Architecture Portfolio

PORTFOLIO Célia Fabry

Graduated in Architectural Engineering in Brussels (2024)

About me

Engineer Architect After five years in architectural engineering at Bruface in Brussels, I had the opportunity to work on diverse projects, dealing with different scales and programs, ranging from a small-scale museum in a parc to a masterplan in the Leopold district. I also worked on projects dealing with heritage, while incorporating a sustainable approach and an engineering perspective. The following projects are classified chronologically. The project n°5 was realised for the parametric course in MA1, which helped me develop my skills in Grasshopper.

Recently graduated, I am currently looking for a traineeship.

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EDUCATION 2022-2024

University. Master in Architectural Engineering at the Brussels Faculty of Engineering (BruFace, VUB and ULB) Joint program including architectural projects with an engineering and sustainable focus and courses on bioclimatic architecture, architecture & construction history, load calculations, parametric software, energy and daylighting analysis.

Grande Distinction Master Thesis: “Civil Engineering History and Heritage in Belgium: Focus on Innovation and Aesthetics (1959-2024)”

2019-2022

University. Bachelor in Architectural Engineering at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Grande Distinction

2013-2019

Secondary School. Institut Notre Dame d’Arlon (INDA)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2023

Exhibition at Perspective Brussels. The EU Parliament and the European District

2022

Exhibition at Perspective Brussels. Reconversion and extension of the Metropole in Forest

SOFTWARE 2D & 3D drawing

AutoCAD I Sketchup I Rhino7 I Grasshopper

Render, edit & layout

Twinmotion I Gimp I Photoshop I Illustrator I Indesign

Coding

Python I MatLab I Sofistik I Abaqus

Ms Office

Word I Powerpoint I Excel

LANGUAGES

INTERESTS

SOFT SKILLS

French: native language

Reading

Creative

English: intermediate level

Dancing

Organised

German: basic level

Travelling

Attentive to details

Spanish: basic level

Playing piano

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Selection of projects

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01.

02.

VDura

Living Boxes

2020-2021

2020-2021

05.

06.

Lotus

EU Urban Campus

2022-2023

2022-2023

03.

04.

BioTime

St Hubert Church

2021-2022

2021-2022

07.

08.

Warocque Institut

Police House

2022-2023

2023-2024

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VDura

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Overcoming plot and height challenges for comfortable apartments

Year: 2021 Place: Casernes Ixelles, Brussels (BE) Program: Housing Team: J. Deroisy, C. Fabry, P.M. Guillemot, L. Herreman Professors: R. Devos, S. Jourdain Software: AutoCad, Sketchup, Gimp, Concept (Ipad)

Situated within the historic Caserne d’Ixelles, this project centres on a building positioned on the western periphery of the barracks. The project’s foremost challenge lies in the trapezoidal plot, hemmed in by a high wall along its western boundary.

To address this issue, the design departed from the site contours, favouring a more rectangular geometry, in harmony with the shapes of the surrounding buildings.

The building’s structure was placed externally to match the height of the taller adjacent building while maintaining a roof at the same level as the lower building on the other side.

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A secondary challenge was the four-meter height difference with the street, affecting the project’s porosity. This is tackled by introducing a glazed Mediathèque on the ground floor, along with the creation of a ramp.

The resulting Vdura project features double-oriented apartments, a flat public roof and the use of reclaimed bricks and wood from the dismantled building.

This project was realised in groups and I contributed to the sections, plans, and façades. For the portfolio, I reworked the render and the detail.

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CONCEPT

Destruction of the existing

Creation of two pedestrian axis

Alignment with the rest

Parallelepiped shape

In-between height

Reduction of the groundfloor

Porosity introduced by reducing the height of the wall and creating a glazed médiathèque

Façade visible from the street with the glazed mediathèque on the ground floor

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DETAILING

1. Screed: wood flooring, floor panel, acoustic aggregate 2. CLT 200 mm

3. Beam 300 x 400 mm 4. Airtightness 5. Insulation 200 mm

6. Watertightness 7. False ceiling 8. Isotec

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LIVING BOXES

Designing 8 housing in a dense neighborhood

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Year: 2021 Place: Antwerp (BE) Program: Housing & public space Team: C. Fabry Professors: R. Devos, S. Jourdain Software: AutoCad, Sketchup, Gimp, Concept (Ipad), Artlantis

Located in one of Antwerp’s most densely populated neighborhoods, this project involves designing eight single-family housing.

To mitigate the impact of these overwhelming neighboring buildings and consider the oppressive walls surrounding the inside space, each floor of the lodgings is a rectangular parallelepiped with glazed sides oriented towards unobstructed views overlooking trees. Consequently, the dwellings have no direct views on each other. This assemblage of parallelepiped volumes fosters a distinctive identity from the inside marked by doubleheight entrances and living spaces.

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In addition to private gardens, these lodgings made up of two or three rotated stacked parallelepipeds, create balconies.

The remaining plot is dedicated to public spaces, addressing a shortage in the area.

As a result, Living Boxes offers the inhabitants sweeping views and abundant outdoor areas in the heart of one of Antwerp’s most compact city blocks.

This project was done alone.

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IMPLANTATION IN THE DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD

Rectangles oriented towards unobstructed views

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FOCUS ON ONE DETACHED HOUSING

RDC

R+1

R+2

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5

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1. Raft foundation 2. Support point 3. Waterproofing membrane 4. Beam (and hollow core slabs)

5. Vapor barrier 6. Lintel 7. Plastering 8. Load-bearing wall

9. Steel deck 10. Concrete screed 11. Parquet flooring 12. Hollow joint bricks

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BIOTIME

Involving an iconic swamp into its neighborhood

03

Year: 2021 Place: Wiels, Forest, Brussels (BE) Program: Renovation, public function & public space Team: C. Fabry, L. Fabry, M. Van Hollebeke Professors: S. Ben Rajeb, C. Paez, J.T. Van Hoof Software: AutoCad, Sketchup, Gimp, Illustrator, Twinmotion

The Metropole is part of a former brewery that represents a landmark in Forest.

Recently, a swamp has formed due to construction errors. Despite its historical and ecological richness, this place lived hidden for years from its local population.

The Metropole and the new building have adaptable structures, spatial organizations and materiality. Moreover, they are in a constant dialogue with each other, from the rhythm of their structure to their materiality and function.

After a thorough analysis of the area and its function, BioTime aims to be a place dedicated to meeting and learning, while preserving the unique characteristics of this particular environment.

This project was completed in groups of three, and I mainly contributed to the design of the new building (plans, sections, façades, detail), as well as to the contextual sections and the implantation plan.

The renovated Metropole is dedicated to learning, featuring a greenhouse whose shape is related to the ancient ateliers, while the new building serves as a cultural center.

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CONCEPT & PROGRAM

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Circulations

Multipurpose area (conferences..)

Library

Services (sanitary, lounges)

Theater

Work rooms

Bar

Greenhouse

Lounge area

Administration

Mushrooms grow

Research Workshop

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DETAILING

1. Gutter 2. Metallic flats 3. Steel deck 4. Gyproc sheet 5. Truss 6. L profile

7. IPE 30 8. Flexible insulation 9. Cable 5 cm 10. Translucent glass 11. IPE 160 12. Aluminium main rail 16x5 cm

13. Aluminium vertical pillar 16x5 cm 14. FlexBrick ceramic bricks 15. Double glazing 16. Aluminum side rail 7x5 cm

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GOTHIC MUSEUM

Boosting an abandoned church with a new function

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Year: 2022 Place: Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels (BE) Program: Renovation, public function & public space Team: C. Fabry, M. Schaffers, M.Ulusoy, M. Van Hollebeke Professors: S. Ben Rajeb, H.T. Van Hoof, C. Perez Software: AutoCad, Sketchup, Gimp, Twinmotion

The Saint Hubertus Church is an important landmark in Watermael-Boitsfort since its construction in 1911, notably with the use of new materials and its 85-meter-high tower. Currently abandoned, it is in need of renovation.

To highlight its qualities, the church is transformed into a gothic museum, which addresses the region’s shortage of museums while showcasing the church’s unique features. The new walls and floors are dissociated from the existing ones with a spacing between them and a new structure is designed with visible technical elements, in the gothic style.

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For this project, I was the chief of a group of four since it was my original design that was selected. I supervised three students who focused on either an energy performance study, a structural calculation or a detail analysis. My responsibilities included overseeing the sections, plans, and renderings, as well as managing the team.

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CONCEPT

ANALYSIS

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Energy

Structure

Detailing

PROGRAM

Museum 4

Museum 3 Insulated

Museum 2

Restaurant

Not insulated

Museum 1

Workshops

RENDERING

Ground floor

First floor

Second floor

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LOTUS

Designing a greenhouse with parametric tools

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Year: 2023 Place: Botanic Garden , Brussels (BE) Program: Greenhouse Team: C. Fabry, M.Ulusoy Professors: L. De Laet Software: Rhino, Grasshopper (Kangaroo & Karamba), Photoshop

Within the course of Spatial Structures, a structure needed to be built for which the assembly, the form and the stresses needed to be analysed. Lotus, a flowershaped greenhouse, was formfinded with Kangaroo and a gravity load.

After these analyses, an optimisation was proposed to reduce the stresses and displacement of the most critical parts of the structure, specifically the beam above the entrance.

The second part of the project involved structural analysis, conducted with Karamba. Based on the material (wood), the supports and the connections (fixed), different forces were applied (selfweight, wind and snow loads, and load combinations). For each case, the internal stresses and the displacements were analysed.

For this assignment, I focused on calculating the loads and translated them into Grasshopper using Karamba. I also worked on the connection and assembly details necessary to build this structure.

For the portfolio, I redid the render.

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ASSEMBLY SCHEMES

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GRASSHOPPER CODE

Formfinding

Application of loads

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European Quarter

Towards a dynamic EU urban campusing an old school

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Year: 2022 Place: European Quarter, Brussels (BE) Program: Mix-use program at a neighborhood scale Team: S. Chaga, C F.abry, A. Gonzales, G. Mennella Boon, G. Paganelli & M. Schaffers Professors: A. Khan, G. Caterina Verga, P. De Walsche, C. Aspeslagh, H. Van Sande Software: AutoCad, Sketchup, Concept (Ipad), Photoshop

The European Quarter hosts the European institutions, such as the Parliament and the Commission. As a result, this neighborhood is bustling with EU workers during working hours, but experiences a significant vacancy during nights and weekends.

To address this lack of activity during certain periods, the EU institutions are split throughout the neighborhood at key corners and joined to other functions active at different times. This is done with a program matrix that combines functions active at different moments and identifies dynamic corners.

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Some major streets are converted into pedestrian zones to link green spaces and contribute to the dynamism of the quarter.

This project was carried out with a group of six students. I focused on the analysis sketches, concept sketch, the public spaces design and the program (and its occupancy). For the portfolio, I also reworked the streets, collages and the public spaces.

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ANALYSIS

Low risk of flooding

Green spaces

Sun path

Housing

EU Institutions

Medium risk of flooding High risk of flooding

Bus paths Metro paths

Offices

Bikes’ parkings

CONCEPT Green spaces Public spaces Maelbeek valley Axis as public spaces Green axis Connection (cars) Zones of activation

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STREET ATMOSPHERE

New streets that promote soft mobility and include more vegetation and dynamic public spaces

PUBLIC SPACES

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Maelbeek Learning Center Dynamising and highlighting an abandoned school

07

Year: 2023 Place: European Quarter, Brussels (BE) Program: Renovation, public function & public space Team: C. Fabry, M.Ulusoy Professors: A. Khan, G. Caterina Verga, P. De Walsche, C. Aspeslagh, H. Van Sande Software: AutoCad, Sketchup, Gimp, Twinmotion, lasercutting (Prusa)

After analysing and proposing a masterplan for the Leopold district, one building in this area was selected. We chose the Warocque Institute, a former Institute of Anatomy of the ULB, which now houses a laboratory on one side and a school on the other.

Some levels are dedicated to selflearning activities, while others contain auditoriums or a library. An extension has been designed on the south side to accommodate a laboratory, with a part open to the public.

In need of urgent renovation, the building is transformed into a learning center, honoring its historical significance and complementing its surroundings, which include many schools.

In this project, I focused on the plans, sections and elevations.

During the design process, great care was taken to highlight the building’s existing qualities.

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CONCEPT

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PROGRAM Auditorium (4) - 398 m2 Collaborative spaces - 146 m2 Lounge - 210 m2 Green roof - 517 m2

Sanitary - 90 m2

Classrooms - 273 m2

Vertical circulations - 500 m2

Cook & book - 1150 m2 Kitchen/storage - 95 m2 Reception - 118 m2 Laboratory - Offices - 277 m2 - Laboratories - 420 m2 - Waste - 16 m2 - Conference area - 84 m2

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Groundfloor plan

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Transversal section with a water bassin as a buffer space between the new and the old buildings

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Police House

Designing a functional police house close to a school

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Year: 2023-2024 Place: Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels (BE) Program: Police House Team: C. Fabry Professors: L. Ney, S. Meyrant, S. Elsen, A. Galan Gonzalez, J. Lindekens Software: AutoCad, Sketchup, Photoshop

The current Police House in Woluwe Saint Lambert is in need of a renovation. The new Police House is planned to be placed next to a primary and secondary school.

The main challenges arise from the proximity of this police house to the school and the complex flows between the different types of users (policemen, public visitors, prisoners).

In order to respond to these issues, the project is divided into four main blocks.

This allows to align with the street while remaining perpendicular to the adjacent buildings. Each volume has a specific height, increasing along the slope of the street.

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Each one of these rectangular volumes holds a specific function: techniques, public offices, private offices and leisure.

Between each block is a glazed corridor dedicated to the vertical and horizontal circulations.

In order to enhance this concept of blocks, there are no windows on the sides of the façades and the bricks are placed vertically, also visible in the corridors. Two patios act as buffer spaces and enable the entrance of daylighting in more private spaces such as the interrogation rooms.

This project was realised alone.

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CONCEPT & PROGRAM

Alignment with nearby buildings

Alignment with street

Elevation with the slope

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Circulation in between the blocks

Emphasis on the entrance

ELEVATION, SECTION AND GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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Celia Fabry I Bruface I Portfolio Traineeship I Architectural Engineering I 2024