This three line poem by William Carlos Williams describes eating plums that were in the icebox and meant for someone else's breakfast. The speaker acknowledges this by asking for forgiveness and noting the plums were delicious and cold. The poem explores a small moment and everyday object, highlighting simplicity and humor through its unexpected confession.
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Lily Benoit
20th March 1990
EDUCATION
2013 – 2015
International Master of Architecture & Sustainability - Sint Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
Laureate of the master & selected for European Architectural Medals - Best diploma project
2009 – 2013
Bachelor in Architecture - ENSAPBx, Bordeaux, France
2009
International Baccalauréat - Lycée François Magendie, Bordeaux, France
2006-2007
Obtention of the Rotary « Youth Exchange Program » Grant - Wodonga, Australia.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2015
Plan survey and model making of de Ooievaar for Lucy McKenzie - Oostend, Belgium
May-June 2012
Internship at Latour Salier Architecture Office - Bordeaux, France
September 2011
Internship at the building structure engineering office ID Bâtiments - Bordeaux, France
September 2010
Internship at the traditional plasterwork building company Peixoto - Tyrosse, France
July 2008
Cook assistant at the gastronomic restaurant Helianthal - Saint Jean de Luz, France
Curriculum Vitae
LANGUAGES AND IT SKILLS
Model making, Sketches, Watercolor, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, PowerCad, Sketch up,
Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, In Design, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
English : Fluent / French : native / German : A2 / Spanish : A2
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Summer 2011 - 2015 Vice-President of the association COCOCOLLECTION
Artist residency in Saint-Vincent de Tyrosse - France - www.coco-collection.com
Culture : Modern and classical arts, independent cinema, music (classical, soul,
electro, jazz),
Food : Cooking, baking & eating great food
Sport : Swimming, hiking, rock climbing, surfing
Travelling: Sri lanka, Taïwan, US west coast, Europe...
CONTACT
Mobile : +336 61 54 13 09
Email : c.lily.benoit@gmail.com
Adress:
84 rue de Rigoulet
33000 Bordeaux
France
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The Unfolded Home
Master Dissertation project - 2015 - Selected for the EAM Best Diploma Project
Docent Anuschka Kutz
This project starts with Elly, an 83 years-old
resident of South-east London.
I was inspired by the way she was enjoying
her slow life and our conversation made me
realise the importance of the details that
brightened her life.
I wanted to propose a design that had the
same intimate quality as her home, thanks
to a careful choice of materials and tectonic
details.
On the other end, this project is an alternative
solution to the densification by destruction
of New Cross Gate. A Victorian mutation: to
increase density by bringing complexity to
the urban tissue.
Some of the existing gardens go up to 35m
deep and in this space lies great potential.
Redistributed, it would enable the creation
of new housing but also propose services
that would spring from residents’ initiative,
as well as a large garden or park that would
belong to this community.
The unfolded home is not a specific master
plan or house design but it’s a tool box. Rules,
materials, details, structures and examples
are in it but they leave some room for
experimentations and above all choice. Raw
materials and structures are standard (hence
affordable) but each design is intended to be
particular to each inhabitant.
This project embraces all scales, from the
local urban realm to the door handle and
celebrates distinctiveness.
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PRIVATE PUBLIC
BEDROOM
BATHROOM
LIVING
KITCHEN
ENTRANCE
TERRACE
GARDEN
COVERED
SPACES
SMALL STREET
LOCAL SQUARE
RING ROAD
PUBLIC SQUARE
COURTYARD
COMMON SPACE
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Antwerpen
Design Studio - 2013 -
Docent Tomas Ooms
The transition of intimacy starts in the
public area and continues in the private.
As an example, an Egyptian temple,
like many religious monuments, has
its spatial organization based on this
transition.
This organization also exists in the
domestic architecture. The connection
with the street can be treated in many
different ways, arcades, front steps,
courtyard or just a difference in the used
materials.
Once inside a home, the gradation from
public to intimate implies a certain
distribution of the different rooms.
The entrance, which can even host the
postman, is the in-between space that
sets the boundary with the outside. The
living room and the kitchen is the main
stage, where the action takes place and
is shown to the “outsiders” whereas the
bedroom and bathroom stay the most
intimate spaces of a house.
This project plays with these elements,
creating a multitude of spatial sequences.
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school courtyard inner street
collective courtyard
local square
garden courtyard
green courtyard
playground courtyard
office courtyard
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From a single concept, three distinctive projects were
created. Different spatial systems were used to introduce
transition in this neighborhood but some logic are present
in all 3 projects.
One of the first concern was to link the car-scale to the
human-scale. The ring road can be viewed as an XL-scale
and it’s a a space dedicated for cars. In each of our projects
we make use of larger and higher buildings next to the ring
road with integrated shops at the ground floor to create
the first buffer to introduce the medium scale that lays
behind. This filter enable the creation of a more welcoming
atmosphere within the block.
In the three proposals you can see the use of
courtyards and small streets to serve as communal space
that belongs to the immediate surrounding buildings. This
transition space is intended to create a sense of community.
Mock-up, Team Work
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The road
Design Studio - 2014 - with Amadé De Moyer, Bahare Rezaee & Mariana Mares Guia de Oliveira
Docent Chotima Ag-Ukrikul & Wim Goes
This little sidewalk pinched by ring road
and the wall seems totally abandoned:
It’s the result of the space left between the
car lanes and the train tracks. It has been
invaded by urban junk (light pols, road
signs, electric boxes), even the tiles on
the ground end up disappearing. There is
an obvious lack of care in this space : It’s
a kingdom of cars, where people aren’t
welcome.
However, this is a really strong place, the
wall has a certain sublimity and walking
alongfeelslikebeingontheedgeofthecity
(just like the boulevard of the medieval
wall). It is also an important axe, this wall
leads to the gate of Dampoort and the
squeezed bus stop on the way is evidence
that this place is used by people.
The intent of this design was to highlight
the wall, the limit between the inner and
outercity,andtorecreateaninvitationfor
the people by offering a new perception
of the ring road.
This project follows the sidewalk along
the wall. A ribbon runs along the walk, as
a ground and protection. Its waves offer
a different perception and change the
relationship with the cars and the other
side of the wall. At one point, the path
reaches two meters high and the wall
have another scale. The sounds of the
birds and the trees that travel with the
walker, are connected with the vision of
the other side of the wall.
The focus on the pauses along this
way is also essential. The care of the
atmosphere, the materiality and the
light of these places is a way to welcome
pedestrians and enables the creation a
small urban refuge in this strong and
harsh environment of the ring.
“ÉCHAPPÉES D’IMAGINATION”
The smell and sounds of the park stand as the connection between the two sides
of the wall and create opportunities to escape the roughness of the ring road
through imagination
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Elective - Humanitarian projects - 2014 - with Adriana Strojek
Docent Kris Scheerlinck & Laurens Bekemans
After the earthquake, Haiti was greatly
destroyed and left 1 million people
homeless. Unfortunately, the country
hasn’t recovered yet and reconstruction
process relies on the NGOs and the
material they bring.
TheideaistostartreplantingtreesinHaiti
in order to create a valuable raw material
a possible economy.
This process would enable to limit the use
ofimportedproductsinthereconstruction
and reduce the dependance of foreign
help.
Our project is to propose construction
modules that enables a freedom in the
design of a building.
The design of these elements tries to use
as little material as possible and to limit
the use of imported products.
The design is set by the limit of the chosen
material while leaving a certain freedom
choice for the inhabitants.
The construction technics are shared
through booklets : one about the
transformation of the raw material the
other about the construction itself.
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Model 1/ 50
Enclosed Garden
Design Studio - 2010 - with Alexandre Clanis
Docent Solenn Guével
Aplaceawayfromreality.Anotheruniverse
to have a different perception of the Cité
Frugès.
To create this place apart, we chose to
play with thickness and space with visual
connections with the site. Our project
develops within a thickness surrounding a
central space, an enclosed garden.
This embracing place is appeasing. This
space offers a freedom of use for the
neighbours and the visitors. A meeting
place, to play, to read, to picnic and to rest.
Therhythmoftheshadows,thelightfiltered
by the leaves, the laughter of the children,
the whisper of the conversations bring the
white walls to life.
The thickness becomes empty and the
limits, porous. In the thickness, a path
surrounds the central space. In the mass,
hollowshaveappeared:Brightandintimate
niches to linger.
The walls stop and we discover the skyline
and the rhythm of the houses.
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Archipelago
Design Studio - 2011 -
Docent Dominique Servos
At first sight, Sadirac is a little forest hiding
surprises: stone ruins, a clearing of plum
trees, a wild forest, endless meadows…
Thediversityoflandscapesandtheconstant
amazement of children is an inspiration for
this project.
This Holiday centre takes the form of an
archipelago: every unit has its function and
encloses one or several soft atmospheres.
The harmony of the group is underlined
by the homogenous facade of the buildings
and by a hard ground linking together the
different «islands» and integrating the
platform of the former train station.
Thisprojectwelcomesmostlychildrenfrom
5 to 12 years old. One of the ambitions of
this project is to offer a certain freedom for
its users. The holiday centre is not fenced,
it opens towards the quiet forest. Under its
purelines,itproposesagreatflexibilitywith
modularity between the rooms.
A strong link is weaved with the site: wide
openings offer a generous light and views
onthesurroundingnature.Throughthistie,
the children and adults’ imagination and
dreams can escape outside of the walls.
18. This Is Just To Say
William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
