Professeure titulaire (Ph.D.)
Édifice du Vieux-Séminaire-de-Québec, local 3227
418 656-2543
claude.demers@arc.ulaval.ca
https://www.grap.arc.ulaval.ca
Claude Demers est professeure titulaire à l’école d’architecture à l’Université Laval depuis 1997, activement impliquée dans l’enseignement et la recherche. Elle a complété un Ph.D. à l’Université de Cambridge, innovant sur l’intégration des aspects qualitatifs et quantitatifs de la lumière en architecture. Cofondatrice du Groupe de recherche en ambiances physiques (GRAP), ses travaux s’intéressent à la création d’ambiances architecturales favorisant l’intégration de la lumière naturelle aux solutions bioclimatiques et principes biophiliques adaptés à l’architecture durable en climat froid. Elle développe et applique son expertise de la lumière architecturale en recherche-création, au processus de conception intégrée, ainsi qu’à l’évaluation de la satisfaction environnementale des usagers de bâtiments existants et sites urbains. En tant qu’experte en modélisation et analyse analogique et digitale, elle a contribué à l’élaboration de solutions de bâtiments écoresponsables relevant de recherches fondamentales et appliquées à l’échelle urbaine, architecturale et du détail de projets récipiendaires de reconnaissances en innovation et qualité architecturale.
Claude Demers is a Professor of Architecture at Université Laval, actively involved in teaching and research through subsidized projects and sponsorship contracts. She received her Ph.D. from the Martin Center for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge in 1997, innovating on the integration of qualitative and quantitative aspects of daylighting in architecture. She is a director and co-founder of the Groupe de Recherche en Ambiances Physiques (GRAP) since 1999. Her main research interests relate to occupant’s satisfaction, associating the importance of design to user’s behaviour and well-being. Claude’s research therefore aims to create architectural environments that favour the integration of natural light with bioclimatic solutions and biophilic principles adapted to sustainable architecture in cold climates. As an expert in the digital and analogical modeling and analysis of light, Claude is developing and applying her research expertise to innovate on new building designs. She has produced fundamental and applied intelligent building solutions favouring the integration of bioclimatic design strategies for 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. She is also a member of the Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement (CRAD), the Institut Hydro-Québec en environnement, développement et société (EDS), the Society for Building Science and Educators (SBSE), and the International Ambiances Network.
The Sanctuary of Art: Images in the assessment and design of light in architecture (Thèse de doctorat)
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.
Livres, chapitres de livres et ouvrages collectifs
Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture
Projets primés et concours de design architectural: prix en enseignement, participation à l’équipe de conception et études d’éclairage naturel