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SÉBASTIEN PERRAULT
CORE COMPETENCIES
EDUCATION
2010 ENSA Paris Val de Seine (Paris, FR) : Architectural Degree
2009 UBA-FADU Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo (Buenos Aires, AR) : Licence of Architecture
2006 ESTP ParisTech (Paris, FR) : Master of Building Engineering, option Architecture
2003 PTSI & PT* (Versailles, FR) : Scientific preparatory program
2001 Lycée Hoche (Versailles, FR) : Scientific Baccalauréat
TEACHING & TALKS
2014-2020 Workshops and Advanced Master “Design by Data” ENPC (Paris, FR)2017-2019 Master BIM ENPC/ESTP (Paris, FR)2013 Columbia GSAPP (Paris, FR)PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016- Founder, Engineer and Computational Designer at ECHOES.PARIS
Accreditations (French Ministry of Research) :
2022 Young Innovative Company (JEI)
2018-2021 Private research Lab (Organisme de recherche agréé CIR)
Projects selection
2025 maiastra AI platform
Multi-agent AI orchestration platform for businesses, tech and design. Knowledge graph architectures powering context engineering, code generation, and autonomous task delegation. Agents built on Claude Code, Cursor and OpenClaw, with Notion as mission control and knowledge hub.
2025 nGraph Digital product
Notion public integration for interactive and agent-friendly 3D knowledge graph visualization. OAuth, Redis multi-tier caching,, Three.js/Graphology renderer. Solo end-to-end: product design, architecture, development.
2025 LCTR AEC consulting
Digital transformation whitepapers for a modular construction company through technology modernization, creation of a CDE, and implementation of data-driven workflows.
2024 ATLAS Technology and R&D
Development of a platform that integrates light BIM with CDE, enabling collaborative documentation of architectural heritage through automation, LCA, web 3D and data visualization. Appel à Projets « Numérisation du patrimoine et de l'architecture » / « Stratégie d'accélération pour l'innovation » de la filière des industries culturelles et créatives).
2024 Art Expertise AI modernization
Transformed 50-years of art expertise firm into an AI-ready organization. Data engineering/ETL on proprietary corpus (100k docs). Knowledge Engineering with knowledge graph architecture, Hybrid RAG, ML, dataviz. Unlocking and deploying new capabilities for provenance research and authentification.
2023 CNDMN, Monaco Environmental Engineering
Pedestrian wind comfort and computational wind engineering analysis using computational fluid dynamics and cloud computing to assess various public space scenarios.
2023 NEOM THLN (Arch. AJN) Design assistance
Large-scale generative landscaping, bioclimatic and CFD studies.
2023 NEOM TRJN MRG (Arch. LAVA, Eng. Schlaich Bergermann Partner) Design assistance
Parametric structural modelling.
2023 Computational Ergonomics Computational research & development
Set up a team of experts to perform advanced ergonomics analysis using parametric modeling. Automated 900 FEA studies with Code_Aster, scaled with cloud computing.
2023 
MESH-2C (Morphology, Environment, Sustainability and Human comfort – City Climate) (Client: Ademe, Partners: Franck Boutté, Soleneos, P&MA) Institutional R&D
UHI modelling and mitigation through hybrid urban/vegetal morphogenesis.
2020 
CTVD Symbiose, Monaco (AVP: Arch. LAMT + APS: ARCADIS) Computational Design
Deployment of Rhino.Compute tools for multi-criteria evaluation in competition phase.
2020 Ekilaya Modular Gridshells, Station F, Paris (Quaternion) Engineering automation
Spearheaded design and production of industrial and custom gridshells - lightweight, reusable wooden structures. Enhanced design through structural optimization, industrial strategy, detailing and DfMA principles. Automated digital workflow from form-finding to CTS and Eurocodes EC5 calculations. Developed dedicated application/UI. Participated in assembly/disassembly and designed structural testing protocols.
2020 Rothschild Clerc Milon, Pauillac, France (Arch. Ekylaya. Client BPR) Complex timber design
Coordination, design and engineering for a 900m² modular timber gridshell for Clerc Milon Dance Prize.
2019 Paris 2024 Olympic Village, Saint-Denis (Zefco, Solideo, DPA) Environmental Engineering
Conducted bioclimatic studies, energy analysis, and outdoor comfort modeling.
2018 Reinventing Cities- Henri IV bridge, Paris Architectural design
Design and engineering of a 180m-span covered footbridge.
2017 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar (BESIX, Zaha Hadid Architects, AECOM) Design to production
Led model auditing, procedural modeling, and manufacturing constraint integration. Developed interoperability workflows, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Tekla documentation at LOD 400. Generated 30.000 digital production files for non-standard envelope component fabrication.
2011-2015 Head of R&D, Partner at HDA - Hugh Dutton Associé
Design, modelling, structural & environmental engineering of complex buildings, skins & structures. Project management, commercial and technical offers, recruitment, communication, knowledge management.
Projects selection
2011-2014 Climate Ribbon, Miami (Sébastien Perrault & HDA, Arquitectonica) Performance-driven design
Design and engineering of an innovative bioclimatic roof ($30M, 15,000m²) with integrated performance approach. Led coordination from concept to manufacturing. Study execution including : 3D and parametric modelling, aerodynamic, daylighting and comfort studies, generative solar design, structural analysis, multi-criteria optimization, rationalization and data preparation for digital fabrication.
2012-2014 Incheon Airport T2, South Korea (Gensler) Design engineering
Envelope, facades, and structural design for the new 300.000m² terminal, including glazed gridshell roofs, 3D modeling, design of components and facades, research of structural forms, parametric analysis of daylight, modeling and analysis of global and local buckling. Cost monitoring, optimizations, optioneering.
2014 Taikoo Place Walkways II, Hong Kong (HDA) Design engineering
Series of 6 footbridges forming a 250 m loop connecting office towers podia. Concept design, 3D-modelling coordination, structural & environmental engineering. Renderings & animations.
2013 Taikoo Place Walkways I, Hong Kong (Heatherwick Studio) Design engineering concepts
Project coordination. Structural form-finding, modelling & analysis. Renderings.
2013 Lorient Bretagne Sud station (AREP) Structural engineering
Geometric definition of the envelope, 3D modeling, and structural analyses in the pre-project phase.
2011 Paris Philharmonic Hall (Ateliers Jean Nouvel) Façade engineering
Structural framing and parametric daylight studies for the 'Tourbillon' façade.
2011 Islamic Art Departement, Louvre Museum, Paris (Marco Bellini & Rudy Ricciotti) Daylighing
Double-layered covering filtering natural light. 3D modeling, daylight studies. Site review, workshops on structural optimization and fabrication challenges, communication.
2010-2011 R&D Engineer at ELIOTH Lab (EGIS Group)
Advanced design and engineering support for the urban, environmental, and structural specialist teams. Training sessions for 20 engineers on parametric design. Knowledge management (WikiElioth).
Projects selection
2011 Passerelle Varanasi, Passerelle Oulipienne, … Design engineering concepts
Experimental footbridge designs
2011 Allianz Riviera Stadium, Nice (Wilmotte) Wood detailing
Assistance in the design of wood/steel joints.
2010 Velodrome stadium, Marseille (SCAU) Environmental engineering
Evolutionary optimization, form-finding and environmental engineering (Photosynthetically Active Radiation).
2005 Construction Engineer at AURIS Engineering
Construction supervisions, assistance to the owner during the commissioning phase. Scheduling, coordination & monitoring.
PUBLICATIONS
Migliari et al., 2023. Migliari, M., Perrault, S., Despax, J., Dogbo, A.-M., Chesne, L., Baverel, O., 2023. A tree morphogenesis algorithm to identify performant planting patterns for urban environments’ adaptation to climate change. Presented at the ICUC11 - 11th International Conference on Urban Climate.
Migliari et al., 2023. Migliari, M., Chesne, L., Despax, J., Babut, R., De Gaulmyn, C., Morille, B., Mercier, G., Boutté, F., Perrault, S., 2023. MESH 2C : Morphology Environment Sustainability Human comfort - City Climate. Rapport Final 2020-2023.
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