Workshops


La lumière naturelle dans les projets architecturaux et urbains, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), Département Génie des Systèmes Urbains (GSU), Laboratoire AVENUES, May 16 2008.
SEUS - Solar Energy at Urban Scale, Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), Urban Systems Engineering Department (GSU), AVENUES Laboratory, May 25-26 2010.



Publications and Conferences


Descriptive Geometry Mutating to Design Tool, B. Beckers, L. Masset & P. Beckers, International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences ICCES’05, Chennai and Jaipur, India, December 2005.
Enrichment of the visual experience by a wider choice of projections, B. Beckers, L. Masset & P. Beckers, 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, April 26-28 2007, Melbourne, Australia (Published in the proceedings of the ICCSCWD'2007, IEEE Catalog Number: 07EX1675C, ISBN: 1-42440963-2, Library of Congress: 2007920353).
Una proyección sintética para el diseño arquitectónico con la luz del sol, B. Beckers, L. Masset & P. Beckers, 8th Ibero-american Conference of Mechanical Engineering CIBIM08, October 23-25 2007, Cusco, Perú, Libro virtual: ISBN 978-9972-2885-3-1 (see Conference Proceedings, Aspectos medioambientales)
Optimization of daylight in architectural and urban projects, B. Beckers & P. Beckers, 2th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Applications, ASMDO, September 2-5 2008, Gijón, Spain.
Las escalas de la sombra, B. Beckers, Guest speaker for the opening session of the academic year of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Geography of the University of Concepción, April 4 2009, Concepción, Chile.
Le bâtiment et la lumière; projets, contrôle et simulation, B. Beckers, Guest speaker, Conseil de l’enveloppe du bâtiment du Québec (CEBQ) / Quebec Building Envelope Council (QBEC), April 29 2009, Montréal, Canada.
Helping architects to design their personal daylight, B. Beckers & D. Rodríguez, Proceedings of the 11th WSEAS International Conference on Sustainability in Science Engineering (SSE '09) , May 27-29 2009, Timisoara, Romania, ISBN: 978-960-474-080-2.
Las escalas de la luz, B. Beckers, 5º Congreso Internacional Ciudad Y Territorio Virtual, June 2009, Barcelona, Spain.
Helping architects to design their personal daylight, B. Beckers & D. Rodríguez, WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, Issue 7, Volume 5, July 2009, pp 467-477, ISSN: 1790-5079 (see WSEAS website)
Geometrical interpretation of sky light in architecture projects, B. Beckers, Actes de la Conférence Internationale Scientifique pour le BATiment CISBAT 2009, September 2009, EPFL, Lausanne, Suisse.
La ville et la lumière; aspects thermiques, visuels et numériques, B. Beckers, Guest speaker, Conseil de l’enveloppe du bâtiment du Québec (CEBQ) / Quebec Building Envelope Council (QBEC), November 25 2009, Montréal, Canada.
Réflexions sur la modélisation multi-échelles de la ville : état de l'art, défis et propositions , B. Beckers, Séminaire NAFEMS France : Modélisation des systèmes complexes, des composants au système, du système aux détails : le juste nécessaire en simulation ? December 9 2009, Paris, France.
Correlation between Measured and Calculated Solar Radiation Data in Compiègne, France, E. Antaluca, L. Merino & B. Beckers, WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, Issue 6, Volume 6, pp. 478-487, June 2010, ISSN: 1790-5079 (see WSEAS website)
About solar energy simulation in the urban framework: The model of Compiègne, B. Beckers, D. Rodríguez, E. Antaluca & J.L. Batoz, 3rd International Congress Bauhaus SOLAR, 5 pages, November 10 & 11, 2010, Erfurt, Germany.
Optimiser l’efficacité énergétique du bâti et de la ville grâce à la modélisation 3D. Enjeux et perspectives d’application, A. Prévost, D. Rodríguez, N. Molines, B. Beckers & I. Caudron, Conférence internationale de Géomatique et Analyse Spatiale, SAGEO’10, 17-19 Novembre 2010, Toulouse.
The universal projection for computing data carried on the hemisphere, B. Beckers, L. Masset & P. Beckers, Computer-Aided Design, Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 219-226, February 2011, doi:10.1016/j.cad.2010.11.007
Solar Energy Inputs Estimation for Urban Scales Applications , L. Merino, E. Antaluca, B. Akinoglu, B. Beckers, 8th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, December 13-15, 2010, Liège, Belgium.



Master Theses, Supervisor: Benoit Beckers


Ver, mirar, contemplar, M. Bonilla, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2005.
La luz natural de Peter Zumthor, C. Ribera, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, November 2005.
Los colores, cuando entra el sol, D. González, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, February 2006.
El juego de las geometrías bajo el sol, D. Rodríguez, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
Análisis climático en la ciudad ecuatorial de Belén del Pará - Brasil, A. Bartolomeu, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
Luz natural, tema central de la Arquitectura; sobre la obra de Alberto Campo Baeza, T. Pico, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
Simulación y representación de la luz natural en el proyecto arquitectónico, R. López, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
Interacción entre la luz solar y la urbe construida por medio de pantallas verdes, M. Gutiérrez, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
Luz natural y geometría computacional, R. Paullo, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, February 2008.
Estudios de iluminación natural en Guatemala, M. Ríos, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, February 2008.
La ventana: análisis y estrategias respecto a la energía solar, A. Iturriaga, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2008.
Estudio de la luz y geometría en iglesias románicas y góticas, C. Villazón, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2008.
“Fotoagnosis”: leer una fotografia para comprender la luz, G. W. Libertino, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, September 2010.
Impacto Solar en la Escala Urbana, D. Lecea, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, September 2010.
Análisis de la necesidad solar en una tranformación urbana de densificación. Una experiencia en Tokio , M. Puig, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, 2011.



Other Master Theses & Students Reports


Modélisation de la position du soleil, Nguyen Minh Ngoc, University of Liège, January 2007.
Facteur de ciel : un paramètre d'évaluation des masques en architecture, O. Collin, University of Liège, September 2008.
Les méthodes de Monte-Carlo appliquées aux problèmes urbains, T. Dubernet, Compiègne University of Technology, March 2010.
Réalisation d'un outil d'évaluation de la radiosité, T. Vermeulen, Compiègne University of Technology, March 2011.



Heliodon as teaching aid


Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Benoit Beckers & Manuel Cabrera, UPC, Barcelona, España)
"M4: Espacio y ambiente en la arquitectura, Master en Integración de las Energías renovables a la arquitectura, Fundación UPC" since 2004.
Université de Technologie de Compiègne (Benoit Beckers, UTC, France)
"UB04: Ambiances et environnement lumineux, Département de Génie des Systèmes urbains, cours de branche" since 2008.
École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal (Frédéric Monette, Mathias Glaus & Benoit Beckers, ÉTS, Montréal, Canada)
"ENV835: Écosystèmes Urbains, Département de Génie de la Construction, cours de maîtrise" since 2008.
Université de Technologie de Compiègne (Benoit Beckers, UTC, France)
"UB10: Thermique urbaine, Département de Génie des Systèmes urbains, cours de branche" since 2009.