Antoine Maurice Picon

Background

Picon, Antoine Maurice was born on August 3, 1957 in Saint-Etienne, Loire, France. Son of Maurice Antoine Picon and Guiseppina Emilia Berardinelli.

Education

Diploma, Ecole Polytechnic, Palaiseau, 1979. Diploma, Ecole national des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, 1981. Architecte D.P.L.G., Ecole d'Architecture Paris-Villemin, Paris, 1984.

Doctor of Philosophy, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1991. Habilitation a diriger des recherches, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1994.

Career

Charge de mission Ministere de l'Equipement, Paris, 1981—1984. Research fellow Ecole national des Ponts et Chaussees, 1984—1994, professor, 1994—2001, Harvard University Graduate School Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2001. Director research University Paris I-Sorbonne, since 1994.

Achievements

• Antoine Maurice Picon has been listed as a noteworthy historian, design educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • La formation polytechnicienne: 1794-1994 (French Edition)
  • La ville territoire des cyborgs (Collection Tranches de villes) (French Edition)
  • Architectes et ingenieurs au siecle des Lumieres (French Edition)

Membership

Member of Comite francais d'histoire de l'art.

Connections

Married Virginie Catherine Lefebvre. Children: Inès, Jean-Baptiste.

Father:

Maurice Antoine Picon

Mother:

Guiseppina Emilia Berardinelli

Spouse:

Virginie Catherine Lefebvre

child:

Inès Picon

child:

Jean-Baptiste Picon