Sébastien Marot, holds a master in philosophy, a Phd in history and an Habilitation à diriger des Recherches. Between 1986 and 2002, he was general delegate of the Société Française des Architectes in Paris, where he organized numerous series of lectures on the history of architecture and architectural theory, and launched the journal Le Visiteur (1994-2003). He has written extensively on the genealogy of contemporary theories in architecture, urban and landscape design. Having taught in different schools or architecture or landscape design in Europe and North America (Architectural Association, IAU Geneva, Harvard, Cornell, Upenn, ETH Zürich), he is currently professor at the École d’Architecture de Marne La Vallée, where he has launched another journal : Marnes : documents d’architecture, and guest professor at the EPFL (Enac), where he teaches the History and Theory of the Environment.