[1] Born on 21 December 1947, Lucan earned an Architecture Diploma of the French Government [fr] in Paris in 1972.
[2] He created publications on his research on criticisms, theories, and history of architecture and was the author of several books.
[citation needed] In 1993, Lucan began his participation in town planning competitions, creating four housing buildings and a library in Paris and urban developments in Île d'Yeu.
In October 1997, he became a professor of architectural theory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
[3] From 2006 to 2008, he directed the "Architecture, ville, histoire" doctoral program at the EPFL's Faculty of Natural Environment.