Architecte diplômé d’État, Artiste
né le 23 juin 1998 à Lomé, Togovit et travaille à Soucieu-en-Jarrest, France
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Architecte Diplômé d’État (MSc)
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon, France. 2022With research mention, congratulations of the jury, studio ‘Theorized Lateral Architectures’ (ALT), Nominated for the ‘Prix de la Jeune Architecture’
Master 1 in Architecture
Exchange program in I. politecnico de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain. 2019/20Bachelor of Architecture
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon, France. 2019-
Hypercomfort
UDK Berlin, Germany. 2022Summer school supervised by Stéphanie Bru, 4 months concluded by a 1-week workshop at the Neue Nationalgalerie with Hans-Walter Müller
(Professional experiences)
Freelance Architect
Lyon and Paris. 2022-CURRENTCo-curator
A game of Prizes
Faculty of Architecture of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2023Co-curator of the critical exhibition of the Plečnik Prize
Artist
BF15
Lyon France. 2022-2023Recipient of the the support program for young artists from the contemporary art center BF15
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Ciguë
Montreuil, France. 11 months, 2020/21Project assistant, competitions, schematic design, execution details
Frontières
Lyon, Madrid, Paris, Bratislava. 2019Founder, student collective as a creative work force around publishing in architecture
Looking for Architecture
Lyon, France.Intern, competitions, 5 weeks, 2019
WYSWYG architecture
Lyon, FranceIntern, execution details, communication drawings, 3 months, 2018
(Academic experience)
Visiting teacher
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon, France. 2022/23-CURRENT
Thesis, Master studio ‘Theorized Lateral Architectures’ (ALT)
Second semester of Engineer-Architect Program (DCIA2)
Workshop teaching-assistant
Potager du Roi, École Nationale Supérieure d’architecture de Versailles, France. 2022éé versailles, 1-week summer school founded by nous.computer
LINA Fellow
EU, European Green Deal. 2022/23Among 25 emerging European practices, in the framework of the LINA European Architecture Platform program, launch conference in Faculty of Architecture of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prix COAL-Culture et diversité
(Art and ecology Prize), Paris, France. 2022Nominated for the research-creation ‘À ses eaux agiles’, presented at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris
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Prix de la Jeune Architecture
organised by École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon, France. 2023Competition, ‘objets d’architecture’, winning entry, curation and scenography for the diploma exhibition of ENSA Lyon, built with publishing house QNDMC and Eugénie Palau
Baréphémère
organised by Saint-Ex, cultural center, Reims, France. 2023Competition, ‘playtime’, winning entry, bar and foyer space, built
Tunnel Evangelion
organized by Dropcity, Reuse Italy, SKWAT, Koozarch, 2023Finalist for the competition of the rehabilitation of Magazzini Raccordati, exhibited in the Salone del Mobile 2023, Milan
Hotel, Archijeunes
organised by Valode et PistreCompetition, ‘chez-moi ailleurs’, winning entry, 5th prize
Hazebrouck, La Friche
organized by AGUR Dunkerque, Hazebrouck, France. 2022Competition, ‘La baraque’, winning entry - 3rd prize
Pavillon ALT
organized by the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon, France. 2022Competition, ‘Balthazar’, winning entry, installation built, Neyron, France
Berlin Techno Booth
organized by Beebreeders international competitions. 2021Competition, Snb-F1, winning entry - 2nd prize
L’écho du Marteau
festival in Nancy, France. 2021Competition, les bruits, winning entry, installation built in Sion-Vaudémont, France
Mini Maousse 7, Virtual Schola
organized by the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France. 2019Competition, Pl/I, winning entry, 1/5 scale model exhibited in Trocadéro, Paris, Fr
(Residencies and lectures)
MAXXI
Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy. To be screened in Senigalia, 2023Production a documentary short film in the framework of the MAXXI Film Summer School
Triennale of Architecture of Lisbon
Portugal. Ongoing, 2023‘On the move’ research residency focusing on the conditions of the territory, ‘the Periple Duet’
Architektūros fondas
Vilnius, Lithuania, 2023Mentor of the Experiment’s Platform, support program for architectural research
Architectuul
Berlin, Germany. Ongoing, 2023Digital writing residency, 4 months
Forecast Festival
Berlin, Germany. Ongoing, 2023Initiation of collective performance, ’Borderland investigations: a walk on the edge’, Radialsystem
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Driving the Human
Berlin, Germany. 2022Research and participation in a Panel talk moderated by Vera Sacchetti, art and architecture festival, Silent green
(Publications, exhibitions)
10 Fragments
Villa Noailles, Hyères, France. Ongoing, 2023Collective exhibition for the centennial of the Villa Noailles, curated by MBL architects, 10 young European practices are invited to reinterpret a fragment of Mallet-Stevens’ building
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Balthazar, recipe
Tallinn Architecture Biennale, Lettonia. 2022Project and short article, published in the New Food Deal exhibited during TAB 2022
Let the sunshine in!
3 questions on the metropolis
Oslo Architecture Triennial. 2022Prospective research on housing, published in the online atlas ‘Neighborhood index’