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

Since the advent of the smartphone, travel services have expanded faster than a high-speed train. © iStock

Is transport just another service?

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Digital transport technology is catching on, from apps that let you buy train tickets with a single swipe to sophisticated car-sharing systems. They may be easy to use, but such transport services often mask an array of complex technical, financial and public-policy decisions.

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AI helps marine scientists track floating debris from space

Research

Under the EPFL-led ADOPT project, researchers are combining AI satellite-image recognition with drift prediction models to improve the collection of plastic debris in the ocean. The technology has passed the proof-of-concept stage and is ready for field testing. 

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Students step into the many lives of Naples

Education

ENAC Week is a mandatory course for all ENAC students in the bachelor’s program. Last year, a group went to Naples and participated in a pedagogical role play for the first time, designed to enhance their understanding of how cities evolve over time.

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

Just finished"Railway Systems in Transition: Resilience, Digitalisation and Workforce Change"

 19.03.2026   17:1518:15

Speaker: Peter Kummer, Professor of Practice TRANSP-OR
Location:  CM 1 5 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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Just finishedFinal of the EPFL competition "My Thesis in 180 seconds"

 19.03.2026   17:4519:45

Speaker: MT180 Finalists
Location:  Forum RLC
Category: Public Science Events
Target audience: General public

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FameLab Switzerland 2026 competition

 16.02.202630.04.2026  

Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Une éducation au réel. L'Atelier Cantàfora à l'EPFL / ARCHIZOOM

 17.03.202605.06.2026  

Speaker: LAPIS
Location:  Archizoom
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Brunner, Ernst, and Peter Pfrunder. Photographien 1937–1962. Zürich: OZV Offizin Zürich Verlags-AG

HOMO FABER : Un forum pour l'avenir écologique de l'artisanat du bâtiment en Suisse / LAPIS + FBA

 19.03.202610.06.2026  

Location:  Fondation Braillard Architectes, Genève
Category: Public Science Events
Target audience: General public

Call for projects CROSS 2027

 18.03.202615.06.2026   00:0023:59

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: Expert

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Des Cèdres à Dorigny, bâtir l'école d'architecture / ACM ARCHIZOOM

 04.03.202629.09.2026  

Speaker: ACM    
Location:  Archizoom
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Skyscraper Design and Construction Challenges from Award-Winning Case Studies

 20.03.2026   12:1513:15

Speaker: Tibor Kokai Ph.D., P.Eng. Principal Emeritus, RJC Toronto, Associate Professor (titular), BUTE, Department of Structural Engineering
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

ENAC Seminar Series – Thermodynamic Architectures: Climate, Material and Collective Housing

 25.03.2026   14:0015:00

Speaker: Prof. José Toral
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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Lunch Talks “Simulations & Research Data Management: Best Practices that Scale”

 26.03.2026   12:1513:15

Speaker: Dr Marcel Langer and Dr Valeria Granata
Location:  CE 1 1
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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ENAC Seminar Series – Contextual Imaginary as Method

 26.03.2026   12:4513:45

Speaker: Prof. Catherine Gay Menzel
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

ENAC Seminar Series – Teaching Together

 26.03.2026   15:3016:30

Speaker: Prof. Oliver Lütjens; Prof. Thomas Padmanabhan
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

ENAC Seminar Series – Fundamental Acts

 27.03.2026   09:1510:15

Speaker: Prof. Ambra Fabi
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

ENAC Seminar Series – Constructing Logics

 27.03.2026   13:1514:15

Speaker: Prof. Jeannette Kuo
Location:  GC B1 10 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

The impact of species interactions on forest carbon exchange under warmer and drier climates

 27.03.2026  

Speaker: Janisse DELUIGI
Location:  CE 1 103 &  Online
Category: Thesis defenses
Target audience: General public

PLAY? Constellations / Etat des lieux / ALICE Y1, 2026

PLAY? Tectonics / Etat des lieux / ALICE Y1

 30.03.2026   08:0018:00

Location:  AAD 101 / AAD 201 / Hall SG
Category: Miscellaneous
Target audience: General public

RIOT Lecture Series: The Construction of Architecture. Clients, Contractors, and Capital, with Irène Brisson

 30.03.2026   16:0017:30

Speaker: Irène Brisson
Location:  AAC 1 14 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

NETWORK-WIDE TRANSFER SYNCHRONIZATION STRATEGIES IN A PUBLIC BUS SYSTEM

 31.03.2026   11:0012:00

Speaker: Antoine Legrain is a professor at Polytechnique Montreal in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering since 2019. His research focuses on real-time operations management (online and stochastic optimization applied to dynamic problems) to improve access to healthcare systems and manage on-demand and multimodal transportation services.
Location:  GC C2 413
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

LASUR Seminar – Francesca Cellina: "Sustained Car-Free Living"

 31.03.2026   12:1513:45

Speaker: Francesca Cellina
Location:  CO 121 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Expert

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School Lecture Series: Josep Maria Borrell / EPFL Architecture

 31.03.2026   18:3020:00

Speaker: Josep Maria Borrell
Location:  Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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