As a partner of the architectural and urban design office Bauart, based in Bern, Neuchâtel and Zurich (Switzerland), Emmanuel Rey is involved in many projects, competitions and realizations, who have been published, exhibited and awarded on several occasions. As a professor at the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), he is the founder of the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST).His contributions focus on the field of sustainable architecture, with special attention to the transposition of sustainability principles into the design process - from urban design to construction components - and to the incorporation of evaluative and innovative criteria into architectural design. His interdisciplinary approaches help to the establishment of dynamic links between the architectural discipline and other areas of the built environment with a view to sustainability transitions. In 2015, he is awarded by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and received the swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research (td-award).