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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New: Master in Urban Systems

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Starting in fall 2025, a program designed to equip students with backgrounds in engineering and architecture with the foundations needed to tackle the complex challenges of sustainability in urban areas and their surrounding territories.

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ENAC’s latest news

The research team around the CryoNanoSIMS instrument. © 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

How cryogenic microscopy could help strengthen food security

Research

A joint EPFL and University of Lausanne research team reports on a novel observation of a plant protection mechanism in response to salt stress. The study opens new avenues of research to strengthen food security.

Picture taken in Ecuador, while sampling the river on February, 27, 2020. © NOMIS Field Team

Scientists discover a unique microbiome on our planet's roof

Research

Two EPFL-led studies published in 'Nature' and 'Nature Microbiology' shed light on the uniqueness, complexity and climate-related vulnerability of the world’s glacier-fed-stream microbiome.

Fiona del Puppo, in a student residence near EPFL. © 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

So you've left student accommodation. What next?

EPFL

For her PhD thesis in architecture, Fiona del Puppo looked at the challenges young people face finding somewhere to live after leaving university. She outlines her observations in a column published in the Swiss French-language press.

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

Tracing the (in)visible: Methodological advances in light-dosimetry to support integrative lighting research

21-01-202521-01-2025

With: Steffen Lutz HARTMEYER
Place and room: GC C3 30
Category: Thesis defenses

Drone-Based Urban Traffic Monitoring and User Behavior Prediction

27-01-202527-01-2025

With: Sohyeong KIM
Place and room: ELA 1
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/67543820590
Category: Thesis defenses

IDEAS Lunch : Digital Materiality / IDEAS

28-01-202528-01-2025

With: Sergi AGUACIL MORENO and Sebastian DUQUE
Place and room: LE 0 10
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Mixes of policy instruments for full decarbonisation by 2050

28-01-202528-01-2025

With: Fleance George COCKER
Place and room: MED 0 1418
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69155604388?pwd=dvPbZrLEzfCIDKmXaabVtY3D4bFHAh.1
Category: Thesis defenses

CESS Seminar – Shaping the Future of Electric Mobility: Challenges, Opportunities, and Sustainable Solutions

29-01-202529-01-2025

With: Dr. Gonçalo Correia
Place and room: GC B3 31
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Infiltration through clogged streambeds: theory and assessment of microbial mat clogging

31-01-202531-01-2025

With: Jonas PACCOLAT
Place and room: ALP 1 109
Category: Thesis defenses

The authentic city: uses of industrial heritage in large-scale regeneration projects, a comparative analysis

31-01-202531-01-2025

With: Héléna Elisabeth Marguerite ROUX
Place and room: SG 1212
Category: Thesis defenses

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Research Data Lunch Talks “Open Data and Open Source: ensuring longevity beyond the project”

13-02-202513-02-2025

Place and room: CO 3
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Equilibrium-based exploration of structures towards circular design strategies

21-02-202521-02-2025

With: Jonas WARMUTH
Place and room: HBL 0 21A
Category: Thesis defenses

©2022 CEPV - MBR

Klaas de Ryck – Thinking through structure / ALICE

24-02-202524-02-2025

With: Klaas de Ryck
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Advanced Computational Tools for the Analysis and Design of Complex Metamaterials and Structures

28-02-202528-02-2025

With: Alejandro M. Aragon
Place and room: GC B1 10
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61758978597
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Tempus Sessorium, Richard Copans / MANSLAB

03-03-202503-03-2025

With: Richard Copans
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63859039695
Category: Conferences – Seminars

©2022 CEPV - Nella Stücker

Etat des lieux – Constellations / ALICE

10-03-202510-03-2025

Place and room: AAD
Category: Miscellaneous

Tempus Transitus, Vernissage du livre et exposition / MANSLAB

10-03-202516-03-2025

Place and room: Foyer SG
Category: Exhibitions

Inaugural Lecture – Prof. Konstantinos Karapiperis

12-03-202512-03-2025

With: Prof. Konstantinos Karapiperis and Prof. Emmanuel Denarié
Place and room: SG 1138
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture

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Inaugural Lecture – Prof. Emmanuel Denarié

12-03-202512-03-2025

With: Prof. Konstantinos Karapiperis and Prof. Emmanuel Denarié
Place and room: SG 1138
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture

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Honorary Lecture – Prof. Christof Holliger

20-03-202520-03-2025

With: Prof. Christof Holliger
Place and room: CE 1 6
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture

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©2022 CEPV - Lisa Bertoldi

Etat des lieux – Rooms (in the city) / ALICE

07-04-202507-04-2025

Place and room: AAD
Category: Miscellaneous

9th Rencontres de l'EDAR: Original Knowledge

13-05-202514-05-2025

Place and room: AAC 0 06, AAC 114
Category: Conferences – Seminars

REGARD: Pitching myself for Industry: My strategy for Success

27-05-202527-05-2025

With: Romaine Johnstone, coach facilitator & trainer
Place and room: BI A0 448
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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