UW-Parametric lay out | RD3 |2020
The development is not only about the parametrization of a layout (scale, rules of repartition) but also on the” tiles” itsself, glass block, graphic pattern, shading elements and on their properties, transparency, translucency, porosity, shading factor.

European research program IAPP | 2008-12
TU WIEN, EVOLUTE and RFR

P. Bompas: Senior Researcher: Task 10 of WP 5 and WP 7
Realization of the bulbous bow of the ship with  fully developable strips
Organization of Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012 at the Pompidou center.

High discretisation principle using a voxel box |  ELXIR-EVOLUTE
Article : September 2014: M.Huard, M.Eigensatz, P.Bompas, Planar Panelization with Extreme Repetition AAG 2014.
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Shading system |
P Bompas, N. Leduc, L.Bargagli | M. Pauly EPFL Lausanne

View of the physical and digital model.

Research

Elxir devotes about 50% of its activity to R&D, either for clients or for internal development projects.

The first direction of research is inherited from research carried out within RFR sas is focused on the development and optimization of atypical envelopes, mainly by their shape / geometry. An approach that creatively blends existing or more innovative geometry and manufacturing and construction technologies

This teamwork has been the subject of several publications

The second direction is focused on their use of light and glass as a means of architectural expression. This work is based on physical experiments but also virtual prototyping tools in photometric simulation.

See expression / light / Photometry.

“Proscenium” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton | Paris
Gehry Partner | RFR TESS
Acoustical sliding front stage door, complex geometry, casted aluminium by panels

Parliament Chamber, Luxembourg
Architect: A+E | RFR

Structural Glass footbridge with curved wood/ aluminum walkway / glass roof with photovoltaic sunscreen
P.Bompas: Construction details, site supervision 2004 -2009

Butterfly Vivarium Museum of Natural History | New York
Architects: Perkins Eastman | ASI

Dismountable prefabricated vivarium, it was still in use in 2018
P. Bompas: Principles Sketch drawings | first installation | 1999 – …

Innovation

During his activity within ASI and RFR, P. Bompas worked mainly on “5-legged sheep”, these complex projects either by their forms, the technologies or materials envisaged or by the multiplicity of interfaces with other bodies.

Whether it is the development of a pavilion in one month between the first drawing to the delivery of the first pieces on the site as was the case with the Vivarium of the Museum of Natural History in NYC, or the final development, the “flying carpet”, the suspended deck of a walkway made of aluminum extrusions shaped and perforated to diffuse hot or cold air, or the realization of a 6 x 6 m screen in cast aluminum , “innovating in the building insdustry does not necessarily come from the technology used (which is most often known), but from the way in which it is diverted or transferred to create new use in a context little motivated by novelty.