Lecture by Nicolas Bassand, Atelier Corso, Zurich, entitled "Déclivités urbaines. Paysages résidentiels en situation de pentel" within de framework of Prof. Rey's studio Reliefs urbains, Laboratory of Architecture ans Sustainable Technologies (LAST).

Vernissage de la publication et de l'exposition TEMPUS SESSORIUM regroupant les travaux d'étudiants produits dans le cadre du cours Magma & Principes des professeurs Marco Bakker et Alexandre Blanc - MANSLAB. Le vernissage de la publication aura lieu le lundi 10 novembre 2025 à partir de 17h30 dans le foyer SG (Project Room). L'exposition se tiendra du 10 au 16 novembre 2025.

WEYELL ZIPSE ARCHITEKTEN COME IN! GUGGACH PRIMARY SCHOOL IN ZURICH The Guggach Primary School experiments with transformative spatial qualities: its iconic central foyer is designed as an intermediate climate zone that adapts to the changing seasons. Open in summer and enclosed in winter its climate is regulated through manually operated sliding gates and a greenhouse roof. The foyer's three-storey atrium offers open, flexible spaces with a fluid perception, whose use can be continuously re-defined. The lecture will focus on the question of how this space fosters the creation of community within the school and the surrounding neighborhood. This lecture is …

BRUTHER CAEN RESEARCH CENTER – NEW GENERATION Designed as a landmark, the project is intended as a layering of spaces, atmospheres, and climates. It revisits the image of the vertical shed saving space on the ground. It also ensures the continuity of views and establishes a close and respectful relationship with its neighbours and context. Offering an infinite combination of spaces and flexibility of use within the most significant possible volume, it explores the concept of the megafloor. As a public space, it creates the opportunity to expand uses, build bridges between functions, and facilitate exchanges between users. This lecture …

Design a room that engage the environnement, receive the living and generate public space. Based on the measures and the elements built during the Fragments phase, a room is designed starting from a constructive node. It becomes a tool for imagining architectures that engage a dialogue between the body, the public space and the territory.

14.10.25 - An EPFL study shows red light, like blue, causes stronger glare than white, challenging the century-old and globally used function that describes how the human eye responds to different light wavelengths. The findings have implications for standards and research, as well as for the comfort of building occupants. Glare from sunlight can be a major source of discomfort for building occupants, especially when the windows have inadequate shadings. New smart glazing technology aims to provide protection from overheating in summer and from glare by changing the tint level to reduce the amount of solar radiation that passes through. …

01.10.25 - The TRC-LC3 Prototype Pavilion, developed at EPFL Fribourg is exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo. By exploring the structural, architectural, environmental, and social dimensions of TRC-LC3, the research highlights its potential for application in the Global South. The 14th International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo (@bienaldearquiteturasp) for an Overheated Planet, EXTREMOS, places an urgent question at the center of the dialogue: what is the role of architecture in a world facing extreme climate events and the very limits of human life, with the point of no return looming on the horizon? In line with …

12.08.25 - For her PhD in architecture at EPFL, Chloé Joly-Pottuz researched construction methods, and in particular those for timber structures on Easter Island. When people think about Easter Island, it’s probably for its majestic moai stone sculptures. It’s certainly not for the small community that lives there, although the island’s 8,600 residents face particularly challenging living conditions: volcanic soil that’s been stripped bare by deforestation, gusting winds and some 120,000 tourists who flock to the island each year. Scientists at EPFL’s Laboratory of Construction and Architecture, headed by Prof. Paolo Tombesi, have been studying Easter Island since 2018 for …

Projets de Master 2025 Exhibition and reviews The 2025 Master Projects Exhibition showcases the work of EPFL architecture students as they confront the material, social, and territorial challenges of today’s world. Spread across three distinct areas, the exhibition showcases a diverse range of approaches: some projects delve into the use of local resources and traditional craftsmanship, working with materials such as wood or earth, or exploring self-building techniques. Others operate at larger scales, reimagining urban and territorial dynamics in light of environmental and societal shifts. A third group focuses on housing, both collective and individual, and on interventions within existing …

Industrial organizations have significantly shaped the relationship between urbanization and industrialization through their policies of constructing and managing urban spaces, as well as their social actions, with company towns representing an outstanding example of this influence. Often seen as remnants of history, some company towns still maintain an active presence in their original territories, significantly affecting the daily lives of their residents in the long term. At the heart of these projects, quality of life was a fundamental unit of measure alongside worker productivity. Reading these realities through the lens of biopolitics offers a perspective to examine how power was …

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.