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Ph.D. Cambridge M.Arch. U. Laval<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Professeure titulaire \/ <\/span>Professor<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n claude.demers@arc.ulaval.ca<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Claude Demers est professeure d\u2019architecture \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, activement impliqu\u00e9e dans l\u2019enseignement et la recherche sur la lumi\u00e8re naturelle \u00e0 traves des projets subventionn\u00e9s depuis 1997. Elle a compl\u00e9t\u00e9 un Ph.D. en architecture \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Cambridge, innovant sur l\u2019int\u00e9gration des aspects qualitatifs et quantitatifs de la lumi\u00e8re en architecture. Co-fondatrice du Groupe de recherche en ambiances physiques, elle s\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e0 la biophilie architecturale et la satisfaction environnementale des occupants, associant l\u2019importance du design au comportement des usagers. Elle est experte en mod\u00e9lisation analogique et digitale de la lumi\u00e8re, d\u00e9veloppant et appliquant son expertise au design innovant de nouveaux b\u00e2timents. Elle a produit des travaux de recherche fondamentale et appliqu\u00e9e li\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9gration de strat\u00e9gies bioclimatiques \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle urbaine, architecturale et du d\u00e9tail pour plusieurs projets ayant re\u00e7u des prix d\u2019excellence pour l\u2019innovation architecturale: OAQ, m\u00e9daille de l\u2019IRAC, prix Energia, prix CECObois, Bomex.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Claude Demers is a Professor of architecture at Laval University, actively involved in teaching and research on daylighting through funded projects since 1997. She has completed a PhD in architecture at the University of Cambridge, innovating on the integration of qualitative and quantitative assessments of daylighting in architecture. Co-founder of the Groupe de Recherche en Ambiances Physiques, she is interested in biophilic architecture and occupant\u2019s satisfaction, associating the importance of design to user\u2019s behaviour. She is an expert in the digital and analogical modeling of light, developing and applying her research expertise to innovate on new building designs. She has produced fundamental and applied researches favouring the integration of bioclimatic design strategies at the scales of urban, architectural and detail for several projects that have won prizes for architectural innovation: OAQ, RAIC medal, Energia prize, CECObois, Bomex.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Formation acad\u00e9mique \/ Academical backgroun 1993-1997 Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture,<\/span>Ph.D.<\/a><\/span> University of Cambridge, UK<\/span><\/p>\n 1991-1993 Ma\u00eetrise en architecture, <\/span>M.arch.<\/a><\/span> Universit\u00e9 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n 1984-1988 Bacalaur\u00e9at en architecture, B.Arch., Universit\u00e9 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Ph.D. Architecture The Sanctuary of Art: images in the assessment and design of light in architecture<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The Sanctuary of Art: images in the assessment and design of light in architecture<\/p>\n PhD Thesis, 1997, The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.<\/i><\/p>\n Bourses \/ Scholarships: SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC); Fond pour les chercheurs et l’aide \u00e0 la recherche (FCAR) in Energy, Government of Quebec; Bourse de l’Universit\u00e9 Laval; Emmanuel College Travel Scholarship, University of Cambridge; Kettle’s Yard Travel Scholarship, University of Cambridge.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n This research proposes a design method that enables quantitative and qualitative assessments of light in space. The simplicity of the approach facilitates its integration into the architectural design process by using available technologies. The methodology concentrates on the early design stage since it expresses the architect’s intention of a particular atmosphere that will govern further developments of the project. It takes into account the increasing interest in the utilisation of photography as an important part of the design process, and adds a quantifiable aspect to light as it offers the possibility to integrate numerical values when required. The visual representation of light as a pattern, instead of numerical values, facilitates the quantitative assessment and relates to existing techniques of lighting analysis, such as the isolux contours. The research emphasises and develops the possibilities offered by a partially computerised approach using calculation method and physical modelling. It combines the use of physical models, video camera, and computerised image analysis as main tools for the evaluation of light. The resulting data collection and visualisation of the lighting effects constitute a bank of images for the generation of space from lights. The combination of images creates spaces issued from the nature of light, allowing new ideas in the development of the initial design stages. The research defines the potential and limitations of the use of images in the composition of space according to the physical properties of light. The lighting pattern also constitutes the basis for a classification of lights which relates to the design method using images. It proposes a link between quantitative and qualitative aspects of light stemming from spatial components and apertures. The classification acknowledges the architect’s intuitive approach to design.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Light as architectural form<\/span><\/p>\n 2. The image of light<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Contrast as a global integrator<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Composition with images of light<\/span><\/p>\n 5. The Sanctuary of Art: between the measurable and the unmeasurable<\/span><\/p>\n Supervisor: Dr Dean U Hawkes, University of Cambridge. External examiners: Dr Peter Tregenza, Eng., Scheffield University and Dr C. Malcolm Parry, Eng., Cardiff University.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n M.Sc. Architecture L’influence du design des ouvertures sur le contraste d’intensit\u00e9 dans les espaces int\u00e9rieurs \u00e9clair\u00e9s naturellement.<\/b><\/p>\n M\u00e9moire de ma\u00eetrise en architecture, 1993, \u00c9cole d’architecture, Universit\u00e9 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Bourses: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Canadienne d’habitation et de logement (SCHL); bourse de l’Association des femmes dipl\u00f4m\u00e9es des universit\u00e9s (AFDU). <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n La recherche pr\u00e9sente une m\u00e9thode d’analyse quantitative et qualitative du contraste d’intensit\u00e9 dans les espaces int\u00e9rieurs. Elle permet de d\u00e9finir visuellement des \u00e9chelles de contraste associ\u00e9es \u00e0 des morphologies d’ouvertures. La lumi\u00e8re \u00e9tudi\u00e9e est essentiellement plastique, non attribuable \u00e0 une fonction sp\u00e9cifique d’un espace. La m\u00e9thode utilise les outils de conception de l’architecte tels dessins, maquettes et photos, facilitant son int\u00e9gration \u00e0 la pratique architecturale. La photographie r\u00e9pond non seulement \u00e0 sa fonction traditionnelle d’illustrer qualitativement un concept mais devient aussi le support de l’analyse quantitative du contraste. L’ordinateur et le logiciel de traitement d’images Adobe Photoshop facilitent l’analyse comparative des r\u00e9sultats photographiques.<\/span><\/p>\n Caract\u00e8re de la recherche<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n La d\u00e9marche est exp\u00e9rimentale et porte sur l’analyse qualitative et quantitative de la lumi\u00e8re sur l’effet du contraste. La m\u00e9thode s’int\u00e8gre \u00e0 la d\u00e9marche cr\u00e9atrice de l’architecte o\u00f9 la lumi\u00e8re devient un crit\u00e8re important de production. Elle est qualitative dans la mesure o\u00f9 elle qualifie les ambiances lumineuses. Elle est quantitative dans sa recherche de relations proportionnelles entre des variables de design r\u00e9pondant \u00e0 une optimisation du contraste dans l’espace.<\/p>\n![\"Untitled\"](\"https:\/\/www.grap.arc.ulaval.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/Untitled-e1437954905133.png\")
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