Victoria Eugenia Soto Magan
EPFL ENAC IA LIPID
LE 1 111 (Bâtiment LE)
Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne
Unit: EDCE
Biography
Victoria Eugenia Soto Magán is a PhD candidate at LIPID laboratory at EPFL and holds a Master of Architecture from ETSA Sevilla (Spain). She completed an MA in Technology and Design, and an MSc in Sustainable Environmental Design from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London (UK). Before joining EPFL, she was Research and Honorary Assistant at the University of Seville, from 2011 until 2014. Her doctoral research focuses on the interaction between architectural design, daylighting strategies and acute neurobehavioural effects of light in working environments.
Professional course
| Daylight and Environmental Desing Analyst | l'atelier aranaeskisabel | 2015-2016 | |
| Honorary Assistant | School of Architecture | University of Seville | 2013-2014 |
| Research Assistant | School of Architecture | University of Seville | 2011-2013 |
| Research Assistant | Department for History of Architecture and Monuments | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | 2011 |
Education
| MSc Sustainable Environmental Design | Architectural Association School of Architecture | 2014 - 2015 | |
| MA Architectural Innovation, Technology and Design | University of Seville | 2013 - 2014 | |
| B.Arch Dipl.Arch ETSA Sevilla | University of Seville | 2007 - 2013 |
Fields of expertise
Sustainable Architecture
Environmental Design
Daylighting Strategies
Human Comfort and Health in Buildings
Environmental Design
Daylighting Strategies
Human Comfort and Health in Buildings
Publications
Infoscience
Publications
Conference Papers
V. E. Soto Magán; M. Andersen : How to assess alerting effects of daylight at the workplace? Learnings from semi-controlled studies. 2019. 29th Quadrennial Session of the CIE. p. 227-240. DOI : 10.25039/x46.2019.OP34.
V. E. Soto Magan; F. S. Webler; M. Andersen : Perceived and yet not seen: non-visual effects in daylit spaces. 2018-09-20. ANFA -The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, September 20-22 2018.
F. S. Webler; V. E. Soto Magán; M. Andersen : EPFL Smart Glass Field Study. 2018-05-18. Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms 30th Annual Meeting, Groningen, The Netherlands, June 21-24, 2018. p. 37-37. DOI : 10.1159/000489584.
V. E. Soto Magan; M. Andersen : Towards Human-Centric Lighting for Office Buildings: Pilot Study on the Interactions of Visual, Perceptual and Non-Visual Effects of Workplace (Day) Lighting. 2017-06-21. Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms 29th Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, June 23-25, 2017. p. 251-252. DOI : 10.1159/000477426.
Reports
M. Andersen; V. E. Soto Magan; F. S. Webler : Audemars Piguet - Electrochromic Glazing Study. 2018.
Posters
F. S. Webler; V. E. Soto Magan; M. Andersen : Applying non-invasive circadian phase measurement strategies to assess wellbeing in daylit environments ; Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms 30th Annual Meeting, Groningen, The Netherlands, June 21-24, 2018.
V. E. Soto Magan; M. Andersen : Towards human-centric lighting for office buildings. Pilot study on the interactions of visual, perceptual and non-visual effects of workplace (day)lighting ; Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms 29th Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, June 23-25, 2017.
V. E. Soto Magan : Alerted by architecture. Non-visual responses to (day)light in office buildings ; 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium, Berlin, 3-4 May 2017.
Talks
V. E. Soto Magan; M. Andersen : Perceived and yet not seen: non-visual effects in daylit spaces ; ANFA -The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, September 20-22 2018.