VICTOR LAUNAYPORTFOLIO 2014

INTERSTICE (BA2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A NEW FACE FOR BOZAR (MA2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

POST-SCRIPTUM (AWR COMPETITION) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SPACE TO CULTURE (YAC COMPETITION) . . . . . . . . . .

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INTERSTICEProjet de 2ème année.

Square Franz Merjay, Bruxelles.

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Spotted between Franz Merjay Street and Brugman Avenue, the Abbe Froidure square offers a breath into a compact and dense house block. This park also allows to cross the block and thus offers a short cut daily took by many pedestrians and cyclists. The project takes its main position from several connected elements. On the Merjay side, hou-sings are hosting a multi-generations community that benefits from hanged up shared terraces and common spaces on ground floor. Playing with the square’s difference in height, a footbridge assumes the passing func-tion. In the centre of the plan a new element marks a unique access to the park. In the evening the passing path stays opened to its two ends while the central block closes the park access below. It’s then possible to cross the park 24/24H while keeping tranquillity in the house block’s heart. Underneath this footbridge, several new structures are placed: a water spot, an opened kitchen, sanitary facilities and bike parking.

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A NEW FACE FOR BOZARProjet de fin de Master. Atelier HTC.

Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles.

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The project has been thought as a practical application of venturiest concepts. It assumes its architec-tural symbolism in order to solve a concrete issue: its lack of visibility from the street and from the Royal Park. Indeed looking at the façade, which stands on Ravenstein Street, the east limit is only materialised by a long wall containing secret doors. Very low compared to other neigh-bouring buildings, it only allows to hide palace’s roofs’ chaos.

The project is divided in two inter-ventions. A slight palace’s extension allows to place on public space addi-tional and commercials functions to the museum (book-shop, desk, cafeteria…) assuming its connection to the exhibition rooms. Above all this project offers to the palace a new façade worthy of its importance. Detached from the existing construc-tions, it is completely at ease with its commercial and symbolic function.

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POST-SCRIPTUMAWR Competition : L.I.B.O. (2013)

Borneo, Amsterdam.In collaboration with Justine Lemesre

First Honorable Mention

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The final point of this line of architec-tures’ collection in Borneo already exists. The current last house benefits from this status. Because of it indi-visible link with public space, the dwelling is shapped into a 16X16m two-storey square detached from the single row buildings.

Did the house fall?The project includes a wood in conti-nuity of the house? This strip assures a transition between the residential area and the sea trough a soft sloope where a dense grid of tall pine trees is planted. A simple mineral platform remains the dwelling’s proportions. The empty space cutting into the ground and leaving the water enter marks the asked dwellings’s absence. It also offers a maritime access to the residence? Two entrances to the house stand out, the private one stands on this water acces, the other one stands on the public garden and and allows people to get to the owner’s studio in order to have piano lesson. The house is centred on itself. Its structure is based on pine trees’ rhythm. It is closed on its north an west side, turned on its atrium. The project gives a green area to the neighbourhood but markds a clear boundary between the pavement and the wood. It finishes the edge of the existing dock but stand aside of the masterplan. Post-Scriptum is a project added after the main body of the urban fabric.

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SPACE TO CULTUREYAC Competition (2014)

Bologne, Italie.In collaboration with Justine Lemesre

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Visual identity and unity make the diffrence. The project gives a direction and a face to the actual industrial structure by surrounding it with a geometric concret frame. This frame wich wel-comes exteral areas defines coherent spaces and contrasts with the actual chaotic volumes. The Quarto Inferiore is a small brough surrounded by fields. In order to incrise its visibility and its strength the project interpret this configuration by taking place in the middle of a field. The Cultural Center becomes a structure centered on itself, a setting for the actual architecture and futur cultural exhibitions. In order to provide the project a national dimension, two new boxes are added to the actual parts of the factory. One welcomes a library. Raised above the frame and nearby buildings, it gives a panorama to the neighbouring nature and the city of Bologne. The other box hosts the theatre’s technical parts and a roof patio for outdoor shows.The exhibition area is both internal and external. Outdoor spaces allow visitor to admir artists’ interventions between the frame and the factory. The internal exhibition hall offers a path through a double high space and smaller galleries. Inclosed in its frame, the cultural center mediates between its neighborhoud and its national or international ambition.

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1 – Artists’ flats2 – Exhibition hall3 – Administration4 – External exhibition hall5 – Roof terrasse6 – Theatre7 – Library8 – Workshop9 – Bar-restaurant

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VICTOR LAUNAYvictorlaunay@gmail.com

http://cargocollective.com/victorlaunayhttps://issuu.com/victorlaunay

(0032) 0475/38.98.84

EDUCATIONMaster in Architecture Faculty of Architecture - ULB. Brusseles, Belgium. 2014. (Distinction)

Master Thesis subject : Playboy - Playtime, Hugh Hefner, Jacques Tati, two visions of modernity. (Great Distinction)

Bachelor in Architecture. I.S.A.C.F La Cambre. Brusseles, Belgium. 2010.

Baccalauréat scientific (mention), artistic option. E.D.E.N. Nantes, France. 2006.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEMaster intership Magnum Architectes-Urbanistes. Nantes, France. 2012.

Reflexion for a master plan in the city of St-Germain-sur-Moine. The project include housing, shop and parkings.

Bachelor intership MCO (Menuiserie-Charpente-Orvault) Orvault, France. 2010.My job was to design and manufacture of joinery and chrapente and their implementation on site.

Bachelor intership Permeke and Rops. Bruxelles, Belgium. 2009.Supervision of two buildings of 37 flats each.

COMPETITIONAWR Competition : L.I.B.O. Borneo, Amsterdam. 2013.

First Honorable Mention.

YAC Competition : Space to Culture. Bologne, Italie. 2014

EXHIBITIONAWR Competition : L.I.B.O Borneo, Amsterdam. First Honorable Mention.

Project «Post-Scriptum» published on : awrcompetitions.com

Selected for participation in the election of the architectural memory of the year 2013-2014.

LANGUAGEFrench - Mother tongue language

English - Good spoken and writing levelSpanish - School level

INFORMATIC SKILLSMS Office - Very goodAutodesk - Very good

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