EPFL Architecture | Organisation | Research units | Academic referents | Commissions & Students representatives | Community life
EPFL Architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne is the architecture school at university level in the French speaking part of Switzerland. Its benefits from a pointedly transdisciplinary environment, being embedded at ENAC Faculty, where architects, civil engineers and environmental engineers are engaging in research and education with the mission to find new ways to engage knowledge and action for our societies.
Our vision
We are convinced that in order to answer to these urgencies we must review and diversify the role of the architect. To do this, we have two fields of action, teaching and research.
Our mission
With our activities we aim to address the systemic challenges posed by the continued climate crisis, rapid urbanization, and the threat of collapsing eco-systems. Teachings in the school prepare students to respond to these emergencies, right from the first year of study.
Glossaire
A base document that gathers and defines a set of specific terms related to EPFL Architecture. It serves as an introduction to the structures of EPFL Architecture, ENAC and EPFL, their acronyms, their missions, their system of governance, the statutes and roles that make up the institutions, their spaces and infrastructures.
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Organisation
Architecture Section Education EPFL ENAC SAR-GE BP 2231 Station 16 1015 Lausanne [email protected] +41 21 693 32 11 | Architecture Institut Research EPFL ENAC IA-GE BP 2233 Station 16 1015 Lausanne [email protected] +41 21 693 27 89 |
Section Director Prof. Sophie Delhay Education | Institut Director Prof. Pier Vittorio Aureli Research |
Section Deputy Laure Kochnitzky Palluel + Responsable passerelle HES | Master Project Coordinator Corinne Waridel |
Communication & organisation Vanda Costa | Scientific Assistants Marie Page Elena Chiavi |
Section administrator Gesualdo Casciana + Responsible internship | Institut administrator Marie-Christine Lehmann |
Invited teacher administrator Corinne Chaumont Ganty |
Coordinator Sophie Lufkin |
ENAC-IT service Jérôme Zufferey | Model workshop Laurent Emmenegger |
Graphics devices Isabelle Mancino | Concierge service Alan Defrance |
ACHT
Architecture, Criticism, History and Theory
Prof. Christophe van Gerrewey
ALICE
Design Studio on the Conception of Space
Prof. Dieter Dietz
CRCL
Laboratory for Creative Computation
Prof. Stefana Parascho
DC-LAB
Domestic City Laboratory
Prof. Sophie Delhay
EAST
Laboratory of Elementary Architecture and Studies of Types
Prof. Anja Fröhlich, Prof Martin Fröhlich
FAR
Laboratory of Construction and Architecture
Prof. Paolo Tombesi
HITAM
History and Theories of Architecture, Technology and Media
Prof. Alfredo Thiermann
LAB–U
Laboratory of Urbanism
Prof. Viganò Paola
LAND
Laboratory of Landscape Development
Prof. Beate Jessel
LAPIS
Arts of sciences laboratory – Archives of imaginary
Prof. Nicola Braghieri
LAST
Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies
Prof. Emmanuel Rey
LASUR
Urban Sociology Laboratory
Prof. Vincent Kaufmann
LDM
Media and Design Laboratory (ENAC/IC)
Prof. Jeffrey Huang
LEURE
Laboratory of Environmental and Urban Economics
Prof. Philippe Thalmann
LIF
Laboratory of Imagination and Fabrication
Prof. Jo Taillieu
LIPID
Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design
Prof. Marilyne Andersen
MANSLAB
Laboratory for spatial manufacturing
Prof. Marco Bakker, Prof. Alexandre Blanc
RIOT
Research and development for innovation on architecture, urban design and territory
Prof. Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
SXL
Structural Exploration Lab
Prof. Corentin Fivet
TEXAS
Theory and Experience Architecture Studio
Prof. Eric Lapierre
THEMA
Theory of Environment, Material, and Architecture
Prof. Sarah Nichols
TPOD
Theory and Project of Domestic Space
Prof. Pier Vittorio Aureli
URBES
Laboratory of Urban and Environmental Systems
Prof. Gabriele Manoli
CNPA
Laboratory of Digital Culture for Architectural Projects
Prof. Bernard Cache
LCC
Construction and Conservation Laboratory
Prof. honoraire Luca Ortelli
LTH3
Theory and History of Architecture Laboratory 3
Prof. honoraire Roberto Gargiani
LTH2
Theory and History of Architecture Laboratory 2
Prof. honoraire Bruno Marchand
TSAM
Laboratory of Techniques and Preservation of Modern Architecture
Prof. Franz Graf
Post-doctoral researchers, scientific collaborators, scientific assistants and PhD assistants.
The teaching committees propose, according to the directives of the Vice President for Education, the study plans and the regulations of control of studies of their respective section.
Commission presidency | |
Prof. Sophie Delhay | Section Director |
Laure Kochnitzky Palluel | Section Deputy |
Professors and MER | |
Prof. Nicola Braghieri | ENAC-IA-LAPIS |
Prof. Franz Graf | ENAC-IA-TSAM |
Prof. Eric Lapierre | ENAC-IA-TEXAS |
Prof. Charlotte Malterre-Barthes | ENAC-IA-RIOT |
Dr. Luca Pattaroni | ENAC-IA-LASUR |
Dr Andreas Schueler | ENAC-ICC-LESO |
Prof. Alfredo Thiermann | ENAC-IA-HITAM |
Intermediary staff | |
Romain Dubuis | ENAC-IA-MANSLAB |
Maria João Cunha (alternate) | ENAC-IA-EAST |
Tanguy Auffret-Postel Michela Bonomo Marcela Delgado Velasco Tiago Borges | PhD students IA-EAST_EDAR contact: [email protected] |
Jérôme Zufferey | ENAC-IT, lecturer SAR |
Pierre Zurbrügg | ENAC-IA-SXL, lecturer SAR |
Students representatives | |
Ariel Ghisays Berlincourt | Propaedeutic year |
Teodora Tilica | Propaedeutic year |
Cyril Matala-Tala | 2nd year bachelor |
Malcom Sandoz | 2nd year bachelor |
Viktor Monnier | 3rd year bachelor |
Dilaxshan Pirabaharan | 3rd year bachelor |
Lili Rouveure | 3rd year bachelor |
Agathe Ducos | 1st year master |
Raul Hansra Sartorius | 1ère année master |
Anna Hausel | 2nd year master |
François Mégret | 2nd year master |
Dimitri Descloux | 2nd year master, ASAR representative |
Composition et mode de nomination (art. 18 *)
Chaque section de la Faculté possède sa commission d’enseignement.
Les commissions d’enseignement se composent de membres faisant partie de la section correspondante, soit :
- du·de la directeur·trice de la section, qui préside,
- de maîtres, d’assistant·e·s, de collaborateur·trice·s scientifiques et de candidat·e·s au doctorat,
- d’étudiant·e·s.
A l’exception du·de la directeur·trice de section, les membres des commissions d’enseignement sont nommé·e·s par la direction de Faculté après approbation de la proposition par le conseil de Faculté. La durée des mandats est de deux ans; pour les étudiants, elle est de un an. Ces mandats sont renouvelables.
Compétences, convocation et décision (art. 19*)
Les commissions d’enseignement proposent, selon les directives de la Vice-Présidence pour la Formation, les plans d’études et les règlements de contrôle des études de leur section respective.
- Elles évaluent la mise en application des plans d’études et du contrôle des études et proposent des améliorations ou des adaptations.
- Elles coordonnent leurs activités entre elles au sein de la Faculté, au travers de leurs présidents. Elles peuvent créer un groupe de coordination.
- Elles règlent les questions courantes liées au déroulement des études.
- Elles donnent leur avis à la direction de Faculté sur toutes les questions touchant l’enseignement.
- Elles conseillent les directeurs de section.
- Elles se réunissent au moins une fois par semestre, sur convocation de leur président ou à la demande de trois de leurs membres.
- Elles prennent leurs décisions à la majorité simple des membres présents.
Extrait du Réglement d’organisation de l’ENAC du 3 mars 2003
The representation of the student body at EPFL is carried out by the student representatives at the school assembly, the faculty councils and the teaching commissions, by the class delegates, as well as by the general student representation association of EPFL.
Students representatives | |
Ariel Ghisays Berlincourt | Propaedeutic year |
Teodora Tilica | Propaedeutic year |
Cyril Matala-Tala | 2nd year bachelor |
Malcom Sandoz | 2nd year bachelor |
Viktor Monnier | 3rd year bachelor |
Dilaxshan Pirabaharan | 3rd year bachelor |
Lili Rouveure | 3rd year bachelor |
Agathe Ducos | 1st year master |
Raul Hansra Sartorius | 1ère année master |
Anna Hausel | 2nd year master |
François Mégret | 2nd year master |
Dimitri Descloux | 2nd year master, ASAR representative |