Ignacio Requena-Ruiz : Curriculum Vitae

Lecturer and researcher, Associate Professor in architectural theory and design at the ENSA Nantes since 2014, architect (2006) and PhD in architecture (2011).

At ENSA Nantes, Ignacio teaches on design studio and architectural theory focused on Architectural and Urban Atmospheres. He runs the M.Arch design studio « SAS – Sensory Architecture Studio » and the research seminar « Ambiances: references, devices, effects ». He also teaches in the undergraduate architecture program of the ENSA Nantes on 1st year design studio « Exploration and experimentation of the architectural project ».

He is a PhD architect with a research interest in the technical, sensory and cultural dimensions of architectural climates since the early 20th century to the current day. He has been awarded with a research fellowship from the Fondation Le Corbusier (2014) and has also held a post-doctoral research fellowship from the Region Pays de la Loire (2013). Ignacio’s essays have appeared in a number of periodicals, including: Ambiances Review, Frontiers of Architectural Research, Dearq Journal of Architecture, Informes de la construcción. He is involved in a number of collaborative and interdisciplinary initiatives and projects, including: Smart French – Le logement collectif du second XXe siècle au prisme de l’énergie (2016-2018), L’éternel été chez-soi – Dispositifs contemporains d’artificialisation du rayonnement solaire et de la lumière naturelle (2015-2016), L’accompagnement des projets d’auto-réhabilitation par les magasins de bricolage (2014-2015), Le Corbusier and André Missenard: from artificial climates to bioclimatic architecture (2013-14). Ignacio serves as a Chief Editor of the Ambiances Review and as a reviewer for the Journal of Architecture and Urbanism.

Publications

Calduch Cervera, J. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2014) ‘La modernidad replanteada. Conjuntos de viviendas en Latinoamérica y España a medidos del siglo XX. Algunas conclusiones’, in Calduch Cervera, J., Textos diseminados. En torno a la arquitectura. Alicante: Universidad de Alicante, pp. 151–170.
Caro, C. et al. (2012) ‘Difusión, evolución y factores condicionantes de los certificados Breeam, Leed y PassivHaus’, in I Congreso Edificios Energía Casi Nula, pp. 1–6.
Drozd, C., Requena-Ruiz, I., et al. (eds) (2015a) La construction du chez-soi dans la transition énergétique. Entre conceptions de la performance et pratiques habitantes. Nantes: Les éditions du Crenau.
Drozd, C., Requena-Ruiz, I., et al. (2015b) ‘L’accompagnement des auto-réhabilitateurs par les magasins de bricolage : vision prospective pour l’amélioration énergétique de l’habitat’, in La construction du chez-soi dans la transition énergétique. Entre conceptions de la performance et pratiques habitantes. Nantes: Les éditions du Crenau, pp. 17–24.
Drozd, C., Mahé, K., et al. (2015a) L’accompagnement des projets d’auto-réhabilitation par les magasins de bricolage : état des lieux et prospective pour l’amélioration énergétique de l’habitat en milieu rural. Rapport final. Nantes: PUCA, p. 196.
Drozd, C., Mahé, K., et al. (2015b) ‘Méthodologies d’enquêtes en espace commercial : circulation des savoirs pour la construction de la maîtrise énergétique’, in 2èmes Journées Internationales de Sociologie de l’Energie. Les sociétés contemporaines à l’épreuve des transitions énergétiques. Université François-Rabelais, pp. 408–411.
Drozd, C. et al. (2016a) L’accompagnement des projets d’auto-réhabilitation par les magasins de bricolage. Etat des lieux et prospective pour l’amélioration énergétique de l’habitat en milieu rural, p. 49.
Drozd, C. et al. (2016b) L’accompagnement des projets d’auto-réhabilitation par les magasins de bricolage. Etat des lieux et prospective pour l’amélioration énergétique de l’habitat en milieu rural. Résumé, p. 10.
Drozd, C. et al. (2018) ‘La maîtrise de l’énergie dans les pratiques d’auto-réhabilitation en milieu rural’, in A. Coste, L. d’Emilio, and L. Guillot (eds) Ruralités post-carbonne. Milieux, échelles et acteurs de la transition énergétique. Saint-Etienne: Publications de l’Université de Saint-Etienne, pp. 186–197.
Drozd, C. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2015) ‘Architectures en lumière. In Masson, T. et Salançon, E.’ Lumière en ballade, projet Eclats de lumière pour l’année internationale de la lumière, Marseille.
Drozd, C., Requena-Ruiz, I. and Siret, D. (2016) ‘Matérialités et immatérialités de la lumière chez soi : expérience sensible et pratiques habitantes’, Cahiers Thématiques, 15, pp. 131–142.
Drozd, C., Requena-Ruiz, I. and Siret, D. (2018) L’éternel été chez soi. Dispositifs contemporains d’artificialisation du rayonnement solaire et de la lumière naturelle. Rapport de synthèse. Nantes: AAU-Crenau & Leroy Merlin Source.
En-nejjari, M., Requena, I. and Siret, D. (2020) ‘La plage urbaine spontanée, une nouvelle forme d’appropriation oisive de l’espace public’, Les Cahiers de la recherche architecturale urbaine et paysagère [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4000/craup.3647.
Gonzalez, D. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2013) ‘Historias de una escalera’, Habitat Futura, pp. 240–241.
Labrunye, R. et al. (2018) ‘Interdisciplinary research on the heritage of housing complexes in France (1945–75)’, in I. Wouters et al. (eds) Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). 6th International Congress on Construction History, Brussels: Routledge, pp. 837–842.
Labrunye, R. et al. (2019) Smart French. La résilience de la ville moderne, 1945-1975. Rapport de recherche. Paris: Ministère de la Culture.
Laffaille, X. and Requena Ruiz, I. (2020) ‘Quai des plantes (Nantes) – an experimental site’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/442 (Accessed: 7 March 2022).
Laffaille, X. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2020) ‘Experimental sites – summer 2020’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/451 (Accessed: 7 March 2022).
Laffaille, X. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2021) ‘Characterization of thermal comfort in the city – Part 1’:, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/472 (Accessed: 7 March 2022).
Laffaille, X. and Requena-Ruiz, Ignacio (2021a) ‘Characterization of thermal comfort in the city – part 2’:, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/487 (Accessed: 7 March 2022).
Laffaille, X. and Requena-Ruiz, Ignacio (2021b) ‘Experimental sites – summer 2021’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/495 (Accessed: 7 March 2022).
Laffaille, X. and Requena-Ruiz, Ignacio (2021c) ‘Implementation of a solar model and shadow plotting in the context of a 2D GIS: challenges and applications for the cooling effect of tree-covered based greening solutions in urban public spaces’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/521 (Accessed: 7 March 2022).
Laffaille, X. and Requena-Ruiz, Ignacio (2021d) ‘Urban cooling strategies as interaction opportunities in the public space: a methodological proposal’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/535 (Accessed: 7 March 2022).
Leduc, T., Stavropulos-Laffaille, X. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2022) ‘Implementation of a solar model and shadow plotting in the context of a 2D GIS: A validation based on radiometric measurements’, Revue Internationale de Géomatique. Edited by F. Pinet, D. Josselin, and A. Bouju, 31(3–4), pp. 241–264. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3166/rig31.241-263.
Leduc, T., Stavropulos-Laffaille, Xenia, X. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2021) ‘Implementation of a solar model and shadow plotting in the context of a 2D GIS: challenges and applications for the cooling effect of tree-covered based greening solutions in urban public spaces’, in P.-A. Davoine et al. (eds) SAGEO 2021, 16th Spatial Analysis and Geomatics Conference. SAGEO, La Rochelle, France: Alain Bouju and Christine Plumejeaud-Perreau (SAGEO 2021, 16th Spatial Analysis and Geomatics Conference), pp. 89–100. Available at: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03368426.
Ministere de la culture (2020) Architecture du XXe siècle, matière à projet pour la ville durable du XXIe siècle. Programme pluriannuel de recherche 2016-2020. Bilan. Paris: Ministere de la Culture.
PAVE and GRECAU (2017) Living Modern architectural heritage in the age of sustainability : ambiances and use quality. Bordeaux: ENSAP Bordeaux.
Requena Ruiz, I. (2023) ‘Experiencia térmica en el espacio público  diseño urbano, refrescamiento y métodos de estudio’. Seminario Internacional Proyecto TCPSUD, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Universidad de Chile, 20 November.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2009a) Arquitectura adaptada al clima: Le Corbusier y el brise-soleil. Master. Universidad de Alicante.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2009b) ‘Le Corbusier y el brise-soleil’, in I Congreso internacional de arquitectura sostenible de Valladolild. Feria de Valladolid, pp. 85–85. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/21381.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2010) ‘El dibujo de lo intangible. Luz, ventilación y bioclimatismo en la obra de Le Corbusier’, in X Congreso Internacional de Expresión gráfica aplicada a la edificación. Nuevas líneas de investigación en ingeniería de edificación. Marfil, pp. 63–63.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2011a) Arquitectura adaptada al clima en el movimiento moderno: Le Corbusier (1930-1960). PhD. Universidad de Alicante. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/23997.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2011b) ‘Energía y permanencia. La duración como futuro de la modernidad’, in International Conference Intervention Approaches for the 20th Century Architectural Heritage, pp. 1–7. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/21382.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2011c) ‘Le Corbusier: clima y modernidad’. Versus Le Corbusier, UPM-ETSAM, Madrid.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2012a) ‘André Missenard: “L’homme et le climat” (1937) y “A la recherche de l’homme” (1954)’, Le Corbusier InPar. Available at: http://lecorbusierinpar.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/andre-missenard-lhomme-et-le-climat-1937-y-a-la-recherche-de-lhomme-1954/.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2012b) ‘Bioclimatismo en la arquitectura de Le Corbusier: El Palacio de los Hilanderos’, Informes de la construcción, 64(528), pp. 549–562. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.11.121.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2012c) ‘Concurso de ideas para la rehabilitación del conjunto de la estación de la Vila Joiosa’, Via Arquitectura, pp. 80–81.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2012d) ‘Medio ambiente y modernidad en la obra de Le Corbusier a través del dibujo’, Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica, 20, pp. 246–255.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2012e) ‘Modern architecture as environmental construction. Methods and prototypes in Le Corbusier’s work’, in 2nd Congrès International sur les Ambiances. Centre Canadien d’Architecture, pp. 525–530.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2013a) ‘Arquitectura adaptada al clima en la obra de Le Corbusier: la Casa de Brasil en París’, Palapa Revista de Investigación Científica en Arquitectura, 3(1), pp. 35–53.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2013b) ‘Daniel Merro: La razón del cliente. Curutchet y Le Corbusier’, Le Corbusier InPar. Available at: http://lecorbusierinpar.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/la-razon-del-cliente-curutchet-y-le-corbusier-daniel-merro-johnston/.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2013c) ‘Daniel Merro: Maison Curutchet – Villa Savoye’, Le Corbusier InPar. Available at: http://lecorbusierinpar.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/maison-curutchet-villa-savoye/.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2014a) ‘Andre Wogenscky’s early housing works (1956-70): The relation between body, interior atmospheres, and envelope’, Dearq Journal of Architecture, 15, pp. 100–113.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2014b) Research Report. Le Corbusier and André Missenard: From Artificial Climates to Bioclimatic Architecture (1937-1965). Paris, pp. 112–112.
Requena-Ruiz, I. et al. (2015) ‘La fabrique de l’expertise énergétique chez les auto-réhabilitateurs en milieu rural’, in 2èmes Journées Internationales de Sociologie de l’Energie. Les sociétés contemporaines à l’épreuve des transitions énergétiques. Université François-Rabelais, pp. 350–353.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2016a) ‘Building Artificial Climates in Modernism: The House of Brazil in Paris’. The Urban Microclimate as Artifact, Accademia di Architectura, Mendrisio, 31 October.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2016b) ‘Building Artificial Climates. Thermal control and comfort in Modern Architecture (1930-1960)’, Ambiances [en ligne] [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4000/ambiances.801.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2016c) ‘L’utopie des « climats artificiels » Discours et représentations dans les revues d’architecture françaises (1930-1950)’, in Ambiances, Tomorrow. 3rd International Congress on Ambiances, Volos: University of Thessaly / Ambiance International Network, pp. 957–962.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2016d) ‘Modern Temperatures’, Arquitectura Viva, p. 54.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2016e) ‘Thermal comfort in twentieth-century architectural heritage: Two houses of Le Corbusier and André Wogenscky’, Frontiers of Architectural Research, pp. 157–170. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2016.02.001.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2017a) ‘Considering Atmospheres in Modernism. Comfort and Environmental Control in Architecture’. International Workshop Living Modern architectural heritage in the age of sustainability: ambiances and use quality, ENSAP Bordeaux-University of Cincinaty, Bordeaux, 29 May.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2017b) ‘Cultures of Comfort’, Arquitectura Viva, p. 65.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2018a) ‘Building a Brazilian climate in Paris: The Case of the House of Brazil (1953-1959)’, in S. Roesler and M. Kobbi (eds) The Urban Microclimate as Artifact. Towards an Architectural Theory of Thermal Diversity. London: Routledge, pp. 134–151.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2018b) ‘Exploring the Boundaries of Climatic Comfort. Cultural, Spatial and Sensory Perspectives for Architecture and Urban Space’. 6ème Ecole d’Hiver du CRESSON, Sonic Transect : Interroger les territoires de l’énergie par le sonore, ENSA Grenoble, Grenoble, 22 January.
Requena-Ruiz, I. et al. (2019a) ‘A Review on interdisciplinary methods for the characterization of thermal perception in public spaces’, in CISBAT 2019. CISBAT 2019 Climate Resilient Cities - Energy Efficientcy & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Requena-Ruiz, I. et al. (2019b) ‘A Review on interdisciplinary methods for the characterization of thermal perception in public spaces’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, (1343), p. 6. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012007.
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2019a) ‘Identification de dispositifs spatio-climatiques’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/180 (Accessed: 4 October 2019).
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2019b) ‘Reflections on Interdisciplinary Methods for Studying the effects of Thermo-spatial Perception in the public space’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/229 (Accessed: 4 October 2019).
Requena-Ruiz, I. (2021) ‘Worldwide catalogue of spatio-climatic devices’. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.4646959.
Requena-Ruiz, I., Siret, D., Leduc, T., et al. (2023) COOLSCAPES. L’espace urbain climatisé : perspectives tech- niques, spatiales et culturelles. Rapport de recherche ANR-18-CE22-0003. Nantes: Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Requena-Ruiz, I., Siret, D., Stavropulos-Laffaille, Xenia, X., et al. (2023) ‘Designing thermally sensitive public spaces: an analysis through urban design media’, Journal of Urban Design, 28(1), pp. 44–65. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2022.2062312.
Requena-Ruiz, I., Joanne, P. and Puaud, C. (2015) ‘On/No Ground. Shape the city all together’. TAB-Lab Research and Development Exhibition, Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2015 Self-Driven City, Tallinn.
Requena-Ruiz, I. and Laffaille, X. (2019) ‘Field trip to Paris’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/242 (Accessed: 4 October 2019).
Requena-Ruiz, I., Leduc, T. and Siret, D. (2023) ‘Une méthodologie d’analyse des dispositifs de rafraîchissement estival basée sur la métrologie climatique mobile’, Climatologie, 20, pp. 1–16. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1051/climat/202320008.
Requena-Ruiz, I. and Petesque, R. (2019) ‘Un inventaire des “dispositifs spatio-climatiques” dans le Monde’, COOLSCAPES. Available at: https://coolscapes.hypotheses.org/194 (Accessed: 4 October 2019).
Requena-Ruiz, I. and Siret, D. (2014) ‘Experiments on Thermal Comfort and Modern Architecture: The Contributions of André Missenard and Le Corbusier’, in M. Rosso (ed.) Investigating and Writing Architectural History: Subjects, Methodologies and Frontiers. Politecnico di Torino, pp. 651–662.
Requena-Ruiz, I. and Siret, D. (2015) ‘Construcciones ambientales para el hábitat moderno: Le Corbusier y André Missenard (1937-57)’, in J. Torres Cueco and C. Mejía Vallejo (eds) Le Corbusier, 50 años después. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, pp. 1832–1845.
Requena-Ruiz, I. and Siret, Daniel (2019) ‘Architectures des milieux hyper-conditionnés’, Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère [Preprint], (6). Available at: https://doi.org/10.4000/craup.3036.
Servières, M. et al. (2018) ‘Envisioning Future Urban Scenarios. The outcomes of the international Mobiance 3 workshop on Sharing Cities, Ambient Commons and Urban Futures’, in A. Kępczyńska-Walczak and S. Bialkowski (eds) eCAADe 2018 Computing for a better tomorrow. 36th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Lodz (Poland), Lodz & Brussels: eCAADe & Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, pp. 693–700.
Siret, D. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2016a) ‘Jouons (enfin) à la Ville Radieuse !’ L’urbanisme, l’architecte et le jeu, ENSAP Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, 12 December.
Siret, D. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2016b) ‘Retour sur le salon LuxLive à Londres’, Leroy Merlin Source. Available at: http://leroymerlinsource.fr/savoirs-de-l-habitat/architecture-urbanisme/retour-sur-le-salon-luxlive-a-londres/ (Accessed: 1 May 2017).
Siret, D. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (eds) (2019) ‘Architectures des milieux hyper-conditionnés. Architectures of hyper-conditioned environments’, Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère [Preprint], (6).
Siret, D. and Requena-Ruiz, I. (2024) ‘Climatic backgrounds and textures: climate, microclimate, pico-climates’, in Kazig, R. et al., The Routledge Handbook of Ambiances and Atmospheres. London: Routledge.
Siret, D., Requena-Ruiz, I. and Dercelles, A. (2020) ‘Jouons (enfin) à la Ville Radieuse !’, in M. Prévot, N. Douay, and E. Monin (eds) L’urbanisme, l’architecture et le jeu. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
Stavropulos-Laffaille, X. et al. (2021) ‘Urban cooling strategies as interaction opportunities in the public space: a methodological proposal’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2042(1), p. 012128. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012128.