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Dr. Laure Brayer is an Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences) at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Grenoble (ENSAG), part of Université Grenoble Alpes. She is a researcher at the AAU-CRESSON laboratory (UMR Ambiances, Architectures, Urbanités), a Joint Research Unit affiliated with CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, ENSA Nantes, ENSA Grenoble, and Centrale Nantes. Her academic journey includes a state qualification in architecture and a doctoral thesis on film devices in urban landscape understanding, which earned the COMUE Grenoble Alpes Thesis Prize in 2014.
Dr. Brayer's research focuses on contemporary urban situations, exploring their experiences, representations, and transformations through the lens of sensory perception and atmospheric qualities. She specializes in how film and audio-visual methodologies can document and analyze urban spaces, particularly investigating the 'insignificant part' of urban experience that traditional methods might overlook. Her work examines the articulation between mediation, critique, and design projects, with significant contributions to understanding how sensory phenomena translate into architectural and urban research.
Her recent work shows a strong trend toward collaborative research-creation projects that bridge academic inquiry with artistic practice. She directs 'Les Ondes de l'Eau,' a project mapping sensitive memories of the Romanche Valley in collaboration with artist collective Regards des lieux. Her publications reveal deep engagement with atmospheric research, sensory ethnography, and innovative documentation methods that capture the temporal and sensory dimensions of urban spaces. She has developed expertise in using film as a collective exercise for describing atmosphere as a 'matter of concern,' organizing video workshops that generate new understandings of urban environments.
Dr. Brayer has received notable recognition including the COMUE Grenoble Alpes Thesis Prize (2014). Her work has been presented at major international venues including the International Congress On Ambiances in Lisbon (2024), Festival de l'Histoire de l'Art in Fontainebleau (2023), and numerous academic conferences across Europe and North America.
As an educator, she teaches in the field of Arts and Techniques of Representation at ENSAG, likely incorporating her research expertise into courses on audio-visual methodologies for architectural research and sensory documentation techniques. Her collaborative approach extends to supervising research that involves multiple stakeholders and interdisciplinary perspectives, particularly through her work with the AAU-CRESSON laboratory which serves as a hub for atmospheric and sensory urban research.
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