portfolio || Quentin Gaucher

M.Arch Architect (DE-HMONP)

Museum of Africa in Algier

International competition for the Museum of Africa. Algier, ALGERIA, 2013 with Langrand&Tazdat architecture office - selected 1st place - ongoing
Competition for the Museum of Africa, by the consortium of African States, aiming to regroup African Arts collection under one roof in Alger. The project was developped as a main base/mass consisting of the main program requirements, from multiple exhibition spaces to office areas and theater stage, using newer adobe construction techniques. On top and to shield the base from the strong sun of this area, three large ombrires, or shaders are rising. They also serve as a signal on the large Bay of Algier, to announce the new complex and the future developments of this area. The 3 elements, from surface geometry to structure, were modelled in Rhino with the Grasshopper3D plugin. This project was selected and is currently under development and scheduled for early 2015.

SOCAR Business Center - concept1

Convention center and offices Tbilisi, GEORGIA, 2012 with Erginolu&allar architecture office - ongoing

Development of a 1200 m2 convention center and 10000 m2 offices, right next to the headquarters of the Azeri energy company SOCAR. This project was started from scratch, defining the program and needs, after which multiple alternatives were offered, wiith a study of the masses, and the concepts presented here. A particular attention was necessary throughout the development to conciliate the Georgian clients needs, judgment from the main headquarters in Azerbaidjan, and the local authorities. This project in ongoing and is scheduled to be completed in 2014.

SOCAR Business Center - concept2

Convention center and offices Tbilisi, GEORGIA, 2012 with Erginolu&allar architecture office- ongoing

YemekSepeti.com headquarters
2000 m2 office space Istanbul, TURKEY, 2012 with Erginolu&allar architecture office

Existing 6 stories building transformed into office space for the first food delivery company in Turkey. This young firm was asking for dynamic as well as anti-stress office spaces. We conceived an entertaining work environment, full of colours, with various playgrounds. One important point was the conversion of the car elevator into a mobile meeting room that offers movement, as well as a welcome addition to every floor area. In this project, I participated in the overall concept design, the development of construction drawings and the construction phase, as well as in the desgn of the overall feel and furniture selection. With a budget of 600k , this project was delivered in spring of 2012.

Sahibinden.com headquarters
5000 m2 dynamic office space Istanbul, TURKEY, 2012 with Erginolu&allar architecture office

Developed for the first online shopping website in Turkey, the new Sahibinden headquarters spans across 7000 m2 floor area, over 2 levels. This young and dynamic firm was looking to give its employees an enjoyable workplace. The floors are organized along an entertainment axis that serves as circulation, with a hub connecting the two levels. Included is a small sports center, a caf and a stage. With a budget of 3 millions euros, this office space was delivered in autumn 2012.

axonometry top floor

Amburan Four Seasons Beach Villas

14 villas on the beach Baku, AZERBAIDJAN, 2012 with Erginolu&allar architecture office - ongoing

14 luxury villas complex on the Amburan Beach near Baku. I participated in the elaboration of the massing and site plan, and the concept design of the 3 types of villas. An advanced analysis of the views from each plot and building was necessary in order to improve the quality of the divisions and enhance the villas (surface areas from 400 to 800 m2). A particular attention was necessary to comply with the Four Seasons quality standards and obtain the label. This project is currently under construction. It is expected to be delivered early 2014.

City +

Neighborhood facilities, City facilities. Lyon, FRANCE department: Advanced Strategies and Architectural Practice Diploma Project, 2011
The manufacture of todays city is not able to meet the aspirations and the increasing complexity of our urban societies because of the rational control (= timelessness) and planning (which reduces to a simple execution such as architectural scale). The urban landscape is determined by regulations (PLU, alignments, templates ...) that create a discontinuity and destruction of urban form. The city is conceived more in space than in time. This dimension of time is important and should be developed at a time when abstract planning shows its limits. If there are scales in time and in space, there must also temporal forms that can become innovative urban forms. We must learn to think transformable. Urbanists, architects and building owners should challenge the model programs, deprogram dare, think in terms of giving space and opportunity for conversions. The notion of reversibility must find its place: imagine works that change of destination, that transform. On the scale of the architecture, thinking capital temps is equivalent to acquiring a new moral of construction. On the one hand the thought of lasting, on the other the thought of becoming..

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In order to attain a project that operates on space through time, it is necessary to introduce programmatic micro-strategies on spaces that hold the most potential, in order to preserve the remaining ones for future uses, presently unknown.
Adaptability is a different way of flexibility. The building is both adaptable and multifunctional, cross-functional and must allow the possibility of changing its use. Identity and an apparent long-term presence in the urban context is necessary to meet future needs and changing conditions. Generators of adaptability: Oversizing Neutral facade Contextualism Growth Materiality and details
LES GERANCES DU PROJET

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SPONSORED BY GOVERNMENT _transports, ple multimodal, infrastructure

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LES TEMPS DE CONSTRUCTION DU PROJET

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TEMPS 1
SPONSORED BY COMMERCES _magasins, cafs, restaurants, services, bureaux

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TEMPS 2 _ Les commerces du ple multimodal _ Le dveloppement priv en hauteur

_ Linfrastructure _ Les quipements de transport, Parc Relai ...

offices,conference, caf, restaurant landscape open slab parking relai

services, shopping subway, bus

HexaGnes

Various projects/competitions under the architects collective Hexagnes: _ Festival of Lights (Fte des Lumires de Lyon) _ Lyon Vgtal _ biennal of Contemporary Arts of Lyon, 2012 _ interior design
Since 2010 I have put together and been a part of the collective of architects HexaGnes, along with 5 other students of the Architecture School of Lyon. We began this collective before our Masters degree, and started to engage in various projects and competitions. Our aim has been to practice our skills outside of the universitys grounds.