Professional information

Organisation

EPFL

Job title

Full Professor and Head of Lab

Based in

Switzerland

Languages

English, French, German

Daylight interests

Working on daylight in relation to

Why daylight matters in my work

Access to daylight is a fundamental need and requires our built environment to provide a sensitive response to it. Whether through its influence on comfort, on how we perceive our environment or how well we feel in it, the presence of daylight is part of what makes a space liveable and delightful.

Daylight Academy projects I worked on

Lightbook, Winter School “Perspectives on Daylight” (2019), Art installation LEBENSRAUM, Documentary film (by EPFL film makers), ENLIGHT-Field: Field research extension of the ENLIGHT Checklist and Guidelines for daylight, electric and mixed field research

Disciplines

Main discipline

Physics

Other disciplines

Architecture, Art, Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Psychology, Urban Design

Fields of expertise

Building Physics, Daylighting Technology, Health in Buildings, Lighting Design, Lighting Technology, Photobiology