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Page 1: DAVID LEVAIN DIPL. ARCH. DE HMONP Portfolio 2014files.davidlevain.com/2014_levain_portfolio.pdf · Portfolio. 2014. CV. DAVID LEVAIN DIPL. ARCH. DE HMONP. Architect / Urbanist Born

DAVID LEVAINDIPL. ARCH. DE HMONP

Portfolio

2014

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DAVID LEVAINDIPL. ARCH. DE HMONP

Architect / Urbanist

Born in Paris, 1983Nationality: French

LanguagesFrench – native speakerEnglish – fluentGerman – fluent

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education

Diploma in Architecture, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSAPB)

Studies in Architecture, ENSAPB

Studies in Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin

professional experience

Freelance Architect/Urbanist, Berlin

LIN Finn Geipel + Giulia Andi, Berlin – project leader (Grand Paris / urban projects)

Louis Paillard Architecte DPLG, Paris – architect

Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris – intern

Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP, New York – intern

teaching

Technische Universität Berlin, LIA Laboratory for Integrative Architecture – guest critic Soft Territories (2010), SUR (2011), ADD (2012) Design Seminars, Prof. F. Geipel

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Dept. 1 – guest teacherInternational workshop "La ville légère" (27.03 - 30.03.2012), Prof. J. Kvorning & H. Stüben

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville – assistant teacher "Du texte à l'image - de l'auteur au concept", Architectural Theory Seminar, Prof P. Villien

research

"L'urbanisme en négatif", urban theory article, for publication in Marnes, Documents d'Architec-ture (dir. S. Marot & E. Alonzo), Fall 2014

"China in the hands", report from contemporary urban China

"Rem Koolhaas: La part de Berlin - 1971-2004", Master Thesis, ENSAPB

awards

Cour des Douanes - Zollhofareal, competition 1st Prize / for LIN (project leader)

New Paris Courthouse, competition 1st Prize (student category)

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01 - Schöpflin Areal, Lörrach, DE, invited competition, 2014 (with FAKT) / Honorable Mention

02 - Extension of a country house + transformation of a garden, architectural and landscape study, La Mancelière, FR, private commission, 2014

03 - L'urbanisme en négatif , urban theory article, 2014 / for publication in Marnes, Documents d'Architecture (dir. S. Marot & E. Alonzo)

04 - China in the hands, report from contemporary urban China, personal initiative, 2013

05 - Europan 12, Warsaw, PL, competition , 2013 (with V. Markovic)

06 - Cour des Douanes Zollhofareal, Strasbourg-Kehl, FR/DE, invited competition, 2012 / 1st Prize [for LIN – project leader]

07 - Atelier International du Grand Paris, consulting + urban studies (incl. Habiter la Ville légère), 2010-2013 [for LIN – project leader]

08 - Berges de Maine, Angers, FR, invited competition, 2010-11 [for LIN – project leader]

09 - Grand Paris in Berlin, exhibition (interactive installation), Kulturforum, Berlin, DE, 2011 [for LIN – project leader]

10 - Grand Paris Periphery N-E, Seine-Saint-Denis, FR, urban strategy, 2010-12 [for LIN – project leader]

11 - Grand Paris 4 metro stations, Paris, FR, preliminary studies, 2010 [for LIN]

12 - Office building Batignolles, Paris, FR, invited competition, 2009 [for Louis Paillard Architecte]

13 - 61 apartments rue Cardinet, Paris, FR, invited competition, 2009 [for Louis Paillard Architecte]

14 - Europan 10, Saintes, FR, competition, 2009 (with A. Brochard, J.Debois, J.M. Pitet) / Finalist

15 - Louis Paillard Still Alive!, exhibition, La Galerie d'Architecture, Paris, FR, 2009 [for Louis Paillard Architecte]

16 - Media Library, Escaudain, FR, invited competition, 2009 [for Louis Paillard Architecte]

17 - Botanical Park & Institute, Paris-Gagny, FR, final project, ENSAPB (Prof. P. Villien & D. Hernandez), 2008

18 - Rem Koolhaas: La part de Berlin (1971-2004), Master Thesis, ENSAPB (Prof. F. Fromonot), 2007-08

19 - Venice Archipelago Parks, Venice, IT, 2G competition, 2007 (with A. Brochard, J.M. Pitet) / Finalist

20 - New Paris Courthouse, Paris, FR, international ideas competition (students), 2006 (with A. Brochard, J. Debois, R. Pereira, J.M. Pitet) / 1st Prize

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exhibitions

Habiter la Ville légère in "Habiter le Grand Paris, la Semaine de l'Atelier International du Grand Paris", Cent-quatre, Paris, 01.07.13 - 07.07.13 / LIN

Angers Berges de Maine in "Angers Rives Nouvelles - Trois regards, un grand projet pour les Berges de la Maine", Le Quai, Angers, 06.01.12- 07.02.12 / LIN

"Paris Periphär - Potenziale jenseits des Zentrums", interactive installation within "Grand Paris in Berlin – Die Zukunft unserer Metropolen", Kulturforum, Berlin, 21.02.11 - 08.05.11 / LIN

Venice Archipelago Parks in "2G Competition Venice Lagoon Park", Gustavo Gili, Barcelona + Arsenale, Venice, 08. - 11. 2007

New Paris Courthouse in "Tolbiac : La justice dans la Cité", Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, 13.12.06 - 07.01.2007

publications

"Habiter la Ville légère", contribution to "Habiter le Grand Paris" (AIGP, B. Lemoine, P. Mansat), Archibooks, Paris, 2013 / LIN

Cour des Douanes - Zollhofareal in Bauwelt n°10, March 2013, Wettbewerbe Aktuell n°4, April 2013, AMC n°222, March 2013 / LIN

"Grand Paris Métropole Douce" in L’Architecture d’Au-jourd’hui n°327, February 2010 / LIN

Venice Archipelago Parks in "2G Competition Venice Lagoon Park", Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2008

New Paris Courthouse in "AMC Hors-Série" n°167, February 2007

lectures

“Strasbourg d’aujourd’hui, ses architectes français et allemands“, roundtable, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contem-porain, Strasbourg, 12.04.13 / for LIN

"Ville légère – la part souple des métropoles", AIGP, Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, Paris, 22.03.13 / for LIN

"La ville légère", Technische Universität München, Lehrs-tuhl für Integriertes Bauen, 17.12.12 / for LIN

"Großsiedlungen", Technische Universität Berlin, LIA Laboratory for Integrative Architecture, 19.04.12 / for LIN

"Urban systems", Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, 27.03.12 / for LIN

"Grand Paris Metropole Douce", 08. Heidelberger Baufo-rum, Leimen, 22.09.13 / for LIN

“Grand Paris - Multifunctional Landscapes“, Technische Universität Berlin, FG Landschaftsarchitektur/Freiraum-planung, 11.05.10 / for LIN

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SELECTED WORKS

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Perspective / References / Situation / Model

Status Invited competition – Honorable mention Location Lörrach, DE

Client Schöpflin Stiftung + Stadt Lörrach Program Masterplan + Sports/

Communal Centre Surface 2,8 Ha (site), 10.000 m2 (Housing) + 4.000 m2

(Sports/Communal Centre) Team Fakt + David Levain

The competition was initiated by the City of Lörrach and the Schöpflin

Foundation, joining efforts to develop a 2 Ha site next to a former textile

factory. The masterplan formulates an integrative and adaptive answer to

their respective demands: a peculiar kind of housing neighborhood in line

with the philanthropic activities of the foundation, a large sports/

communal center to be the urban catalyst of this suburban area. The

project is thought of as a flexible system, a framework opened to future

changes. Built and unbuilt substance alternate within a single whole,

mutually reinforcing each other, broadening the possibilities of living, and

participating in an ever changing urban identity.

Schöpflin Areal

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Masterplan (detail)

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Historical development

Vision Downtown Warsaw

Status Competition, 2012 Location Warsaw, PL Promoted by Europan

Program Urban strategy (metropolitan/local scale) Surface 150 Ha

(strategic site), 7 Ha (project site) Team David Levain + Veljko Markovic

The project addresses the transformation of Za Zelazna Brama, a

modernistic housing estate (1965-1972) located in the center of Warsaw.

While its mono-functional character calls for more programmatic diversity

and adaptability, the ongoing densification process brought by liberaliza-

tion in the early 90’s has led to deny some of its specific qualities. The

project takes on the hybrid qualities of Downtown Warsaw and formulates

a vision for its future development. It defines a framework for a transfor-

mation over time: to each strategic issue (parking, green areas, programs)

a set of tools for a more qualitative and sustainable environment.

Europan 12 Warsaw

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Scenario project site

Connected groundsHybrid density Transformation of parking

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Atlas Strasbourg/Kehl (Rhine transformations, mobility, landscape, typologies)

Masterplan Strasbourg/Kehl Birdseye views (general/close-up Kehl)

Status Invited competition, 2012 – 1st Prize Location Strasbourg-Kehl,

FR/DE Client Stadt Kehl + Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg

Program Masterplan Surface 20 Ha (site), 190.000 m2 (Housing, Retail,

Office, Leisure, Hotel, Parking, etc.) Team LIN (Architecture Urbanism),

Bassinet Turquin Paysage (Landscape), Arup (Lighting), Joseph Hanimann

(Philosophy)

The masterplan for the former custom posts of Strasbourg and Kehl tries

to reunite the two cities/countries along the Rhine River. The scheme

unfolds out of and towards the Rhine, simultaneously absorbing the site’s

infrastructural lines, reconnecting existing urban fragments and

enhancing the physical presence of the river. The dense new urban fabric

is combined with programmatic diversity and a strong presence of nature

– a potential model for contemporary urban riverscapes. New bridges and

passages help overcome the many borders on the site: connected with

public programs and uses, they contribute to a multitude of original micro

situations.

Cour des Douanes - Zollhofareal [for LIN]

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Masterplan: zoom Kehl

Published in Bauwelt n°10, 03. 2013, Wettbewerbe Aktuell n°4, 04.2013,

AMC n°222, 03.2013. Presented in Kehl, Großherzog-Friedrich-Kaserne,

22.01.13 - 10.02.13

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Comparative analysis of "peripheral situations" in Phoenix, Shenzhen, Detroit, Bamako, Tokyo, Belgrade, Sã o Paulo, Melbourne, Berlin

Status Commission, 2012-13 Location Paris, FR Client Atelier Internatio-

nal du Grand Paris (AIGP) Program Urban study Team LIN (Architecture

Urbanism), Kaye Geipel (Theory), Joseph Hanimann (Philosophy), Wilhelm

Klauser (Strategy)

The study was led within the framework of Atelier International du Grand

Paris – an international workshop of 15 multidisciplinary teams working

together since 2010 to develop a shared vision of a prosperous and

ecologically balanced Greater Paris. LIN’s focus is the transformation of

the most mono-functional zones within the metropolis (detached housing

areas, industrial zones, mass housing units, etc.) into a resilient yet

diffuse condition – the ville légère – that could complement the agglome-

ration’s dense polarities. Here the comparative analysis of 10 world cities

helps define alternative transformation tools and new representations for

an active periphery.

Habiter la Ville Légère [for LIN]

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Ville légère: situations within Grand Paris

Published in AIGP, Bertrand Lemoine, Pierre Mansat, "Habiter le Grand

Paris", Archibooks, Paris, 2013. Presented within the exhibition "Habiter

le Grand Paris – la Semaine de l'Atelier International du Grand Paris",

Centquatre, Paris, 01.07. - 07.07.13

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Atlas / situations / vision

Status Commission, 2010-12 Location Grand Paris - Seine-St-Denis, FR

Client Secrétariat d'Etat à la Région Capitale (phase 01) + AFTRP (phase

02) + Cities of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Sevran, Livry-Gargan, Clichy-sous-Bois,

Montfermeil Program Urban Strategy Surface 40 km2 Team LIN & Uberbau

(Architecture Urbanism), Wilhelm Klauser (Strategy), Joseph Hanimann

(Philosophy) , Kaye Geipel (Theory), Transsolar (Climatic engineering), Pr.

Dr. Michael Kleyer (Urban Ecology), Systematica (Mobility), Tetra

(Economy), Michel Desvigne (Landscape), Pascal Ampoux & Bazar Urbain

(Concertation) , Egis (Urban engineering)

The North-Eastern territory of Greater Paris concentrates the problems of

the parisian banlieue. It represents a testbed for a socially, economically,

ecologically and culturally more balanced model. The study was commis-

sioned by the French state to anticipate future urban developments along

the new subway ring that will serve the territory by 2025. LIN foresees an

overall empowerment of the territory out of its existing (hidden) qualities

– beyond the hotspots. Urban intensification around transport nodes,

programmatic diversification of mono-functional zones, introduction of

micro-mobility and the activation of large parks and forests are combined

to make the territory a new destination within Grand Paris.

Grand Paris Periphery N-E [for LIN]

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Urban strategy: ville dense / ville légère

Presented within the exhibition "Grand Paris in Berlin – Die Zukunft

unserer Metropolen", Kulturforum, Berlin, 21.02.11 - 08.05.11

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Transformation of the riverbanks over time: 3 steps/scenarios

Status Invited competition, 2010-11 Location Angers, FR Client Ville

d'Angers Program Urban Strategy Surface 320 Ha Team LIN (Architecture

Urbanism), Michel Desvigne (Landscape), Systematica (Mobility), LIA - TU

Berlin (Research), Dynamique Hydro (Fluvial Geomorphlogy ), Tetra

(Economy), Pr. Dr. Michael Kleyer (Urban Ecology), Pr. Dr. Peter-Diedrich

Hansen (River Ecology), Joseph Hanimann (Philosophy)

Angers – one of France’s major western cities – has been separated from

its river by a highway for about 40 years. Three multidisciplinary teams

were invited to imagine the transformation of its riverbanks over time,

during a one year participative process. The model proposed by LIN

integrates very diverse conditions, from the very urban to the very natural,

within a single whole. It combines new urban developments with

alternative mobility modes, water regeneration systems and a strong

presence of landscape. More than a finished project, it is thought of as a

process, a multitude of steps/scenarios towards a more attractive and

resilient fluvial landscape.

Angers Berges de Maine [for LIN]

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1. Small interventions big impact 2. Development from the core 3. New urban natures

Detail of Saint-Serge development area Experimental water systems (retention, regeneration, bio-modules)

Presented within the exhibition "Angers, Rives Nouvelles. Trois regards, un

grand projet pour les Berges de la Maine", Le Quai, Angers, 06.01.12-

07.02.12

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Interactive model at exhibition opening

Storyboard: synchronized movies for model / screen

Status Contribution to the exhibition "Grand Paris in Berlin, Die Zukunft

unserer Metropolen", Kulturforum, Berlin, 21.02.11 - 08.05.11 Location

Kulturforum, Berlin, DE Promoted by Cité de l’Architecture & du Patri-

moine, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft, Kunstbibliothek – Staatliche

Museen zu Berlin Program Interactive installation Team LIN & Wilhelm

Klauser (Concept), Anjin Anhut (Animation), Werk 5 (Model)

As much as a transformation project, Grand Paris is an investigation on

representation(s). How to show the complexity and uncertainty of the

metropolis? How to achieve collective appropriation on a territorial scale?

The installation "Paris periphär: Potenziale jenseits des Zentrums" was

presented within the exhibition "Grand Paris in Berlin" in 2011. It sets a

focus on LIN’s project for the North-Eastern territory of Greater Paris.

While animated maps are projected on a round base, images and/or

statements complement the story on a screen. The user is active in the

process, launching himself the different chapters: "grand paris", "dense/

light city", "gradual mobility", "multifunctional landscapes".

Grand Paris in Berlin [for LIN]

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Interactive installation: plan and section

Movie stills : model / screen

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Venice Lagoon channel system

Concept diagram

Situations within the Venice lagoon

Status 2G competition Venice Lagoon Park, 2007 - Finalist Location

Venice, IT Promoted by 2G International Architectural Review Program

Urban Strategy Surface 550 km2 Team Antoine Brochard, David Levain,

Jean-Marc Pitet

The 2G competition proposed to rethink the Venice lagoon as a whole and

imagine prototypes for a decentralized and sustainable development. The

strategy takes on the layout of the existing canals within the lagoon: they

define vast areas of water, all potential urban parks, waiting to be

programmed. The posts bordering the canals represent starting points for

a conceptual plugging operation: to each post a potential prototype,

ranging from light structures (observatories, refuges, energy way stations,

pavilions), to floating hotels or vaporetto hubs, or larger energy modules

(solar panels, wind turbines) – according to the found situations.

Venice Archipelago Parks

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View towards Venice

Prototypes within the lagoon

Published in "2G Dossier - Venice Lagoon Park", Editorial Gustavo Gili,

Barcelona, 2008. Presented within the exhibition "2G Competition Venice

Lagoon Park", Gustavo Gili, Barcelona & Arsenale, Venice, 08. - 11. 2007

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View towards French National Library and Courthouse

Cross section

Longitudinal section

Status International ideas competition, 2006 - 1st. Prize (student

category) Location Tolbiac-Halle Freyssinet, Paris, FR Promoted by EPPJP

(Etablissement Public du Palais de Justice de Paris) Program Courthouse

Surface 11 Ha (site) - 100.000 m2 (courthouse)

The aim of the competition was to propose solutions for the relocation of

the Paris Courthouse within the Seine Rive Gauche district, across the

French National Library. One of the constraints was to integrate a 300m

long former industrial hall built by French engineer Freyssinet in the 20‘s.

The project is structured around three main elements: a thin tower/urban

signal, Freyssinet’s transformed hall, and a 6-storey "block" building. They

are connected to one another and "plugged" into large urban stairs. The

stairs represent the main feature of the project: as a reinterpreted symbol

of a courthouse, an important public space, a link between the different

urban levels and a strong identifying element for the neighborhood.

New Paris Courthouse

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View from urban stairs and axonometric diagrams

Plan of Ground Level

Published in AMC Hors-Série n°167, 02.2007. Presented within the

exhibition "Tolbiac : La justice dans la Cité", Cité de l’Architecture et du

Patrimoine, Paris, 13.12.06 - 07.01.2007

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View of research institute from the botanical park

Research institute: longitudinal section

Status Final project ENSAPB (Prof. P. Villien + D. Hernandez), 2008

Location Paris-Gagny, FR Program Botanical Park + Research Institute

Surface 12 Ha (site) - 2.000 m2 (Institute) Team David Levain + Renaud

Pereira

The project proposes the transformation of a former gypsum quarry in the

South-Eastern periphery of Paris, trying to maintain its character as a

structuring void. Here the "green" – not a mere alibi – is the conceptual

matrix for the future urban developments. The masterplan is structured

around three parks, each of a different nature : a botanical park, a public

"beach", a housing park. Within the botanical park, two buildings structure

the internal parcours: a museum emerging from the topography, and a

research institute – programmed terraces covered by an oblique

structure/roof – thought of as a flexible hall gently accompanying the

slope.

Botanical Park & Institute

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Situation plan / Botanical park

Detail of envelopeReserach Institute: cross section

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Cover page

Status Master thesis, ENSAPB, 2007-08 (Prof. F. Fromonot) Title Rem

Koolhaas: La part de Berlin (1971-2004) Description 195 p. : ill. (col.), plans;

30 cm Note(s) Bibliographical references, Chronology

Rem Koolhaas: La part de Berlin (1971-2004)

The research ambitions to evaluate the importance of Berlin within the

work of Rem Koolhaas and his office OMA. It is structured around 4 key

episodes/projects: "The Berlin Wall as Architecture" & "Exodus" (1971-72),

"The City in the City - Berlin as a green Archipelago" and the encounter with

O.M. Ungers (1977), OMA’s competition entry for Friedrichstrasse/

Kochstrasse and the IBA debates (1980), the Dutch Embassy and the

critical reconstruction (1997-2004). These episodes/projects tell about

some key aspects of the work of Koolhaas and OMA. They also tell about

Berlin as a city, its character and its evolutions over the last 30 years – the

other object, between the lines, of this research.

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