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I AMAn architecture student becoming an Architect.

A person that is always wandering.

I LIKEI like the simple things in life. Finding beauty in

the ordinary. I like Seeing phenomena and let myself being carried

away by them. Daydreaming.I like reflection creating two worlds on a surface

I like the wear of usage giving a building or object a story, a life. The traces of time.

I like people appropriating their own space, interpreting a space in their own way.

I like the influence of light on form/function/ mood /feeling/ atmosphere...I like finding fragility.

I like seeing architecture as a second skin.I like layers and layering.

I like spaces that take you on a journey into memory and imagination,architecture going beyond the building.

I like the ephemera, the fleetingI like playing with textures

I like the combination of old and newI like interior design, furniture, impressionism, paintings,

...art.

I WANTTo get a even more clear vision of what kind of architect

I will or can be.To translate my being, thoughts and fascinations into

designs.To work as a team, learn from others.

To find a unique opportunity to share my architectural skills and interest.

Master thesis : Layer of light, Cambridge university library landscape competition

Liesbet [email protected] °

0032 494 735 859 °born 22 feb.1990 °

Bergstraat 27 °3500 Hasselt

Belgium

LanguagesDutch-mother tongue °

English-very good °French-very good °

Spanish-very good °German-notion °

SoftwareAutodesk Autocad °

Adobe photoshop, Indesign °Archicad °

Google sketchup ° Powerframe °

Dialux ° Blender python °

Micosoft office ° Windows, Mac °

Education° 2002 - 2008 Sint-Jozefcollege Turnhout economics and math - boardingschool° 2008 - 2009 Year abroad Argentina, Dele Degree in spanish ° 2009 - 2012 KULeuven LUCA faculty of architecture Brussels Bachelor architecture ° 2012 - 2012 UPV Universidad Politechnico Valencia Erasmus ° 2012 - 2014 KULeuven LUCA faculty of architecture Brussels Master architecture REAL research, experimental architecture ° 2013 - 2013 La cambre ULB Brussels (Erasmus Belgica)

Work expierences° VOKA VEV Brussel - Chamber of Commerce° UNIZO Limburg Flemish federation of small and medium enterprises° Mis en place Hasselt° Essentiel Knokke° River Woods Hasselt

Awards & accomplishments° Tuned city - Student exhibition° Nominated: GLASS-award - proclamation 2014 - on going° Cambridge University library landscape competition - Shortlist of 8 with 7 others : Moxon Architects, Derek Draper, Collectif NineteenEightyOne, Atomik Architecture Beijing Tang Jianren Landscape Design Co., Ltd,

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9 - 14 Bachelor thesis : Ketelvest

15 - 20 Reflection on reflection

23 - 26 The harbor of Valencia, summer bar

27 - 34 Zero energy building: repair café

35 - 56 Master thesis: A layer of light Cambridge university library landscape competition

5 - 8 Fire fire fire! Jean Prouvé

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Fire fire fire! Jean ProuvéYear: 2011

What if “maison tropicale” from Jean prouvé was lost in a fire, choose aspects to

work with.

Porticos, perforated metal skin, metal skin

Two different types of glass, three different ways the light enters:

direct light, filtered light, reflected light.Integraded artificial lightning

Metal, glass, woodClear circulation versus discovering

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Stap 1: Portieken

Stap 2: 1e huid

Stap 3: 2e huid

Secuentie - compartimentering - ruimte

2 verschillende soorten glas, 3 verschillende 2 verschillende soorten glas, 3 verschillende soorten glas

Circulatie heen terug achter voor tussen door

Waar Prouvé zijn portiek structuur enkel ge-bruikt als een structureel element doel ik

erop om de portiek ook te gebruiken als een ruimte gevend ele-

ment, een element waar rond het ontwerp ontstaat en vorm krijgt.

Rondom de portieken zit een eerste huid, een huid van metaal die rond deze geplooid is en

er op berust. Binnenin zijn er in de portieken elementen

aangebracht die deze een optische dikte geven en

tegelijk dienen als ruimte scheidende el-ementen. Daarna heb ik een tweede meer

transparante huid aangebracht, die dient voor contact tussen de centrale

ruimte en leefruimtes, deze huid zal bestaan uit een raster materiaal in staal.

De binnenste platen zijn zoals de vloer uit hout om het contrast van de materialen te

laten spelen. De mensen levende in deze woning staan open De mensen levende in deze woning staan open voor een alternatieve manier van wonen waar essentie, licht, en contrast centraal staan.

Door de grote glaspartijen komt er veel licht binnen, het invallende licht valt direct

binnen, gefilterd door de metalen rasters of door een gefilterd door de metalen rasters of door een

reflecterend glas, zo worden er drie verschillende soorten van


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Giving the structure a new purpose tailored to the needs of the city and neighbourhood.

Gent city of the bike, solving bike parking problems.School nearby in need of more space.

New cultural activity.Creating new views, opening up the view.

Multifunctional spaces.Green area in the city.

A building with gardens and a community feeling, different types of sizes and costs, creating a mixed

public.Using the structure as ground, building in the structure.

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multifunctionele ruimtes:klaslokalen,workshops, vergadering, lezingen

site: commercieel en cultureel knoop-


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Reflection on reflectionYear: 2013

The blindspot: find an aspect that fascinates you to work with.

Research around the phenomena of reflection, photographically, mathematically, intuitive, explora-

tive. Getting to know glass, how does it act and react.

“ Glass can be transparent but it can also be a wall”

“ Layering the glass, controlling transparency”

Finding the principals of reflection, angels, different kinds of reflection, action reaction.

A quick design: a chapel in the city fabric, made out of existing buildings and glass.


glass tests

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The harbour of Valencia, summer bar.Year: 2013

Research on the harbour of Valencia.Concrete structure as if it came turning out of the

ground with a thin wooden floor.Reestablishing contact with the sea.

One core that can be closedIn contrast with the adjacent “veles y vents” horizontal

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Research on ecological occupations and integra-tion in the neighbourhood

Research on zero energy buildingMaking all the calculations needed ( ventilation,

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Thesis : A layer of light Cambridge university library

landscape CompetionYear: 2014

Reinventing the surroundings of the Cambridge university library incorporating my own intrests.

My proposal 3 layers of design:1 Surroundings: small but significant changes

2 Extra light layer to the library, an extension, giving the students a place to work in daylight.

3 Light plan: change the light, change the atmosphere.

The building is a work about light, artificial and natural, transparency, translucency, materialised vs narrative, crucial things in this process

are details, image and the evaluation of finding my place in architec-ture.

Trying to capture the merging of two worlds, the contrast between transparency and reflection, creating a wall. Night versus day and searching for the thin line between an image of a concept and the

reality of structure and transcriptions.


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Changes to the surrounding can be small but significant.

Extra green and solving lost spaces , a container space: clearing the view.

Opening the parking behind library to pub-lic, removing cars in front of the library,

creating a square.Relocating the circulation and walking un-derneath the trees to the entrance, chang-

ing the point of view. Outside ramp, auditorium, benches, to

work, eat, relax, study, teach..Covered outside space underneath new

structure.

extra green, change view, solve lost spacescontainer space

opening parking behind library to publicremoving cars in front of the library, creating a squarerelocating the circulation, changing the point of view

Walking underneath trees to entranceoutside ramp, auditorium, benches, to work, eat, relax, study, teachoutside ramp, auditorium, benches, to work, eat, relax, study, teach

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A better and well thought of lighting makes the surrounding safer and pleas-ant. Different ways of lighting are used.

Creating a rhythm of light spots an-nouncing the entrance.

Using trees as lighting element,with spots facing towards facade, creating

shades .Linear lighting is used to accentuate a

path or to show direction.Slope , structure and container spaces

integrated in light plan.

A better and well thought lightning makes surrounding safer and pleasant.Creating a rhythm of light spots announcing the entrance.

Using trees as lightning element, spots towards facade creating shades .Linear lightning to accentuate a path or showing direction.

Slope , structure and container spaces integrated in light plan, light boxes.

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Complementing the libraryThe program is a space that completes the library in such a way that it offers a place to study , read or work in small groups, poured over with light.

The open space is divided in two parts by sound, creating two different atmospheres. One part will be for studying and reading in silence. This part contains bookshelves, with the latest informative magazines, who, together with the column struc-

ture create a playful circulation and lovely shades. Tables and chairs will be placed inside and can be moved around as pleased, like in Les Tuiller-

ies in Paris. The stairs element carries the border of the two atmospheres. The stairs used to study and read on,on one side. And those used to con-versate, discuss and maybe even present on the other. The stairs will have incisions, which make it

possible to take different kinds of positions.

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Changes for the competition: Addition to the library, depending on the creativity and generosity of people.

The outdoor bookcases could be used as a kind of writing forum for people from all over the world. Creating an opportunity for

young writers and students to show of their work. Or just people leaving their old books there to be read. I see it quite romanti-

cally but I really think this could work. Imagine going there find-ing books with notes of the previous owners or books that have never been published. Because there are people from all over the world visiting Cambridge and the university library, it’s the

perfect place to start a project like this.

It could be a library breaking all the rules of security, depending on the creativity and generosity of the people, in contrast to the university library. Or maybe not in contrast but as a kind of addi-

tion to the old library.

Off course the structure can be used as a study place. When tables and chairs are put down in summer, it will be the perfect place to study outside.It also could be used for receptions or an

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Documents

experimental architecture

master thesis

bachelor thesis

energy building

influence of light

good spanish

harbor of valencia

jean prouvfire