SÉBASTIEN PERRAULT

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Computational Designer and Engineer with significant and unique experience in architectural design, engineering, technologies, and innovation.

With an extensive background in leading complex designs, research development, and innovation projects, as well as digital transformation in the AECO and Design industries.

Demonstrated successes in delivering exceptional projects based on performance-based strategies and managing multidisciplinary, multicultural teams.

Highly skilled at creating innovative workflows that enhance market opportunities through design and committed to strengthening performance, sustainability, and innovation through multidisciplinary design and new technologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2016 | ECHOES.PARIS (Paris, FR) - Design Engineer, Principal

Private research organization approved by the French Ministry of Research (2018-2021).

2011-2015 | HDA - Hugh Dutton Associé (Paris, FR) - Head of R&D, Partner

Design, modelling, structural & environmental engineering of complex buildings, skins & structures.

Project management, commercial and technical offers, recruitment, communication, knowledge management (KM).

2010-2011 | Elioth Lab, EGIS Group (Montreuil, FR) - R&D Engineer

Advanced design engineering support for the urban, environmental, and structural departments.

Parametric design training to 20 employees. Knowledge management (KM), WikiElioth. Technology monitoring.

2005 | AURIS Engineering (Boulogne, FR) - Junior Construction Engineer

Construction supervisions, Assistance to the owner during the commissioning phase. Scheduling, coordination & monitoring.

EDUCATION

2006 | ESTP ParisTech - Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du Bâtiment et de l'Industrie (Paris, FR), Master of Building Engineering

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

2003 | PTSI & PT* (Versailles, FR), Advanced preparatory classes

2001 | Lycée Hoche (Versailles, FR), Scientific Baccalauréat

Workshops

2022-12 | Diffusion architecture | Workshop

2021-04 | AAG 2020 - Structural Form-Finding with Machine Learning | Workshop

2020-06 | Digital Futures : AI for Resilient Urban Planning | Workshop

2020-06 | Digital Futures: Karamba | Workshop

2020-06 | BHoM: Buildings and Habitats object Model | Workshop

2014-09 | AAG 2014: Generative Syntax in Architecture and Urban Design | Workshop (London, UK)

TEACHING

2021 | ESTP - Master Spécialisé CHD- Expert de la Construction et de l’Habitat Durable. Jury member.

2019 | ENSAS - Complex Densities - Heritage and Smart Cities (Strasbourg, FR, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, IN)

2019 | ESTP ParisTech, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech - Master BIM - Computational BIM

2017 | ESTP ParisTech, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech - Master BIM - Computational BIM

2017 | Ecole Supérieure de Design (Troye, FR) - Code & Digital Design

2017 | Insitut Supérieur de Design (Valencienne, FR) - Master Class Rhino Grasshopper

2016 | ENSA Paris Malaquais (Paris, FR) - Digital Knowledge Intense Weeks

2016 | Gaîté Lyrique Formation (Paris, FR) - Data Art

2016 | ESA Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture (Paris, FR) - Digital Tools

2015 | ENSA Paris Malaquais (Paris, FR) - Digital Knowledge Intense Weeks

2014 | HDA (Paris, FR) - Design by Data II

2014 | ENSA Paris Malaquais (Paris, FR) - Digital Knowledge Intense Weeks

2014 | HDA (Paris, FR) - Design by Data I

2013 | Columbia GSAPP (Paris, FR) - Lighter Than Air / The Paris Atelier / Architect as Critical Maker

2012 | Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) - Materializing the Louvre Cour Visconti. Workshop assistance to Wagner Biro

2011 | Polytech Torino (Turin, IT) - Turin Smart City - Responsive Parametric Infrastructure workshop

TALKS

2018 | Fabcity Summit (Paris, FR) - Computational Design Presentation

2018 | Rese.Arch - Datascape meetup - When tools become architecture - Computational Bondage.

2018 | NIRMA University (Ahmedabad, IN) Smart Cities : Sustainable Management of Energy, Digital Design and Fabrication - Round tables

2017 | D-School Descartes Developement - Computational BIM: la data dans l'AEC

2017 | Design Modelling Symposium (Versailles, FR) - Climate Ribbon presentation

2017 | Medtronic (Nice, FR) - Qu’est-ce que l’architecture paramétrique ?

2014 | Gaîté Lyrique (Paris, FR) - Design by Data

2014 | ENSA Paris Val-de-Seine (Paris, FR) - Design by Data

2013 | FAN Future Architecture Night (Paris, FR) - The process is the Product

2012 | ENSA Ville et des Territoires (Marne-la-Vallée, FR) - Digital Design Talk

2012 | ESA Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture (Paris, FR) - Digital Design Talk

2012 | ESA Galerie Spéciale (Paris, FR) - Diagrams

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, Perrault 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.