009 Paris, France

Senior Architect - marc.armengaud@awp.fr

Contents

URBAN PLANNING

PNA - Paris Nord Aulnay

GPMU - Grand Paris MUtualisé

IBWT - In Banlieue We Trust TGX - Tang Express ARCHITECTURE

VMA - Vienna Music Academy

PTK - Plato’s Network

WKL - Walking the Lines OTHERS

IBWT - Futurs Immédiats pour le Grand Paris

OMA - Impure Informal Unbuilt

TBK - This is a Book

PNA PSA AULNAY NORD

(LIN Architects Urbanists) Urban Renewal of International PSA Citroen site - 2013 _Theme : Aftermath of a former industrial site _Site : Aulnay sous Bois _About :

PSA Peugeot Citroen, the finest jewel in the French Cars Industry had closed down in 2013 leaving behind a huge industrial land in the North East of the Parisian Metropole. Its future connection to the Grand Paris Express (high speed metro) and its location enable PSA site to be a strategic entity of the Grand Paris urban scheme.

LIN Architects Urbanists’ vision is to bring economic dynamism back in this area thanks to a flexible and lisible proposal. A ring, circular infrastructure which gathers all the transportation into a lush vegetation scheme designed by Michel Desvignes, surrounds a wide variety of plots, enabling firms of different sizes, scales and needs to settle in.

Metropolitan view of the site / Photoshop

Model of the proposal / Foam, pvc & plexiglass

Detail #1 : Offices / Foam, pvc & plexiglass

Detail #2 : Maintenance site / Foam, pvc & acrylic tubes

Site plan / Autocad

GPMU GRAND PARIS MUTUALISE

(LIN Architects Urbanists) Urban Study supported by Ateliers International du Grand Paris Published in Systèmes Métropolitains, Atelier International du Grand Paris, Archibooks, 2014 _Theme : Application of LIN Architects Urbanists urban concept of the Metropole Douce (soft

metropole) into three case studies. _Site : Montfermeil, Aulnay sous Bois and Sevran (Grand Paris) _About :

Density = mixty is a equation which can’t be applied in every part of the metropole. Within the soft and diffuse urban fabric, new way of activating have to be found. The micro-centralities are enhancing a place’s qualities and proximity as an economic potential. They guarantee a better integration of the soft urban scheme into the Parisian Metropole.

Neighbourhood scaled projects are proposed in order to deal with tight funding, short term construction and daily needs. The aim is to provide both flexibilty of uses, locations, habits, regulations, and innovative social structure.

Metropolitan view of the 3 case-studies sites / Illustrator

Site analysis #1: Montfermeil / Autocad & Illustrator

Diagram #1: Montfermeil / Illustrator

Diorama of the prototype #1: Montfermeil model / Paper & acrylic sheet publication / Photoshop & Bridge

GPMU SYSTEMES METROPOLITAINS (LIN Architects Urbanists) Atelier International du Grand Paris, Archibooks, 2014

Published version of Systèmes métropolitains / Indesign & Photoshop

IBWT IN BANLIEUE WE TRUST (MArch) Thesis project under the direction of Marc Armengaud Selected for “Futurs Immédiats” exhibition in Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris _Theme : How create continuity, make urbanity, with periurban objets ? _Site : Somewhere in the Grand Paris, in a southern suburban territory _About :

The Banlieue (Suburb) cannot be read anymore through narrow approaches enhanced by a science based on the centrality called Town Planning. It is time to subvert and use unusual tools, leading to other diagnosis and producing alternative proposals. Our site will be a non-site, a territory without centre, an area straddling four municipalities. A collage of surburban clichés ignoring each other, daily life objets such as the mall, the pavillon, the car park, the cemetery, the motorway.

This is a strategy of suburban reconfiguration which aims to enable local experiences of the studied territory by establishing real and efficient proximities between individuals and objets.

View of an existing proximity / Personal picture & Photoshop

Site analysis, / Illustrator

Analytic diagram of the global Stategy / Illustrator & Autocad

Proposal #1 : axonometry / Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator & Photoshop

Proposal #1 : site plan / Autocad, Illustrator & Photoshop

Proposal #1 : collages / Photoshop

Proposal # 2 : collage / Personal pictures & Photoshop

Proposal # 2 : scenarios / Rhino & Illustrator

Proposal # 2 : section-perspective / Autocad, Illustrator and Photoshop

Proposal # 3 : collage / Personal pictures & Photoshop

Proposal #3 : site plan / Autocad, Illustrator & Photoshop

Proposal # 3 : scenarios / Rhino & Illustrator

Vision / Autocad, Illustrator and Photoshop

Analytic Model / Brown cardboard & Acrylic paint

TGX TANG EXPRESS

(Studio) under the direction of Marc Armengaud in collaboration with Carleton University _Theme : Understand the surface by exploring its undergrounds / the curious case of the Dalle

(concrete slab) Olympiades _Site : Line blue of the Grand Paris Express

_ About : A prospective fiction to talk about a reality, the unexpected potential of an urban

failure. Once upon a time, a supertrain in the parisian suburb. A promess made by the governement to millions of suburban users, going further andfaster than ever. Another dream of equal mobility that none would be able to afford. The Grand Paris express is challenge which has been already lost. A underground tunnel as long as it is empty, aftermath of a overscaled network between the Dalle Olympiades and Orly Airport. TANG EXPRESS, when a Private actor takes over a Public function.

Initial Narrative / Photoshop

Emergence #1 : SuperTang market

Deal #1 : Condense your grave, Free the space !

Proposal : Strategy’s diagram A very#1sustainable process / Autocad 3D & Illustrator

Proposal #1 : section / Autocad, Illustrator & Photoshop

Proposal #1 : View of the tunnel, collage / Rhino & Photoshop

Proposal #3 : narrative collage / Illustrator & Photoshop

Proposal #2 : collage / Rhino, Illustrator & Photoshop

VMA VIENNA MUSIC ACADEMY

(LIN Architects Urbanists) Competion for the music department of Vienna University of Music and Perfmoring Arts _Theme : Extension and refurbishement of a listed building _Site : Vienna, Austria _ About : The University of Music and Performing Arts is an oasis in the city of Vienna. LIN

team has proposed to create a public hub, an empty space where people meet, flow and generate micro-situations. This non-hierarchical place enables any kind of events to happen from a spontaneous jam to a more sophisticated orchestra.

VMA provides a large variety of atmospheres where people run freely, in the refurbished attic, a scene is waiting for stunning reharsals, underground, it is a quiet library where anyone could broad their mind accross precious and rare archives.

Site plan / Autocad, Illustrator & Photoshop

View from the campus / Photoshop

View of the underground library and courtyard / Photoshop

View of the attic / Photoshop

Elevation on the underground courtyard / Autocad & Photoshop

Model detail #2 : the Courtyard / White foamboard, pvc sheet, foam and metal

Model detail #1 : the Hub / White foamboard, pvc sheet, foam and metal

Model of the proposal / White foamboard, pvc sheet, foam and metal

Transversal section / Autocad & Photoshop

WKL WALKING THE LINES (Studio) under the direction of Sam Austin and Adam Sharr

_Theme : Tell the tale of the detail by reactivating an unfinished aerial pedestrian walkway _Site : Newcastle upon Tyne, UK _ About : Adding a new line, a new sentence. Rewrite the city. Live an urban failure as an

opportunity to stop, to take time to lose time. Looking around, reading what is surrounding you with another eye. Extracting the pedestrian from the urban system and force them to focuse on another matter, there on this Dead end. Books are future dead ends. Data’s dematerialisation leads to their soon obsolescence. As a paper support, the book is meant to disappear.

Rather than ignoring those two ruins, lets assuming theirs decays by providing a serie of devices recycling paper and reactivating temporary the uncomplete architecture.

To Walk Straight and Narrow An alternative way of navigating accross the lines of a book, the streets of a city Narrative section / Autocad & Photoshop

The fragility of a scaffolding to walk this line.

Transversal section / Autocad & Photoshop

Rewrite the city, Adding a new line, a new sentence.

Site Analysis / Illustrator & Photoshop

Use the sustainable potential of the Book

Floor plan of the 1st building / Autocad & Photoshop

Assuming the decay by providing a serie of devices based on the book’s ending process

Elevation of the 3rd building / Autocad & Photoshop

Being a parasite, Stealing facilities.

Detail of the connection betwwen the existing and the proposal / Autocad & Photoshop

PTK PLATO’S NETWORK

salut les keums

(Workshop) in the middle of an economical recession

_Theme : What could be the role of an architect in a context of national crisis ? _Site : Athens, Greece _ About : Rather than proposing a barren and useless green corridor as we were asked to do, we

focused on the architectural and urban aftermath of the crisis. Empty plots, abandonned houses and endless building sites are our spatial opportunities. The Plato’s network is an attempt to avoid the corrupted contractors by connecting directly private owners and inhabitants. An architectural organisation which provides alternatives tools to build, refurbish and regenerate a suffocating urban fabric.

Intervention strategy / Autocad & Photoshop

Stimulate the Individual Urban Regeneration by engaging with people

Narrative collage / Photoshop

CONTRACTORS

STATE

THIS IS YOUR CITY

Tyopology of leftovers

3€

10 €

5€

UNSAFE AREAS & UNFAIR COMPETITION

The Abandonned

The Empty

The Unfinished

The Damaged

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LOW PROFIT SPACE

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€€€ CONCENTRATION & GATHERING

EUROPEAN FUND OF INVESTMENT

PROGRESSIVE LEVEL-PARKING LOT

Don’t wait for it, DO IT YOURSELF !

Proposal #2 : optimisation of empty plots / Sketchup, Illustrator and Photoshop

IBWT FUTURS IMMEDIATS

(Exhibition) In Banlieue We Trust, thesis project awarded by le Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris _Theme : 36 innovative thesis projects (2010-2013) for the Future of the Grand Paris _Site : Pavillon de l’Arsenal, centre for Urbanism and Architecture, Paris _ About : “The Banlieue (Suburb) should no longer be defined according to a centralised strug-

gle with Paris. We have to acknowledge and assume its diffuse characteristic. Through a didactic and ludic analyse, In Banlieue We Trust aims to “faire ville” (create urban qualities) with its collections of those peri-urban objects such as individual housing, industries, supermarkets or cemeteries. Her project revitalises the Banlieue by providing it a both economic and political interest at the neighbourhood scale.” Aurélien Gillier, exhibition curator

View of the exhibition / February 2014

Exhibition catalogue / February 2014

OMA IMPURE INFORMAL UNBUILT (Workshop) involving Office of Metropolitan Architecture

_Theme : Highlighting the three french libraries designed by Rem Koolhaas as visionnary key

works for OMA _Role : Team member in charge of the scenography and construction of the exhibition _Site : Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris

_ About : Conceptual drawings, narratives and sketch models produced for the three (lost)

competions were displayed as a social magic carpet. Visitors were invited to walk on this artificial ground in order to get an inspiring glimpse into OMA’s precious archives.

View of the exhibition / May 2011

View of the magic carpet / Plexiglass, wood and acrilyc paint

Construction of the magic carpet / Plexiglass, wood & acrilyc paint

Assemblage of the TGB model / Wood, plaster & metal

Installation of the archives / diverse

TBK THIS IS A BOOK

(Internship) at +3 Architecture under the direction of Matthew Marggets _Theme : What could make Newcastle-Gateshead a world city ? _Site : Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear _About : A intense think-tank involving architecture students, architects, city councils aiming to

understand, analyse and tackle a current situation. A team work leading to the creation of a book where have been compiled alternative site diagnosis and bold proposals.

View of the publication “This is a Book� / September 2012

claeys.louise@gmail.com 00447779349009