SÉBASTIEN PERRAULT
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.
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
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2016 | ECHOES.PARIS (Paris, FR) - Design Engineer, Principal
Consultancy, tech studio and private research (approved by the French Ministry of Research 2018-2021).
Projects selection
(Confidential): CFD analysis and cloud computing implementation.
(Confidential): Landscaping, terrain modeling, and CFD studies (Arch. Ateliers Jean Nouvel).
(Confidential) (Arch. LAVA, Eng. Schlaich Bergermann Partner).
(Confidential): Advanced ergonomics analysis using parametric modeling, automated 900 FEA studies with CodeAster using cloud computing.
Hexagonal weaving Bended ribbon Developable strips Erwin Hauer Mesh to Surface: Façade covering design studies for two Louis Vuitton flagship stores, Champs-Élysées, Paris.
CTVD Symbiose APS, Monaco (ARCADIS).
CTVD Symbiose AVP, Monaco (Arch. LAMT).
Rothschild Clerc Milon, Pauillac, France (Arch. Ekylaya. Client Baron Philippe de Rothschild).
Design and engineering coordination for a 900m² modular gridshell hosting the Clerc Milon Dance Prize.
Al Janoub stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar (BESIX, Zaha Hadid Architects, AECOM)
Led model auditing, procedural modeling, and manufacturing constraint integration. Developed interoperability workflows and BIM Tekla documentation at LOD400. Managed digital production of 30,000 files for non-standard envelope component fabrication.
Paris 2024 Olympic Village, Saint-Denis (Zefco, Solideo, Dominique Perrault Architecture).
Conducted bioclimatic studies, energy analysis, and outdoor comfort modeling.
Henri IV Bridge Building, Paris—Reinventing Cities competition.
Led design and engineering of a 180m-span covered footbridge.
Climate Ribbon, Miami (Sébastien Perrault & HDA, Arquitectonica)
Design and engineering of an innovative bioclimatic roof ($30M, 15,000m²) with integrated performance approach. Led coordination from concept to manufacturing, including aerodynamic and comfort studies, generative solar design, and structural analysis with optimizations.
Ekilaya Modular Gridshells, Station F, Paris (Quaternion Design and Research)
Spearheaded design and production of industrial and custom gridshells—lightweight, reusable wooden structures. Enhanced design through structural optimization, industrial strategy, and DfMA principles. Automated digital workflow from form-finding to CTS and EC calculations. Developed dedicated application/UI. Participated in assembly/disassembly and designed structural testing protocols.
Research Development Innovation (RDI)
2019 | 
MESH-2C (Morphology, Environment, Sustainability and Human comfort – City Climate) (Ademe, Franck Boutté, Soleneos, P&MA).
Research on Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation through urban morphogenesis and procedural urban forestry modeling.
2020 | Bioshell: Development of an innovative gridshell system incorporating load-bearing straw insulation.
2018 | Urbanytics: Development of automated urban bioclimatic analysis tools.
2018 | Typology-aware masterplanning.
2016 | Aerial Land Opportunities: Development of parametric GIS tools for analyzing residual construction potential.
2019 | Reflow, H2020 European Commission.
2018 | Biomimetic structures: Research combining topological optimization, additive manufacturing, and post-tensioning techniques.
2018 | Vegetal External Thermal Insulation (ETI): Analysis of implementation opportunities and environmental impacts.
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.
Projects selection
Climate Ribbon, Miami (Sébastien Perrault & HDA, Arquitectonica)
Design and engineering of an innovative bioclimatic roof ($30M, 15,000m²) with integrated performance approach. Led coordination from concept to manufacturing, including aerodynamic and comfort studies, generative solar design, and structural analysis with optimizations.
Incheon Airport T2, South Korea (Gensler)
Design of the envelope, facades, and structure of 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.
Islamic Art Departement, Louvre Museum, Paris (Marco Bellini & Rudy Ricciotti).
Double-layered covering filtering natural light. 3D modeling, daylight studies. Site review, workshops on structural optimization and fabrication challenges, communication.
Paris Philharmonic Hall (Ateliers Jean Nouvel).
Structural framing and parametric daylight studies for the 'Tourbillon' façade.
Taikoo Place Walkways II, Hong Kong (HDA)
Series of 6 footbridges forming a 250 m loop connecting office towers podia. Concept design, 3D-modelling coordination, structural & environmental engineering. Renderings & animations.
Taikoo Place Walkways I, Hong Kong (Heatherwick Studio)
Project coordination. Structural form-finding, modelling & analysis. Renderings.
Montparnasse Skylights, Gare Montparnasse, Paris (AREP + Patrick Jouin)
Design of the glass roofs of the Vasareli hall, shading components, and natural lighting studies.
Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai (ADPi)
Lead design studies intent and methodological offer for a new 2.600.000 m² terminal (phase 1).
Maillot Bridge Building, Paris (HDA)
Design of a 10.000m² mixed-use bridge-building project on the ‘Grand Axe’ spanning across the ‘périphérique’. Feasibility, sketch, BIM. Solar, aerodynamic, lighting studies, PV sizing, renewable energy integration, reactive façade proposal, environmental components.
Bamboo clouds, Kingston (artiste Laura Facey)
Concept & design of a 50m-long bamboo sculptural installation in the NMIA airport hall. Winner.
Lorient railway station (AREP)
Geometric definition of the envelope, 3D modeling, and structural analyses in the pre-project phase.
Indigo Metro Canopies, Beijing (HDA)
Series of iconic metro entrance for Indigo center. Design & scripting of ceiling patterns, lightning studies.
Dazhongli commercial center, Shanghai (Wong & Ouyang)
200m glass-long glazed roof. Generation of flat glass on surfaces with converging cones. Geometric scripting, design and optimization of structures, studies of light and energy transmission.
Fountain of Dreams, Wuyishan (HDA, ECA2)
60x35m cantilevered stage roof. Concept, geometric and structural design and analysis.
Bleu Capelette shopping center, Marseille (Arquitectonica)
Design and structural engineering of curved envelopes, roofs, and facades. Coordination, cost estimations.
256 Orchard Road, Singapore (Wong & Ouyang)
Geometry, energy, visual comfort, proposal for the installation of a sunshade foliage.
Taïkoo 2A Tower Façade, Hong Kong
Envelope design. Global geometry, concepts for reactive facades, double-skin and shading components.
Indigo Park, Beijing (HDA). Concept design, 3D coordination.
Exposition Peter Rice, Paris (HDA). Stage & exterior tensile shelter design.
Chengdu Daci Temple , China (the Oval partnership)
Conceptual design of canopies and facades, parametric structural studies.
SILEX TOWERS, Suresnes (Arquitectonica, Ora Ito). Façade for 60-floors twin towers. Design intent and offer.
ETFE CANOPY, Shenzhen Quianhai (HDA). Proposal for an ETFE canopy.
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.
Projects selection
Experimental footbridges: Passerelle Varanasi, Passerelle Oulipienne, Prouvé footbridge.
Velodrome stadium, Marseille (SCAU). Development of evolutionary algorithms for solar studies.
Allianz Riviera Stadium, Nice (Wilmotte). Assistance in the design of wood/steel joints, BIM, drawings.
European Space Agency and BMVR of Caen (OMA). Parametric analysis of expanded metal sunshades.
Paris Parc competition (Périphériques Architectes). Environmental strategies and environmental reports.
Impetus (ANR) Urban modeling, urban comfort evaluation tools.
2005 | AURIS Engineering (Boulogne, FR) - Junior Construction Engineer
Construction supervisions, Assistance to the owner during the commissioning phase. Scheduling, coordination & monitoring.
TEACHING
2021 | ESTP - Master Spécialisé CHD- Expert de la Construction et de l’Habitat Durable. Jury member.
Co-founder. Academic and Scientific Committee. Candidate Selection Committee.
Teaching: "Performance-Driven Design", "Structure, Architecture and Complex Geometries" Department.
Academic tutoring:
ADPi - Procedural modeling of control towers
XtreeE - Large-scale generative design for 3D printing of high-performance facades
Nobatek INEF4 - Bio-inspired computational morphogenesis
Arcora - E2motion Kinetic facade.
Agence Franck Boutté Consultants - Urban Visibility & Audience by Spatial Networks Analysis
Carilo Greenhoues 4.0 - A parametric design process for solar passive greenhouses
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
TALKS
2018 | Fabcity Summit (Paris, FR) - Computational Design Presentation
2018 | Rese.Arch - Datascape meetup - When tools become architecture - Computational Bondage.
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.