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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE Solange Mbanefo
TABLE OF CONTENTS Curiculum Vitae . . DIPLOMA Salzburg: In between memory and contemporaneity. . Master 2 Atelier Frederic Bonnet : Museum of Ticinese Architecture Atelier Quintus Miller : Concert Hall for Experimental Music . . Master 1 Atelier Burkhalter-Sumi : Rethinking LeCorbusier . . Bachelor 3 Atelier Martin Boesch : Sette Scale per Como . . Bachelor 2 Atelier Valentin Bearth : Vacation House, Sardenia / Housing, Barcelona . . Workshop on International Social Housing W.I.S.H. : Havana, Cuba . . Bachelor 1 Observational Study : Investigating our Microcosmos . . Humanitarian Work
CURRICULUM VITAE Name
Solange Mbanefo
Phone
+41 76 669 31 37
Born
07/04/1993
Nationality
Swiss - Nigerian
solange_mbanefo@yahoo.com
Education -
2014-2017
Masters of Science in Architecture, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Switzerland.
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2011- 2014
Bachelors in Architecture, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Switzerland.
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20109-2011
International Baccalaureate Bilingual (English-French), Collège Champittet, Lausanne, Switzerland
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2003- 2009
French Baccalaureate Program Scientifique.
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2007-2008
Brevet des Collèges, Lycée Français in Lagos, Nigeria. Awarded: Très Bien / Excellent.
Professional experience -
2015-2016 2015
Worked as Private guide to roof the musicians at the Monttreux Jazz Artistes Trullo traditional restauration workshop, Puglia, Italy Foundation (MJAF), Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
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2015 2015
Trulli traditional roof restauration workshop, workshop, Puglia, ItalyPuglia, Italy Trullo traditional roof restauration
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2013-2014 2015
Architectural Internship at DeFournier : Arquitetos e Urbanistas Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Trullo traditional roof restauration workshop, Puglia,. Italy
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2013-2014 2015
Gave private lessons in English and French toworkshop, Marine Soldiers University Students. Urca-Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Trullo traditional roof restauration Puglia,and Italy
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2011 2015
Worked short in an Illustration and Graphic Design studio:Italy Tétard. Lausanne, Switzerland Trulloperiod traditional roof restauration workshop, Puglia,
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2011 2015
Participated in the Introductory EPFL. Italy Lausanne, Switzerland Trullo traditional roof Architecture restauration Internship workshop,atPuglia,
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2011 2015
Partook inTrullo Model United Nations: International DebatingPuglia, SeminarItaly between schools. Represented the Russsian Federation. Rome, Italy traditional roof restauration workshop,
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2010-2011 2015
Won first Trullo prize, traditional twice, in School’s Christmas Card Design, Collège Champittet. Lausanne Switzerland roof restauration workshop, Puglia, Italy
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2010 2015
VolunteerTrullo at Ecological Research in maintaining The Kruger ParkItaly , South Africa. Scientific research assistant on sustainable development and a particular focus on elephants. traditional roof restauration workshop, Puglia,
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2009 2015
Built a primary for Humanitarian Project : Fondation Jan et Oscar. Chiang-Mai, Thailand Trullo school traditional roof restauration workshop, Puglia, Italy
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2009-2011 2015
Founded Trullo and managed the first Soccerworkshop, Team of Collège Lausanne, Switzerland traditional roof Female restauration Puglia,Champittet. Italy
Languages English:
Maternal Language
French:
Fluent Bilingual
Italian:
Fluent (Completed 6 years of studying in Italian)
Portuguses:
Fluent (Lived for a year in Brazil)
Spanish:
Accademic Level A2 (CECRL) Intensive Language course at Malaga Instituto, Malaga, Spain
German:
Platform Level A1 (CECRL) Intensive Language course at Ausland Schweizer, Zurich, Switzerland
Software Proficiency GRAPHICS: CAD:
Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS and Adobe InDesign CS. AutoCad, Archicad, Rhino 3D, Google SketchUp, 3D Studio Maxwell.
BIM:
Janary-February 2018 : BIM Level 2 course in Dublin Institute of Design (already registered for certification)
Model Making Skills Polyvalent use of materials :
Wood, Styrofoam, Foam, Carton, Concrete, Plaster and Paper
Personal interests Literature:
I am to publish my own Fiction novel that I am currently finishing.
Visual Arts:
I have won Graphic design competitions. Photography remains a passion that I love. I have held art exhibitions in school and with my mother.
Cultural Appreciation:
I grew up, 13 years in West Africa and finished my studies in Switzerland. Acritical awareness of differing urban socio-economic inequalities motivates me.
I believe that discovering new cultures and adapting to different ways of life are important assets of our globalizing environmrnt.
Extreme Sports:
- Swiss Skydiving license and AFF (Accelerated Free Fall license). Member of the Ticino Skydive Club: Paracentro. (Riazzino airport)
-Sailing (Member of Lagos Yatch Club)
-The Advanced Scuba-diving license (PADI)
-Medal holder in the 20km de Lausanne marathon
Music:
I play the acoustic and electric guitar. I have played in the school band. Participated in Rio Carnival Bloco (Orquestra Voadora) by playing Maracatu percussion instrument: Alfaia
Languages:
I speak five languages fluently enough to have an understanding of the cultural richness and social traits each one is bounded to.
Humanitarian:
By volunteering in different parts of the world, I have come to realise how the urban sprawl of most third world nations represents a critical position in the occupation of built spaces for our future generations.
Sustainability awareness is a very important aspect that needs to become an architectural and social norm! Cultural diversity is fascinating and really shows the true beauty and potential of our transforming global world.
All references can be provided upon request
Salzburg : In between modernity and contemporaneity Salzach’s Embankment Requalification A continuous masterplan intervention that enhances the quality of pedestrian life and public spaces along the Salzach river Introducing wavy platforms that decompose into ramps that lead pedestrians to the water beaches As an elodge to the cultural and social history of Salzburg, the paths converge into an open building of cafÊs and boutiques The central part of the building ends with an open theater that can naturally meet with the rising river tides Wood, plaster, and concrete model 1:100 / 1:20 scale Salzburg, Austria
MASTERPLAN OF PROPOSAL
MAIN PLAN AND LONGITUDINAL SECTION
MAIN EAST
ELEVATION
TRANSVERSAL SECTION
Museum of Ticinese Architecture First Exercise : Landscaping Canal Systems Re-usal proposal Located at the Chiasso Train Staition, Ticino, CH Representatif Study Image
Museum of Ticinese Architecture Three Elevated Exposition rooms that hover over re-naturalised existing canal.
Located Between Peter Märkli’s ‘La Congiunta’ and the Gotthard Tunnel Entrance, Biasca, Ticino, CH Elaborate Study of Claude Parent’s Oblique Theory and Enhancement the Outdoor Space Axonometric explosion Plans and sections 1:100 / 1:10 000 scale
EXISTING SITUATION PLAN The canal was a concrete box, brutally dividning the unused pasture grounds within the site.
STITUATION PLAN OF PROPOSAL By introducing retaining steps that naturalise an easy access to the water levels, the suspended Museum volumes shade the recreational public space for the local residents, children and professionals.
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
FIRST FLOOR PLAN Display of exposition rooms’ flexibility with suspended panels and the fundamental use of structure and transitional spaces
TANSVERSAL OF MIDDLE
SECTION VOLUME
Experimental Music : Structural Resonnance in Space First Exercise : Pavillion Promenade to Experience Experiemntal Sounds Located at the Ex-Cementificio, Il parco delle Gole della Breggvia, Ticino, CH MDF and Concrete Model 1:50 Scale Plan and sections 1:100 scale
Concert Hall for Experimental Music : La Jonction, Geneva, CH Exploring the double wall that creates buffer spaces for the musicians between the rehersal rooms inside the tubes and the wall. The core is the root of concrete tubes that act as seating terraces and performing platforms which give a felxibility to the spatial quality of the concrete concert hall. Site model: 3m by 0.7m, 1:200 scale / Project Model : MDF, 1:50 scale
MAIN CROSS SECTION
Plan of different floor typologies
Inside elevations Main wall’s texture made of concrete with folded openings designed to echo diverse sound waves of the instruments
External Elevation The Base is in Cement, with a terrace opening on the river. The upper façade is composed of bricks that are processed at different degrees. The idea is to have a natural sedimentary graduation in the long term as the more porous bricks darken faster
Rethinking LeCorbusier : BassoRilievo Elaborated Research Excercise to reproduce the Modulor Wall Located at the entrance of the UnitÊ d’Habitation in Firminy 92kg Reinforced Concrete Model 1:10 Scale Selected Model as gift to Mario Botta at Final Critique
Re-thinking LeCorbusier Towards the Ineffable : Observer’s Tower Dynamic hyperboloic wood and steel structure completed with double-spiral concrete staircase Wood and concrete model 1:20 scale Roquebrune Cap-Martin, France
ELEVATION AND FLOOR PLAN Pathway linking the natural coastline to the viewing platform 100m into the sea. The path is a boat dock and textured with interactive patterns based on modulor facade rythm
CROSS SECTION AA Eight steel pillars are linked to the foundations, stabilizing the light hyperboloid frame. The central stair is dĂŠcroissant from a radius of 1.83m to the minimum of 0.90m
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL A combination of wooden and steel support collumns work on a double layer The hyperboloid grid becomes less dense as one climbs higher, creating a gradual exposure to the spectacular view of Monte-carlo and the Sea.
Alcune Scale : Rilievo Carlo Scarpa (1963-66) La Scala ‘‘Samba’’
structure: in concrete _ step: polished cincrete_ handrail: in metal fixed into stone bricks _ floor: in stone height: 273cm_ number of steps: 13_ alzata: 21cm_ pedata: varible Plaster model 1:20 scale Museo Castlvecchio, Verona, Italy
PLAN
CROSS SECTION AA
Sette Scale Per Como : Resatauro e Riuso Ex-Chiesa San Francesco Renovating the church into a multipurpose space: moveable staircases linking to lateral mezzanins for a public book store and a Performance stage in the alter area. Church Edifice Model 1:20 scale. Hand Rail Sample 1:1 scale
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FLOOR PLAN Illustrating acoustic stage curtain in the Alter of the ex-church We have inserted lateral mezzanins where the library is placed in between the archs and lateral domes. We have moveable staircases that can modify and divide the church for a multi-purpose use of the space.
MAIN FACADE CaffĂŠe on ground level extends to the outter patio. The original facade is preserved but a lateral window is opened to create more light and contact with the pedestrians.
LONG CROSS SECTION AA Illustrating moveable staircaise, the upper library and the caffĂŠe on the ground floor
CROSS SECTION BB Illustrating the bridge passageway linking the two sides of the elevated library.
Designing Quality Spaces for the ‘‘Hospitable Atmosphere’’ Vacation Accommodation on the Island of Tavolara, Sardinia, Italy Understanding how to tame rural sites to our comforts of living Site model : carton cut by hand, 1:500 scale / Project Model : MDF, 1:20 scale, 1:100 scale
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FLOOR PLAN Use of local stones to communicate with the natural environment of the island
CROSS SECTION AA Flat alluminium roof with numerous openings and windows to cross-ventilate and communicate with the view and nature.
CROSS SECTION BB Private Garden-Patio and embeded stone stairway leading down to the Sardinian sea.
Residential High Density Housing : Raval, Barcelona, Spain A Study of Social Quarters and Affordable Urban Dwellings Reinforcing linked public spheres dedicated to local community reunions. Site model: White concrete, 1:200 scale / Project Model : concrete, MDF, 1:20, 1:50, 1:200 scale
STREET FACADE Restaurant and kiosk opened to the street ; entrance to the inner courtyard’s public park.
TYPOLOGY FLOORPLAN Compact Residential social living
LONG CROSS SECTION BB Privacy is ensured by wooden brise-soleils panels individually regulated by the residence
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CROSS SECTION AA Privacy ensured by ‘‘raumplan’’ of the walkway and south facing balconies
W.I.S.H. : Havana, Cuba A Develpoment of Social Housing Masterplan in a Military Airport, in Urban Sprawl of South-West Havana. Reinforcing Local Pedestrian Plazuelas, Recreation Park and Cross Ventilation Channels Study Proposal of Strategic Housing Disposition to take full advantage of Prevailing Winds and Privacy Clusters Site : 4.8 hectares
Observational Study : Investigating our Microcosmos Detailed Anatomy Research, Composition, Proportions and Volumetric Understanding Oil Painting on Wooden Canvas Name : Beautiful Imperfections
Humanitarian Experience 1st photograph: Volunteering in Chang-Mai, Thailand to Build a school 2nd Photograph and main picture : Trullo Restauration Workshop, Ceglie Messapica, Puglia, Italy 3rd Photograph: Working for Elephant conservation research camp in Kruger park, South Africa
THANK YOU
solange_mbanefo@yahoo.com +41 76 669 31 37