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Email : arthurmani@gmail.com
Date of birth: 05.02.1983, Paris, France
EDUCATION
Degrees: AA diploma, RIBA part 2 (England), Master M1 (fourth year, France)
2007-2008: Fifth year at the Architectural Association
Diploma Unit 2
The Monolithic and the Articulated, The Architecture of Accessibility
Green Re-articulates Red : An Extension to the PCF Headquarter by Oscar Niemeyer in Paris
Unit Masters: Anne Save de Beaureceuil, Franklin Lee
Project presented for AA Diploma Honours and Technical Studies High Pass
History and Theory Essay: Terminator vs. Doly: The Natural Machine and the Artificial Nature
High Pass, Tutor: Martin Self
Future Practice Essay:
Copyright, Patent and Listing : In between Science and Art, Protecting Architectural Creations
Pass, Tutor: Ferhan Azman
2006-2007: Master M1 (Fourth year)
Ecole d'architecture Paris Malaquais, EAPM
2005-2006: Fourth year at the Architectural Association
Diploma Unit 16
After the Disaster, Before the Phenomenon, A New Life for Goma, D.R. Congo
A large scale urban intervention to mitigate lava flows, provide shelters for refugees
and agricultural fields for the inhabitants of Goma in the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
Unit Masters: Jonas Lundberg, Steve Hardy
History and Theory Essay: Functionalism Now, Contemporary Answers to a Disputed Ideology
Tutor: George Liaropoulos-Legendre
2004-2005: Third year at the Architectural Association,
Intermediate unit 8
A Digital Library within the British Library
How does Google Print which planned to put online every single book will
change physical libraries as we know them today?
Unit Masters: Yusuke Obuchi, Alan Dempsey, Eugene Han
History and Theory essay: Flâneurs and Detectives, learning from the city’s inner life
High Pass, Tutor: Marc Cousins
Professional Practice essay: Liability in Architectural Practice
High Pass, Tutor: Javier Castanon
2003–2004: Visiting Student Program at the Architectural Association
A Dancing Bridge Around Canary Wharf for Flâneurs, Joggers and Bikers
The analysis of the site was based on an abstract exercise to diagram a
game of baseball and a collective design game called “topographical fiction”.
Rules were defined to systematize the design process.
Unit Masters: Georges Liaropoulos-Legendre and Charles Tashima
2001-2003: Second and First year of Architecture studies
Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais, EAPM
2000-2001: ‘Baccalauréat’ in Economy at the Ecole-Active-Bilingue (www.eab.fr)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-2009: Proctor and Matthews Architects, London
-Architectural Assistant in charge of 3D modelling: Chester Zoo Extension, U.K.
Duration: From February until undefined
2006-2007: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris
-Assistant Architect in charge of the 3D modelling: Philharmonie de Paris, France
Duration: Three monthes (July-September)
B&H construire Patrick Bouchain, Paris
-Assistant Architect: Housing in Ile Saint-Denis, France
Duration: Three monthes (February-April)
Arte Charpentier et associés, Paris
-Assistant Architect: Housing in Strasbourg, France
-Assistant Architect: Offices in Fontenay, France
Duration: Three Monthes (November-January)
2005-2006: IJP Corporation, George Liaropoulos-Legendre, London
-Assistant Researcher: Mathematics and Architecture: Building an "Implicit Field"
Duration: Three Monthes (July-September)
Photo Library, Architectural Association, London
-Watching lectures done at the AA, check the quality of the recordings and
write a short synopsis for each of them
Duration: Ten Monthes, Part Time (October-July)
2004-2005: Zaha Hadid Architects, London
-Assistant Architect: Louvre Museum Competition, Paris France
-Assistant Architect: CGA-CGM Skyscraper, Marseilles, France
Duration: Three monthes (july-September)
ARUP, Advanced Geometry Unit, London
-Assistant Architect: Battersea Power Station
Duration: Three Weeks (December)
2003-2004: Mikaël Klatzkow & Associates, Paris
- Assistant Architect: apartments in Paris
- Project Designer: ‘bistrot’ refurbishment in the suburb of Paris
Duration: Three monthes (July-September)
Ragot-Jones Architectes, Paris
-Assistant Architect: refurbishment of a penthouse in Paris
Duration: Two Monthes (October-November)
2001-2003: Antoine Grumbach & Associés, Paris
-Documentation of projects and Website coordinator
Duration: Three Monthes (July-September 2003)
Ministry of the city, Minister: Jean-Louis Borloo, Paris
-Assistant city planner: study of urban projects in several French cities
Duration: Two Weeks (April 2003)
Philippe Jonathan Architecte D.P.L.G., Paris
-Assistant Architect: private house in the south of France (Roussillon)
-Assistant Architect: private house in the suburb of Paris (Le Vesinet)
Duration:Three Monthes (April 2001, July 2002, December 2002)
Seminars, Publications and Prizes:
2008-2009: - Architectural Association Fabrication Cluster (AAFAB) First Prize Stage 1 - with Sanem Alper
2007-2008: - Work on the Nyiragongo published in Scientific Journal
- Workshop with the FAU University in Sao-Paulo, Brazil, on Sustainable
Design and Oscar Niemeyer
2006-2007: - Photography Exhibition at the Architectural Association
"Construire L'Avenir, Goma R.D. Congo"
- Shortlisted for the "Environmental Tectonics Competition" 2006
2005-2006: Organisation of a seminar at the Architectural Association,
-Volanologists Jacques Durrieux and Paolo Papale on Mitigation Plans
for the Nyiragongo Volcano
-Workshop with the Stockholm Architecture School, Sweden, on Parametric
Design and Digital Fabrication
REFERENCES
Patrick Schummacher Steve Hardy and Jonas Lundberg Yusuke Obuchi and Alan Dempsey
Director Zaha Hadid Architects Unit Masters Dip16 Unit master inter8
Travels
R.D. Congo and Rwanda (Goma, Gisenyi), Lapland (Kiruna), Spain (Barcelona, Bilbao, San Sebastian), China (Shaolin for a one month Kung-Fu training and Beijing), Mexico (Mexico City, Accapulco and San Miguel), Brazil (Sao Paulo, Brazilia and Rio de Janeiro), Turkey (Istanbul)...