Julien Folcher Architecture Portfolio

1. Personal informations

2. Projects :

. Personnal

. N+B Architectes

. Grimshaw

. 汉嘉设计集团 Han Jia design group

. Hybride n°3

. A lived campus for a sensorial city

. 385 Bourke Street

. Guan gan si yuan 4 stars hotel

. Rurban Hybrid

. Inside out

. 1 William Street

. Chuan shang towers

. The Circus bar courtyard

. Cube Society

. Mas de Teste appartments

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Julien FolcherGraduate Architect (Master of Architecture)with 2 years experience

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4/28 Centennial Avenue

28/05/1985French

Autocad / Rhino 3d / Vray / Sketchup /Artlantis Render / Adobe Creative Suite

Architecture Master degree graduate with honours from Montpellier Architecture School

Thesis project : distinction and publication in Montpellier architecture school magazine

Post Water-front City : Honorable mention for architectural design

Free Form Design, organised by TU Delft and Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Montpellier in Lyon, France.

Post Waterfront City, organised by Tohoku university Sendai, Nanjin university, RMIT Melbourne, Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Montpellier in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China.

Population, organised by: RMIT Melbourne, Tohku University Sendai, Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Montpellier in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bachelor of Architecture from Montpellier Architecture School

French Institute of Architects competition : 1st prize

Adobe premiere / Adobe after effect /Microsoft office

English (fluent)/ French (first language) / Mandarin Chinese (intermediate level) / German (intermediate level)

Brunswick West3055, VIC, Australia

Phone : +61 (0) 415 127 677Email : [email protected]: julien_folcher

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I graduated with honours from Architecture school of Montpellier in 2010, since then I have had two years experience working at N+B Architectes (France), Han Jia Design Group (China) and Grimshaw Architects (Australia).

A combination of international backgrounds and travelling experiences have aided me in becoming an open-minded, competent, effective and efficient individual; I work well under pressure, enjoy problem solving and tackling new situations. I am committed to each and every goal at hand and thrive when working in a team.I enjoy team work and I am inquisitive, methodical, approachable, friendly and eager to learn.

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Graduate Architect at Grimshaw Architects, Melbourne, Australia.

Graduate Architect at Emery Studio, Melbourne, Australia.

Architect at Han Jia Design Group, South West Institute, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Architect at N+B Architectes, Montpellier, France.

Student Architect at N+B Architectes, Montpellier, France.

3d modelling and rendering tutor at ABAC Informatique, Narbonne, France.

Student architect at Imagine Architecture, Paris, France.

Student architect at BT3Z Architectes, Paris, France.

Student architect at ARX Architecture, Narbonne, France.

Intern, Alain Guillaume Architecte, Montpellier, France.

Tasks : Conceptual design, documentation and 3d modelling on mobility, high rise and retail projects.

Tasks : Concept design and documentation on signage and way finding projects.

Tasks : Competitions, conceptual design on urban planning, five star hotel, mixed use building, large scale commercial, large scale residential, offices projects.

Tasks : International competitions, conceptual design, building permit, documentation on urban planning, public building, leisure, educational, research, residential projects.

Tasks : Building permit on residential and refurbishment projects.

Tasks : Teaching draft person how to use softwares such as Sketchup, Artlantis render, Photoshop.

Tasks : Building permit on residential and nursing home projects.

Tasks : Building permit on public building project.

Tasks : Building permit on public building project.

Tasks : Conceptual design, building permit on residential projects.

Achitecte D.P.L.G, Montpellier, France

Achitecte D.P.L.G, principal IMAGINE Architecture, Paris, France

Achitecte D.P.L.G, associate N+B Architects, professor at Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Senior Architect at Grimshaw, professor at Monash University, Melbourne

Partner at Grimshaw, director of the Melbourne office

Phone : +33 467 63 31 95

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Phone : +33 467 92 51 77

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Flinders Street Station international competition 1st phase, project short listed for phase 2

Blue Ocean Shopping mall

385 Bourke Street

Guan Gan Si Yuan 4 stars hotel

Chuan Shang towers

Chengdu modern financial harbour

Chengdu Dong Da street

Gignac city extension

Mas de Teste apartments

Wu Sheng Waterfront, invited competition, 2nd Prize

IUMM High School refurbishment, invited competition, 1st prize

Balzac High School, invited competition, 1st prize

Campus méditerrannée international competition, 1st prize

French Institute of Architects student competition, 1st prize

GrimshawProgram : Train stationLocation : Melbourne, AustraliaArea : 50 000 m²Tasks : 3D modelling

GrimshawProgram : Retail, resortLocation : SingaporeArea : 125 000 m²Task : Conceptual design, 3D modelling

GrimshawProgram : Base building refurbishmentLocation : Melbourne, AustraliaArea : 10 000 m²Task : 3D modelling

Han Jia Design Group South West DivisionProgram : Offices and retailLocation : Nan Chong, Sichuan, ChinaArea : 100 000 m²Task : Conceptual design, visualisation

Han Jia Design Group South West DivisionProgram : Offices and retailLocation : Chengdu, sichuan, ChinaArea : 125 000 m²Task : Conceptual design, visualisation

Han Jia Design Group South West DivisionProgram : Shopping mallLocation : Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaArea : 600 000 m²Task : Floor plans and sections

Han Jia Design Group South West DivisionProgram : mixed use buildingLocation : Chengdu, sichuan, ChinaArea : 400 000 m²Task : Conceptual design

N+B ArchitectsProgram : Urban planningLocation : Gignac, FranceArea : 12 haTask : Documentation

N+B ArchitectsProgram : ResidentialLocation : Nîmes, FranceArea : 1000 m²Task : Building permitProject displayed in Venice Biennale 2008

Han Jia Design Group South West DivisionProgram : Urban planning and hotelLocation : Wu Sheng, Sichuan, ChinaArea : 5haTask : Hotel design

N+B ArchitectsProgram : High school extension and refurbishmentLocation : Montpellier, FranceArea : 3000 m²Task : Facades designer, architectural visualisation

N+B ArchitectsProgram : High school extension and refurbishmentLocation : Castelnau le Lez, FranceArea : 3000 m²Task : Facades designer, architectural visualisation

N+B architects, Atelier Hitoshi Abe, C+D architectsProgram : Urban planning, university campusLocation : Montpellier, FranceArea : 840 haTask : Volume designer, urban planner, architectural visualisation

Program : sports hub, exhibition centre, parking lot and residentialLocation : Carcassonne, FranceArea : 10 000 m²

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PERSONAL PROJECTS

Julien Folcher Architecture Portfolio

In terms of architecture, hybridization is a method of assembling different elements in one building or urban area. Unlike the other way of blending separate programmatic entities, where each element is easily recognizable, hybridization involves components fusion into each other, each element thus lose a little of its original identity. Hybridization increases the potential link between activities by making them spatially and functionally interdependent. The nesting of elements increases the contact surface, the interface between programs, while the programmatic fusion blurs these spatial boundaries. Moreover, the complementarity and proximity of the functions allow greater interaction between different groups of users. This process, involving the formal transfer of functions, increases their interdependence and their relationships. Moreover, this method is often applied in Genoa.


RURBAN HYBRIDYEAR : 2010LOCATION : CARCASSONNE, FRANCETYPE : STUDENT COMPETITION, st PRICEPROGRAM : 25 SOCIAL HOUSINGS, SPORT FACILIES, PUBLIC BUILDING, PARKING LOTAREA : 10 000 m²COMPETITION ORGANIZER : FRENCH INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS



Today the historical city of Carcassonne extended itself beyond its original fortification.Consequently, limitsbetween city and nature aren’t obvious anymore. The Capucin area, where the project takes place, is one of those «in between» areas. Between «Nature» and «Culture». It is located at the border of the urban development and faces the river l’Aude. Considering this location, the objective was to create an interface between those two elements, using a metamorphosis of existing elements of the site into architectural shapes. A kind of rationalisation of the nature. The result is an hybrid architecture, generated by natural and cultural codes. The project is divided in two parts, the upper part of the site hosts all the public functions, sport activities, the parking lot as well as a forgotten spring. All these functions are gathered in a giant «rock» playing with the topography of the site. The lower part is occupied by the houses, hanging 5 meters above ground, as a forest of tree houses covering a parc. This Rurban Hybrid is an alternative solution for borderlines development which grows from the potential of the site and makes for a soft transition between city and nature.

CUBE SOCIETYYEAR : 2012LOCATION : CHENGDU, SICHUAN, CHINATYPE : EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITIONPROGRAM : MASTER PLAN, MIXED USE BUILDINGAREA : 1 000 000 m²



The project begins by taking a critical position on most projects currently being developed in Chengdu, which reflectthedecisionmakers’addictiontotheubiquitousmixedusehigh-risetype.ThecontextoftheprojectisChengdu’snew city centre currently being constructed on the southern edge of the existing centre. All of the existing urban fabric has been removed to make way for new development.

IsChengdugoingtobeaduplicateofBeijingorShanghaiafterthisfierceurbanization?Aretherequalitiesthatcanmakethenewcity“adifferentplace”? Fromthisbasis,theprojecttriestoansweroneresearchquestion:HowtointerprettheessenceofChengdu’suniquelifestyleandcombineitwithamodelofcentralizedorganization,toenableitsvernacularculturetosurvivewithinalargescaleandhighlydensifiednewurbanenvironment.

The project focuses on exploring interactions between outdoor spaces and how the distribution of programs drives circulation. The aim is to introduce a typology that cultivates difference through the coexistence of multiple types through hybridization and to develop a strategy for maximizing the intensity between local, metropolitan and global conditions.


In order to make the project not just a generic mixed use building, all the programs need to interact with each other. This interface increases the potential link between activities by making them spatially and functionally interdependent.

Now a days cities like Chengdu develop horizontaly, the vertical growth of high rise building is just an extension of the private property on the ground level. The city doesn t gain anything in this 3rd dimension. This project propose to extend and complexify the city into this new territory. This 3rd dimension must be a continuity of the 2nd and propose an alternative in a dense city with higher and higher property value.

Cubesocietyisathree-dimensionalinfrastructurenetworkorganized inahorizontal, verticalandobliquestreetgridthat offers short connection paths and higher urban density with better local communications, less social isolation, and higher number of neighbor interactions. This projects seeks tocreateahyper-rectangle,whereresidentscanoccupyabuilding site on 3 dimensions.

The interface spaces in this project are original spaces from the existing city fabric, which are the most characteristic spaces in Chengdu famous life style. They are proven to work well under the climate and cultural conditions, people are familiar with them and they are part of the city’s lifestyle.

The complimentarity and proximity of the functions allow greater interaction between different groups of users. During the visitors’ journey they will pass varied urban elements along the route, and change experience both programmatically and spatially. Compare to connecting destinations in a linear way, this kind of journey will bring a sense of serendipity to the city and therefore add more interesttotheurbanquality.

Cube Society is a project which has much more density than most existing developments in China, at the same time it provides more public spaces and accessibility, allows Chengdu’s joyful lifestyle to breathe and live within this urban superstructure. It is a hybrid project combines modernefficiencyandtheuniquelocalculture;itintroducesa typology that cultivates difference through the coexistence of multiple types through hybridization and to develop a strategy for maximizing the intensity between local, metropolitan and global conditions. Hopefully it will provide an alternative approach to the future Chinese urbanization process.




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汉嘉设计集团 HAN JIA DESIGN GROUP



CHUAN SHANG TOWERSYEAR : 2012LOCATION : CHENGDU, SICHUAN, CHINATYPE : COMMISSION PROJECTPROGRAM : OFFICES, HOTEL, RETAILAREA : 125 000 m²

The Chuan Shang Towers competition was won by Hanjia Design group in 2011. In 2012, the government modified the buildingregulations for the area of the project; theconstruction’s maximum height was adjusted from 150 meters to 70 meters.

In spite of this requirement, thearea and scope of the project remained and consequently, the project, which wascomposed of three towers higher than 100 meters needed to be fully redesigned. Respecting those new rules and the client’s needs, there were not many possibilities leftandresultedinmassivevolumesdifficulttoreconcile with the site and the context. Facing this design challenge, the solution was to cut the buildings horizontally into slices of different sizes utilizing facade materials to create feelings of superposition and small simple volumes that as well resulted in generating further smaller scale outside spaces for the offices.

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1Openspaceoffice2 Meeting room3 IT / Storage4 Outise terraces5 Retail6 Hotel room7 Suite

GRIMSHAW

1 WILLIAM STREETYEAR : 2012LOCATION : BRISBANE, AUSTRALIATYPE : COMPETITIONPROGRAM : QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OFFICESAREA : 75 000 m²



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