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LUCAS MEZIERE

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meziere.arch@gmail.com

+33611244590

A boundless curiosity has fueled my career until now, leading me first to extend my studies across multiple countries and universities which echoed my interests and values; and second to working philosophies that shattered the traditional boundaries of the architecture discipline.

In this portfolio, I selected the projects that reflect the mostmyvaluesandmyfieldsof interestsuchasecology,materiality and playfulness. My Master’s track exposes the balance of my work between research by sketching and hands-on design rooted in material and details. These few projects are infused with my most intimate wish: use the project to bring dignity and meaning to the life of people, and restore harmony between humans and the rest of nature.

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Lucas MEZIERE, 25 Architect
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PROFESSIONALACADEMIC

2020 - 2023

Master’s degree in Architecture

Cum Laude

Delft University of Technology

Delft, Netherlands

2019 - 2020 (1 year)

Architecture internship

MC Concept / Christian Valadas Architects

Toulouse, France

2018 (2 months)

2016 - 2019

Bachelor degree in Architecture

National Superior School of Architecture

Grenoble, France

3rd year study exchange at Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism

Montevideo, Uruguay

Waiter

Aquaculture et Degustation Jaouen

Saint-Philibert (Morbihan), France

2017 (1 month)

First-hand internship

Nicolas Braillon Architect

Belleville s/ Saône (Rhône), France

2016 (2 months)

2015 - 2016

Peparatory class

Math, physics and engineering

CPGE Pierre de Fermat

Toulouse, France

2012 - 2015

High school diploma

Scientific, TB rating

International French High School

Bangkok, Thailand

Oyster aquaculture worker

Aquaculture et Degustation Jaouen

Saint-Philibert (Morbihan), France

2015 (2 months)

Camp counsellor

Fais tes Vancances

Doucy-Combelouvieres (Hautes-Alpes), France

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Dif-Use

Miscellaneous

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The Elbe Archive Garden East London Earth Mill
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East London Earth Mill

Boosting soil: infrastructure of post-human urbanisation

Graduation project, 2022-23

Architectural Design Crossovers, TuDelft (ADC-Edu-BK@tudelft.nl)

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This project is part of the research I conducted for my graduation. It illustrates what post-human infrastructure could mean, and what kind of architecture would host it.

Focusing on soil, the architectural intervention intersects “human” and “nonhuman” ecologies in a synergetic way; it showcases an example of how a local intervention can have a significant impact on a territorial scale.

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Domestic disposal Collect food waste 2760kg per week Preliminary sorting Tumble siever Preliminary mixing Dry mixer Active process 2-3 weeks Curating - storage 5-6 weeks Distribution (local / export) 2200 kg per week Sugar house island 2640 people
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The earth mill harnesses the digestive power of the soil ecosystem to change waste into a virtuous resource: compost.
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The educative garden and plant nursery on the roof of the compost making facility

low fired mud tiles rammed earth blocks 45cm reinforced concrete belt 45x45cm

clay plaster 1cm compressed earth bricks 12cm

OSB panel 2cm compressed earth bricks 12cm

OSB panel 2cm air ventilation gap 2cm rammed earth blocks 45cm

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A great attention was given to tectonics in relation to materiality.

The strucural principle of crenelated walls achieves the retaining strength needed for the underground levels, and accentuates mass aspect.

The walls are made from prefabricated rammed earth blocks casted on-site with the escavated ground.

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Structural principle fragment
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The building opens up to create patios, light showers, and natural slopes of terrain in the underground soil museum.

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The Elbe Archive Garden

Semester 7, 2021-2022

Architectural Design Crossovers, TuDelft (ADC-Edu-BK@tudelft.nl)

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River/land system coding

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Wild - tidal freshwater wetlands

Soft barrier

Soft embakment

Successive dykes and beaches

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Water lock

Elbe River HAMBURG
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Soft barrier Hard barrier Controlled influx

Intervention

The project works on the constructed border between river and land and proposes a local expansion of that border. This provides the public with a direct contact to the river in the heart of the city, and gives the river’s tidal ecosystem a pocket to flourish.

Natural bank
Successive dikes SITE
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Between landscape, building and infrastructure, the architecture shelters a pocket of river and wraps around it.

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Library Research center 1 2 3 1 3 2 16
Multi-purpose public hall

I developped a grasshopper program to easily adjust the shape of the roof’s “waves”, following the horizontal direction curves.

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DIF-USO

7-story building with variable program

Semester 6, 2019

Studio DANZA PEA, FADU Montevideo (pea@tallerdanza.com)

Team (2)

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DIF-USE building

In this studio, we worked on a project’s adaptability to multiple programs. The building had to be able to host an office program or a dwelling program (or both). Ensuring its resilience in the economy of a morphing city context.

Two strong intentions guided us while confronting the project to the demands of a developing area :

- High flexibility of use

- Quality shared outdoor spaces

Benefiting from the lot altimetry, shared terraces and balconies offer a panoramic view of the city and harbor.

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Continuous outdoor space Shared balcony / Connects with horizontal distribution Vertical distribution Private terrace Vertical distribution Service block Parking entrance
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Exterior
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Parametric shading device

85 % 70 % 55 % 40% 25 % Façade total sun energy received per m² Streetside facades SOUTH EAST NORTHWESTSOUTH EAST Patio facades Shading pannels perforation ratios threshold values
the grasshoper program
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MISCELLANEOUS

Model making

Competitions

Experimental

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Framework and shell + lightwork 2016 + 2019
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Research model 2023 23
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Competition Kaira Looro 2020 24
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mation of how Space , Subjects limited impact on the space

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Alter, bloom, coexist Theory of Architecture 2020 ALTER, BLOOM, COEXIST Lucas Mézière Juulia Jääskeläinen Rafailia Eirini Giannoudi 5402514 5397499 5161053 Our domestic habitats usually consist of generic, rigid spaces. You are given a space – it is what it is – conform to it. In a shared living context, this rigidity becomes problematic. Turning our gaze towards the attributes comprising the communal spaces, we extracted information of how Space produces Subject. However, Subjects have a very limited impact on the space they live in, how could that be empowered further? WhatifSpacewastemporalandgradual, capable of changing and blooming, reflecting the dynamics between the individuals and the collective? These speculations were explored through the case study of a typical Dutch townhouse, in order to experiment with a variety of technicities, on how the Subjects could temporally alter their individual cells and generate a unique culture of collective habitat.
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