Urban Engineering

• Renewable energies (solar cells, solaire thermique, wind turbin)
• Feasibility and sizing of energy plant
• Design for Adaptation to Climate Change

Energy & Climate Engineering

• Climate design
• Renewable energy studies
• Climatic comfort of external/internal spaces

Environmental Engineering

• Client assistance
• Environmental design
• Life cycle analysis

Facade Engineering

• Design and calculations
• Solar shading & glazing ratio
• Execution details
• Technical specifications
• Report writing
• Cost analysis

Numerical Simulation

• Daylight analysis (light transmittance, daylight factor, autonomy, glare analysis)
• Sun Path and solar loads (solar heat gain coefficient)

Books & Magazines

• 2015 - 03, “Shared Architecture” article by ABF-LAB in DICHOTOMY, University of DETROIT
• 2015 - 02, “French architects in the world” by Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction
• 2014 ‐ 06, ARCADE Magazine - After Growth ;
• 2014 - 05 - 06, Archistorm, Haute voltige : ABF‐LAB analyse les façades depuis les airs ;
• 2013, 2012 COMPETITIONS Annual ;
• 2012 - 10 - 23, Azure Magazine, Winning Vision, Joann Pockova ;

Digital press

• 2014 - 10 - 30, archpaper.com, ABF-LAB prize at the Holcim Awards 2014 with the project IN-Closure ;
• 2014 - 09 - 30, larchitecturedaujourdhui.fr, Holcim Awards Amérique du Nord 2014, un projet français primé ;
• 2014 - 09 - 30, constructioncayola.com,IN-Closure remporte le Holcim Awards 2014 ;
• 2014 - 09 - 26, worldcement.com, Winners of Holcim Awards 2014 North America have been announced ;
• 2014 - 09 - 22, voirvert.ca, Les Holcim Awards récompensent l’innovation en construction durable ;
• 2014 - 09 - 20, architectmagazine.com, The 2014 Holcim Award recipients for the North America ;
• 2014 - 09 - 19, holcim.fr, Le projet [IN]-closure de l’équipe française ABF-LAB, Lauréat auc Holcim Awards 2014, dans la catégorie principale en Amérique du Nord ;
• 2012 - 09 - 03, competition.org, Low-tech as high value - DC Materializing Seattle center : The triumphe of the idea, Clair ENLOW (harvard university) ;
• 2012 - 09 - 23, blogs.gsd.harvard.edu, creative Urban Entropy, Barbara Epstein ;
• 2012 - 08 - 27, lecourrierdel’architecte.com, Lauréat du concours d’idées international ‘Urban intervention for public space’ ;
• 2012 - 07 - 31, earthtechling.com, Reforesting Seattle: The In‐Closure Urban Intervention ;
• 2012 - 07 - 20, archpaper.com, Public Awakening ‐ Winners of Seattle Urban Intervention competition announced, Ariel Rosenstock ;
• 2012 - 06 - 28, batiactu.com, ABF LAB concevra le nouveau parc du Seattle center ;
• 2012 - 05 - 23, archdaily.com, Winner announced for Seattle’s Urban Intervention Competition ;
• 2012 - 05 - 17, bustler.net, ABF Proposal ‘In‐Closure’ Wins Seattle’s Urban Intervention Design Ideas Competition ;
• 2012 - 05 - 17, achinect.com, ABF Proposal ‘In‐Closure’ Wins Seattle’s Urban Intervention Design Ideas Competition.

Screening

• September 2014 : Interview – Holcim Awards
• September 2014 : Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 - [IN]-Closure - ABF-lab
• October 2013 : [IN[]-Closure - Trailer
• May 2012 : [IN]-Closure - Présentation Projet

Lectures

• October 2014 : ABF-LAB agency - COSTIC
• February 2014 : Feedback – Nation Institute of Applied Sciences, Strasbourg ;
• January 2014 : ABF-LAB – SOM, New-York ;
• May 2012 : ABF-LAB - [IN]-Closure,Playhouse Seattle Center ;
• May 2012 : ABF-LAB - [IN]-Closure Conversation, Seattle Center.

Teaching

• Envelopes & Thermodynamic : National Architecture School of Versailles ;
• Studio 30 x 30 through the prism of Energy : National Architecture School of Paris Belleville [Studio Director : Alain Dervieux] ;
• Studio In Situ: Climate design of building skins in housings: School of Architecture of cities & territories of Marne-la-Vallée [Studio Director: Isabelle Biro].

ABF-LAB is an office of architects and engineers founded in 2011 and located in Paris/ France .It’s a creative laboratory of new ideas and practices ensuring the fundamental link between architecture and engineering from the first moments of the project. ABF-LAB integrates into its architectural design engineering and simulation tools for the confrontation of arts, science and technology, necessary for creative and constructive alchemy.

Our approach is guided by reflections on the scarcity of resources, the historical, cultural and climatic context of the sites where we operate. Our work is focused on comfortable spaces, limitation of energy consumption and local construction techniques. Our desire to build bridges between architecture and engineering comes from the heterogeneity of the profiles that make up the point. Its complementarities and its multidisciplinary, ABF-LAB offers a comprehensive and unique perspective in all phases of the project.

Paul AZZOPARDI, is an urban engineer graduated from the urban systems department of engineering at the University Technologic of Compiègne, France, and holds a Master’s degree in physical ambiances for architecture at the National Architecture & Landscape School of Bordeaux. Specialized in physical ambiances, his main topics of thinking are bioclimatic issues, cities resilience and adaptation to climate change.

Etienne FEHER is an architect graduated from the Architecture School of Paris-Malaquais. He was awarded the Grand Prize for Architecture in 2006 from the Institute of France. Expert in environmental issues related to building skin design, his research focuses on complex skin engineering as interface between climate and internal ambiances.