self

Lujac Desautel is an award winning New York City based contemporary yacht design and architecture studio focused on creating authentic, original and beautiful designs that are expression of each clients dreams and desires.

“I believe design should offer an authentic beauty that invites people to consider experiencing the world in a different way; perhaps a way never imagined.“

Lujac Desautel


AWARDS

1st Place - Archinect Dry Futures Competition 2015

Recipient - Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architectural Scholarship, 2015

American Institute of Architectural Illustrators Award, 2015

Young Designer of the Year Finalist, Boat International, 2014

AECOM, Urban SOS International Architecture Competition Selected Exhibition, 2014

CCA Architecture Jury Prize Winner 2015 (Liquifying Aquifers Project)

CCA Architecture Jury Prize Nominee, 2012, 2013

CCA All Honors Architecture Nominee, 2013

CCA  Architecture Book Award Nominee 2013

CCA Creative Achievement Merit Scholarship, 2010 - 2015

Award of Excellence, Ethics and Integrity, OSAA, 2010


DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Bjarke Ingels Group, BIG, New York City

Pastrovich Studio, Monaco, Monte Carlo

Lejarraga Studio, San Francisco

Ermenegildo Zegna, Palo Alto

collaborations

Anna Korkobcova

Harry Bristow Brokers

Global Seas

M-Projects

yacht crew experience

M/Y SEASICK, 22 meter, Private, Mangusta, 2014

M/Y COSTA MAGNA, 49 meter, Charter, Protekestan, 2011, 2012

M/Y AVA, 41 meter, Charter and Private, Benetti, 2012


EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture at California College of the Arts