The public lecture series Mud on the Floor looks at methods for studying construction sites. Although construction is required for architecture and cities to be built, it can be notably absent from scholarship. There are a few institutional reasons for this (architectural history developing as a subset of art history, for example) but also structural reasons for it: as ephemeral, chaotic, and literally dirt-y sites, construction can challenge our neat scholarly frames and methods. The presentations will be from architects, historians, and anthropologists. The series encourages that we as scholars spend more time in the field or in the archives …

Date: 27 November 2024 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Introductions by Prof. Katrin Beyer (ENAC Dean) and Prof. Pier Vittorio Aureli (Director of the Institute of Architecture and the City). Lecture by Prof. Bernard Cache. Conclusion by Prof. Kathryn Hess (EPFL Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Outreach). Followed by an Apero. Place: EPFL, CO2 Live broadcast: link Title: Quelles PERSPECTIVES pour l’ENSEIGNEMENT de la GÉOMÉTRIE en ARCHITECTURE à l’EPFL ? De quoi Monge est-il la résurgence ? Géométrie Projective de Desargues à Monge. Desargues - Pascal - Bosse - La Hire - Newton Abstract Sur la figure VI,16 de …

Architecture and the Greenfield On the Political Economy of Space “Architecture and the Greenfield” is the second volume after “Architecture and Greenwashing” (2023) in a series edited by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology—EPFL. The collection of essays presents a cross-section of positions on architecture and its political economies from different perspectives. In this volume, Ana Maria Leon and Andrew Herscher, Paulo Tavares, Milica Topalovic and Swarnabh Ghosh articulate stances forming broad theoretical frameworks around urbanization and agriculture—the so-called ‘greenfield.’ Affordable forms of residential urbanization raise a paradoxical question: On the one hand, cheap housing settlements across …

15.11.24 - Curbing new-build construction, renovating existing buildings at pace and rethinking how we use them: according to Philippe Thalmann, an urban and environmental economics professor at EPFL, these are the steps we’ll need to take to both meet climate targets and accommodate an ever-growing population. How can we make sure everyone has a decent roof over their head in the future? This question is more pressing than ever given the demographic, economic, climate and environmental challenges we face. Addressing them will require fundamental shifts in just about every sector of the economy, including construction. Our living habits will need …

En aval du lac Léman, la ville de Genève profite d'une situation unique dans l'Arc lémanique. Le resserrement des rives du lac forme une rade que la ville structure jusqu'à reformer le Rhône qui devient alors son émissaire. Ce coeur liquide, ou temenos, selon la formulation d'André Corboz, est ancré dans la culture genevoise comme l'un des symboles majeurs de la ville. Depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, la rade entame une mutation de sa condition portuaire vers un espace de détente qu'elle peine à devenir. Ce projet a pour vocation de sortir les quais de la crise identitaire qu'ils …

L’exposition MAP24 prend place dans l’espace Amaretto, situé dans une ancienne halle CFF dans le quartier de Sébeillon. Cette surface de 600 m2 est désormais recensée au Patrimoine architectural et réaffectée pour des activités sportives et culturelles. En investissant ces lieux, le comité souhaite souligner l’importance de la réaffectation de ces espaces industriels et soutenir la démarche de l’association éponyme qui le fait vivre depuis cinq ans. Dans ce volume généreux, la scénographie s’articule autour de la brique et d’éléments suspendus. Elle permet aux visiteur·euse·x·s de découvrir les travaux des étudiant·e·x·s et la publication tout en offrant un usage flexible …

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.