This presentation treats space and mobility as inseparable, where space is produced through movement, coordination, and pause, while mobility is always spatially formatted by routes, nodes, and boundaries. Their intersection is therefore not an overlap but a relational field in which placement and movement continuously reify one another. This perspective invites complex mixed methods approaches based on methodological mapping across different forms of evidence, which can show how movements cluster or stretch, while narrative interviews, participatory mapping, and field observation can uncover how actors interpret routes, obstacles, and anchors in everyday life. The aim is not merely conventional triangulation, but …

Directeurs de thèse : Prof. C. R. Binder Signer, Dr A. H. R. Athanassiadis Programme doctoral en Architecture et sciences de la ville Thèse n° 11651 Pour participer à la soutenance publique, merci de contacter directement l’intervenant

La santé mentale en milieu urbain est devenue ces dernières années un domaine de recherche où se sont nouées de nouvelles alliances intéressantes et controversées entre les sciences de la vie et les sciences sociales. D'une part, au cours des vingt dernières années, un nombre croissant d'études en psychiatrie ont porté sur les dimensions urbaines de la psychose (« urbanicité »). Ces recherches ont progressivement dépassé les formes classiques d'épidémiologie spatiale pour étudier la santé mentale en milieu urbain in situ, en utilisant par exemple des évaluations instantanées réalisées à l'aide de smartphones. D'autre part, s'appuyant sur des travaux antérieurs …

26.03.26 - The exhibition Des Cèdres à Dorigny (EPFL, Archizoom) featured the restoration of a tracing paper drawing by Jean-Pierre Vouga, held in the Archives de la construction moderne. Through this case, it highlighted the material and scientific challenges involved in preserving architectural documents. As materials age and respond to mechanical stresses and environmental conditions, stabilising such fragile supports becomes essential to ensure their long-term transmission and legibility. From March 4 to September 29, 2026, the exhibition From Cèdres to Dorigny: Building the School of Architecture, presented at Archizoom on the EPFL campus, traces the origins and development of architectural …

11.02.26 - On the occasion of the fourth edition of the Master Prize in Architecture, awarded by the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA), two projects from EPFL Architecture received an Honourable Mention, recognising the quality and commitment reflected in these diploma projects. Among the awarded works is the project by Léa Guillotin, Re-fabricating Sévelin: The Image of Industry in the City Centre. Located in Lausanne’s Sévelin district—today largely shaped by the service sector—the project questions the role of industry in the contemporary city in light of current ecological and logistical challenges. Building on the last remaining industrial complex …

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.