SIMON DESIMPELAERE PORTFOLIO
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
SIMON DESIMPELAERE
2014 - 2019
Age Nationality
Variety in student jobs over the years, especially during summer breaks. Construction assistant for PERI. Standbuilder for Tailormate on Belgian festivals. Shop assistant at Utopolis, cinema.
22 Belgian
EDUCATION 2014 - 2017
2014 - 2018
Bachelor’s degree program in ‘Architecture’ at the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium with a cum laude.
Youth movement leader for around four years, inventing and organising activities for an audience of different ages where leadership and taking responsibility were key elements.
2017 Master’s degree exhange program in ‘Architecture and Urban Design’ at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, AHO, Oslo, Norway. 2017 - 2019 Master’s degree program in ‘International Master of Architecture and Urban Planning’ at the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium with summa cum laude.
LANGUAGE SKILLS Dutch English French
native language advanced (C1) regular (B1)
2018 Foundation of Kreate. A 3D-printing start-up offering custom services and knowledges with the main goal of providing sustainable and qualitative (architectural) models and products. kreate3d.be
SOFTWARE SKILLS Vectorworks Renderworks SketchUp Photoshop InDesign Illustrator Microsoft Office UltiMaker Cura Trotec Final Cut Pro Physical models
ARCHITECTURAL PRIZES EUROPAN NORWAY’S STUDENT PRIZE WINNER During my exhange at AHO in 2017 I won the Europan Norway’s Student Prize and was nominated for the Europan Europe Student Prize. DOCEXDOCE 2019 Honourable mention for the 12 hours during European Competition for Architecture Students. YTAA 2019 NOMINATION KU Leuven nominated my master graduation project for the Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA) 2019.
CONTACT Email simon.desimpelaere@gmail.com Phone +32 486 38 77 73 Curriculum Vitae Simon Desimpelaere
PERSONAL DETAILS
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ROOFSCAPES
2nd YEAR OF MASTER - 2019 HYPERTRANSFORMATIONS - KARACHI SUPERVISORS A. SADIQ, M. DE MAESENEER & C. NEWTON FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, BRUSSELS
The vulnerability of Karachi
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Karachi, a megacity with more than 23 million inhabitants. No other developing city in the world is growing and densifying as rapidly as Karachi. One of the biggest threats facing Pakistan, and especially Karachi because of it’s maritime location, is the possibility of climate change and its environmental impacts. These impacts are very likely to destabilize the city of Karachi, which is considered to be the
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economic backbone of the country. Every year Karachi suffers from flooding, droughts, extreme heat events and rising sea levels. For instance, dense cities such as Karachi are more susceptible to heat waves due to a phenomena known as the “Urban heat island effect”, which causes temperatures to be 5-8°C higher than on the countryside. The impact of the climate change will only get worse, year after
year. People are suffering and are in urgent need of sustainable solutions in the city. In addition to this, there is a growing need for safe collective spaces in the city. This pilot project aims to awaken a desire to work towards a sustainable community, focused on making life easier and safer for the residents, while providing solutions for the impacts of climate change.
AXONOMETRIC VIEW CLUSTER #1 BURNS ROAD - KARACHI
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Economical approach
Social approach
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Ecological approach
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Visual illustrating the ecological approach
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Visual illustrating the economical approach
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ECOLOGICAL APPROACH
SOCIAL APPR
The ecological approach in our proposal is seen as activity-based community projects based on green strategies. The activities that are proposed to be done collectively include urban farming through permaculture techniques, seeds and organic fertilizers, urban rainwater harvesting, composting and poultry farming on a small scale. In our project we especially focused on urban farming, it is the activity that contributes the most towards a self-sufficient community. The cultivated patches of soil on the rooftops offer freshly grown vegetables that can be consumed by local residents or can be sold to other clusters or local vegetable markets if there is a surplus.
“All houses have dev accomodating 2-3 ge people know each other
URBAN FARMING - ADVANTAGES ECOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES • • • • • • •
Could provide food & vegetables for local residents or sold to local markets Green has a cooling effect & offers insulation (evatranspiration – tackling down UHIE) Slows down water run-off during heavy rain, storms and cyclones. Cleans the air and store carbon Providing habitats for birds & insects Food security Provides ecosystem services
OPEN SPACES & THEIR USE Rooftops, courtyards and other such outdoor spaces within the houses are important for lightning, ventilation and relief purposes in the hot weather.
SOCIAL ADVANTAGES • • • • •
Creates social cohesion and reduces isolation and living costs Improves mental health Improves physical health through exercise Improved diet through an increase in fresh vegetables and fruits Appreciation of other cultures and their cuisines
Thus frequent usage and activity is observed in the area level park and it is well utilized.
Activity-based community projects based on green strategies
Of the population believed that the locality requires properly designed recreation spaces that cater to all age groups
The street as interface between private & public The narrow roads are used for small gatherings and functions - Children use the street in the evenings as a play space
URBAN FARMING - WOMEN of the households have no women working (women are 84% mostly home during the day and involved in daily chores) • Women are not found socializing during the day • 65% of urban farmers are women
Women can continue their daily chores (laundry) during the day but also do urban farming with other female residents to socialize with each other while the men are at work.
PERISHABLE LEAFY VEGETABLES
URBAN FARMING - DIFFERENT LOW-COST TECHNIQUES 1 INTENSIVE ORGANOPONICS
SYSTEM
Materials - Wood beams - Masonry blocks - Sail for shadow - Seeds - Soil
Complexity
2 URBAN FARMING + TREES Materials - 4 Wood palets - Soil - Seeds
Complexity
4 AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM Materials
- Wood slats - PVC tubes - Huge sail for shadow - Water reservoir - Intensive organoponics system
70% of the children with an age over 14 play on streets unsupervised 60% of the children with an age under 14 play in neighborhood playgrounds and parks
- Men use it to hang around - Women are not found socializing on the streets - Streets are often used for marriages ceremonies
Complexity
7% Of the residents say that they earned additional income through having a shop in
the house, renting a portion of the house or having tuitions and tailoring activities within their houses
3 HERB GARDEN
MEN
5 GREEN WALL Materials - Support structure - Soil - Seeds - Planter
Complexity
Lettuces, parsly, Broccolli, Brussels sprouts, Carrots, Celery, Onion, Patatoes,…
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Covering the city roofs with trees, as a process would take at least half a decade to reach fruition, but is essential for the city to prosper. Planting 15-20% of the same species is not ideal as in case of an outbreak of disease. Neem / Peepal / Barna / Gul Mohar / Acasia
These vegetable industries have short marketing chains with lower price differentials between farmers and consumers than longer chains.
In case of heavy winds, the trees can be provided by three steel wires to prevent from falling.
37% of the families have one working male member and 27% of the households have 2 working male members 40% - Private jobs
LOAD BEARING CAPACITY
URBAN RAINWATER HARVESTING
Teacher, maid, hospital staff, driver, laboratory in charge
31% - Labor Tailoring, embroidery, beautician
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(57% OF PO
A large percentage of the locality is occupi gives the area a sense of belonging and h values an
Materials Complexity - Oil barrels - Soil - Seeds
Heavy green elements such as tree planters need to be supported by metal beams (I-profiles). In this way the tree planters won’t damage the rooftops. The loads are transferred to the load bearing walls. The space in between the beams can be used for drainage frames, in this way the water can easily run-off.
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Over the next ten to fifteen years further exten
All the tree planters, flower planters and urban farming patches are elevated 15 cm in the air on masonry blocks. This to assure a fluent water run-off during heavy rain, storms or cyclones in the monsoon period. The water will be captured as much as possible in watertanks and be used for irrigation. These watertanks are located on the lowest rooftops of a cluster and should always be positioned in shadow.
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ECONOMICAL APPROACH
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LOCAL RESIDENTS Population density
8,5
Average families per plot
Average built up floors Average apartment floor size Typology groundfloor
Terracotta bricks
1100 people per hectare
Average household size
Lightweight modular system
3 Mostly extended families
Green Wall - Plastic bottles
Groundfloor +3 or +4 66m
Storage room
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Commercial / economical activities
€ Average income per household
Rs. 8000 - 87€
MEN GOING TO WORK 32% - Works within 2km of Burns Road
People not living in Burns Road
68% - Travel to get to and from work
They don’t have enough time for social interaction on week days
THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSES The condition of the houses
YEARS OLD
OPULATION)
s there would be a great demand for nsions of houses
ied by new communities. The older community history, whereas the new one brings in new nd aspiration
- Houses have streets on the front and back - Share a common wall with houses next door and stand as row houses - Most of the houses are designed around spill over spaces for different activities - All the houses are reinforced cement concrete structures: British-built yellow limestone buildings, interspersed with gray concrete blocks of mid 20thcentury brutalist architecture
WOMEN 84% of the households have no women working (women are mostly home during the day and involved in daily chores)
Economical activities
Extra restaurant place
RENTABLE ROOFTOP SPACE FOR ECONOMICAL ACTIVITIES The groundfloor of the houses in Burns Road is always used for economical activities such as vegetable stores, shops, motorcycle and shoe repair stores but especially restaurants selling traditional streetfood from Pakistan and India. Most of the time the shopowners do not live in the area of Burns Road. The local residents of a cluster can decide if they want to rent a piece of their rooftops to the shopowners that need more space to accomodate their economical activities, such as quiet and calm eating or waiting places with a nice view over the city. People are nowadays eating in the streets while heavy traffic is passing by. In this way, local residents of a cluster can make themselves financially stronger, they could see it as an extra income to expand and increase the quality the cluster.
Waiting area (drinking tea)
TERRACOTTA BRICK INDUSTRY With the arrival of the economical approach a new industry could be launched: terracotta brick industry for making the terracotta structures on the rooftops of a cluster. Every cluster will have two or more structures to house economical activities to have an extra income. The Indus river has the potential to provide the clay needed to produce the terracotta bricks that can be used for the structure on the rooftops.
EASY & LIGHTWEIGHT MODULAR SYSTEM
er 40 years old
MULTI-USE FURNITURE
30 years old
years old
DELHI WALLAHS - STREETFOOD The majority of the people in this middle class neighborhood are Mohajirs (refugees) who migrated from India (especially Delhi) after the independence of Pakistan. They call themselves Delhi Wallahs, the ‘Ones from Delhi’. Most of the shopowners in Burns Road are these Mohajirs from India serving their traditional streetfood from their home country.
Tables
Storage and seats
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Flexible walls
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UNITED STREETSCAPES
MASTER THESIS - 2019 STREETSCAPE TERRITORIES - NEW YORK SUPERVISOR KRIS SCHEERLINCK FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, BRUSSELS
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United Streetscapes Master Thesis - 2019
Streetscape territorities
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The main conceptual design proposal is to strive to cluster and interconnect the potential pockets of collectivity (NYC Parks & Playgrounds and POPS) in the proximity of the U.N. Headquarters in order to create a secondary lingering loop closure in expectation of the development of U.N. Esplanade in the next decades. At the same time, as previous spatial and functional research of the potential pockets of collectivity endorse, these spaces of collectivity need
to be rethought in order to response on the erosion of the already scarce public realm of NYC, the privatization and the overprogramming but should also contrast with the hyper-securitization of the U.N. Headquarters area. Rethought in a way that they allow and stimulate collective use and increase its vibrancy and vitality. On the other hand that they fortify the space for democratic practices, places where wide variety of people of different gender,
class, culture, and ethnicity peacefully.
nationality intermingle
This conceptual design proposal could be achieved by adding a new irregular layer to the urban streetscape that breaks with the ordinary street grid of New York City and carves its way through the existing urban fabric in order to interconnect and cluster the potential pockets of collectivity in the proximity of the U.N. HQ.
MANHATTAN WATERFRONT GREENWAY U.N. ESPLANADE WATERFRONT GAP NYC PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS POPS SECONDARY LINGERING CLOSURE LOOP
POPS
U.N.
U.N. ESPLANADE
POPS
NYC PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS
INTERCONNECTING CLUSTERING RETHINKING
GREENWAY WATERFRONT
GREENWAY WATERFRONT
POPS
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NYC PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS
Street grid
POPS
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SOCIAL UPGRADE OF COLLECTIVE SPACE
DYNAMIC COLLECTIVE SPACES - BARCELONA SUPERVISOR CECILIA CHIAPPINI FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, BRUSSELS
Infrastructural intervention to institutionalize informal waste collectors’ economy
Social Upgrade of Collective Space 1st year of Master - 2018
One of the most important issues Poblenou is dealing with is the permanent presence of informal waste collectors in the streetscape. They are dominating the streetscape with shopping carts searching for scrap metal, coper, paper for humiliating wages. Their future is rarely colorful and won’t change for the next several years. Other issues are the demolition of the old market in 2012 and the construction of the
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institutionalized Mercat D’Encants in the south of Glories Square. Only market vendors with enough money can effort highly priced market stands with the consequence that illegal street markets occur in and around Glories Square. Beside the demolition we also have the geological issue, the different land topography. The different heights become an interesting area to establish slum dwellings. Also, the development
of the 22@ District Poblenou is forming an issue. The 22@ Poblenou development is clearly defined of which areas will be developed in the near future, except the areas that are located next to the Iconic Edge. These plots of land are undefined and have no future plan, we call them ‘the grey zone’. A last issue is the growing amount of waste in cities. Where not only Barcelona is dealing with but many other large-scale cities.
Repair workrooms
Organiser - offices
Meeting rooms
Room where the employees get briefed
Restaurant Showers, changing room and lockers
Weightpoint
Area where the import is checked & weighed
Social housing
Second hand shop - recycled goods (scrap metal / coper / paper / cardboard)
Sorting area (scrap metal / coper / paper / cardboard)
Export goods (scrap metal / coper / paper / cardboard)
Restaurant / bar terrace
Exploded view structure S 1/250
Exploded axonometric of design proposal
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Recycle droppoint
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Elevation S 1/250
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Perspective section S 1/250
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The design proposal consists out of three phases. Each of them dealing with different issues mentioned above. In phase I, where the old existing infrastructure is kept, reused and refurbished, is tried to turn the informal economy of waste collectors into a formal economy. It became a waste collecting center for the informal waste collectors with the shopping carts. The scrap metal that is imported will be shipped or be repaired in therefor available workrooms. The repaired goods will be sold
in the last chain of the process: the second-hand stores that are located next to a vibrant and active boulevard that is accessible for every layer of the society. With the idea to bring people from different societies together. If phase I is successful, phase II is designed in that way both phases can be connected easily. Phase II has the intention to make an interesting plot for investors. Which is the main intention of this already almost industrialized area of Poblenou:
generating interesting areas for investors. The main idea of phase II is creating a circular economy. The infrastructure will provide a factory where bicycles can be made for the waste collectors with the shopping carts. In the beginning they will collect the scrap metal for a better mobile infrastructure in the future: bicycles with a storage box on the back. There is place to melt the metal, cast the parts and an assembling area where the bicycles will be produced.
Floorplan phase I
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Floorplan phase II
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1ST YEAR OF MASTER - 2017
CONTRA CITY
SUPERVISORS SISSEL GROMHOLT & MORITZ GROBA HIGH-DENSITY, CLIMATE-ADAPTED, URBAN HOUSING - FORNEBU, OSLO THE OSLO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, AHO, NORWAY
Contra City 1st year of Master - 2017
Group site model of Fornebu with solar energy analysis
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The high-density, climate-adapted, urban housing studio investigates available techniques to inform and design architecture and area developments with a sustainable ecological footprint. Based on an integrated reading of our natural and built environment, in this
studio we particularly explored the optimization of solar access to enhance energy harvesting and quality in high-density housing, using recent techniques of 3D printing and parametric design like Grasshopper. The deducted forms given by climatic data
has continuously been subject to qualitative and intuitive investigations. An idealistic and innovative approach is paired with a realistic scenario and a real site: Fornebu, an abandoned airfield within the metropolitan area of Oslo.
MASTERPLAN FORNEBU
Conceptual diagrams masterplan Fornebu
The adjusted winning entry of the masterplan competition incorporates several strategies: The original ring road is broken up into different parts, only commuted by a driverless bus, but not serving as a ring road for car traffic. Instead, a new urban axis is established, connecting the subway station close to the old airport tower with the expected densification south of the Fornebu mall. Thus the potential of an urban street is created, without having to touch the already built housing projects on the outer perimeter of the inner ring road.
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The building structure is shown as highest and densest towards this new urban street, while it is supposed to dissolve into lower, smaller structures towards the inner park. On the northern perimeter the plot for a school is integrated in the masterplan, to challenge the functional mix of education and housing. On the east, another plot was added, that integrates the new subway station and serves as the starting point for the new urban street and thus as the main access to the whole area.
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Contra City 1st year of Master - 2017
Masterplan Contra-City
MASTERPLAN CONTRA-CITY
High and dense buildings are located close to the new introduced ring. The lower buildings are unfolding towards the Nansenparken. This with the intention to generate a gradient between the green environment to the more dense and urban city life. This typology gradient goes together with the solar access to the buildings. The unfolding and lower
structure results in a maximalisation of sunlight infiltration into the buildings in the afternoon until the late evening. The main focus was trying to achieve a human scale environment that stimulates the social engagement within the community. To obtain this human scale, a gradient between the micro-climate inner courtyards and the buildings are crucial. Public places are designed according to the time of the day, the sunlight conditions and the surrounded buildings with different typologies. In that way contra-city provides four different public places with different types of use.
Typical floorplans Contra-City
Contra City 1st year of Master - 2017
The building plot is embraced by favourable urban and landscape elements such as the main green belt and fingers leading to the Nansenparken, the Nansenparken itself and the new introduced ring. These crucial surroundings are brought along the design process and are directly integrated into the project.
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Contra City 1st year of Master - 2017
Visual illustrating the collective courtyards
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Visual illustrating the collective roofterraces
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Contra City 1st year of Master - 2017
BACHELOR THESIS - 2017
ABSTRACT VS. SPECIFIC
JEANDUBRUCQLAAN - BRUSSELS SUPERVISOR EUGEEN LIEBAUT FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, BRUSSELS
Abstract vs. Specific Bachelor Thesis - 2017
Site plan illustrating the vacant plots of Mr. Specific and Mrs. Absract
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Brussels, a city with a lot of diversity, a city of contrasts, a city of extremes. At the same time, Brussels is a city with high living and working qualities, where culture thrives. A city
where there is a clear demand for functions, working, living and recreation. The future of this complex and diverse city are hidden in these blendings, in these proximities.
Two vacant sites in the wide surrounding of Brussels are proposed, each with their own identity, each with their own character; Mr. Specific vs. Mrs. Abstract.
Mr. Specific Mr. Specific, a residence that accomodates a family of three children with a maximum of 135 m2. Living is very specific, it is the most precise and intimate design task of an architect. Everyone knows what living is, but an all-embracing definition of living is unknown, so every time we, as architects, are searching for that particular specific idea of what living could means.
Abstract vs. Specific Bachelor Thesis - 2017
Street elevation of Mr; Specific
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Abstract vs. Specific Bachelor Thesis - 2017
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Visualisations of Mr. Specifc
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Elevation of Mrs. Abstract
Longitudinal section of Mrs. Abstract
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Mr. Abstract
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In the same area of Mr Specific, we also have Mrs. Abstract. A building construction of 5 Ă 10.000m2. A structure that is able to cope alot, that can cope Brussels, that can cope different interpretations over time or at the same time.
A structure without a clearly defined destination. Mrs. Abstract became an intelligent structure that is flexible and has the ability to change to the needs of city and its inhabitants.
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Abstract vs. Specific Bachelor Thesis - 2017
Abstract vs. Specific Bachelor Thesis - 2017
Longitudinal section of Mrs. Abstract
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Analysis - Joan Maragall Library 2nd year of Master - 2019
ANALYSIS: JOAN MARAGALL LIBRARY
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2nd YEAR OF MASTER - 2019 BEYOND URBAN PROJECTS - BARCELONA SUPERVISOR ERIK VAN DAELE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, BRUSSELS
Perspective cross-section of the Joan Maragall Library
The public library of Sant Gervasi exemplifies how a building can interplay with its surroundings. The geometry of the building is integrated and unfolded into its streetscape and new urban spaces are created between Villa Florida, the new library and the garden complex. The position of the entrances to the library and to the adjacent public park on top of the library contributes towards a more cohesiveness between the urban fabric and the new complex. These entrances are situated next to each other at the same side of the street Sant Gervasi de Cassoles. They emphasize the importance of the high street of Sant Gervasi having been restored. They also give people the opportunity to choose between two different kind of
public spaces that are easily accessible, with the library having more territorial boundaries than the gardens of Villa Florida, but both having the power of generating collective spaces. Another strategy, implemented by BCQ Arquitectura to improve the connectivity between the new library and the urban fabric, is the use of large glass facades towards the Sant Gervasi de Cassoles street. The glass facades symbolize transparency and openness towards society and invite people to enter. They are directly facing the noisy, busy and vibrant streets of Sant Gervasi with chasing cars, scooters, taxis and crossing pedestrians. This is a complete contrast with what is happening behind the windows; people reading books or studying in a
quiet and relaxed environment. The window is a boundary or filter between these two opposite worlds but is still making them merge and allows for both worlds to observe each other in their individual purity. In early dark winter evenings, the interior light is projected in the immediate surrounding and functions as street lighting. The new complex of Sant Gervasi, including the new library, the public park and Villa Florida, also clearly represents the new architecture of Barcelona because it allows the simultaneous interweaving of two functions: the new complex not only increases the quality of life of both the inhabitants of Sant Gervasi and many other Barcelonians, it also offers the city a traditional garden that is perfectly integrated in the urban fabric.
Analysis Joan Maragall Library 2nd year of Master - 2019
Perfectly blended into its surrounding
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Axonometry of the Joan Maragall Library
Analysis - Joan Maragall Library 2nd year of Master - 2019
Exploded axonometry of the Joan Maragall Library
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Analysis Joan Maragall Library 2nd year of Master - 2019
LINE DRAWING
2nd YEAR OF MASTER - 2019 IN SITU INSTALLATION - LEUVEN SUPERVISOR ARNOUT VAN VAERENBERGH FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, BRUSSELS
Ceiling of the spatial installation
Line Drawing 2nd year of Master - 2019
Spatial installation 1:1
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In the elective IN SITU, 20 students worked on a large spatial work in collaboration with the design practice of Gijs Van Vaerenbergh. The starting point was the former auditorium, which will take on a new function as exhibition space in the near future. Here we added
a new “spatial drawing” with hundreds of red colored lines. Two free curves - one on the floor and one on the ceiling - are connected crossways with straight lines. The result is a free ruled surface: a curved shape that is delineated by straight lines. The rolling shape and the kinetic perception create an interaction between an
almost intangible appearance and accents that suddenly become visible and disappear again. The figure also defines an “interspace” with the boundaries of the room. This space is sometimes narrow, sometimes wide, jumps in and out and directs the observer’s view on the work and the space.
Line Drawing 2nd year of Master - 2019
Opening day of the spatial installation
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THE ARCHITECTONIC DETAIL
DISSECTING THE BUILDING - BRUSSELS SUPERVISOR DIETER DE VOS FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, BRUSSELS
The Architectonic Detail 1st year of Master - 2018
Section pavilion
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The ‘Dissecting the Building’ elective primarly went about drawing architectural complex and correct construction details. Every possible corner or wall-floor, wallroof, wall-wall intersection was analysed and drawn into details on scale 1:5. The program of the
pavilion was defined. It should become a restaurant, pub in the well-known city park of Brussels: Warande park, an old Baroque park. The pavilion should have an enclosed groundfloor area of approximately 100m2 and be accessible for disabled perons
using a wheelchair. Conceptually, the pavilion is integrated in the park. The completely transparant facade of the pavilion gives the impression the green roof is floating while the green roof represents the continuation of the green Warande park.
The Architectonic Detail 1st year of Master - 2018
Axonometric corner connection & gutter detail
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The Architectonic Detail 1st year of Master - 2018
SIMON DESIMPELAERE 2014-2019