Nellie Le Juge De Segrais Architecture graduate portfolio

NELLIE LE JUGE DE SEGRAIS

ARCHITECTURE I PORTFOLIO

CURRICULUM VITAE

NELLIE LE JUGE DE SEGRAIS

15. 01. 1997

nellielejuge@gmail.com

+230 57759467

Growing up and living in Mauritius, is living the windows wide open, the wind circulating freely. It is living barefoot, searching for the freshness of the earth. It is also dreaming of elsewhere, because you can sometimes feel cramped. I’m grateful as I had the opportunity to travel since I was young. During my travels, I have observed different ways of living, different from mine, which opened my mind and nourished my imagination and curiosity.

My four years of studies in Mauritius were a chance, as they enabled me to understand my island in a deeper way, its urban and architectural development, but also the importance of its multicultural society. Through those years, I have developed an architectural thinking, taking into consideration the importance of observation and analysis on a territorial scale, through the work of many surveys and interviews.

My final year of architecture at ENSA Nantes, in France, was an important stepping stone that stimulated my work and affirmed my vision of architecture, re, as well as my posture developed over the years. My final year has also allowed me to develop architectural projects in a completely different climate and society, pushing me out of my comfort zone, and diversifying my architectural references and knowledge.

Finally, these years of studies and work experiences have been a series of enriching encounters, learnings and confrontations. These experiences have nourished my projects, and have influenced the graduated architect that I am today.

Feeling grateful for these opportunities of learning and experiences, I can only ask to discover more.

LANGUAGES

French English

Mauritian creol

INTERESTS

Reading and writing

Photography (passionate)

Music (Guitar et transverse flute)

Sports (Surfing, Kitesurfing, Tennis, Rugby)

Travels (Madagascar, Phillipines, Greece, Australia, South Africa, and more...)

EDUCATION

Master in Architecture et Urbanism (with honours)

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes (ENSAN)

Nantes, France

2019 - 2022

Revit certificate

Certificate for Autodesk Revit essentials for architectural practice implemetation training. BIMHUB Ltd, Moka, Mauritius

February- Juin 2021

Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes-Mauritius, Mauritius

2016 - 2019

Preparatory year in arts

Atelier de Sèvres, Paris, France

2015-2016

Baccalaureate, Literary section, audiovisual cinema specialty Lycée des Mascareignes, Moka, Mauritius

2012-2015

Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) in transverse flute

Concervatory Frédéric Chopin, Mauritius

2011- 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE

GPAA (Gaelle Péneau Architectes et Associés) Nantes, France

Alternate internship

September - December 2021

TFA (Ten Fingers Architect), Mauritius

Architectural Intern

February -J uly 2021

O.G.A. Limited (Salim Currimjee), Port-Louis, Mauritius

Architectural Intern

June - July 2020

GPAA (Gaelle Péneau Architectes et Associés) Nantes, France

Architectural Intern

May - June 2019

Primative O ltd. Mauritius

Art Officer

2018 - 2019

Oris House of Architecture (Revue d’architecture) Zagreb, Croatia

Intern

July - September 2018

DLB Construction, Mauritius

Intern worker

June - July 2017

SOFTWARES

AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, InDesign, Photoshop, Final Cut, Suite Office

1. L’avant poste

2. B-art

3. File là-haut

4. Farm-to-table

5. River flows in Tamarin

6. Think, create, cultivate

L’AVANT POSTE or

the invention of a retro-coastal seafront

La Barre-de-Monts, France

PFE 2022

“L’Avant poste”, an observatory of the rising waters, is a project designed on a complex site. It is located on the edge of the Bay of Bourgneuf (France), which suffered Xynthia, a strong storm in 2010, natural disaster that highly demonstrated the vulnerability of the city.

This complex location could be characterised as an atypical seafront. First by its formation, a territory conquered from the sea, but as well by the activities that nestle there, from oyster farming to agriculture, to running trails and places of contemplation.

Here, situated on the front line of the French coast, vulnerable with significant landscape quality, the observatory of the rising waters offers the power to raise awareness. To be possible, the project has developed a research laboratory, a multi-purpose space that allows collective engagement and discussion on topics related to risks and future city strategies as well as an exhibition hall, and an accommodation.

The project is an architecture on the front row, that will take the first hits of climate change. It is manifest in its location at the end of this long road, but also within its program. It is also a manifest architecture in itself, inviting to experience the rising waters. It then serves as a support to connect man and nature: an awareness through architecture and space.

We would react more reasonably to the emergency if the question of risks were present on a daily basis, and in a more permanent way in the acts of urban planning. During an emergency, it is not always the best time to think, hence the importance upstream of having a depth reflection in a place such as “L’avant poste”.

B-ART

An artistic library, a melting place

Port-Louis, Mauritius

2018

The B-art project is built base on a manifesto written following a rather negative analysis of the capital of Port-Louis, a city that revolves around the concept of “metro, work, sleep”. A lake of entertainment and meeting places make people want to get away from the city as quickly as possible. Moreover, this absence of places like this only widens the gap that is created between the different generations, but also between the different communities living in the city.

Through this manifesto, our main intention is to bring together through Art those different generations and cultures whose gaps are widening more and more.

As the imposed program is a library, the particularity of the project is to hybridize within the equipment some artistic spaces, spaces for painting, dance and music. To reconnect thought Art is to promulgate the importance of art and multiculturalism within the Mauritian culture. The library becomes then a space of diversity and multidisciplinary, and seeks to promote encounters, observation and imagination thoughtful its architectural work.

Moreover, the library tends to put forward the importance of vegetation in urban architecture, a necessity gradually being lost in Port-Louis. This integration within the design could become a source of well-being while contributing to reduce urban heat.

FILE LÀ-HAUT

A writers’ residency

Souillac, Mauritius

2020

Raging sea, infinite horizon and an imposing nature. The south is known for its wild and picturesque landscape. It has always attracted Mauritians and foreigners who come to meditate in this territory linked to spirituality, meditation, self-reflection.

The landscape of the south is a source of inspiration. For certain well-known writers, such as Jean-Marie Le Clézio, the south “is one of those places in Mauritius that I am never tired to see”. Literature has an important place here, home of the poet Robert Edward Hart. Despite numerous literary prizes for Mauritian writers, literature is very little highlighted. Through the development of a writers’ residence, the project highlights the importance of the landscape, sometimes neglected in the process of writing and inspiration for the writer.

The residence develops under one roof, similar to a light sheet of paper. It consists of a library and a literary café, and a little apart, individual studios that can accommodate Mauritian and foreign writers. The library and the café will be the place for meetings and workshops organized between the public and the artists, while the individual studios offer the necessary intimacy conducive to creation. They have been designed to provide particular architectural atmospheres.

Upstream of the main building, the route develops within the site, through installations and outdoor furniture, giving the possibility of meeting, resting and dreaming.

FARM-TO-TABLE Showcase of sustainable agriculture

Port-Louis, Mauritius

2020

The project “Farm-to-table” showcase the life cycle of sustainable agriculture. Street food and fast food have a very high place in Mauritian culture, making Mauritius the 5th country with the highest diabetes rate. The population is also very little aware of the excessive use of pesticides in agriculture, as well as the problematic of food waste. The project thus tries to bring Mauritians to meet a more responsible and healthy agriculture.

The site imposed during the studio, is positioned on the port of the capital of Port-Louis and has buildings that can easily be exploited by their aesthetic but also functional qualities. A work of semiology of materials was therefore necessary to define what will be kept, reused or demolished.

The site, due to its large area and its openness to the city, invites us to work on it as a “landmark” and which will become a showcase for this sustainable agriculture.

To do this, the program consists of a research center (farm lab, greenhouse, nursery), a commercial space (market, restaurant, vertical farming), a place of awareness around open-air plantations and irrigation basins, and finally, a large convivial space (café, coworking, greenhouse). The four places highlight agricultural production in different forms, while seeking to create a physical or visual relation between the consumer and the producer.

RIVER FLOWS IN TAMARIN

Tamarin, Mauritius

2017

“Rivière Noire”, by its name, we immediately understand the importance given to the river which flows into the bay of Tamarin. To find its source, we have to follow it back to “Mare au Vacoas”. Tamarin, known as a fishing village, attracts sea lovers, surfers and fishing enthusiasts. In the village of Tamarin, water is all around us and in different forms. The Tamarin saltworks welcome us with these large salt and water basins, while the open drains accompany us though the village until our arrival at the sea.

I thus try to bring out this close relationship that the village has with water through this sensitive map. Indeed, the village appears through water, which lines up and creates structured islands, contrasting with the river which seems to be in constant movement.

THINK, CREATE, CULTIVATE

A kindergarten and a collective vegetable garden

Antananarivo, Madagascar

2019

Located within the city of Antananarivo, the project is developed following the analysis and observation of the city, and more precisely the urban transept drawn by the Andriantany canal. The perimeter of the project, determined in advance and analysed collectively, between the Mananjara hill and the basin of Ambohibary, faces many problems: the isolation of the district, the lack of access and public facilities, many unexploited cultivable areas, as well as poor water management leading to frequent flooding.

The project “think, cultivate, create” is part of a collectively thought-out urban crossing, joining the left bank of the Andriantany canal to the basin. This crossing, thought though water management, will be organized around kiosk, markets and public facilities, as well as by drains, essential for the evacuation of water.

At the end of this crossing, you will find the project “think, cultivate, create” which includes a collective vegetable garden as well as a kindergarten. Through educational workshops around recycling and a collective vegetable garden open to the neighbourhood, the project tries to respond to the various problems we have observed. Also, it relies on the way of life already established in the neighbourhood and on the climatic conditions, with an architecture on stilts and open spaces, allowing good ventilation, but also the freedom of appropriation for the inhabitants.