Milovann Yanatchkov

Architect and associate professor

2002-2005 Project manager, BP architectures (Bocabeille, Prego)

2005-2015 Freelance architect

2015-2018 Associate assistant professor, ENSA Val de Seine

2015-2020 Associate lecturer, ENSA La Villette

2020-2024 Tenured lecturer, ENSA Nancy

Teaching

Lectures (CM), Tutorials (TD), Seminars (SEM), Optional (OPT) for (n) students

in ENSA Paris-Val de Seine (VDS) Paris-La Villette (LVL) and Nancy (NCY)

2016-2017 Geometry of projections, TD, L2, responsible, 20n, LVL

2017-2020 Introduction to digital drawing, CM+TD, L2, responsible, 180n, LVL

2022-2023 Introduction to digital design, CM+TD, L1, responsible, 120n, NCY

2017-2018 Digital culture, CM, L1, responsible, 100n, VDS

2016-2018 Elements of digital architecture, OPT, M1, responsible, 10n, VDS

2015-2018 Structural envelopes, SEM, M1, co-responsible (Person), 10n, VDS

2017-2018 Systemic Design, SEM, M2, participant (Ceccarini), 8n, VDS

2017-2020 Digital continuum, OPT, M2, co-responsible (Guéna), 20n, LVL

2022-2023 Non-standard modeling, OPT, M2, responsible, 10n, NCY

2015-2020 Polygonal modeling with Blender, TD, L3, responsible, 25n, LVL

2016-2017 Architectural modeling with Revit, TD, L3, responsible, 15n, LVL

2020-2023 Architectural modeling with Revit, TD, L3, responsible, 40n, NCY

2017-2018 Introduction to visual programming, TD, L1, co-responsible (Serero), 60n, VDS

2015-2017 Open source and free culture, SEM, M2, participant, 15n, LVL

2020-2023 Digital Design Architecture, Master mention design, participant, 20n, NCY

Research

2015-2024 Member of the laboratory MAP-MAACC, UMR CNRS 3495

2017 Research seminar, Simondon: individuation and concretization, MAP-MAACC, responsible

2018 Publication: Flow-based modelling, SCAN 18, ENSA Nantes

2018 Communication, Flow-based modelling, SCAN 18, ENSA Nantes

2019 Doctoral seminar, Digital for what humanity? Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes

2020 Research seminar, Continuum Workshop, responsible

2020 What is a digital continuum?

2021 Working group inter-ENSA, Platforms, responsible

2021 Scientific committee: 2nd Architecture and Intelligence meetings, ENSA Paris-Val de Seine

2022 Publication: Design platforms, SCAN 22, ENSA Lyon

2022 Communication, Design platforms, SCAN 22, ENSA Lyon

2022 Communication, Design platforms, Post Master, participant, 15n, LVL

Conferences

2008 Blender For Architects, Blender Conference, Amsterdam

2009 Cities and architectures, towards open works?, Maison de l'architecture Poitou-Charente

2009 Bottom-Up! Design by scripting, Make Art, Poitiers

2009 Hackers and Painters, HackerSpace Festival, Vitry-sur-seine

2012 The ideas of hacking, Philosophical Meetings of Langres

2012 Digital image, Center for the Arts of Enghien, Enghien-les-Bains

2013 Sensitive Mathematics, Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux

2017 The forms of the living, La Générale, Paris

2017 On the simplicity of complex systems, Lyon Architecture Biennale

2024 A new kind of forge in design and education, OW2 & Apereo, Paris-Châtillon

2024 Some lesser-known forges: Forgejo, Fordj and SourceHut, DINUM, Paris

Workshops

2009 Open Source Architecture Workshop, Make Art, Poitiers

2009 The Art Collider, CiTu with Robin Gareus, Paris

2009 MyLab, the /tmp/lab outside the walls, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

2011 Residence /tmp/lab at the Gaité Lyrique, Paris

2012 Res Plastica, Department of Mathematics of Jussieu, Paris

2013 Museomix, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris

2014 Codes & improvisations (src), Workshop at the ESAD-V (article), Valence

2014 Architecture & Free Software, Regional House of Architecture of the Pays de la Loire

2015 History of digital art, Sup de web Paris

Hackathons

2020 AEC Hackathon Copenhagen

2021 AEC Hackathon Copenhagen

2022 BIM with Knowledge graphs with IntCDC and Buro Happold (PDF)

2023 AEC Hackathon Copenhagen

2024 Garagethon BlueHats , DINUM, Paris, Report, Post

2024 AEC Hackathon Zurich @ ZHAW School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering

2024 AECTECH+ @ BIG Barcelona

2024 Forgeathon, Paris

2024 AEC Hackathon Munich

Awards

2020 AEC Hackathon Copenhagen, Winner category "Bettering the industry" for the project Frai-bot-o in collaboration with a team of engineers from Thornton Tomasetti and Ramboll

Websites

2004 rvba.fr, Personal site

2018 codeatlas.cc Open Educational Resources (OER)

2018 codepark.cc, Digital art

2020 bimriver.com, Open source software bricks

2022 plateformes.org, Inter-ENSA working group

2022 aecop.eu, AEC Open Platforms

Software

2006 Blend2pov, POV-Ray for Blender, C, C++

2008 Arx, Addon for architecture, Blender, Python

2012 Minuit, Visual programming interface, C, demo

2015 Lud, Parametric 3D modeler, C/Lua

2017 Alphaville, Learning construction game, Python, Bash, Html

2018 Echo, 3D server, modeling by flow, C/C++/Lua/Python, demo

2020 Frai-bot-o, Conversational AI for architecture, C#/Js (🤖 AI)

2023 SpeakAEC, AI for error detection, Python/Js (🤖 AI)

2023 Fordj, Design platform, Python/Js

2023 Sloyd, Learning by doing, Go/Js/Python

2023 Pygram, Learn Python with Blender, Python

2024 GitAEC, Git for AEC 1) Architecture, Engineering, Construction , Go/Js

2024 SmartTutorial, RAG for source codes, Python/Js (🤖 AI)

2024 PDFtoDLM, Python/Bash/Js (🤖 AI)

Parametric

2009 New Babel, Competition eVolo-tower

2010 The Tower Without Hunger, Experimental parametric cuisine, Cité de l'architecture, Paris

Digital Art

2009 Live coding, Fourth encounter, Mal au Pixel Festival, Saint-Ouen

2009 KinéKlub #3, Loops and recursions, Paris

2010 KinéKlub #6, Codes, programming and cryptography, Paris

2012 Live coding, Residence /tmp/lab, Gaité Lyrique, Paris

2013 Energy, Radius, Dispersion, exhibition at Galerie Perception Park, Paris

2013 Passages, exhibition at the Galerie Perception Park, Paris

2014 Live-coding, IRL performances, Paris

2014 Nuit de Chine, 3D Performance at the Grand-Palais, Paris

Architecture

Projects

2002-2005 Crèche 40 berceaux, Sketch, APS, APD for BP architectures, Paris

2003-2004 Site supervision (rehab. Lycée Croce Spinelli) for BP architectures, Paris

Competitions

2001 Embassy of France in Algiers, 40 housing units, Dusapin & Leclercq, Winning project

2001 Embassy of France in Cape Verde, BP architectures, 2001, Winning project

2001 Franco-British Memorial at Thiepval, Plan01, 2001, Completed project

2002 Art structure on the A86 for Cofiroute, CR Architecture

2002 Marrane Pool in Levallois-Perret, CR Architecture

2002 College 550 Louise Michel, Corbeil Essonnes, CR Architecture

2002 College 550 Claude Monet, Val d'Oise, CR Architecture

2002 College 500, Florange, CR Architecture

2002 Toll station, Béziers, Atelier Philéas

2003 School complex in Bussy-Saint-Georges, Fassio Viaud

2003 Interregional Wood Center, KOZ

2003 High school in Claye-Souilly, BP Architecture

2004 School complex in Courbevoie, BP architectures

2004 Road safety center in Courbevoie, BP architectures

2004 Housing annexes of the Opéra Bastille, BP architectures

2004 Nursery in Ménilmontant, Paris, BP architectures

2004 Crematorium in Rennes, Plan01

2006 Performance hall in Courbevoie, Plan01

2008 La Défense, EPAD competition for Interland, Paris, Venice Architecture Biennale 2008

2008 Velodrome, Madrid 2016 Olympics bid competition for Plan01 - Winning project

2011 Courthouse of Pointe-à-Pitre, Ignacio Prego Architectures

2012 International competition Library, Helsinki, Plan01

2013 ENS Cachan, Ignacio Prego Architectures

2018 Pool and Conservatory in Pantin, Béguin & Macchini

Graphics

2001-2018 Images, perspectives, virtual models for architecture and urban planning

Clients

AFTRP

Atelier 234

Atelier Cattani architects

Atelier Du Pont

Atelier Phileas

Bouygues Immobilier

BNP Real Estate

Chantiers Modernes Construction

Citu

Compact

CR architects

Christian Deviller architect

David Devaux architect

Emmanuelle Colboc architect

EURO RSCG

F+F

Fassio Viaud architects

Groupe3

IDRA

Ignacio Prego architect

Interland

Jean Boccabeille architect

Keldi architects

KOZ

Margerie et Pasquet architects

Leclercq associés

MG-AU

Murail architecture

Nacarat

Périphériques

Plan01

SCAU

Publications

2012 Blender 2.6: 3D for architecture by Matthieu Dupont de Dinechin

Networks

Codeberg: rvba

Github: rvba

LinkedIn: milovann-yanatchkov

X: bimriver

Instagram: rvba.fr

Philosophy

2010-2014 Simondon Workshop, ENS Ulm (Bontems, Barthélémy)

2019 Philosophy of Ecology II (Woodward), Massia, Estonia