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LOUIS ROSNER
Architectural Designer
East Winthrop, ME
+1 (207)-395-6118
louishenry.rosner@gmail.com
I am a French-American architect with a BA and MA from the National School of Architecture Paris-Belleville, where I graduated in 2019. I recently obtained my architectural license in France and have accumulated five years of professional experience at various firms in Paris, specializing in residential projects. I am now eager to advance my career in the U.S., driven by a passion for housing projects and a strong interest in construction techniques.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RMDM Architects - Project Architect
Project manager for the construction of a 6 housing unit project in Saint-Ouen I Site supervision for a school rehabilitation in the 15th district of Paris I Competition for the rehabilitation of two mid 19th century buildings in the 20th district of Paris I Competitions for multiple residential projects in the suburbs of Paris I Architectural detailing
Badia Berger Architects - Architectural Assistant
Architectural feasibility studies I Architectural detailing I Building permits I Contribution to competitions for residential and public buildings (school and local police station)
Nicolas Hugoo Architecture - Architectural Assistant
Competition for the construction of 30 housing units and a child-care center in Pantin I Competion for the construction of 250 student housing units in Rennes
Le studio Sanna Baldé - Architectural Assistant
Project manager of a 34 housing unit building and geothermal station in Chatenay-Malabry I Urban study for Evry 2 shopping mall, shopping district I Urban feasibility study for 5 lots in Chanteloup-les-Vignes I Competition for the French Kayak Federation’s headquarters
Dec 2019
Sept 2019
July 2017 March 2017
July 2015
Lemérou Architecture - Architectural Assistant
Competition for the construction of 34 housing units in Bagnolet I Site supervision of a small extension/rehabilitation projet I Building permit for a housing project for the elderly and a health care facility I Setup for an exhibition on the firm’s work on the ‘additional room’
Cairos Architecture - Internship
Design I Energy performance diagnosis I Work on appartment renovations
Galiano-Simon Architects - Internship
Design I Work on the reconstruction of a historical building I Architectural detailing
EDUCATION
2024 Habilitation à la maîtrise d’œuvre en son nom propre (HMONP) - French architectural license
2019
Master’s degree of Architecture - ENSA Paris-Belleville
Final project ‘The multiples faces of aging, housing for the elderly and health center in the suburbs of Angers’ Mémoire ‘The Urban Institute of Île-de-France and the issue of single family dwellings from 1960 to nowadays’
2015 Exchange program with the University of Texas, School of Architecture (UTSOA) in Austin Texas
2015 Bachelor’s degree in Architecture - ENSA Paris-Belleville
2012 Baccalaureat in Social and Economics studies, Brussels, Belgium (with high honours)
SKILLS & SPOKEN LANGUAGES
PROFESSIONAL
Competition
for the construction of 50 affordable housing units - Saint Denis, France - 2024 - Winning project
Residential project made of a post and beam structure with a concrete base and two buildings covered with brick cladding.
The project engages in a dialogue with the urban context by aligning itself with the adjacent building and proposing a built volume that replicates the dimensions of the existing building located in front of the plot.
Except for the one-bedroom apartments, every unit has at least two orientations and benefits from large terraces.
The courtyard is generously planted, providing cool air in the warm summers.
Courtyard view
Visual artist credits : Illulissa
View from street north of plot
Visual artist credits : Illulissa
Construction of 6
housing units in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine - Ongoing
This small project, designed for a local public housing agency, is located on an empty plot of land in the close suburbs of Paris. It is composed of 6 housing units, ranging from studio to 3 bedroom apartments. The structure of the building is made of a concrete post-beam structure and concrete slabs. The 2 unique facades (one on the street, the other on the courtyard) are made of wooden frames filled with hempcrete and covered with a lime plaster finish, providing high thermal inertia. All of the apartments have windows on the street and the small courtyard, improving natural ventilation inside the dwellings.
Street view
Visual artist credits : Samy Vincent
Competition for
the renovation of two buildings and addition of two townhouses in the XXth arrondissement of Paris - 2022
This gut rehab project located in the heart of Paris consists in the creation of 34 dwellings for a local public housing agency (Batigère), workshops, office spaces and two commercial premises in two buildings from the 19th century. The first issue here was to design apartments that meet the curent housing standards in very tight and narrow spaces. We overcame this by regrouping smaller spaces together to benefit the more generous spaces inside the apartments and by exploiting the small courtyards in the back of the building (see green rectangles on floor plan next page). The second issue was to come up with an extension (required by the client) wich would not degrade the main courtyard. This was delt with by creating two small town houses generating one big courtyard and two smaller gardens in the back of each houses (see view on left image). This alternation of full and empty enriches the pathway leading to each hallways.
Rue Ramponeau
Longitudinal section
View from courtyard
Visual artist : Samy Vincent
View from courtyard
Visual artist : Samy Vincent
Competition for the construction of a condominium and a student housing project in Asnières-sur-Seine - 2023
The ambition of this project was to make cohexist two separate programs on a same plot : student apartments and condominiums. Although each program have their own acces, a common grid patern for the facades was chosen.
Rue Picquart
Street view
Visual artist credits : Samy Vincent
Competition for the construction of 34
housing units and nursery in Pantin - 2021
Housing project and nursery build on two urban infills. The nursery is located on the 2nd floor in the north building, the build surface is dedicated to housing. Almost all apartments are orientend on street and courtyard, improving air quality. Appartments facing south on courtyard benefit from wintergardens next page) improving thermal comfort.
Groud
Street view
Visual artist credits : Jeudi Wang
Cross section
Street view
Visual artist credits : Jeudi Wang
250 student housing units and 14 condominiums in Rennes, France - 2021
View from courtyard
Visual artist credits : Jeudi Wang
Feasability study in Rosny-sousBois - 2022
Axonometric view of projet
Longitudinal section
Ground floor plan
ACADEMIC
The multiples faces of aging, housing for the elderly and health center in the suburbs of Angers - 2019
In France, the current policy for the care of dependent elderly individuals appears to be primarily divided between, on one hand, the creation of specialized facilities for dependent elderly individuals, such as nursing homes, and on the other hand, the development of assistance and home care services throughout the territory. While a ‘third way’ seems to have emerged in recent years, such as ‘intermediate housing’, understood as an intermediary between a facility and a home, this type of housing does not seem to solve the often inevitable transition from home to a medical facility, often perceived as displacement and trauma by the elderly and their families.
In attempt to adress this issue, this project combines ‘ordinary’ housing and a healthcare facility, in order to ensure a home and provide medical assitance if needed. In other words, the aim of this combination is to allow individuals to age in their homes for as long as possible and ideally, to pass away there, since this is the wish of most of the French population.
The project is located in Avrillé, a suburb of Angers, where there is an aging population. The demographic situation in this town is representative
of a comon trend of the development of ‘rings of aging municipalities’ around medium and large French cities, where the needs related to the elderly are significant. Therefore, Avrillé provides a suitable testing ground to explore new forms of housing that address the challenges of aging.
The project is situated on a city entrance site, currently occupied by a park-and-ride facility for the final stop of the only tram in Angers, as well as a commercial area with its parking spaces. The housing units are organized in groups of two or four aparments. with attention given to pathways and thresholds to facilitate movement and encourage social interactions. The healthcare facility is located above the park-and-ride, which is mostly preserved. Also, a café and a grocery store are proposed as complementary programs to the park-and-ride and healthcare facility.
Groud floor plan Cross section
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Rethinking the edge » - Urban analysis and urban strategy to densify Leander, Texas - 2015
The suburbs of Austin are experiencing unprecedented demographic growth and urban sprawl. This semester focused on Leander, a city located just under an hour’s drive from Austin. After analyzing the main structuring axes and key points of the city, this work consisted of envisioning parcel divisions that would lead to urban forms denser than the typical suburban house.
Semi-detached
Row-houses
Small appartments with local busnisses and underground parkings
Mix-use block
Overhall strategy and examples of urban blocks
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To live in the Metropolis »
housing units in Aubervilliers
