NATHALIE JOLIVERT PORTFOLIO
NATHALIE JOLIVERT PORTFOLIO TABLE OF CONTENTS ARCHITECTURE 1- Pixelating Bamboo- Architectural Association Visiting School.......................... page 3 2- Saint Margaret Convent in Haïti- Studio Drum Collaborative............................ page 9 3- Ecole Elie Dubois- Architecture for Humanity ...................................................... page 15 4- Building Local in Colombia- Bamboo design-build workshop........................ page 20 5- Davis Park Pavilion- RISD project............................................................................ page 23 6- Bamboo Eco-Touristic Center in la Guajira, Colombia- RISD project .............. page 26 MIXED-MEDIA 1- Curiosités Urbaines, Solo Exhibition in Haiti.......................................................... page 31 2- Carnet de Voyages.................................................................................................... page 32 3- Brand Design Projects............................................................................................... page 33 4- Roof-Top Flyers in New York City............................................................................ page 35 5- Swiss Embassy Mural in Haiti....................................................................................page 36 6- Roots of Development Tapestry for the USAID.................................................... page 38
Pixelating Bamboo Location: Kenscoff, Haïti Type: Experimental . Pavilion Design Year: 2014 Inspired by late Victor A. Wynne’s adobe block compressor which has remained intact on the site we were given, me and my team-mate, Jean-Eddy Samedi, student at Universite de Quisqueya, explored ways to work with earth-blocks and bamboo blocks to design a simple pavilion. About the AA Haiti Visiting School: An intensive workshop in experimental architectural design contextualized for the climate, culture and materiality of Haiti. Through speculative proposals which integrate bamboo, the aim is to create a vision for a lightweight contemporary Haitian built environment.
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Student Presentations during the workshop
PLAN VIEW
CONTEXT
INTERIOR VIEW
Saint-Margaret Convent Location: Port-au-Prince, Haïti Type: Residential - Post-Earthquake 2010 Reconstruction Year: 2014 Established in 1927, Saint-Margaret’s Convent provides a safe environment for the nuns of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti to carry out their services. Located in the heart of downtown Port-au-Prince, the convent’s facilities were destroyed during the 2010 earthquake. As the lead architect for this project at Studio Drum Collaborative, I was tasked to design a new ten-bedroom building in which the nuns could seamlessly carry out their daily rites. Nestled in dense vegetation, the convent’s new designs will preserve the sanctuarial atmosphere of the nuns’ religious immersion. In addition to residential units for the nuns, the amenities in Saint-Margaret’s Convent will include a private chapel, office rooms and common spaces for visitors.
URBAN CONTEXT
EXPLORATORY SKETCHES AND MODELS
SAINT-MARGARET SITE WITHIN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH CAMPUS-BLOCK
Holy-Trinity Cathedral Site
MAIN FAÇADE
Rue Montalais
FIRST FLOOR PLAN with Central Chapel and common rooms
SECOND FLOOR PLAN with dormitories and central terrace
ROOF PLAN with canvas roof structure over balconies and open-air walkway
École Élie Dubois Location: Port-au-Prince, Haïti Type: Architectural Renovation- Post-Earthquake 2010 Year: 2014 École Élie Dubois is an all girls secondary school located in the historic district of Port-au-Prince, a few blocks fromt the National Palace. Established in 1913 by the Community of the Daughters of Mary, École Élie Dubois began as a vocational boarding school. The school currently offers the standard Baccalaureate curriculum as well as professional skills and vocational training courses for embroidery, fashion, and decorative arts. The original historic classroom building, which faces the main entrance on Rue du Centre, will undergo a complete renovation. The restoration work on this historic campus is supported by the Barefoot Foundation, Fondation CINA, Students Rebuild with the Bezos family Foundation and Interamerican Development Bank (IDB). As an architectrual consultant for Architecture for Humanity, I cordinated the architectural and structural team to produce the Construction Documents for the rehabilitation of Ecole Elie Dubois.
Interior view of top floor prior renovation process
Mansard Roof under reconstruction
This project consisted in a close documentation of existing conditions, including that of a century old mansard roof that had to be entirely rebuilt
A concrete balcony added to the East Faรงade of the building in the 1970s had to be demolished as well because it caused damage to the original building during the earthquake of 2010
This balcony was to be replaced with a light-weight metal balcony with exterior staircases as second means of egress in case of another earthquake.
Building Local in Colombia Location: Valley of Cocora, Colombia Type: Design-Build with Guadua Bamboo Year: 2015 Building Local was a workshop that consisted in building a kiosk with the use of Guadua Bamboo in the Valley of Cocora, coffee region of Colombia. This workshop was organized by a Colombian architect and urbanist who previously led the housing projects of Morne Hercule and Morne Lazarre with UNOPS in Haiti, in which she has convinced the Haitian government to start using bamboo in the design of its housing projects post-earthquake. I attended the Building Local workshop along with two other Haitian colleagues whom I encouraged to sign-up in the longer goals of a stronger South-South cooperation between Haiti and Colombia in the bamboo industry. For more information on the workshop: www.buildinglocal.wordpress.com
A few team members standing on the kiosk’s rooftop
Preparing door panels with flattened out bamboo strips
The finished door panels
Field-trip to the ZERI Pavilion designed by Simon Velez
During the Building Local workshop, we experienced with various Bamboo applications under the guidance of local architects and builders. We also benefitted from guest lecturers, and visited important bamboo constructions, such as the ZERI pavillion designed by the well-renown Colombian architect Simon Velez.
The Kiosk, final product of the 15 day long Building Local Workshop 2015
Davis Park Pavilion Location: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Design-Build , Community Project Year: 2008 The Architectural Design Principles Studio at RISD starts with a collaborative design-build exercise. For this project we were assigned to design a structure which could provide seating or shading in Davis Park, a public park located in Providence. The only construction materials allowed were wood members and rope. In our group, our goal was to be economical, and our design approach was to merge the art of weaving with space structure methods, for the design of a dynamic piece. In our final proposal, the interweaving of wood and rope allowed for the assembly of a sculptural pavilion through which people could walk safely. Although our project did not provide as much shading as we hoped, it challenged us to learn about innovative design solutions, strength of materials, structure and the power of connection details.
Sketch models and construction process
Final product and the team
Bamboo Eco-Touristic Center Location: La Guajira, Colombia Type: Commercial Year: 2010 This project received the First Prize in the Gensler National Diversity Award in 2011 The RISD studio, Principles of Ecological Design, was a collaboration with the architecture students at the Autonomous University of the Caribbean in Colombia. This Colombian school had been engaged by the Wayuu, an indigenous tribe, to help expand their village with the addition of a school, a clinic and commercial center. My proposal focuses on a tourist-accessible commercial center and is reminiscent of a traditional Wayuu structure, the enramada. There are no walls in the enramada. In this open space, the Wayuu welcome guests, weave and take naps in chichorros (hammocks). This commercial center is also designed to allow interaction, between the local and global communitites. Women would sell their woven goods in small enramadas situated around a central communal eating space, where tourists enjoy Wayuu cuisine. An interweaving of different cultures would be fostered through mutual benefits.
RAIN-WATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM
Detail Drawing of Bamboo Connections inspired by Indigeous Colombian knotting practices
Elevation of the Communal Restaurant
Work produced for CuriositĂŠs Urbaines
MIXED MEDIA This section contains various projects I worked on as a Freelance Designer and Painter. MIXED-MEDIA 1- CuriositĂŠs Urbaines, Solo Exhibition in Haiti......................................................... page 31 2- Carnet de Voyages................................................................................................... page 32 3- Brand Design Projects.............................................................................................. page 33 4- Roof-Top Flyers in New York City............................................................................ page 35 5- Swiss Embassy Mural in Haiti................................................................................... page 36 6- Roots of Development Tapestry for the USAID................................................... page 38
CURIOSITÉS URBAINES Solo Exhibition in Port-au-Prince, Haïti | 2016
I organized a Solo Exhibition which theme “Curiosités Urbaines” explored the urban landscape of Haiti. The black and white paintings depicted everyday scenes of the chaotic urban life of Port-au-Prince, and played with expressions commonly painted on the “tap-taps”, colorful privately-owned public automobiles. The exhibition took place in Port-au-Prince and was well received by visitors and the local press. 20% of profits went to the largest pediatrician hospital in Haiti: Hospital Saint-Damien, Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs.
CARNET DE VOYAGES Self-published art-book | 2015
Self-published book of illustrations depicting the immigrant’s experience and the contrast of journey between those who have the power to travel comfortably versus those who travel in the desperate need to escape hardships in their country of origin. The dark figures throughout the zine are inspired by the cut metal artwork of Haiti. Preface by historian Winter Schneider. Carnet de Voyages was exhibited at Yale University during the Odds and Ends Art Book Fair in December 2015.
BRAND DESIGN Select Logo Designs for Various Clients
Logo Design for “Fondasyon Banbou” an upcoming organization bringing together various actors in the bamboo industry of Haïti www.fondasyonbanbou.wordpress.org
Logo Design for “BAWOSYA Cooperative” a hand-made paper company based in Haiti - new initiative of the organization “Haiti Partners” www.haitipartners.org
Logo Design for “AYITATTOO” temporary tattoo design company inspired by the Haitian culture: www.ayitattoo.ht
BRAND DESIGN Ayitattoo illustrations for temporary tattoos inspired by Haitian Culture
First set of illustrations and logo design for AYITATTOO a temporary tattoo business inspired by Haitian culture. The tattoos depict images of: * Haïti, written in the style of the lettering found on Tap-Taps * Erzulie, the Goddess of Love in Haitian Vaudou * The Palm Tree, symbol of freedom in Haiti * Tèt Chaje, common Kreyòl expression of an “explosive mind” * The Tap-Tap, colorful privately owned public automobile
THE ROOFTOP FLYERS Proposal submitted to the 14 x 48 organization which goal is to exhibit artwork on vacant Billboards in New York City | 2016
This illustration draws inspiration from the subculture of rooftop pigeon herders in New York. Two summers ago, I was working with a few artists and we were hanging out on their rooftop in Brooklyn, when around 5pm, we witnessed a swarm of pigeons fly out from a rooftop in what looked like a well-studied choreography. The oldest artist, who has lived in NY all his life, explained to us that this was a game that the residents in the area played. They inherited this tradition from European immigrants and appropriated it in Brooklyn. “Pigeons are social animals”, the artist explained. The owners who lose their pigeons to their neighbors’ flocks will later have to pay a sum to get them back. It was a nice evening in Brooklyn and it was quite calming for us to see the pigeons fly out from each rooftop and eventually group with each other. With summer, the season of rooftop gatherings is upon us. And with it the tradition of pigeon-herding. However, with the city expanding and the number of high-rise buildings soaring, I wonder what impact this may have on this age-old cherished tradition above ground, and what it ultimately means in the context of human-scale interactions, the animals and nature that have to co-habit.
MORNES ET MONTAGNES Acrylic Painting - 6’x12’ - Winning artwork in a National Competition organized by the Swiss Embassy in Haiti | 2014
MORNES ET MONTAGNES Sketches and Research Process
In this painting, the goal was to celebrate different aspects of the Haitian and Swiss culture. “Mornes et Montagnes” written in the similar fonts found on the tap-taps [public buses of Haiti]refers to the mountains of both Haiti and Switzerland. In Haiti, mountains are often referred to as “Mòn” which in creole is derived from the french word “Mornes”. Switzerland mostly gets involved in agricultural projects in Haiti and thus, on the left, a mango tree seems to bear fruit as the sun shines light on Haiti behind the Swiss Alps. The Eidelweiss flower also grows on the Haitian side and on the Swiss Alps the symbols of the Vaudou god of crossroads “Papa Legba” are drawn on the ground. The sunrays circle is continued with the long horns of the Swiss Alps folkloric musical tradition. Finally, the Hispaniolan Trogon, endangered national bird of Haiti is also illustrated in the mango tree.
ROOTS OF DEVELOPMENT Hand-Sown Tapestry and Acrylic Painting - 9’x16’ - RISD x USAID Artist in Residency Program | 2014
ROOTS OF DEVELOPMENT Art Research and Workshops in Bangladesh and Malawi - RISD x USAID Artist in Residency Program | 2014
Upon my art research on the overlap between the sectors of development and human virtues, conducted over a series of collaborative sessions at the Chancellor’s College of Malawi and Dhaka University, I developed an allegory of development and virtue. The tapestry here uses a metaphorical visual language to illustrate the interconnectedness of the development pillars of Climate Change, Water and Sanitation, Infrastructure, along with the related virtues: Respect, Dignity, Compassion, Justice, Love, Patience, and Courage. The relationships between the “sectors” and the virtues are motivated by conversations with members of poor communities in Malawi, Bangladesh, and Haïti; as well as exchanges with the students in Malawi and Bangladesh, and mission officers of USAID in those countires, who helped illuminate the challenges of international development, and reflected personally on the virtues inherent in that work. Haiti is evoked by the presence of the endangered red-breasted Hispaniolan Trogon, a national symbol of hope and resilience, but also of fragility and challenge.
THANK YOU! Nathalie Jolivert Contact Information: jolivertnathalie@gmail.com www.jolivert.com 114-0 224 Street, Cambria Heigths New York, NY 11411