PORTFOLIO

ANDRÉ CUVELIER

COFFEE KIOSK

PALAZZO FARNESE - ROME

SETTING UP A COFFEE KIOSK IN THE HEART OF A PALAZZO IN ROME PRESENTS A PLETHORA OF ENCHANTING POSSIBILITIES FOR CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS. THE DESIGN CONCEPT ADOPTED FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO SEAMLESSLY MERGE CONTEMPORARY FORMS WITH ANCIENT ROMAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. THE ARCH, A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF ANCIENT ROMAN CONSTRUCTION, SERVES AS A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT THAT CAN BE EASILY MANIPULATED BY SIMPLY ROTATING IT, THEREBY DRAMATICALLY ALTERING ITS WHOLE DEMEANOR. THE KIOSK IS THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY INVITING, ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS TO APPROACH AND PARTAKE IN THE PLEASURES OF A CUP OF COFFEE. THE CURVES AND WAVES ON THE STRUCTURE ULTIMATELY SUGGEST A SMOOTH AND EFFORTLESS JOURNEY, WHICH LEADS ONE BACK TO THE PALAZZO TO CONTINUE THEIR STROLL, ALLOWING THEM TO SAVOR EVERY MOMENT OF THEIR TIME IN THIS REMARKABLE AND CAPTIVATING HISTORIC LOCATION.

OBSERVATORY PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY

SCENIC DRIVE - EL PASO, TX

DESIGNING AN OBSERVATORY IN SCENIC DRIVE, EL PASO, TEXAS PRESENTED A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE EXTRAORDINARY TOPOGRAPHICAL SHIFTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION AFFORDS NOT ONLY A BRILLIANT PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE THE UNIQUE DESERT FLORA AND FAUNA, BUT IT IS ALSO EASILY VISIBLE FROM EL PASO, JUAREZ MEXICO, AND NEW MEXICO. THE DESIGN CONCEPT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE SEVERAL DISTINCT LEVELS, EACH ORIENTED TOWARDS ONE OF THE THREE CITIES. ADDITIONALLY, EACH LEVEL BOASTS AN EXCLUSIVE GALLERY SPACE, WHICH NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTS THE TOPOGRAPHY BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EACH CORRESPONDING CITY. THROUGH THIS DESIGN, WE CAN CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY AND WONDER OF THIS MAGNIFICENT LOCATION WHILE ENABLING VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE THE INCREDIBLE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND GEOGRAPHIC GRANDEUR OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

SOLID MASS DUPLICATE MASS

ORIENT TOWARDS VIEWS

ALIGN TO OPENVIEWS

PLACE ON SITE

CREATE CIRCULATION WITH TOPOGRAPHY

USE OF MATERIALS TO COMPLEMENT STRATEGY

1/16" = 1'-0" 1 Level 1 1/16" = 1'-0" 2 Level 2 = 1'-0"

INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY

DEEP ELLUM - DALLAS, TX

THE PROJECT TAKES PLACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DEEP ELLUM, EAST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. IT ASKS FOR THE DESIGN OF AN INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

IMAGES HAVE THE POWER TO IMPACT SOCIETIES BOTH SYMBOLICALLY AND PHYSICALLY. THEY SERVE AS A WAY TO DOCUMENT HISTORY, AND INFLUENCE HOW ONE PERCEIVES THE WORLD. WHEN EXPLORING THE LINKAGES BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE, ONE WILL DISCOVER THAT THESE DISCIPLINES ENCOMPASS AN INTRINSIC RELATIONSHIP. AMONG THE MANY LINKAGES, ONE CAN FIND THAT PHOTOGRAPHY HAS INFLUENCED HOW ARCHITECTURE IS BOTH IMAGINED AND UNDERSTOOD THROUGH TIME, AND SIMILARLY, ARCHITECTURE HAS SHIFTED THE WAYS IN WHICH SPACE IS DISCOVERED AND CAPTURED THROUGH A LENS.

MUSEO D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA

ROME, ITALY

THE SEEDS OF THE DESIGN CONCEPT FOR A CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM IN THE ANCIENT CITY OF ROME WERE SOWN WHEN THE IDEA EMERGED OF SEAMLESSLY MARRYING TOGETHER TWO DISTINCT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES - THAT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN - TO CREATE AN AWE-INSPIRING ABODE FOR THE ARTS. DESIGNED AROUND THE INSPIRATION OF “THE HIDDEN ART WITHIN A CITY”, THIS MUSEUM, LOCATED IN THE HEART OF ROME, INTERTWINES THE CITYSCAPE WITH THE ART WITHIN. THE CITY ITSELF IS SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTED BY THE ARCHED COVER THAT ENFOLDS AND CONCEALS THE GALLERY SPACES THAT TAKE INSPIRATION FROM NEARBY VILLAS AND PIAZZAS - ALL OF WHICH EMBODY AND REFLECT THE ARTISTRY AND ESSENCE OF THE CITY. THE AIM OF THIS MUSEUM IS TO REVEAL TO VISITORS AND ART LOVERS ALIKE, THE HIDDEN WONDERS AND TREASURES OF THE CITY IN AN ENTIRELY INNOVATIVE AND BREATHTAKING MANNER.