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Renaturation of urban rivers as a climate adaptation strategy Case study in Geneva, Switzerland

In a global context marked by the urgency of climate change, tangible actions towards the ecological transition are top priorities for the built environment. This paper presents the results of the “Maillages fertiles” research project, which seizes the opp ...

Wrocław University of Science and Technology Publishing House2024

Carbon flows at neighborhood scale Case study in Geneva, Switzerland

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Ulrich Joseph Jacques Liman

In a context of political commitment targeting net zero in 2050, controlling carbon flows is an essential operational imperative. The LOCUS methodology (Low carbon urban strategy) makes it possible to establish an exhaustive vision of carbon flows at neigh ...

Wrocław University of Science and Technology Publishing House2024

Designing with building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A pathway to decarbonize residential buildings

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Sebastian Duque Mahecha, Sergi Aguacil Moreno

The ambitious targets set for greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency by 2050 demand a critical increase of building renovation rates. This challenge is shared by most Western nations, including Europe and Switzerland, where the current annual renov ...

Elsevier BV2024

An Operational Monitoring Tool

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

The transition from an urban brownfield to a sustainable neighbourhood is a complex operation. To help decision-makers reach sustainability objectives through measurement, follow-up, and communication about performance indicators, we introduce in this chap ...

Springer2022

Urban Brownfield Regeneration Projects: Complexities and Issues

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

Because of urban brownfields’ inherent complexity related to their very nature, as well as their intermediate scale—the neighbourhood—regeneration projects are not a spontaneous process. Indeed, an urban brownfield regeneration project may encounter severa ...

Springer2022

The Multiple Potentials of Urban Brownfields

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

The phenomenon of urban brownfields is significant throughout European metropolitan areas. In this chapter, we assess, both in qualitative and quantitative terms, the inherent potential of urban brownfields to provide a relevant and substantial densificati ...

Springer2022

Application to a Case Study

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

We present an application of the operational monitoring tool SIPRIUS+ to an ongoing case study representative of urban brownfield regeneration projects: the Pôle Viotte neighbourhood, located in Besançon (France). We start with a description of the brownfi ...

Springer2022

Conclusion

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

The inventory of urban brownfields in post-industrial European metropolitan areas and the study of regeneration projects highlight the absolute necessity of these resources for the sustainability transitions of urban territories and the undeniable complexi ...

Springer2022

Sustainability Monitoring: Principles, Challenges, and Approaches

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

Because of the inherent complexity of urban brownfield regeneration projects, achieving sustainability objectives is not easy. It requires approaches adapted to the specificities of this type of operation, that allow for structured and regular follow-up, a ...

Springer2022

Influence de la texture périurbaine sur la durabilité d’un quartier

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin

Le présent chapitre a pour objectif d’évaluer la durabilité des neuf visions développées dans le cadre de l’atelier de projet du Prof. Emmanuel Rey pour la création d’une nouvelle polarité périurbaine à proximité immédiate du terminus de la ligne Lausanne- ...

Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes2022

Introduction

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

The regeneration of brownfields in European metropolitan areas represents an important potential to mitigate urban sprawl by increasing density within the existing built fabric and to revitalize portions of cities at the neighbourhood scale. Although resea ...

Springer2022

Sustainability Issues at the Neighbourhood Scale

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

We previously identified that urban brownfield regeneration projects are relevant strategies to limit urban sprawl while revitalizing portions of cities, namely mixed-use neighbourhoods. Moreover, these neighbourhoods in transition are opportunities to fos ...

Springer2022

Comparative approach of the environmental impact induced by different architectural visions of a new periurban neighbourhood

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise, Sergi Aguacil Moreno

The objective of this research work is to compare the environmental impact, expressed in terms of non-renewable cumulative energy demand (CEDnr) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, of nine architectural visions for a new neighbourhood located in the periur ...

2022

Key Steps of a Regeneration Process

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

Because of their inherent complexity, urban brownfield regeneration projects are long-term operations. The study of the evolution from urban brownfield site to a new—and ideally sustainable—neighbourhood through a regeneration process has led to the identi ...

Springer2022

Urban Brownfields: Origin, Definition, and Diversity

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

Brownfield is a polysemic notion that encompasses a whole range of diverse spaces. Although there is no official definition at the European level, an emerging consensus has arisen around the urban character of brownfields and the need for intervention. Ind ...

Springer2022

Living Periphery

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Frédéric Frank, Sara Sonia Formery Regazzoni, Martine Laprise, Sergi Aguacil Moreno, Judith Elisa Drouilles

Entre ville et campagne, les périphéries urbaines constituent un défi particulier dans le contexte de la transition. Éloignées de la dynamique de densification en cours dans les espaces centraux, elles représentent néanmoins une part non négligeable de l’e ...

Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes2022

Specific Skills and Adapted Support

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

Although urban brownfields hold significant inherent potential, especially in limiting urban sprawl, a large number of sites are still awaiting a regeneration project. Moreover, many of these projects only partially or superficially address sustainability ...

Springer2022

Bâtir pour le sport. Du concours pour étudiant.e.s à la réalisation du Pavillon Smart Training

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Aleksis Dind, Pascal Pierre Michon

La réalisation du Pavillon Smart Training est le fruit d’une démarche académique visant à augmenter l’offre proposée par le Centre sportif universitaire de Dorigny (CSUD) et favoriser les liens entre la recherche et les pratiques sportives, tout en stimula ...

Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne2021

Active surfaces selection method for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) in renovation projects based on self-consumption and self-sufficiency

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Sergi Aguacil Moreno

In light of the Paris Agreement’s objectives and the related European and Swiss goals of decarbonising the built environment, the importance, relevance, and potential benefits of integrating Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) within building renovatio ...

2019

Nouvelles polarités suburbaines : comment comparer des visions projectuelles sous l'angle de leur profil de durabilité ?

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin

La dimension holistique inhérente au concept de durabilité a induit des transformations radicales dans les pratiques architecturales et urbanistiques. La complexité croissante qui en découle entraîne la nécessité, pour les professionnels de l'espace, de di ...

2019