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Pelletier de Fontenay Architectes

Client RelationsTour/Course OrganizationMaintain Client DatabasesExhibition ResearchMarc-Andr Villeneuve514-774-5511

Intern Competition DesignProject Manager for Counsel of Arts and Letters of Quebec Concept Models + Finished ModelsPublications + Communicationshpelletier@pelletierdefontenay.com

M.Arch. // Dalhousie School of Architecture 2016B.E.D.S. // Dalhousie School of Architecture 2014BFA Art History // Concordia University 2012

AutoCADRhinoceros + Grasshopper + VraySketchUpAdobe Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign Modeling + Woodworking + L.A.S.E.R. cutting + 3D Printing

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Gallerie FOFA Galery

Languages Spoken and Written Fluently

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Organization of ArchivesWebsite MaintenanceTranslation of Written Docu-mentsGraphic Design/Art InstallationInterpersonel Communicationsjake.moore@concordia.ca

Franois Abbott602 Clarke, Montreal

Quebec, CanadaH3Y 3E4

514 651 8089francois.abbott@gmail.com

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The BenchThis project was for a speech writer for Paul Martin who had just moved into a repurposed tobacco factory in St-Henry, Montreal. The client needed additional seating, but also storage for her collection of publi-cations. The Bench uses two ma-terials: walnut and blue steel. Both materials accommodate each other in the details of the custom-made junctures.

INVARIATIONSThis is a model built for architectur-al research financed by the Quebec Counsel of Arts and Letters. The complete series, INVARIATIONS, is an ongoing exploration of structur-al lead by Montreal firm Pelletier de Fontenay. This is a model that I have built based on reflected ceiling plan drawings. The model was par-tially LASER cut, and partially cut in a woodshop as a kit of parts, en-tirely assembled in the Pelletier de Fontenay studio. This is a concept for a five floor building based on a pin-wheeled structure.

INVARIATIONS

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Central Havana

2014

Cuba is often used as a case study of life after peak-oil. The country is cut-off from global trade, and con-sequently cannot rely on petroleum the way the rest of the world cur-rently can. Out of necessity, peo-ple begin to decentralize and lo-calize farming, independent from the politics of petroleum since the Embargo. Ideologies of reusing and re-imagining the use of everyday objects creates a commerce and a culture of recycling.

But being cut off from the world has caused the city of Havana, out-side the reach of maintenance, to decay. 2.1 buildings collapse daily as unused and dangerous lots in-creasingly eat away at the urban fabric.

Alongside this phenomenon, there is a large lack of greenspace in the city. Officially there is 1.1 meters of greenspace per person in Havana, however these spaces are con-

centrated in rich areas outside of Central and Old Havana. The lack of greenery results in an Urban Heat Island Effect, causing the center of Havana to be an average of 1 de-gree Celsius warmer than the rest of the city.

This project proposes to prevent the decay of the city by inserting park structures that conserve and make inhabitable the gaps and ru-ins of the urban fabric. Over time, the aim of this intervention is to rid the city of the Urban Heat Island Effect, and create opportunities for solitude and respite in one of the worlds most dense cities.

Two types of ruins have been iden-tified for interventions.

TYPE AInstitutional buildings that have been gutted.

TYPE BHousing that has completely col-lapsed and been removed.

Speculative map of Centro and Old Havanas decay through the annual collapsing of buildings

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Diagram of the sequence of construction for the type B park from the crubling of housing to the growth of vegetation on the structure.

Diagram of the insertion of structure in the Type A intervention.

Process diagram showing the intentions of use of space within an abandoned hotel.

Diagram of the insertion of structure in the Type B intervention.

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Sun Study October 7AM - 6PM 2014. (Bottom Left: AM. Bottom Right: PM)

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Bamboo Space-Frame Assembly

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Sandhornya

2013

This nomadic shelter is part of a large series of experimental struc-tures built for a cultural festival called SALT. The workshops and the festival took place on the island of Sandhornoya in northern Nor-way. This shelter is part of a family of three that can be flipped up and transported to any location on the 1 km long beach.

Exploded Front and Back Latch-Door Construction

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Exploded front and back latch-door construction

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Plage de lEstThe project explores the relation-ship between Montreals residents and the St-Laurent River. It does so by bringing the observer into the heart of the waterway on an archi-pelago of floating islands anchored between the beach and the islands across. The construction of this archipelago is inspired from barg-es, pontoons and dock technology. Large metal hulls support simple wooden structures. The platforms are articulated by a system of piv-ots, latches and anchors. During the winter, the system can close into a solid shape shielding it from ice. The opening and closing of the islands marks the changing of sea-sons, reconfiguring the landscape of the Plage de lEst.

On the riverbank, a sand beach is flanked by a boardwalk that momen-tarily falls into steps overseeing the water. The remainder of the bank is untouched to sustain the growth of indigenous plants and wildlife de-

Plan made in AutoCAD by Franois Abbott. Rendered by Yves de Fontenay // Pelletier de Fontenay Architects.

Competition entry with Pelletier de Fontenay

pendent of this transitional strip.

The general landscaping strategy for the site is a three-toned gradi-ent. The first tone separates the nearby residential area from the site with a screen of local trees, such as willow trees and white birches. A small sinuous path passes across this small forest. The second is a tall-grass field that conceals desig-nated playing areas cut-out in the landscape. The third of these zones, adjacent to the water, is constituted of shorter grasses, more flexible in its appropriation. Our interventions aim to be as delicate and as light as possible, placing nature at the forefront.

By reaching out into the riverscape, the project creates a strong ges-ture that engages the imagination. The project becomes a recreational tourism destination attracting cy-clists, navigators, swimmers and promeneurs.

Diagrams of doc positions for summer use and winter protection.

Renderings above by Pelletier de Fontenay

Summer View from Dock. Vray + PSD

2013

Rendering in collaboration with Hubert Pelletier // Pelletier de Fontenay Architects View towards field house from path. Vray + PSD

North End This project began with an hourly programmatic study of the North End of Halifax throughout the average day. The primary program is a theatre, but the project also includes a much needed recreation-al center. Overlap occurs in programme between the recreational center on Maitland Street and the theatre on Gottigen Street. The rehearsal space, lobby, open meet-ing spaces and the ground recreational center can used by either programme over different periods of the day.

Lobby Circulation Diagram.

South Elevation Night. CAD + AI + PSD

Longsection. CAD + AI + PSD

Process Model of Theatre Lobby

Gottigen Street

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Maitland Street

2012

FIRE EXIT

FIRE EXIT

SECOND FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

Process Model of Crystaline Space Circulation of People

Circulation of Services

Natural Light Penetration

Process Model of Auditorium Acoustic Wrapping # 1

Process Model of Auditorium Acoustic Wrapping # 21m

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Case StudyStudy of Glenn Murcutts Ma-rie-Short House, 1974. Hand Drafts.

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School of Music

2013

This school of music was pro-grammed for 270 music students, a large auditorium (300 seats) as well as a smaller auditorium (80 seats), serving as Dalhousie Uni-versitys School of Music, but also as a cultural center for downtown Halifax. The initial steps of the de-sign where to define user groups over time (day, month and year) and to create a common space where these user-group programs would convene: the atrium. The atrium is circular, spiting the practice rooms into trapezoidal shapes ideal for playing an instrument without cre-ating unwanted reverberation usu-ally caused by parallel walls.

Population of Building by User Groups Through Time

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3D print of the second floor of the Atrium + Studios

Sound study of single practice room. Plexiglass, water, projection, photographs.

Exploded model of the atrium and single studio spaces. 3D Print.

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