Architecture Portfolio 2017 Sacha Moreau
HUB (International Competition in Architecture 2016 of the Jacques Rougerie Institute - Innovation and architecture for Space) Team: Sasha McKinlay, Sacha Moreau, Dan Innes Brief: To find a solution for architecture in Space. Design: As a response to the ever growing population and the exploration of Space as a result of environmental issues our team design a modular space community composed of HUBs. Each HUB would be designed as layers of use with openings in specific locations to maintain lighting. They would be serviced by an inner hollowed core which would house inter-galactic transport systems. Each HUB could be connected to another set of pods to create a large scale self-sufficient community travelling through space.
Berlin Award 2016 ‘Heimat in der Fremde’ Team: Dan Innes, Sasha McKinlay, Sacha Moreau Brief: Asolution for the Refugee Crisis of 2015. Design: A modular masterplan based on the vornoi mathematical system is reliant on community living. Housing is arranged around a crucial facility (hospital, supermarket etc.), allowing for a constant evolution according to the growth of population.
Chaise Longing Brief: I was asked to design a pavillion in the image of the chair ‘How High The Moon’ by Shiro Kuramta. Design: It inspires lightness and complexity. I used the hyperbolic paraboloid as a symbol of simplicity of its structure and its mathematical ingenuity in parally to the chair’s elegant structure and philosophical meaning.
Connections Team: Barney Salsby, Madeleine Welham, Gabriella Oxford, Sacha Moreau, Sarah Linell, Ben Ottman, Shuoqi Wang Brief: A habtiable bridge in the London borough of Poplar, where the river divides the area into a residential and industrial area that has undergone a strong political divide. Design: Our solution aimed to connect to the two sides by linking the area to its boxing culture. The project aimed to revisit the nature of boxing as an elegant sport and making people discover the borough for its true qualities by creating a beacon of hope in Poplar.
Infant School Brief: On the University of Bath Campus, I was asked to develop a 6 classroom infant school inspired from the context of the University. Design: I chose to offer a fun and secure open space with a powerful enironmentally friendly design using hemp-crete and reclaimed timber.
Boathouse Brief: I was asked to design a boathouse/coastgaurd centre on the docks of Bristol, UK. Design: Rooted into its industrial context, it is derived off the typology of the scandinavian Boathouse. The Cladding is charred timber, and a CLT and GFRC structure.
Camera Laterizia Brief: To design a home for a photographer working from home. Design: A home for Patrick Demarchelier. The site is set the in the British countryside where I explored the qualities of light and relationship to materials like brick, glass brick and concrete.
Open-Closed Brief: Located on the University of Bath campus, the brief required a openable and closable kiosk, that would allow for various uses. Design: I interpreted the brutalist aesthetic of the campus and its orthogonal geometry to create a simple elegant solution.