Lucas Boustie

Lucas is the Technical and Administrative Director of the Territory in a Community of Communes in Creuse.

When I pursued the dual degree of the ABC Master’s program, the project we worked on was the design of the Colloc of ENSTIB, a building funded by the school’s alumni and intended to accommodate future students. I learned to work on blueprints and significantly improved my spatial perception. Generally speaking, this program gave me a better understanding of an architect’s reasoning, which is a real asset in my profession. I recently worked for three years on the renovation of the Administrative City of Bourges, consisting of buildings from the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The learnings from the Master’s program were very useful in my interactions with the architect who accompanied the project. I have excellent memories of ENSTIB, the life at the school, and the surrounding area. The Wood Challenges were an unforgettable experience, both from a human and educational perspective. Designer, calculator, and executor—we had to play all roles and adapt. This program opened my mind to integrating wood and bio-sourced materials into the projects I manage, but it also taught me a way of working, thanks to an exceptional approach to teaching, with no real boundary between teachers and students. I learned a lot and also maintained excellent relationships with both the school staff and my fellow classmates.