PORTFOLIO Architecture - Michael Casares 2011 2017
‘‘I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.’’ Le Corbusier
Michael Casares birth: 30/09/1991 nationality: Spanish
2A, chemin des Pontets 1297 Founex, VD, Suisse +4179 207 03 06 michael.casarescascales@epfl.ch http://michaelcasares.tumblr.com
EXPERIENCE aug-feb 2016
NORD Architects, Copenhagen Internship - duration 6 months
feb-july 2016
STUDIES 2016 - today
CCHE Nyon, Switzerland Internship - duration 6 months Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Suisse Master of Architecture
2011 - 2015
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Suisse Bachelor of Architecture
2009 - 2011
Université de Genève, Suisse Faculty of Medicine
2006 - 2009
Ecole Moser, Nyon, Suisse Federal Maturity, Specific Option: Biology-Chemistry
COMPETENCES programs
AutoCAD, Photoshop, Indesign, Google Sketchup, Rhino3D, Archicad, Illustrator
languages
French, Spanish
bilingual
English good knowledge German school knowledge
AWARDS 2014
2015
UPIAV (Union patronale des ingénieurs et des architectes vaudois) a prize to reward a 2nd year student of the department of architecture for the best project in the studios. BCV (Banque Cantonale Vaudoise) a prize to reward a 3rd year student of the department of architecture for the best project in the studios.
SUMMARY
MASTER RAMMED EARTH - SITTERWERK TROUBLE WITH CALSSICISTS
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INTERNSHIP OFFICE BUILDING - CARLSBERG VILLAGE ALZHEIMER - DAX LA COMBE - NYON SEIC OFFICE - GLAND
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BACHELOR DAS ROTE WIEN - WIENERHOFE UNDERGROUND ARCHITECTURE
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PERSONAL WORK DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATIONS
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MASTER
RAMMED EARTH SITTERWERK
MASTER 2 | 2017 professor : Roger Boltshauser site : Sittertal - Sittererk - St. Gallen program : art pavilion
Part of the future planning for the Sittertal site are the establishment of temporary exhibits, studio and workspaces for art workshops, as well as sleeping facilities for artists, students and staff. During the course of the semester we will be checking space densification options of the entire site for the newly required premises and a vision is to be developed in the form of a master plan. In addition to the large-scale studies the focus will shift during the course of the semester to the specific design of a pavilion which will then be realised on a one-to-one scale during the spring school session. A new awareness and way of thinking in dealing with ending resources lets us explore within this semes- ter the various characteristics of the material earth. We have designed a pavilion for the artist Ugo Rondinone. The pavilion is made out of rammed earth vertical modules tightened together with cables. We propose a new system of modules of rammed earth and steel. 6
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MASTER 1 | 2016
Piazza Roma, Brugherio, Italy
professor : Kersten Geers site : Milano program : commons
With the cloister as a model we can propose a series of cells around a courtyard. We have then used the caravansérail as a type.
Senior’s Garde
For us, the courtyard is as important as the building itself. In this project, the courtyard is not a simple formal answer of the type we’ve chosen. This courtyard is indeed the living room of the project. We propose 3 typologies of apartments: solo, couple and shared apartment for 3 or 4 friends. The couples and shared apartment are located upstairs because they are more independent and autonomous. In he ground floor, in direct link with the courtyard we can find the solo typology and some care facilities as well. Each typology has a small living room that works as a private seuil or they can be extant to the generous corridor when people have visits. In order to offer the possibility to have a big shared living room in the garden we have covered the covered with a glass roof supported by a metallic structural grid. The courtyard becomes a covered park, like a greenhouse. The atmosphere is completely different from the exterior park. Senior’s Garden
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Senior’s Garden
The project, with this covered courtyard as a senior’s garden is thought more like a home and less like a hospital.
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INTERNSHIP
OFFICE BUILDING CARLSBERG
FEBRUARY - JULY 2016 ornamental brick facade This project is located on the site of the old Carlsberg factory. The facades are in brick modules in order to respect the architectural language of the historic buildings of Carlsberg.
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VILLAGE ALZHEIMER DAX
FEBRUARY - JULY 2016 drawings of the facades Village Alzheimer in Dax, France. Competition won. Realization of an innovative accommodation suitable for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. This project involves the care of 120 dependent people for activities of daily living and affected by Alzheimer’s disease, or related disease.
LA COMBE NYON
AUGUST - FEBRUARY 2016 renovation of the facades The shopping mall ‘‘La Combe’’ in Nyon, Switzerland needs to renovate its facades. The project was to propose a new design which respect the comfort norms of today.
1521_La Combe Façades NORD 1:200 18.08.2016
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SEIC OFFICE GLAND
AUGUST - FEBRUARY 2016 office program inside an old factory An electricity compagny wanted to place their new offices inside an old metal factory in Gland, Switzerland. They asked for plans of the office and some interior drawings in order to understand the materiality and atmosphere of these new spaces.
BACHELOR
DAS ROTE WIEN WIENERHOFE
BACHELOR 3 | 2014-2015 professor : Luca Ortelli site : Wien program : housing
This project has evolved with the aim to create a forest in the Hof‘s courtyard. The idea is that the building enter into a dialogue with the forest. In other words, the image of the tree trunk would be transcribed in the facade by an ornementation. This forest provides an unexpected space in the middle of the urban tissue and offers various spaces for the residents of the building. The desire to produce a viennese building allowed me to develop my interest in the thematic of the coating in architecture. Indeed, Vienna is marked by Wagner’s teaching who had studied Semper. The forest, symbolized in the courtyard, is transposed onto the facade. The pattern is then made of oak leaves and acorns. The oak tree is predominant in Viennese forests.
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UNDERGROUND ARCHITECTURE
BACHELOR 2 | 2013-2014 professor : Dominique Perrault site : EPFL program : spiritual space
This underground project consists of a silent main space dedicated to the rest of the spirit. We also find places favoring the sharing and the exchange such as a lounge, a coffee and an outside park. The whole project allows a readable and adapted circulation in the various routes of the campus. We have defines the depth of our spaces according to their degree of intimacy. Therefore, the more a program is intimate, the more it will be taken away from the surface, preventing any outside nuisances to obtain a quiet absolute. Given that the project is located in a student campus, a place of knowledge but also of stress, we looked for a certain level of comfort and also tried to reduce the nuisances as much as possible.
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PERSONAL WORK
PERSONAL WORK DRAWINGS
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PERSONAL WORK ILLUSTRATIONS
Although I stopped my medical studies, I try to keep involved in the various events organized by the students of the Faculty of Medicine. When there is a medical event my doctors friends contact me to make posters, flyers, illustrations or designs on t-shirt. On the next page there is a small selection of my work for the AEMG (Association des Etudiants en Médecine de Genève). The first poster is designed for the ‘‘Hôpital des nounours’’ of Geneva. This event helps to educate children to the medical world by games with their own toys. The second picture highlights the practice of general practitioners. The goal is to raise awareness that primary health is a specialization of the medical profession. The last one is a design printed on a gourd. These gourds are then distributed during an event of prevention against melanoma. 26
Michael Casares 2A, chemin des Pontets 1297 Founex, VD, Suisse +4179 207 03 06 michael.casarescascales@epfl.ch http://michaelcasares.tumblr.com