Nicolas Henry Pierre Louis Rogeau

Expertise Timber ConstructionComputational DesignConstruction AutomationArchitectural GeometryJapanese Architecture Nicolas Rogeau studied Civil Engineering and Architecture at UCLouvain and Université Laval. In 2023, he completed his doctoral thesis on robotic timber construction at EPFL within the NCCR Digital Fabrication. Supported by an SNSF postdoc.mobility fellowship, he pursued his research at the University of Tokyo for two years, focusing on human–robot collaboration in construction. Today, his work focuses on advancing the digital transformation of the Swiss timber industry through the development of computational tools and workflows for architects, engineers, and construction companies.Nicolas is the developer of Manis, an open-source plugin for the design of timber plate structures integrating parametric joinery, structural analysis, digital fabrication, and robotic assembly. His work received several awards and has been published in leading international journals and conferences in the fields. Nicolas also serves as Associate Editor of the journal Construction Robotics and was part of the organizing and paper selection committee for CAADRIA 2025. Deeply engaged in teaching, Nicolas aims to reconnect architectural design with construction logic and material realities through the thoughtful use of computational tools. He has taught over twenty design studios and workshops internationally, contributed to the creation of the course Introduction to Computational Architecture, and coordinated the postgraduate course Digital Timber Construction. He recently joined CRCL to teach geometry in the first-year architecture program at EPFL.