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.

The faculty grasps major challenges such as climate change, global digitalization, and rapid urbanization in its entirety whilst considering economic, technical, and social demands.

Value Proposition

ENAC contributes substantially to a sustainable transition of the built and natural environment.

Our mission and goals

ENAC Sustainability challenges

ENAC aims to play a leading role in the transition to a sustainable living environment by its inter- and transdisciplinary approach and its unique collaboration of architecture, civil and environmental engineering. ENAC focuses on 3 strategic challenges:

  1. Developing knowledge and innovations to anticipate, mitigate and adapt to climate change.
  2. Reap the benefits of digitalization to serve a sustainable development of cities and infrastructures.
  3. Adopt new approaches to urbanization and innovate to contribute to sustainable territories.

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ENAC’s latest news

ENAC news portal

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.

EDUCATION

Three sections to train tomorrow’s engineers.

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RESEARCH

Three institutes with over 70 laboratories.

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Innovation and knowledge transfer

ENAC promotes research partnerships with enterprises and public organizations. To encourage innovation and implement scientific knowledge, ENAC plays an active part in technology transfer and spin-off initiatives.

New initiatives by our partners and collaborators are warmly welcome! Special care is taken to establish long-term relationships of high quality. Collaborating companies and public authorities have access to state-of-the-art research teams, facilities, and equipment.

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Events

Le Perchoir Rooftop Bar

CLIMACT Fall-tastic Apero

25-09-202325-09-2023

Place and room: Le Perchoir, Vortex building
Category: Miscellaneous

Symposium: Perspectives in Geotechnical Engineering

04-10-202304-10-2023

With: Prof. Lyesse Laloui Dr. Anne Ackhardt Florian Fischer Prof. Dominique Perrault Prof. J. Carlos Santamarina Prof. Alexandre Alahi
Place and room: STCC 2 8020
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Honorary Lecture – Prof. Laurent Vulliet

04-10-202304-10-2023

With: Prof. Laurent Vulliet
Place and room: EPFL, Swiss Tech Convention Center, Auditorium B
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture

students doing a project - A. Hertzog

Teaching Toolkit for PROJECTS

11-10-202311-10-2023

With: Iris Capdevila
Place and room: ODY -1 0020
Category: Internal trainings

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