Aurélie de Boissieu wins the Charles Lemaire Prize from the Royal Academy of Belgium

On October 18, the Royal Academy of Belgium awarded the Charles Lemaire Prize to Aurélie de Boissieu for her groundbreaking work on Building Information Modeling (BIM).

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urélie de Boissieu is a teacher-researcher at the University of Liège (Faculty of Architecture and Faculty of Applied Sciences), where she works on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and computational design. A graduate architect from ENSA Lyon, she defended her thesis on parametric modeling in architectural design in 2013, winning the Prix de la Recherche de l'Académie d'Architecture de France the following year. For over ten years, Aurélie de Boissieu has pursued a research activity - notably within the MAACC team of the MAP laboratory (UMR CNRS 3495) - and a professional practice in BIM management and computational design in several renowned architectural firms, including Heatherwick Studio and Grimshaw, London. Since 2020, she has been a professor at the University of Liège. Today, her research focuses on digital issues in architectural design, with a particular interest in data-driven practices and computational thinking.

The quality of his research has been recognized by the Royal Academy of Belgium, which awarded him the Prix Charles Lemaire this year. In particular, the Academy salutes the excellence and innovation of work in the field of architecture and engineering, at the intersection of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and computational design.

This research aims to explore how computational methods and data-driven practices can transform the design and management processes of architectural projects. In particular, it questions the new modes of collaboration induced by BIM and parametric approaches, and their potential to improve performance, sustainability and creativity in architectural production.

Winners 2025 of the Technology and Society Class (Royal Academy of Belgium)