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When Paper Fails: Stabilising an Unstable Material on Display

Published:26.03.26 — The exhibition Des Cèdres à Dorigny (EPFL, Archizoom) featured the restoration of a tracing paper drawing by Jean-Pierre Vouga, held in the Archives de la construction moderne. Through this case, it highlighted the material and scientific challenges involved in preserving architectural documents. As materials age and respond to mechanical stresses and environmental conditions, stabilising such fragile supports becomes essential to ensure their long-term transmission and legibility.

Student Center and Archives: Designing within the Existing

Published:19.03.26 — Within the framework of the ADHER studio, dedicated to the design of a future Student Center on EPFL’s historic campus, the Archives de la construction moderne were mobilized as an active design tool.

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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

Visite guidée de deux expositions

05.05.2026 17:3017:30

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International Archives Day / ACM ARCHIZOOM

09.06.2026

Speaker: Barbara Galimberti, Kethsana Muong
Location: Archizoom
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Des Cèdres à Dorigny, bâtir l'école d'architecture / ACM ARCHIZOOM

22.09.2026

Speaker: Kethsana Muong
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Building an Archival Infrastructure for Architectural Archives / ACM

27.03.2026 17:0018:00

Speaker: Barbara Galimberti, archiviste ACM
Location: UNIL, Bâtiment Anthropole, salle 4173
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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

17.03.2026

Location: SG 1212
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public

Conférence de Bernard Tschumi

12.03.2026 18:3020:00

Speaker: Bernard Tschumi, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Cyril Veillon
Location: Archizoom Foyer SG
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Student Center, Introduction Seminar

16.02.2026 10:3017:30

Speaker: Sophie Delhay, Martin Frohlich, Claudia Devaux, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Andreas Osterwalder, Marson Korbi, Barbara Pampe, Barbara Galimberti, Cyril Veillon, Franz Graf, Giulia Marino, Dimitrios Lignos, Alain Nussbaumer
Location: Foyer SG
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“8 Buildings, 1 Engineer”: Documents from the ACM’s Hossdorf and Vischer Fonds on Display at the gta

18.12.202520.02.2026

Category: Exhibitions
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