School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC)

ENAC combines the forces of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences and Engineering to help ensure a sustainable living environment for humanity through the sound and respectful integration of human activities into the biosphere.

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Catastrophically warm predictions are more plausible than we thought

Research

EPFL researchers developed a rating system to evaluate the plausibility of climate model simulations in the IPCC’s latest report, and show that models that lead to potentially catastrophic warming are to be taken seriously.

Commonly used products have been tested. © iStock

How personal care products affect indoor air quality

Research

An EPFL study has revealed the impact of five common personal care products when they’re used in enclosed spaces. Surprisingly, when they come into contact with ozone, the products spark chemical reactions generating new air pollutants.

Gabriel Meyer closes the TARGET press, a new measurement instrument at EPFL’s Laboratory of Experimental Rock Mechanics (LEMR).© 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

Scientists explore the complexity of rocks within the Earth's crust

Research

A team of EPFL scientists has provided insight into the mechanisms at work in geothermal reservoirs located deep underground, known as supercritical reservoirs. Through a combination of computer simulations and lab experiments, they showed that rocks located between five and eight kilometers deep in the Earth’s crust are also permeable to fluids. 

ENAC three disciplines

ENAC bring together three transformative disciplines:

  • Architecture
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Sciences and Engineering

ENAC explores the potentials of interdisciplinarity to achieve excellence in the training of tomorrow’s architects and engineers as well as to place scientists at the forefront of research.

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Events

Water Designs: l'eau dessine la ville / ARCHIZOOM

14-06-202428-10-2024

With: HRC, Habitat Research Center
Place and room: Archizoom Space
Category: Exhibitions

Urban and Environmental Theory Sessions 2024 / MAS Urban and Territorial Design ETHZ/EPFL

23-09-202412-12-2024

With: Anne Whiston Spirn, Kelly Shannon & Chiara Cavalieri & Taneha Bacchin, Maria Kaika & Kristiaan Borrett, Achille Bourdon, Michiel Dehaene & Chiara Tornaghi, and others
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Chiara Cavalieri – Water in the Territory / ALICE

14-10-202414-10-2024

With: Chiara Cavalieri
Place and room: CE 1 4
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Opening: Wood taking shape / Federation of Swiss Architects FSA

14-10-202414-10-2024

With: Prof Sarah Nichols, Prof Marco Bakker, Lukas Ingold, Caspar Schärer (secrétaire général de la FAS)
Place and room: Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Round Table on water and design / ARCHIZOOM

14-10-202414-10-2024

With: Chiara Cavalieri, Taneha K. Bacchin, Kelly Shannon, Paola Viganò, Tommaso Pietropolli
Place and room: Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars

COUNTER-PROJECTS / COUNTER-SPACES Urban & Environmental Theory Session #2 / MAS Urban and Territorial Design ETHZ/EPFL

14-10-202414-10-2024

With: Kelly Shannon (KU Leuven) Chiara Cavalieri (UC Louvain) Taneha Bacchin (TU Delft)
Place and room: Archizoom – SG 1212
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/s/64909760068
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Wood taking shape / Federation of Swiss Architects FSA

14-10-202425-10-2024

With: Lukas Ingold
Place and room: Foyer SG
Category: Exhibitions

EESS PhD Student talk on "Global warming accelerates permafrost thaw, threatening landscapes and infrastructure. "

15-10-202415-10-2024

With: PhD Student Elizaveta Sharaborova, EPFL CRYOS Lab
Place and room: GR B1 10
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69011077410
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Uda_ x detritus.

15-10-202415-10-2024

With: detritus.
Place and room: SG 1212
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Housing / SCHOOL LECTURE SERIES N°3

15-10-202415-10-2024

With: fala Atelier
Place and room: Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Timelapse of Laing workers constructing an ‘Easiform’ concrete house in the 1940s. Jesse Honsa

Construction Drawing: Retracing the Roles of an Early 20th Century British Contractor / THEMA

16-10-202416-10-2024

With: Jesse Honsa, KU Leuven
Place and room: AAC 0 14
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Mud on the Floor. Dirty Realities in Scholarly Work / EDAR, THEMA

16-10-202416-10-2024

With: Jesse Honsa, KU Leuven
Place and room: AAC 0 14
Category: Conferences – Seminars

HRC Day 2024 / HRC

16-10-202416-10-2024

With: Paola Viganò & HRC scientific board 
Place and room: Archizoom SG 1212
Category: Conferences – Seminars

The nexus between ecohydraulics and the freshwater biodiversity crisis

18-10-202418-10-2024

With: Dr. Luiz da Silva (ETH Zurich)
Place and room: GC B1 10
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62327702631
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Machine Understanding of Architectural Space: From Analytical to Generative Applications

18-10-202418-10-2024

With: Mikhael JOHANES
Place and room: BC 117
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62485966689?pwd=3NLynx59W67AVCJ9tPbAn7G5NAJax9.1
Category: Thesis defenses

EESS PhD Student talk on "Investigation of microbial community dynamics in soil during variable hydrological forcing "

22-10-202422-10-2024

With: PhD Student Simiao Wang, EPFL EML Lab
Place and room: GC B1 10
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69011077410
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Forum WSL Suisse Romande: "50 nuances de vert en ville"

24-10-202424-10-2024

Place and room: CE 1 515
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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CONSTRUCTION ET CIRCULARITÉ

24-10-202424-10-2024

With: Prof. Lyesse Laloui
Place and room: AULA DU PALAIS DE RUMINE (LAUSANNE)
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Lecture by Paola Viganò / ARCHIZOOM

28-10-202428-10-2024

With: Paola Viganò
Place and room: Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars

7th Bernardo Secchi Working Seminar. SPACE, LIFE, AND POLITICS: COUNTER-PROJECTS AND THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION / HRC

28-10-202429-10-2024

With: Paola Viganò (Lab-U/HRC, EPFL), Tommaso Pietropolli (Lab-U/HRC, EPFL) Panos Mantziaras (Fondation Braillard Architectes), Kristiaan Borret (Bouwmeester of the Brussels Capital Region), Maria Kaika (University of Amsterdam)
Place and room: Foyer SG – Archizoom
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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