Klaas De Rycke (1980) is a Belgian civil engineer-architect. He is partner and managing director of the engineering firm Bollinger+Grohmann Holding AG, where he is in charge of the offices in Paris and Brussels. In this role he gathered a broad international expertise in the technical and structural challenges of architectural projects. Klaas is senior lecturer at the Architecture School of Versailles and associate professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London.

Conférence de Richard Copans Réalisateur, producteur et directeur de la photographie Réalisateur de la série Arte «Architectures» avec Stan Neumann Dans le cadre du cours Magma & Principes MANSLAB

Les Rencontres de l'EDAR is the annual meeting of the Doctoral program in Architecture and Sciences of the City, aimed at gathering the entire EDAR community. The 9th edition, organized in collaboration with the Institute of Architecture, is entitled Original Knowledge and focuses on the ways in which EDAR research meets the criterion of producing original scientific knowledge. The primary function of scientific research within academic institution is to systematically increase current knowledge. Originality is an essential aptitude of the good scholar, who is able to identify new subjects of investigation, develop innovative forms of inquiry, interweave different disciplines, and …

15.01.25 - URBES together with ENAC-IT4Research have developed an online platform for urban data visualization now displayed at the Datapoiesis exhibition in Venice The exhibition Datapoiesis organized by IUAV in Venice (Biblioteca Tolentini, 15.01-03.02.2025) investigates the use of the “graph” as a tool for modelling urban systems with the aim of anticipating, to some extent, their future evolution. The focus is on the application of such models, often inspired by morphogenetic principles and implemented through simulations using cellular automata, multi-agent systems, fractal geometry, etc., in a tradition that dates back at least to the 1970s. The data visualization platform created …

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.