SAMUEL DE LANGE
Strasbourg National School of Architecture
M.ARCH GRADUATE PORTFOLIO
selected works 2021-2024
“Our
thoughts are the decorations inside the sanctuary where we live” - A. W. Tozer
About me
As a recent graduate and youngprofessional I look fondly on my diverse multicultural background. Having lived in Turkey, South Africa and France, this experience has given me a desire to expand my interest in other cultures and languages. Integrating a new culture is an ever rewarding challenge. As such I strive to be honest and hardworking, utilising my linguistic skillset to build lasting relationships and showing my reliability in professional settings.
Born From Birth
Mersin, Turkey
Pretoria, South Africa
23 April 1999
Contact
samuel@studiosdl.fr
(+33) 06 64 55 16 69
Strasbourg 67000 France
studiosdl.fr
SAMUEL DE LANGE
Education
Master of Architecture M.Arch
Strasbourg National School of Architecture
Strasbourg, France
Bachelor of Architecture B.Arch
Strasbourg National School of Architecture
Strasbourg, France
French Baccalauréat - High School Diploma
Parc des Loges High School
Evry, France
Experience
French Red Cross / Collaborative Design Studio Paris, France Sept
In collaboration with the French Red Cross and the ENSAS school of architecture. Myself and a group of co-students were comissioned to partake in a semester of designing projects for the use of the Red Cross varying in scale and necessities.
M.Arch Graduate Young Professional English
Afrikaans
K&+ Architecture Globale / Intern Strasbourg, France
A two month summer internship in Strasbourg’s largest architecture practice. Responsibilities and tasks ranging from admistrative to creative input and competitions.
KRVIA Mumbai / Collaborative Design Studio
Mumbai, India
Sept 2022 - Jan 2023
In collaboration with Mumbai’s KRVIA architecture institute, a semester was dedicated to imagining Mumbai’s city scape fifty years in the future. Exchanges with local students and professors were organised as well as a first hand experience in the slums of the city.
Logos Hope Vessel / Chef’s Assistant & Galley Catering Services Manager Bahamas, St Lucia, Sierra Leone, Ghana.
A six month journey aboard the Logos Hope humanitarian aid vessel and the worlds largest bookshop lead to the west coast of Africa. Aboard the ship, my tasks as chef’s assistant were to insure the 300 crew members received three meals a day. As well as hosting events for local authorities visiting the bookshop.
N01 Architecture / Intern Strasbourg, France
First one month experience in an architecture practice, responsibilities ranging from creating compelling images for building projects and sketching initial designs.
GD Irons South Africa / Assistant Quantity Surveyor Pretoria, South Africa
First on-site experience of a large scale construction project. During a month responsibilities ranged from assisting the head QS in quantifying building materials to various practical tasks on site.
Skills
Archicad Rhino Sketchup Software Lumion
Adobe Suite Revit
Autocad Microsoft Suite
Video/Photo Editing
Video/Photo Editing
Practical
Graphic Design Relational Skills
Translation Communication
Adaptability Leadership Focus
Task Focused
Relatability
Time Management
LANDBACH
Strasbourg, Rhine Industrial Complex
Land + Bach
Soil + Water
On the banks of the river Rhine an old industrial complex became the focus of a new living district.
Strasbourg’s focus on ecological transition in recent years has questionned the use of previously poluted sites such as these.
One walkway to connect a whole district.
COMPLEX DENSITIES
Girgaon, Mumbai KRVIA Partnership
In the shadow of the highrise lies millions of independant lives. How will Mumbai respond to it’s rising population and increasing social inequalities?
I was confronted to the reality of these inequalities, with a first hand experience in this urban jungle of a city. Collaborating with the KRVIA institue and with fellow students. Our aim was to quantify the current density of the city and bring a sustainable long term solution for it’s ever growing urban plan.
The use of software such as Rhino with Grasshopper were essential to create the parameteres of research and excecution of the design proposal.
A parametric approach to urbanism.
An urban walkway is born.
A sustainable urbanism?
Girgaon Today
The highrise boom
WAGON - SOUK
Strasbourg, timber apartments.
Constructing residential complexes with timber is on the rise. Wagon-Souk aims to bring to life residential needs and sustainable construction.
Exploring the grid of timber buildings and the questions of materials to bring a cohesive design proposal.
Nestled behind Strasbourg’s central railway
PLAN RDC
PLAN RDC
SAMUEL DE LANGE LOGEMENT
PLAN ÉTAGE
ÉLÉVATION OUEST
ÉLÉVATION OUEST COUPE TRANSVERSALE
PLAN RDC
COUPE TRANSVERSALE
ÉLÉVATION OUEST CRÈCHE ASSOCIATION
1. Solivage toiture bois 180x50mm 2. Isolation laine minérale 180mm 3. Gouttière
Poutre bois massif 150x300mm 5. Pare-Pluie toiture
Faux-Plafond fixe avec laine minérale
Platelage bois
Bardage bois vertical
Isolation contour de poutre
Store textile déroulant
Baie coulissante bois IV 68 2.6x2.7m
Parquet contrecollé 100mm
Isolation laine de bois 300mm
Sous-Plafond plaque de plâtre
Fenêtre bois IV 68 1x1.5m
Poteau bois massif 150x150mm
Finition extérieur béton coulé 18. Joint de compression
Isolant
Mur béton coulé
Remblai
Pare-Vapeur
Mur à ossature bois intérieur
Façade à ossature bois
CARE DESIGN
Paris, innovative solutions studio.
How do architects collaborate with NGOs?
Care Design studio aimed to answer this question as we explored multiple facets of the French Red Cross.
With our goal of bringing to life a modular shelter solution that can be deployed under multiple use cases.
During this studio, the Red Cross volunteers and heads communicated their needs as we created our proposal.
Manual assembly and 1:1 scale experimentation
Temporary shelter solutions in perspective.
RESTORING ÖREN
Turkey, post-disaster case study in eastern anatolia, master’s final jury.
What is the role of an architect in disaster response?
This question guided the integral thought process of a research-based project presented on the 25th of September 2024. An exploration of my heritage in Turkey and a realisation of the difficulties faced in reconstructing post-disaster.
Earthquakes since 1990 :
6 February 2023 quake mapped :
Housing reimagined
ILLUSTRATIONS
collection of freehand sketches
Architecture back to the roots is the ability to draw and express pen to paper. This dimension will always remain.
contact me
samuel@studiosdl.fr