design computation, engineering and agentic AI
consultancy and tech studio, by Sébastien Perrault, since
2015
2025-12 Knowledge graph architectures for context-aware AI coding agents - programming
agentic AI
orchestration
knowledge graph (KG)
2024-12 Interactive 3D knowledge graphs for navigating complex organizational knowledge - knowledge graph (KG)
dashboard
information architecture (IA)
ontology
semantics
context engineering
2024-12 Streaming city-scale Google 3D Tiles into Rhino/Grasshopper - programming
3D tiles
2024-07 Ensuring safe, comfortable wind conditions at street level - Condamine, Monaco - pedestrian wind comfort (PWC)
computational wind engineering (CWE)
computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
2024-05 Controlled AI visualization from architectural geometry - diffusion architecture
generative artificial intelligence
rendering
2024-02 ML-driven semantic classification of 3D building scans - point cloud
semantic segmentation
3D scanning
2024-01 Forensic art analysis through 3D scanning and photogrammetry - art investigations
3D scanning
photogrammetry
2023-10 Wind comfort assessment for large-scale urban development - NEOM - computational wind engineering (CWE)
computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
2023-10 Generative landscape design at territorial scale - NEOM - landscape
generative design
landscaping
geomorphometry
2023-09 Modular vegetal systems for urban shading and heat mitigation - urban shading
2023-07 Controlled AI visualization from architectural geometry - diffusion architecture
generative artificial intelligence
rendering
2023-04 Computational Ergonomics - an automated Code_Aster pipeline generating 900 nonlinear contact studies to assess fit and comfort - finite element analysis (FEA)
finite element method (FEM)
computational biomechanics
2023-04 Computational design for complex geometries generation - NEOM - parametric modeling
complex structures
2023-04 Parametric structural modelling - NEOM - parametric modeling
parametric design
dynamic relaxation (DR)
2023-03 Iterative structural optimization of large-scale structures - NEOM - parametric modeling
parametric design
dynamic relaxation (DR)
complex structures
2021-11 Urban heat mitigation through data-driven strategies - ADEME/MESH2C - urban heat island (UHI)
outdoor thermal comfort (OTC)
2021-07 Lightweight timber gridshell design through structural form-finding - gridshell
form-finding
timber structures
timber engineering
active bending
lightweight structures
kagome
2021-06 Low-carbon construction combining load-bearing straw and timber gridshells - low technology
low-carbon
gridshell
structural straw
2021-05 Ambiental clustering and data-driven spatial sequencing for visitor experience - scenography
cluster analysis
k-means clustering
cloud computing
2021-03 Automated bioclimatic evaluation of urban design options - 3D tiles
2021-03 Visibility and nature-view analysis - visibility
nature view factor (NVF) [%]
2021-03 Solar-optimized urban massing for generative masterplanning - procedural modeling
dynamic masterplanning
solar architecture
2020-06 Reusable timber gridshell system for modular structures - Ekilaya - gridshell
form-finding
timber structures
timber engineering
active bending
lightweight structures
2020-05 One-click terrain modeling from satellite and GIS data - geographic information systems (GIS)
satellite imagery
2019-10 Bioclimatic studies for the Paris 2024 Olympic Village - outdoor thermal comfort (OTC)
massing
2019-06 Typology-aware dynamic masterplanning - procedural modeling
dynamic masterplanning
urban typologies
2019-05 Real-time GPU visualization inside computational design workflows - shader
2019-04 Automated urban terrain models from high-resolution LiDAR and GIS data - LiDAR
urban digital model
digital elevation model (DEM)
digital terrain model (DTM)
2019-04 Location intelligence and property-market data mapping - location intelligence
point of interest (POI)
cartography
data visualization
data mapping
real-estate
2019-04 Biomimetic bridge design combining topology optimization and post-tensioning - topology optimization
generative artificial intelligence
crossings
2018-10 Automated environmental metrics computation for masterplanning - master planning
design evaluation
environmental design
environmental engineering
2018-06 30,000 non-standard components - digital fabrication workflow, Al Janoub Stadium - building information modeling (BIM)
parametric detailing
digital manufacturing
design to production
fabrication information modeling (FIM)
2018-05 180 m covered footbridge - Reinventing Cities competition, Paris - structural design
architectural design
crossings
2018-03 Innovative footbridge design, Saudi Arabia - structural design
ornament
shell
crossings
2015-06 Teaching solar-driven algorithmic design - cellular automata (CA)
solar architecture
2014-11 Automating access to geospatial data for computational design - geographic information systems (GIS)
2014-04 Climate Ribbon parametric shading components, Miami -
parametric design
solar shading systems
non-standard
component instantiation
2013-05 Climate Ribbon, 15,000 m² bioclimatic canopy, Miami -
performance-driven design
solar architecture
solar access
mean solar vectors (MSV)
datascape
2013-05 Climate Ribbon, Miami - Solar performance computation at scale -
performance-driven design
solar architecture
2012-03 Louvre Museum - Computational design and daylighting for the Islamic Art covering - complex structures
computational engineering
structural engineering
structural optimization
space frame
freeform
daylighting