SST/EPL Ecole polytechnique de Louvain (EPL)
SST/IMMC Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (iMMC)
SST/IMMC/GCE Civil and environmental engineering (GCE)
Civil engineer and doctor in applied sciences, Pierre Latteur has been a Professor at the Louvain School of Engineering since 2013, leading the Civil Engineering Group since 2015 (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium). Beforehand, he has more than 15 years of experience working as a structural engineer, at SETESCO as project manager and at Technum-Tractebel Engineering Brussels, as director of the structural engineering group. His dual industrial and academic career has allowed him to gain practical experience on a wide variety of projects: high-rise buildings, architectural structures, footbridges, industrial and nuclear structures (some pictures of the projects he was involved in above). His research focus on timber structures, on tensegrity structures (click here and here and here for the videos), on reciprocal structures (click here for the video), on the optimization of structures such as photovoltaïc structures, and on the robonumerization of the construction processes. Pierre is a drone pilot and a forerunner in the field of construction with high-payload drones. His team became the first to lead a successful experiment that consisted of assembling a concrete wall with a drone (click here for the video). In collaboration with the Belgian company imaxpro in 2020, his team was also the first to prefabricate a structure made up of tree trunks, with an automated process based on the association of parametric design and a robotic arm (click here and here for the videos).
He currently teaches mechanics of structures, timber structures, construction processes and various design challenges (click here and here and here for the videos). He is also the creator of the interactive software for structural design ISSD.
Youtube UCLouvain Civil Engineering chanel : click here.
| Année | Libellé | Établissement |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Docteur en sciences appliquées | Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgique) |
| 1994 | Ingénieur civil des constructions | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) |
Pierre Latteur has more than 3500 hours of teaching experience, teaching construction engineers, engineer architects, bioengineers and industrial engineers in Belgium and abroad. He has taught mechanics of structures, stability of structures, finite elements, concrete engineering, steel engineering, construction processes and various projects in both bachelor's and master's years (see video links below). His courses of Mechanics of structures and Timber Engineering can be seen on youtube : click here. Pierre has supervised more than 90 end master thesis, is the author of the book « Calculer une structure, de la théorie à l’exemple » (click here) and the creator of the interactive software for structural design ISSD. Since 2019, Pierre has also been responsible for all aspects of the civil engineering degree at EPL. In terms of continuing education, He is co-founder and academic co-leader of the "BIM: Integrated Design and Management" continuing education course, which has enjoyed uninterrupted success since 2016 (click here for the video).
Videos of the students projects:
Project “Timber” (Bac 3) : video 1, video 2, video 3, video 4, video 5.
Project “Building” (Master 1) : video 1, video 2.
Project “Civil ENgineering Structures” (Master 2) : video 1, video 2.
Unités d'enseignement pour 2025
| Libellé | Code |
|---|---|
| Projet 4 (en construction) | LEPL1510 |
| Mécanique des structures | LGCIV1022 |
| Project 1: Building | LGCIV2011 |
| Project 2: civil engineering structures | LGCIV2012 |
| Building technology | LGCIV2014 |
| Structures en bois | LGCIV2043 |
The pictures below illustrate some of Pierre Latteur's current and past research projects. More detailed information : click here.
