Lucile Pierron

Lucile Pierron is a PhD candidate in Architecture at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ/ENSA-Versailles), an Associate Researcher at LHAC (Laboratory of Contemporary Architectural History), and a faculty member at the National School of Architecture (Nancy) since 2011. Her research focuses on religious architecture in modernity, particularly churches built in Lorraine during the Trente Glorieuses (1950s–1970s). She holds a state architecture diploma from ENSA-Versailles (2011) and a Master’s in Cultural and Social History of Architecture from the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin. She pursued studies at the Bagio Rossetti Faculty of Architecture in Ferrara, Italy.

Her doctoral thesis examines the interplay between ecclesiastical aspirations, post-WWII reconstruction budgets, and architects’ material and formal responses. She collaborates with heritage agencies such as the DRAC Lorraine, contributing to patrimonial protection dossiers and inventories of 20th-century churches. She co-curated the exhibition 1945–1975 in Meurthe-et-Moselle: Churches in Search of Modernity, displayed in Nancy and Paris. Her work bridges architectural history, cultural heritage preservation, and the socio-economic contexts shaping religious spaces.

Awarded a doctoral contract by France’s Ministry of Culture, her research has implications for understanding the modernization of sacred architecture and its socio-cultural dynamics. She teaches at ENSA Nancy and actively participates in heritage-related conferences and exhibitions, emphasizing the evolving role of religious architecture in secular societies.