Collaboration in the first phases of development of the Smart Living Lab in Fribourg
The Smart Living Lab is an interdisciplinary center of excellence dedicated to the habitat of the futur. It aims to bring together specialized entities from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Fribourg (HEIA-FR) and the Université de Fribourg in an innovative building on the blueFACTORY site in Fribourg.
From its very first conceptual steps in 2012, Prof. Emmanuel REY has participated in the initial definition of this vision. He has then worked as a member of the working group responsible for developing the initial vision in order to sign a framework agreement between EPFL and the State of Fribourg (2012 – 2013), as chairman of the scientific commission in place for the realization of the future building (2014 – 2016), and as a member of the college of experts for the parallel study mandate (MEP) of the future building (2018-2019).
The results of the research phase, which led to the definition of the specifications for the Smart Living Building, are gathered in the first two collective works of the editorial project “Towards 2050”. Published by Park Books Editions under the direction of Prof. Marilyne Andersen and Prof. Emmanuel Rey, they are entitled respectively “Thinking, Visions for Architectural Design” and “Exploring, Research Building Design-driven”.
Project Partners
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Fribourg (HEIA-FR), Université de Fribourg
Research team LAST
Prof. Emmanuel Rey, Dr. Sophie Lufkin, Dr. Sergi Aguacil
Funding
Etat de Fribourg
Books
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THINKING, Visions for Architectural Design Marilyne Andersen, Emmanuel Rey (Ed.) Park Books Zurich, 2019 |
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EXPLORING, Visions for Architectural Design Marilyne Andersen, Emmanuel Rey (Ed.) Park Books Zurich, 2019 |
Thesis
Data-driven method for low-carbon building design at early stages
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020.Main publications
Surveying the environmental life-cycle performance assessments: Practice and context at early building design stages
Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020. Vol. 52, p. 101879. DOI : 10.1016/j.scs.2019.101879.EXPLORING. Research-driven Building Design
Zurich: Park Books, 2019.THINKING. Visions for Architectural Design
Zurich: Park Books, 2019.Low-carbon thermal inertia
Exploring. Research-driven Building Design. Towards 2050; Zürich: Park Books, 2019.Design guidance from a Data-Driven LCA-Based Design method and tool prototype
2019. 16th International Conference of the “International Building Performance Simulation Association” (IBPSA) Building Simulation, Rome, Italy, September 2-4, 2019. p. 1334 – 1341. DOI : 10.26868/25222708.2019.210403.Findings from a survey on the current use of life-cycle assessment in building design
2018. PLEA 2018 – Smart and Healthy within the 2-degree Limit, Hong-Kong, December 10-12, 2018.An integrative approach for embodied energy: Towards an LCA-based data-driven design method
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2018. Vol. 88, p. 123 – 132. DOI : 10.1016/j.rser.2018.02.036.Smart Living Building Research Program – Executive Summary
2017