Innovative Architecture: Researching Sustainable Practices Across Borders

Curious Innovator Architect Tackling Environmental Challenges Through Sustainable Design Solutions

Felicie baguette dit Michael Portrait

Félicie Baguette dit Michael

Architect with international experience in prestigious teams, blending cultures and expertise to create innovative, sustainable designs. Skilled in working

with natural materials and leading ecological and social projects.

Passionate and adaptable, I deliver solutions rooted in context, combining creativity with environmental responsibility.

Education

Master of Architecture

École nationale supérieure d'architecture Paris-Malaquais
2024

Renzo Piano Scholarship

Recipient of the RPBW study grant 2023

Workshop "Building with Earth"

October 2023

BC Materials, Brussels

Erasmus Exchange

Università degli studi Roma TRE
2019 - 2020

Bachelor of Architecture

École nationale supérieure d'architecture Paris-Malaquais
2017 - 2020

Professional experience

Architect at RPBW Renzo Piano Building Workshop

  • Genoa, Liguria, Italy
  • August 2023 - March 2024

As a part of the esteemed Renzo Piano Building Workshop, I have contributed to cutting-edge architectural projects, focusing on sustainable and functional design.

Campus Politecnico di Bovisa, Milan, 325,000 m², €45M

Phases completed: Feasibility study (ESQ), Preliminary design (APD), Detailed design (PRO), Tender documents (DCE), Execution (EXE)

Intern Architect at RPBW Renzo Piano Building Workshop

  • Genoa, Liguria, Italy
  • February 2023 - August 2023

I was honored to receive the Renzo Piano scholarship, which allowed me to work closely with leading architects and gain invaluable experience in the field.

Internship

Assigned to the project for three historic campus buildings as part of a three-architect sub-team, in continuous collaboration with Elizabetta Trezzani (partner) and Renzo Piano. Prepared and assisted in meetings with clients and the chief conservator. Coordinated contractors and trades and collaborated using a BIM model (Revit). Produced study models.

Confidential project, 4,800 m²

Phases completed: Feasibility (FAIS), Concept design (ESQ)

Feasibility studies for the extension of an existing building. Client and municipal meetings (USA), volumetric studies using models and floor plans. Studies of area distribution for multiple programs.

Foundawtion - Dawoffice

  • Thionck Essyl, Sénégal
  • September 2025 -

Construction site management, Bajankusoor training school, 1500 m2

Management and quality control of work execution with a team (70 workers) and techniques

Professional Break

  • Australia
  • August 2024 - August 2025

Working Holiday visa in Australia. A year traveling solo across the continent in a converted 4x4.

Independent Assignment

  • Vannes, Brittany, France
  • February 2024 - October 2024

Renovation of a private single-family house, 135 m², €115,000

- Filed the prior works declaration (déclaration préalable de travaux).

- Coordinated trades and subcontractors.

- Created multiple new openings in the façade and roof.

- Used bio-based materials (raw earth plasters).

- Designed a custom-built bookshelf.

- Managed site supervision and progress monitoring.

Project phases: FEAS (FAIS), CONCEPT (ESQ), PRELIMINARY DESIGN (APD), DETAILED DESIGN (PRO), TENDER DOCUMENTS (DCE), EXECUTION (EXE), SITE SUPERVISION/DEFECTS TRACKING (DET)

Scenography

  • PETE THE MONKEY FESTIVAL — WITH ATELIER 8M3F rance
  • July 2023

Scenography for the festival’s main stage. 100 m³, €6,000

Managed the assembly team (12 people); construction of 6 m–high wooden structures.

Intern Architect at PERROT & RICHARD Architectes

  • Paris, Île-de-France, France
  • February 2022 - May 2022

During my internship, I participated in various stages of architectural rehabilitation projects, enhancing my skills in design, project management. and site supervision for building restorations.

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Final Year Thesis: Rethinking Human-Forest Relationships and Fire Management in France – « Mont des Roses » Case Study

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Directors

Nicolas Gilsoul | Matthias Gervais de Lafond

The Mimosa hearth

Forest and Humans: rekindling the bond under the threat of fire

Nowadays, French forests have to cope with increasingly frequent and devastating wildfires. The deterioration of climatic conditions is not the only factor to blame: our relationship with the forest, once so personal, has gradually diminished. What was once the setting for our beliefs, rites and legends has become, at best, a pleasant landscape for picnics and hikes.

How can we restore this link? In a context where human presence is synonymous with danger, what would happen if we dared to bring humans back to the forest and turn them into guardians?

In Bormes-les-Mimosas, the Mont des Roses, tucked between the city and the Dom's national forest, appears to be a key site in the nature/culture dichotomy that characterizes our contemporary position: the place is scattered with highly flammable mimosas, yet it is untouchable by virtue of its cultural value.

Already burnt several times, the forest-turned-scrubland offers the possibility of a new way of inhabiting the place: water guides the inhabitants through the vegetation to the point of complete immersion. The watchtower, the site's new totem, keeps an eye on the forest and embodies a forgotten memory of the one that burned.

Research Thesis in Architecture: Redesigning Boundaries for Human-Gorilla Coexistence in Uganda's Bwindi National Park

Directors

Dominique Rouillard

The boundary of the gorilla's range

The limits of the boundary in the Ugandan national park

In Uganda's Bwindi National Park, humans share their territory with the gorilla, our close cousin in danger of extinction. In this case, the national park appears to be the last bastion of wildlife, often to the detriment of indigenous populations whose access to the forest has been brutally cut off. How can we manage the spaces where these two territories intersect: one is officially protected and closed off; the other is home to one of the highest population densities on the planet, which is subject to poverty and lack of resources? What form might such a boundary assume? After centuries of exploitation of a planet that mankind believed to be its own, is there still a privileged territory where men and wild animals cohabit as equals?

couverture de la thèse de recherche "la lisière du gorille

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