Test planning – Geneva 2040 Municipal Master Plan.
Participation as an expert on the issues of the productive city within the follow-up of the Test Planning related to the establishment of the PDCom Geneva 2040, directed by the Studio Vigano. The test planning brought together the following teams: ALINE, RAUM404, MAYOR & BOSCH, KCAP.
Period : 2021 – 2022
Scientific manager : Luca Pattaroni
Partnership : Studio Vigano
Member of the Board of Experts, master concept Chamblioux – Bertigny
Participation in the expert board on the parallel study mandate for the Chamblioux-Bertigny master concept in Fribourg.
Period : 2019 – 2020
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
Partnership : Urbaplan
Funding / mandator : État de Fribourg
Global mobility market in the Greater Geneva: nature and size
Spatial analysis of the volume of trips made by mode of transportation within the Greater Geneva agglomeration.
Period : 2020
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
LASUR team : Marc-Edouard Schultheiss
Partnership : Mobil’homme
Funding / mandator : Transports Publics Genevois
Prospective visions for Greater Geneva. Living in the city landscape in the 21st century. Project: “Du sol et du travail”
Participation in the consultation of the Fondation Braillard Architectes on Greater Geneva in one of the seven multidisciplinary teams selected, with a project entitled “Du sol et du travail” led by the EPFL Habitat Research Centre.
Period : 2018 – 2020
Project director / coordinator : Paola Viganò (LAB-U)
LASUR team : Vincent Kaufmann, Luca Pattaroni
Partnership : Habitat Research Center
Funding / mandator : Fondation Braillard Architectes
Mobility in the Canton of Vaud on the 2040 horizon
Based on the different perspectives of politics, governance, research, industry, economy, infrastructure and transport planning, this project aims to establish mobility scenarios on the 2040 horizon for the canton of Vaud. The study highlights the constraints and pitfalls related to the development EVs (electric vehicles; but also the possible breakthroughs and the potential for evolution of the modal split.
Based on a comparative analysis of the Swiss mMcrocensus of 2005 and 2015, the study is operationalized by a quantification of costs according to different scenarios. In addition, it proposes innovative ways to renew the current taxation system, that would become unviable if the whole automobile fleet were to become electrified on the medium term.
Period : 2020
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
LASUR team : Marc-Edouard Schultheiss
Partnership : Mobil’homme
Funding / mandator : Service automobile et de la navigation (SAN)
TPG : Covid-19 recovery plan in the “Cap2030” Advanced planning scenarios axis
The present expert assessment aims to quantify the consequences of the COVID19 crisis on the modal split in Geneva in the four recovery scenarios prepared by the TPG. The analysis will be based on the results of the research on the provisions for the use of different means of transport within Greater Geneva conducted by EPFL in 2018-2019. This research allows a fine segmentation of travel behaviour and its quantification.
Period : 2020
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
LASUR team : Éloi Bernier
Funding / mandator : TPG
Operating report and master plan for improving the TCL network’s fleet-relays
Participation in the expertise coordinated by CiTEC.
Period : 2018 – 2019
Project director / coordinator : Guillaume Drevon
LASUR team : Vincent Kaufmann
Partnership : CiTEC
Financement / mandat : Sytral
Expertise for the Gare du Nord 2024 transformation project
This mandate is part of the tender bid for the Paris Gare du Nord development project. LaSUR’s mission was to explore the uses of the station and its links to surrounding neighborhoods.
Period : 2017 – 2018
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
LASUR team : Guillaume Drevon, Marc Antoine Messer, Alexis Gumy
Funding / mandator : Altarea Cogedim
Specifications of an energy comfort protocol for commercial buildings
The study aims to develop specifications for a multi-energy comfort protocol for commercial buildings. This is a prefiguration phase designed to take stock of the various dimensions to be taken into account for the realization of this protocol. The objective is to build an operational evaluation tool for the Saint-Gobain Group stakeholders and their clients. The development of the tool is based on an interdisciplinary approach that combines concepts and methods from the social sciences.
Period : 2017 – 2018
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann, Dominic Villeneuve
LASUR team : Guillaume Drevon
Funding / mandator : Saint-Gobain
International survey on mobility aspirations
Multivariate analysis and construction of a typology.
Period : 2017
Project director / coordinator : Emmanuel Ravalet
LASUR team : Vincent Kaufmann
Funding / mandator : Forum Vies Mobiles
Evaluation of Geneva’s policy in favour of soft modes near the new Léman Express stations
The goal of this assessment is to provide technical support and independent expertise to the evaluation mission for the sustainable mobility policy being pursued by the Court of Auditors of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The mandate specifically aimed to examine the programs for the five new Léman Express stations (Lancy – Pont Rouge, Carouge-Bachet, Champel-Hôpital, Eaux-Vives and Chêne-Bourg) and the integration of soft modes within them. It highlighted the decision-making processes of their genesis.
Period : 2016 – 2017
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
LASUR team : Fernando Simas, Marc Antoine Messer
Funding / mandator : République et Canton de Genève
Analysis and evaluation of the PubliRide carpooling system
The purpose of this assessment is to provide feedback and evaluate the experience of PubliRide in Valais, and to synthesize the lessons learned from this experiment via a debate between the project stakeholders.
Period : 2016 – 2017
Project director / coordinator : Emmanuel Ravalet
LASUR team : Vincent Kaufmann, Yann Dubois
Funding / mandator : CarPostal, Ville de Sion, Canton du Valais
Towards furtive worksites?
The research explores the perception of urban sites in terms of the problems they cause, their impact on mobility and the constraints they impose on residents. The purpose of the research is to identify the conditions necessary for making construction sites as socially acceptable as possible for city residents and users.
Period : 2016 – 2017
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
LASUR team : Marc Antoine Messer
Partnership : URBZ Genève
Funding / mandator : COLAS international
Sociological impact of the development of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne on its immediate environment
This assessment aims to highlight the key impacts of the expansion of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in Chalet-à-Gobet (CàG). The survey looks at the school objectively in its context through observation and by collecting daily experiences from neighborhood residents, as well as by analyzing interactions between different actors.
Period : 2015 – 2016
Project director / coordinator : Luca Pattaroni
LASUR team : Vincent Kaufmann, Mischa Piraud
Funding / mandator : École Hôtelière de Lausanne
What mobility for factor 4 in 2050?
The purpose of this prospective work is to explore possible future lifestyles and mobility in France for 2050 using a scenario approach based on the idea of coherent societies of the future.
Period : 2015
Project director / coordinator : Vincent Kaufmann
LASUR team : Emmanuel Ravalet
Funding / mandator : SNCF