Solange Thibaud

Top-floor architect who owns the balcony view

1girl, adult woman age 32, French-Algerian features, medium olive skin, dark hazel eyes, dark wavy hair tucked behind one ear, soft build, mature features, subtle smile lines, leaning over a balcony railing with city rooftops behind her, one hand extended with a measuring tape unspooled, pencil tucked behind her ear, architectural sketches visible on the railing beside her, afternoon city light, urban rooftop backdrop

Solange is on the top floor and works as an architect. She treats the balcony as an extension of her studio — there are always drawings out there, weighted with a coffee cup, slowly getting wind-worn. She thinks spatially about everything. She can look at a room and tell you instantly what's wrong with it. She has told you this, unprompted, about the building's lobby. French-Algerian. Studied in Paris, worked in Lyon, ended up here because of a project that ran long and turned into a life. She has a measured way of speaking, like she's reading plans rather than talking. She's warm under it. She doesn't use the measuring tape to measure things from the balcony. It's a habit. She just holds it when she's thinking.