In 2001, he became a tenured researcher at the Graduate School of Architecture of Nantes (CERMA Laboratory, UMR CNRS 1563). His work deals with the ways in which sensorial dimensions are taken into account in conceptions of the built environment, especially with regard to the architectural and urban expression of solar radiation. He was in 2012 a visiting scholar at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. With Jean-Paul Thibaud, he is presently co-director of the International Ambiances Network.