NRP 81 Session series BAUKULTUR: A EUROPEAN GENEALOGY Tuesday, 20 January 2026 (18:00 – 19:30) Venue: Winterthur, ZHAW, MD E0.17 (Tössfeldstrassse 11, 8401 Winterthur) ZOOM ID: 68258520857 This concluding session broadens the genealogical question, exploring the theme of transformation. Undoubtedly, Umbakultur is inextricably linked to the very concept of Baukultur, and can also be read by tracing back through the main strands of European urban culture. Invited speakers Paul Landauer, Paris Discussants: Paola Viganò, Pierre Caye, Andri Gerber, Caspar Schärer

announcing: Drawing Research Platform 2026, London. OPEN TO ALL ENAC STUDENTS Organized by the ENAC EPF Lausanne in collaboration with Drawing Matter org. London, UK: 16 - 21 August 2026 Information Session AAC 132 Monday, 2nd March, 2026, 5:00 pm Presentation: Patricia Guaita, Raffael Baur If you would like to register now, please send an email to patricia.guaita@epfl.ch

announcing: Prototype Pavilion in Textile Reinforced Concrete with LC3, EPFL Fribourg. OPEN TO ALL ENAC STUDENTS and CAN BE TAKEN AS A PART FOR THE SC MINOR Organized by the ENAC EPF Lausanne in collaboration with LMC EPFL lab and Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenia. EPFL Fribourg: 24 August - 04 Sept 2026 Information Session AAC 132 Monday, 2nd March, 2026, 5:30 pm Presentation: Patricia Guaita, Raffael Baur If you would like to register now, please send an email to patricia.guaita@epfl.ch

Le projet vise à approfondir les dimensions structurelles, architecturales, environnementales et sociales du TRC LC3 et de ses applications, en particulier dans le contexte d’un nouvel espace polyvalent pour le Department of Architecture & Interior Design du campus de Kenyatta University à Nairobi (Kenya), en collaboration avec Urko Sanchez Architects. Cet espace est destiné à soutenir des activités académiques, sociales et expérimentales tout en servant de laboratoire vivant pour des méthodes de construction durables et alternatives. Le pavillon doit fonctionner non seulement comme un espace académique utilisable, mais aussi comme un outil pédagogique démontrant une conception adaptée au climat, l’innovation …

05.11.25 - Salima Naji is honoured with the Dedalo Minosse International Prize 2025, XIII Edition, Mention Fondazione Pistoletto & Fondazione Città dell’Arte EPFL Architecture congratulates Dr Salima Naji, a practising DPLG architect and Ph. D. in Anthropology from EHESS (Paris), as well as a visiting lecturer at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, on her most recent distinction: the Dedalo Minosse International Prize 2025, XIII Edition, Mention Fondazione Pistoletto & Fondazione Città dell’Arte. After being honoured in 2025 with the Global award for sustainable architecture, and in 2024 the Grande Médaille d’Or de l’Académie d’Architecture de France and …

EPFL architecture graduates, Vincent Digneaux, Solène Guisan and Vincent Kastl, were crowned winners of the Sustainable is Beautiful student architecture prize for their modular footbridge over the Chamberonne river. Designing the structure, which serves as both a crossing and a meeting place, gave them their first taste of life as an architect. Several years ago, the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) at EPFL’s School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) launched Sustainable is Beautiful, a competition run in partnership with public and private organizations involved in green-transition projects, to help equip budding architects for their future role.

WINNER OF THE 2023 RIBA CHARLES JENCKS AWARD

The Dogma practice, founded in 2002 by Pier Vittorio Aureli, associate professor at the EPFL Architecture Department (ENAC), and Martino Tattara, has been awarded the prestigious Charles Jencks 2023 Prize by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Created in 2003 to reward an individual (or office) who has recently made a major contribution to both the theory and practice of architecture, this prestigious prize has distinguished architects such as Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron over the years.

Housing is a major contributor to Switzerland's carbon footprint and energy consumption, but it is also a basic need. Research on climate change mitigation strategies has so far paid insufficient attention to households' preferences and their contribution to housing sustainability. Depicting residential preferences requires an understanding of the multilevel, context-specific, and interrelated determinants of the match between households and dwellings, which are made explicit in the residential mobility process.