Keynote Speakers

Sébastien Bourbonnais

Sébastien Bourbonnais is a professor at Université Laval in Canada. He holds a PhD in Architecture (2014) from the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-Malaquais, completed in joint supervision with Université Laval, as well as a Master’s degree in Philosophy from Université Paris 8. He has taught in several French schools of architecture and is an associate researcher at EVCAU (ENSA Paris Val de Seine) and MAP-MAACC (ENSA Paris La Villette). He has also worked as a research consultant for the software company Asynth.

His research focuses on experimental architectural practices shaped by digital technologies, drawing on the history and functioning of software tools and on debates within the architectural community.

His recent publications include “Feedback in Design Processes” (NETCOM, 2021) and “Evolution of Digital Fabrication Environments” (Anti-crise architecturale, 2021). He also coordinated the ISTE encyclopedia issue Architectural Design Instruments (2023).