Portfolio 2021 - Manon Servieres by manon.servieres

PORTFOLIO MANON SERVIERES

2021

Manon SERVIERES Architect D.E.

75012 PARIS Tel : +33649814483 Mail : manon.servieres@hotmail.fr Master thesis and graduation project link : https://issuu.com/manon.servieres

FORMATION 2021

Graduate in Architecture, with honors Paris Val de Seine national school of architecture, Paris, France

2019 - 2020

Gap year, work experiences

2018 - 2019

Erasmus, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

2018

Architecture bachelor’s degree, Paris Val de Seine national school of architecture, Paris, France

2015

European Baccalaureate in Science with honors, René Cassin highschool, Arpajon, France

WORK EXPERIENCES 2019 (9 months)

Junior architect, FRESH Architectures agency, Paris. -Housing competition in Aubervilliers, ZAC Port Chemin Vert, France (won). -Housing competition in Paris. Rehabilitation of a burning building, boulevard Sébastopol. -Feasibility studies.

2019 (6 months)

Internship, FRESH Architectures agency, Paris. -Housing competition of 70 dwelings, in Viroflay, France. -Competition proposing the elevation and the rehabilitation of a former factory in a hotel, Paris. -Feasibility studies.

2018 (1 month)

Internship, A26 Architectures agency, Paris. -Restoration of the Jouffroy passage in Paris. -Rehabilitation of a house in Neuilly sur Seine, France.

2017 (2 weeks)

Internship on a construction site, Paris. Grand Paris project, construction of a logistics hotel of 40,000 m².

CONSTRUCTION SITES 2021 (1 week)

Volunteer, rehabilitation of houses, Vignory, France.

2020 (1 week)

Volunteer, construction of a wooden chalet, Saint-Nicolas-aux-bois, France.

2017 (2 weeks)

Volunteer, restoration of Victor-Emmanuel fort, Aussois, France.

COMPUTER SKILLS

LANGUAGES

AutoCAD SketchUp Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator Revit, ArchiCAD Rhinoceros, Grasshoper, 3Ds Max

French: Native language English: Level C1 Spanish: Basic Finnish: Basic

From France to Finland From vast expanses of forests to the densest environments From the transformation of historic sites to the creation of housing and facilities

SUMMARY

RESUME

PROJECTS The memory of the fortification - Transformation - Suomenlinna A therapy into the nature - Transformation - Aincourt Through the hill - Multipurpose ice arena - Helsinki The green stitch - Transformation/Urban planning - Helsinki Dancing blocks - Housing - Tampere

6 14 20 24 28

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES Archi’bois competition - 2020 Gap year - 2019/2020 Construction sites

32 38 42

PHOTOGRAPHS

Site plan

50m

THE MEMORY OF THE FORTIFICATION Transformation of the Suomenlinna dockyard, Finland Graduation project - Year 5 - 2021

This graduation project was built as a continuation of my fourth year of study, followed in Finland. This work deals with the transformation of the Suomenlinna shipyard, a fortified archipelago off the coast of Helsinki. To protect and enhance the industrial heritage and traditional naval know-how, three systems have been put in place: -The project first proposes the rehabilitation of a historic urban landscape by enhancing the banks and opening the site to the public. The idea is to offer a ROUTE on the water, allowing the possibility of contemplating life on the site and its landscape. -The second system reveals the TRACES of the old fortifications to be used as a boundary between the public space and the space of the dokyard. The invisible heritage is highlight by a historic path, revealing the thickness of the original fortifications around the site. -Finally, the architectural intervention creates a PLACE at the entrance to the site. As part of the existing, an architectural work is engaged in the fortified and industrial heritage in order to make visible, inform and train on the naval activity of wooden sailboat hulls. This work has led to reflect on the practices and planning of public space, on an industrial site with a high heritage value. This flexibility of the site is important for safeguarding traditional insular know-how and naval activity that has been in operation for 270 years.

In collaboration with Katia Yungmann Softwares : Autocad, Sketchup, Lumion, Photohop, Illustrator

Axonometry

Ground floor plan

Section AA

10m

Window detail - extension

Axonometry of the wooden structure

Perspective of the extension - wooden structure

A THERAPY INTO THE NATURE Rehabilitation of the Aincourt sanatorium, France Project - Year 5 - 2020

The «cedar pavilion» is part of the Vexin Intercommunal Hospital group. The old sanatorium is now occupied by a functional rehabilitation center. The project aims to develop this specialized rehabilitation center through the creation of new rooms as well as new spaces. It was essential to deal with the existing and to destroy the least possible. The project allows to find a structured and welcoming north facade. Two new extensions are created in order to have a dialogue with the balneotherapy, a central element. Two new patios are integrated into the existing structure. They allow to find the shape of the existing sanatorium. These patios match with the thickness of the building. They give light to the circulation spaces and offer pleasant and more intimate spaces to the patients. The patios allow to create different levels of transparency: from public spaces to bedrooms. Visual connections create a relationship between interior and exterior and invite to enter in a space which is in continuity with the forest. The patios, in open ground, could be used as a thermal regulator and thus bring freshness in summer.

In collaboration with Centrale Supélec school Softwares : Autocad, Sketchup, Photohop, Illustrator

Dear Sanatorium, The first time I met you I was confused. Your silhouette revealed through the wooded paths. I approached. Intimidated and scared, by your oversized person. As we met, I discovered this enclosed heat. I learned to watch you. Watch the filtered light that vibrates in our eyes. Watch the movement of the trees around you. Watch the slamming of doors and fabrics on your skin. Watch through the window the landscapes that you offer. I learned to listen to you. Listen to the silence that comes over you. Listen to the sweet sounds of nature: birdsong, wind, rain. I learned to feel you. Smell that old, abandoned smell. Smell a succession of odors difficult to determine. Are they traces left by your different occupants? I learned to touch you. Touch your rough walls. Touch the softness of your floors. Touch the material and feel the temperature of your body. I learned to feel you through the energy you give off. Feel the emotion of a person who has passed through history. Feel the life that once existed. Your incredible power to heal people. Your incredible power to make people forget the pain. It’s the hope for a better world. Dear Sanatorium, thank you for this memorable meeting. Manon

REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK VERSION ETUDIANT

N 1933

REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK VERSION VERSION ETUDIANTETUDIANT REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK VERSION ETUDIANT

1970’ 1990’

2005 2013

Site plan

Series of tranformations

50m

REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK VERSION ETUDIANT

Bassin 1

Espace balnéothérapie

Bassin 2

Entrée principale Réserve

Vestiaire

Douches

REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK VERSION ETUDIANT Vestiaire

REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK VERSION ETUDIANT

Entrée secondaire 2

Accueil balnéothérapie

Douches

Sas

Accueil

Salle personnel

Ground floor plan

10m

Atelier

Chambre

Patio

Cafeteria

Sous-sol

Section AA 0

REALISE A L'AIDE D'UN PRODUIT AUTODESK VERSION ETUDIANT Cuisine

Cafeteria

Espace réeducation

Entrée secondaire 1

Salle personnel

THROUGH THE HILL Vantaa Multipurpose ice arena, Helsinki, Finland Project - Year 4 - 2019

The project consisted of designing a multipurpose ice rink with a wooden structure. Hockey is Finland’s national sport. Indeed, they became world champions in 2019. The site is located in Vantaa, a district of Helsinki. The main idea was to conceive a building in connection and conformity to its environment. Indeed, this building is proposing a roof as an environmental extension. There is a new public space in continuity with the site. A slope, accessible to disabled people, is inviting to enter by the first floor of the Arena. There is one volume which is emerging from this slope in order to create a landmark for the people coming from the train station but also to mark the entrance and the Arena itself. People can continue to climb the field for a promenade with a panoramic view of the surrounding forest on the top of the building. There are two diferent kinds of wooden structures in this project. One is a wooden lattice structure for the roof, with a 65 meters wooden lattice beam every 8 meters. Glue-laminated wood is used for its solidity. Indeed, there will be no deformations over the time. The second structure, linked to the roof, is creating an elegant façade.

Softwares : Autocad, Sketchup, Photohop, Illustrator

Raise the ground

Sculpt a volume

Twos types of programs Arena Practice

Site plan

East elevation

50m

First floor plan 0

10m

THE GREEN STITCH Transformation of a highway into a boulevard, Helsinki, Finland Project - Year 4 - 2018

Designing an urban boulevard environment for one of the highways leading to downtown Helsinki was a particularly rewarding challenge. The presentation of this project took place at the Helsinki City Hall with urban architects as members of the jury. For this project, it was necessary to deal with the issues of connectivity, durability and density. Thus, the main idea was to accentuate green connections but also to offer a more human scale. In the South, we are introducing a platform on the level of the boulevard that connects easily to the train station situated a few meters underneath. In order to bring more functional diversity to the area, a place called «bazar» is located on the platform. In the North, we have two focus points. They are the marketplace and adjacent square, which serve the urban agriculture areas and the intersection itself. We developed the overpass, going East-West, into an elevated green area, part of the green path that crosses the intersection. As for the block structure, it becomes denser, higher and more enclosed as it gets closer to the intersection.

In collaboration with Mirjami Myllymäki, Benoit Martin et Teodor Dascalu Softwares : Autocad, Sketchup, Photohop, Illustrator, Lumion

Market hall open on the amphitheater

Footbridgge connecting the green areas

Train station connected to the bazar

Master plan

Axonometry - connect the green areas

2,5

B-B 1:500

2,0

7,0

4,0

7,0

2,0

2,5

35,0

Section in the train station and the bazar

3,0

8,0

3,0

6,0

20,0

DANCING BLOCKS Assisted and independant living, Tampere, Finland Project - Year 4 - 2018

The project presents a building combining both assisted living, for the elderly, and independent housing. The site is located in Härmälänranta, Tampere. These “dancing blocks” present a unique community with different types of housing, all connected to each other by bridges. The buildings are rotated in order to provide both public and private spaces. Their rotation allows to highlight the central courtyard where people can feel in a more intimate space. On the ground floor, we have many functions on the streets. On the other hand, common spaces and entrances for the apartments are inside the courtyard. On the first floor, bridges are connecting the seven blocks. We can find shared spaces on these bridges. On the courtyard, all the circulations are very open in order to create pleasant spaces. The gateways allow to connect homes but also to stay inside in a country where temperatures are particularly cold during the winter season. These «dancing blocks» are offering flexibility, conviviality and safety. Apartments for independent living can be easily transformed into bigger apartments which could offer multigenerational housing or cohousing.

Softwares : Autocad, Sketchup, Photohop, Illustrator

Create a link between existing points of interest

Connect the blocks by footbridges

Mix two types of housing Assisted living Independant living

Axonométry - 7 blocks connected by footbridges

Section AA

First floor plan

10m

ARCHI’BOIS COMPETITION The burnt House, Paris - 2020

The theme of architectural «graft» is highlighted for this student competition. Located on the edge of Boulevard Vincent Auriol, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, the block 66 presents a special urban situation. This site offers an urban void in the Place d’Italie district, which is dynamic and predominantly student The proposal is based on the idea of removing the existing zinc roof to install a new roof adaptation. The burnt wood envelope, a Japanese technique little known in France, creates a reinterpretation of Parisian roofs. This project creates a link between the single-family house and student accommodation. The elevation of 66 boulevard Vincent Auriol questions the notion of shared housing through student flatsharing. By adopting the codes of the two-sided house, the project is intended to respond easily to changes of use. The existing floors offer student studios and the elevation offers shared housing.

In collaboration with Katia Yungmann Softwares : Autocad, Sketchup, Photohop, Illustrator

Fifth floor

Fourth floor

Third floor

Existing building Second floor First floor Ground floor

Programmatic axonometry

Fifth floor plan

Third floor plan

Triple height space

Shared roof

Section AA A

Elevations 37

Photography : Luca Battaglia

GAP YEAR Fresh Architecture, Paris - 2019-2020

This gap year, which took place between my Master 1 and my Master 2, was an opportunity for me to work 14 months in an architectural firm in Paris. I am very grateful to the Fresh Architecture team who gives me great autonomy in the development of the various projects entrusted to me. These few months allowed me to participate in 4 different competitions, from the first sketches to the final renderings. The first competition was an elevation and rehabilitation of an old factory into a hotel in Paris. The other 3 competitions were housing located in Paris and its inner suburbs (Viroflay and Aubervilliers). This experience allowed me to open up a reflection both on myself and on Architecture. In these competitions, I appreciated the transformation of existing buildings and the work with materials, especially wood. I was also interested in thinking about the integration of a building into its landscape. Team spirit and dialogue are essential for working in an agency. Indeed, we were able to share all our experiences within the office.

Softwares : Autocad, Revit, Sketchup, Photohop, Illustrator, Excel, Indesign

Housing competition, Viroflay, France

Elevation detail

Elevation from the main street

Section detail

Competition - transformation of an old factory into an hotel, Paris

Maison sur cour

Cour commune Maison sur cour

Maison sur cour Maison sur cour

Maison sur cour

Atelier Modulaire

Atelier

Studio

Atelier

Studio

First floor plan

Section in the patio 42

«Chapelle International» construction site

CONSTRUCTION SITES Internship and volunteering

According to me, working on constructions sites is an essential training wich completes our studies. It allows you to consolidate your knowledge on the site. I had the chance to participate in several projects as a volunteer, ranging from structural work to finishing work. My first visit on a construction site, «international chapel» in Paris, allowed me to learn many technical terms and to observe their application. I was able to follow the construction of this logistics hotel, but also participate in meetings with architects and companies. After observing a large-scale construction site, I decided to get involved by participating in smaller projects. I took part in the restoration work of the Fort Victor Emmanuel. It is a set of five fortifications that was built on the Esseillon barrier, between 1820 and 1828. It was interesting to work on the restoration of a military site integrate with its landscape. I helped rebuild the wall and the roof of an old powder magazine, including traditional lime masonry work. I also took part in a construction site for a wooden chalet. I learned a lot about the wooden assemblies as well as the preparation of the ground before the installation of the first joists. The project consists of enjoying a self-sufficient life, especially thanks to a bioclimatic greenhouse and a Saharan well used as a refrigerator. All these projects constitute human and enriching adventures. In my opinion, the profession of architect is learned on construction sites. This is why in the years to come, I would like to have the opportunity to work more on site.

«Chapelle International» construction site

Restoration of Victor-Emmanuel Fort

Construction of a wooden chalet

PHOTOGRAPHS Finland 2018-2019

The many trips I made abroad during my childhood guided me towards these studies to become an architect. My school curriculum was particularly marked by my Erasmus year in Finland. It was an opportunity to discover a new vision of architecture. I discovered their environmental and social approach with an architecture at the service of human comfort and which favors the use of local materials. During this one year trip, I was able to appreciate the landscapes that change with the seasons: colors, shapes, light. Architecture always blends in perfectly with the landscape in which it is inscribed. This year in Finland allowed me to question myself about the link that Finnish architecture can have with the surrounding landscapes, made up of lakes and forests. It is these dynamic landscapes that led me to write my Master’s thesis on Alvar Aalto. I wondered about the role of the window in the way the architect designs a space in relation to the landscape. It is a research work that has been carried out exclusively from personal photographs. It is especially the analytical work on light ceilings that has played an important role in the development of my graduation project. As in the forest, light reveals space and arouses emotion. I also discovered young Finnish architects who also seem to attach particular importance to window work and the relationship to the landscape. The city is closely linked to the Finnish landscapes and its forests. We must take an example to create the cities of tomorrow. Master thesis Link: https://issuu.com/manon.servieres

City hall, Säynätsalo, Alvar Aalto, 1950

Library, Seinäjokï, Alvar Aalto, 1965

Aalto university, Espoo, Alvar Aalto, 1975

Amos Rex museum, Helsinki, JKMM, 2018

Chapel, Turku, SANAKSENAHO architects, 2004

Temppeliaukio church, Helsinki, Timo et Tuomo Suomalainen, 1969