Loïc Fumeaux
Mission
Doctoral AssistantCurrent work
Loïc Fumeaux is working on a PhD focused on the integration of sustainability criteria into the design process of temporary event infrastructures . A booming but still little explored field of architecture , for which the characteristics of use flexibility and economic efficiency often take precedence over considerations related to their impacts. From a methodological point of view his research is based on several cases studies from current practices. A catalog of existing structures , assessed using a multicriteria system adapted to their temporary nature , in the context of an overall consideration of multiples parameters of sustainability. Then from this observation and assessment phase, the research propose concrete strategies, in a form of a preliminary design. A research design approach which aims high level of comfort, optimal use of resources, minimization of environmental impacts and integration of bioclimatic strategies to achieve it. Finally, in a third time through a process of integrated design , the project will be developed in an iterative process involving interdisciplinary actors (users/engineers/ builders/operator), essential ranges of skills, to the achievement of an operational prototype which could meet initial objectives of high level of sustainability.Biography
Loïc Fumeaux was born in 1978 in Geneva. After a scientific degree, he joined the EPFL . He graduated as an architect in 2007 under the direction of Professors Jean- Paul Jaccaud and Bruno Marchand. His master's thesis was about sustainability integration from urban scale to the architectural details. This masters project was awarded with the SIA Prize and the Construction and sustainable development Prize (BG Ingénieurs Conseils). In addition to his studies, Loïc develops independant activities and collaborated with LVBK Rotterdam and Lacroix- Chessex Geneva. In 2009 , he founded xy-ar.ch with Amélie Poncety . The office participates in many competitions and won the competition for the redevelopment of the Place de la Planta in Sion , currently under development . In 2010, he became studio assistant at the LAST (Laboratory of architecture and sustainable technologies) headed by Prof. Emmanuel Rey. After a period dedicated to teaching he starts a PhD focused on the integration of sustainability criteria into the design process of temporary event infrastructures . He is a member of the group of architects at SIA section Vaud and Treasurer of InterAssAr.Publications
Infoscience publications
Infoscience
Vie en proximité. Réaffirmation du centre historique de Cortaillod pour une intensité villageoise retrouvée
2022Un double séjour hospitalier. Un hôtel médicalisé à la place de l'Ours, absorbeur d'urgences sanitaires
2022Quelle transition pour le domaine événementiel ?
Table-ronde, International Transition Festival, Campus Energypolis, Sion, Switzerland, May 25, 2022.Microferme communautaire
2021Hébergements temporaires pour les festivaliers
2020Vers une ville sans voitures: Parking convertible en logements pour le nouveau quartier de Malley
2020"Lakou". Réinterprétation d'un patrimoine vernaculaire architectural haïtien
2020Conception d'un complexe ou une série de modules durables de logements et activités comme activateurs de durabilité d'une ville suisse
2020Un quartier symbiotique mixte pour revaloriser le plateau ferroviaire de Sébeillon, Lausanne
2020L’architecture à l’épreuve de l’habitat nomade
2019Entre "rave" et festival: un dispositif itinérant pour célébrations auto-gérées
2019Durabilité des infrastructures temporaires à vocation événementielle
Les Cahiers de l'ASPAN. 2016.Intégration des critères de durabilité dans le processus de conception des constructions temporaires à vocation événementielle
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7040.Vers des infrastructures sportives en symbiose avec la ville. Construction d'une nouvelle patinoire à Genève
2015Projet On STAGE - Mock-up de l’enveloppe
2014-09-01.Lutry, pôle urbain durable. Une densification sur mesure
2014Towards an innovative temporary event structure based on bioclimatic principles
2014. 30th international Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Ahmedabad, India, November 16-18, 2014.Recherche de Fiona Pia présentée dans la brochure de promotion du programme doctoral en architecture et sciences de la ville, EDAR à l'EPFL
2014.Towards the reduction of environmental impacts of temporary event infrastructures
Creative Construction Conference 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, June 21-24, 2014.Towards the reduction of environmental impacts of temporary event infrastructures
2014. Creative Construction Conference 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, June 21-24, 2014. p. 166-174. DOI : 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.10.541.Remise à niveau. Restructuration d'un quartier sur dalle dans le centre-ville de Toulouse (F)
2013On STAGE Research Project. Integration of sustainability issues into the design process of a temporary event infrastructure
International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction, Holcim Foundation, International Exhibition "Next Generation", Mumbai, India, April 11-13, 2013.L'architecture souterraine au service de la densification
2012Integration of sustainability issues into the design process of a temporary event infrastructure
2012. PLEA 2012, Lima, Peru, November 7-9, 2012.URBAN MIX. Du projet urbain au détail constructif. Voyage d'étude | Copenhague
2012.URBAN MIX. Du projet urbain au détail constructif. Bâtiments mixtes | Waldstadt | Berne
2012.Integration of sustainability issues into the design process of temporary event infrastructures
ENAC Research Day 2012 - "Energy in the City", EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 15th, 2012.DENSE AGAIN. Du projet urbain au détail constructif
2011DENSE AGAIN. Du projet urbain au détail constructif. Yearbook | 2010-2011
2011.DENSE AGAIN. Du projet urbain au détail constructif. Voyage d'étude | Zurich
2011.DENSE AGAIN. Du projet urbain au détail constructif. Logements durables | Waldstadt | Berne
2011.NOMAD - Network of Optimization Modalities in Architectural Design
Swiss – Emirati Friendship Forum: UAE-Swiss Research Day 2011, Lausanne, Switzerland, 22 - 23 June 2011.Territoire ferroviaire et dynamique écologique. Réaffectation de la gare de triage CFF - Renens (VD).
2007Teaching & PhD
Courses
UE K : Architecture and Sustainability : performance studies
This course is based on the team design of a temporary, mobile and sustainable theater. A pedagogical approach which will focus on the introduction of the concepts of sustainability applied to the design of a project with a short life span.