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▪︎ Première année BA1-2 / First year BA1-2
ALICE (Dietz + Seewang)
Enseignant·es / Teachers
Coordination du programme / Program coordination Laurent Chassot
Directeurs·trices d’atelier / Studio directors Román Alonso, Bianca Boeckle, Nikhil Calas, Rosa Climent, Capucine Fouquin, Arianna Frascoli, Nessim Kaufmann, Claire Logoz, Bastian Marzoli, Manuel Potterat, Yan Salzmann, Marius Slawik, Annabelle Thüring.
Laboratoire ALICE / ALICE Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio ↗︎ Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA1-BA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
▪︎ Deuxième année BA 3-4 / Second year BA 3-4
MANSLAB (Bakker + Blanc)
Enseignants / Teachers Prof. Marco Bakker, Prof. Alexandre Blanc
Assistant·es / Assistants Adrien Grometto, Mana Michlig, Romain Dubuis, Guillaume Bolle-Reddat
Laboratoire MANSLAB / MANSLAB Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA3-BA4 ↗︎ ↗︎
LAST (Rey)
Enseignant / Teacher Prof. Emmanuel Rey
Assistant·es / Assistants Clément Cattin, Martine Laprise, Sophie Lufkin
Laboratoire LAST / LAST Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA3-BA4 ↗︎ ↗︎
LIF (Taillieu)
Enseignant / Teacher Prof. Jo Taillieu
Assistant·es / Assistants Céline Carriere , Carole Depoorter, Eline Faché , Benoît Perrier and Mattia Pretolani
Laboratoire LIF / LIF Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA3-BA4 ↗︎ ↗︎
Invité·es / Invited 2023-24
Assemble (Binning + Perkins)
Enseignant·es / Teachers Amy Perkins, James Binning
Assistant·es / Assistants Camille Sineau, Noémie Zurbriggen
Assemble architecture ↗︎ Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA3-BA4 ↗︎ ↗︎
Baukunst (Verschuere)
Enseignant / Teacher Adrien Verschuere
Assistants Paul Hensgen, Wouter Verstraete
Baukunst architecture ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA3-BA4 ↗︎ ↗︎
Gay Menzel
Enseignant·es / Teachers Catherine Gay Menzel, Götz Menzel
Assistant·es / Assistants Claartje Vuurmans, Gregory dos Santos
GayMenzel architecture ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Information additionnelle / Additional information PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA3-BA4 ↗︎ ↗︎
MANSLAB LAST LIF ASSEMBLE BAUKUNST GAY MENZEL
▪︎ Troisième année BA5 – Quatrième année MA1 / Third year BA5 – Fourth year MA1, Automne / Fall
DC-Lab (Delhay)
Enseignante / Teacher Prof. Sophie Delhay
Assistant·es / Assistants
Domestic City Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
FAR (Tombesi, Vannucci)
Enseignants / Teachers Paolo Tombesi, Riccardo Vannucci
Assistant·es / Assistants
FAR ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio Graf
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant
Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
IBOIS (Weinand)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistants
Laboratoire IBOIS / IBOIS Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio fr / en Texte explicatif / Explanatory text fr / en Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
LAB-U (Viganò)
Enseignante / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistants
Laboratoire LAB-U / LAB-U Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
LAPIS (Braghieri)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistantes / Assistants
Laboratoire LAPIS / LAPIS Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
LDM (Huang)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistants
Laboratoire LDM / LDM Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
RIOT (Malterre-Barthes)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistante / Assistant
Laboratoire RIOT / RIOT Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
TEXAS (Lapierre)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistant Tanguy Auffret-Postel, Diogo Lopes, Thibaut Pierron, Mathilde Thiriot
Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
Invité·es / Visiting 2023-24
studio Camponovo Baumgartner
Enseignant·es / Teachers Marianne Baumgartner, Luca Camponovo
Assistante / Assistant Blerta Axhija
Camponovo Baumgartner ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio encore (Chavepayre)
Enseignante / Teacher Anna Chavepayre
Assistant
Collectif encore ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio doorzon (Everaert Lateur)
Enseignantes / Teachers Stefanie Everaert, Caroline Lateur
Assistant
doorzon ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio Truwant Rodet
Enseignant·es / Teachers Charlotte Truwant et Dries Rodet
Assistante / Assistant Lieselotte Düsterhus
Truwant + Rodet + ↗︎ Teaser PDF Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio Piovene Fabi
Enseignant·es / Teacher Giovanni Piovene, Ambra Fabi
Assistant / Assistant Bertrand Van Dorp
Priovenefabi ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA5-MA1 ↗︎ ↗︎
Piovene Fabi Camponovo Baumgartner Chavepayre Everaert Lateur Truwant Rodet Delhay FAR Graf IBOIS LAPIS LDM RIOT TEXAS
▪︎ Troisième année BA6 – Quatrième année MA2 / Third year BA6 – Fourth year MA2, Printemps / Spring
DC-Lab (Delhay)
Enseignante / Teacher Prof. Sophie Delhay
Assistant·es / Assistants
Domestic City Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
EAST (Fröhlich A. et M.)
Enseignant·es / Teachers
Assistant·es / Assistants
Laboratoire EAST / EAST Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
FAR (Vannucci, Tombesi)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistants
FAR ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio Graf
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant
Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
IBOIS (Weinand)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistants
Laboratoire IBOIS / IBOIS Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
LAB-U (Viganò)
Enseignante / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistants
Laboratoire LAB-U / LAB-U Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
LDM (Huang)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistants
Laboratoire LDM / LDM Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
RIOT (Malterre-Barthes)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistante / Assistant
Laboratoire RIOT / RIOT Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
TEXAS (Lapierre)
Enseignant / Teacher
Assistant·es / Assistant Tanguy Auffret-Postel, Diogo Lopes, Thibaut Pierron, Mathilde Thiriot
Laboratoire TEXAS / TEXAS Laboratory ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
Invité·es / Visiting 2023-24
studio Camponovo Baumgartner
Enseignant·es / Teachers Marianne Baumgartner, Luca Camponovo
Assistante / Assistant Blerta Axhija
Camponovo Baumgartner ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio encore (Chavepayre)
Enseignante / Teacher Anna Chavepayre
Assistant
Collectif encore ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio (coming soon) PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio doorzon (Everaert Lateur)
Enseignantes / Teachers Stefanie Everaert, Caroline Lateur
Assistant
doorzon ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio Truwant Rodet
Enseignant·es / Teachers Charlotte Truwant et Dries Rodet
Assistante / Assistant Lieselotte Düsterhus
Truwant + Rodet + ↗︎ Présentation de l’atelier / Presentation of the studio PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
studio AMUNT (Nagel Theissen)
Assistante / Assistant Maria João Pereira da Cunha
AMUNT ↗︎ Présentation du 4 septembre / 4th September presentation PDF Contenu détaillé / Detailed content BA6-MA2 ↗︎ ↗︎
TRUWANT + RODET + DOORZON Nagel et Theissen CAMPONOVO BAUMGARTNER DC-LAB EAST GRAF FAR IBOIS LDM LAB-U RIOT
Les références complètes des noms figurant dans les listes ci-dessus sont dans l’annuaire EPFL / The full references of the names listed above are in the EPFL directory .
Spring semester 2024 Building design in the circular economy (EN) The class introduces the concept of circular economy and its applications to building design, with a focus on design with reused components and design for disassembly. The class develops critical thinking skills over and above theoretical and technical inputs. UE J : Territory and landscape (FR) TU J initiates students to urban and territorial analysis, in the light of a research hypothesis. A sequence of operations is proposed: survey/description; spatial principles (form/rationale/dynamics); territorial visions.
Urban sociology (FR) This course aims to familiarize students with urban sociology through the lens of housing. It enables them to navigate the concepts, tools, and methods the discipline offers to understand the simultaneous evolution of lifestyles and the spatial and political organization of territory.
Deman Urbanism and Territories (FR) This course adopts an approach based on the deconstruction of urban complexity to deal with urban planning and territories, using a systemic method. Comfort and architecture: sustainable strategies (EN) This class offers an overview about comfort evaluations in architectural design and suggests passive and low-energy strategies suited to ensure the highest possible indoor environment quality for buildings. Green spaces – Concepts and planning approaches (EN) Urban green offers a variety of services and thus plays an important role in the transformation of our cities. The course provides an overview of various innovative approaches to the planning and design of multifunctional green spaces, focussing on how to build green and blue infrastructures. Behind/Beyond future cities (EN) We are living in an urban world and the design of sustainable cities is essential in order to decrease our energy footprint. This course provides the instruments to understand the complex urban metabolism, as well as the solutions for planning future smart and sustainable cities. UE R: Introduction to BIM (Building Information Modeling) (EN) This UE explores more in details, and in a more practical way, the concepts introduced during the BIM introduction course AR-484. All project different phases are addressed, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and data exchanges. City and mobility (FR) The City and Mobility course focuses on the basic knowledge of mobility, starting from lifestyles to inform architecture and engineering.
In particular, it explores how cities and mobility are co-constructed. Under construction (EN) This theory course considers the building as a material thing, focusing on the process and matter of architecture to examine how buildings come into being and stay (or don’t) in place: through discourse, site, materials, and work. Studio BA6 (Malterre-Barthes) (EN) This studio explores construction materials, their origins and supply chains, the norms that regulate their use, and deploys that as a brief to explore how a post-extractive architecture could emerge and become prevalent. Studio BA6 (Huang) (EN) The studio examines the effects of artificial intelligence on architecture and cities. Generative tools are approached as cultural and political instruments, shaping design through data grounded in territory, economy, identity, imagery, and ecology. Studio BA6 (FAR) (FR) The design studio deals with an emergency humanitarian intervention, the provision of an Early Childhood Development Centre in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan. It is in continuity with previous experiences conducted within the Lab. Studio BA6 (Viganò) (EN) Is it conceivable to question the very presence of highways in urban environments? What potential for requalification does this space, with its unique characteristics, offer? Studio BA6 (Lapierre) (FR) As we continue our exploration of the concept of heterotopias, we will focus on the transformation of housing blocks in the Sarcelles neighborhood. This work will be enriched by an analysis of Michel Foucault’s texts, as well as a representation of the spaces he describes. Studio BA6 (Naji) (FR) ARCHITECTURE AS ECOSYSTEM. THE OASIS AS A TERRITORIAL PROJECT. Based on the analysis of an oasis in a complex urban system, the workshop will carry out an observatory project. Raw earth, membrane or structure, will be used for a scale 1 experiment. Studio BA6 (DOSCRE) (EN) Typological Urbanism bridges architecture and urbanism through dual perspectives: architectural typologies shaping urban form from within, and urban types shaping it from without. Working across scales, the studio explores evolving Swiss urban contexts through ensemble and composite forms. Geometry for architects II (FR) This course deals with the following subjects: perspective, descriptive geometry and an initiation to projective geometry. Studio BA6 (Scheidegger et Keller) (EN) It’s about space! Studio BA6 (Devaux) (FR) The studio is a concrete and prospective project situation in an existing building. It ranges from diagnosis to rehabilitation, including reprogramming. The creation of a Student Center on the historic EPFL campus (1984) is the subject of our study. History of Architecture V/VI (EN)
This is a survey course on the history of architecture of the twentieth century.
Studio BA6 (fala) (EN) Conception of collective housing within real-world constraints, through the problematized handling of a variety of modes of representation. Studio BA6 (Fröhlich M. & A.) (FR) Greenhouse Studies exploring the potential of greenhouse structures in the context of contemporary challenges. The design studios investigate greenhouses as a climate-responsive architectural type that can transform existing structures into collective and communal spaces. Studio BA6 (Delhay) (FR) The city as a house – The little associative house.
Study trip – Paris Studio BA6 (Weinand) (FR) The Weinand studio presents a design approach centred on material experimentation and prototyping. They focus on three materials: timber, grasses, and earth. At IBOIS, a wealth of experience shapes their exploration into prototypes bridging the divide between architectural concepts and built reality History of Architecture I,II (EN) This course critically interrogates the connection of modern architecture with its hypothetical origins by setting it alongside new accounts of the dawn of humanity. Studio BA2 (FR) The course aims at acquiring the essential tools to design and build an architectural project and an understanding of architecture as craft, thought and attitude, using the conception of space as a way to understand the relationship between living beings within the environment.
Building physics (FR) This course covers the main physical phenomenon occurring within buildings and will allow the student to acquire basic knowledge in the field of building science. Introduction to BIM (Building Information Modeling) (FR) Based on feedback from BIM professionals, this introductory course will allow you to acquire a global vision.. Restore, transform and create – Practices (FR) Working with what already exists requires specific methods and tools. Mastering them means understanding what’s already there. Once it has been made intelligible through a heritage study, it can be rehabilitated. Rehabilitation ranges from restoration to creation and transformation. UE K : Architecture and Sustainability : performance studies (FR) This course is based on the team design of a temporary, mobile and sustainable theater. A pedagogical approach which will focus on the introduction of the concepts of sustainability applied to the design of a project with a short life span. Studio MA2 (FAR) (FR) The design studio deals with an emergency humanitarian intervention, the provision of an Early Childhood Development Centre in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan. It is in continuity with previous experiences conducted within the Lab. UE H : Graphy (FR) Experiment graphic tools to represent architecture. Exercise the skill of communicating via these tools, through repeated practice of eye/hand/brain connections; a reflection stemming from the theories of representation; and by searching for inventive solutions. Studio MA2 (Lapierre) (FR) As we continue our exploration of the concept of heterotopias, we will focus on the transformation of housing blocks in the Sarcelles neighborhood. This work will be enriched by an analysis of Michel Foucault’s texts, as well as a representation of the spaces he describes.
UE N : Constructing the view (EN) This course focuses on the production of utopian scenarios using experimental composition techniques. By means of digital montage, the fictitious scenes are meaningfully conveyed in a series of images. Studio MA2 (Fröhlich M. & A.) (FR) Greenhouse Studies exploring the potential of greenhouse structures in the context of contemporary challenges. The design studios investigate greenhouses as a climate-responsive architectural type that can transform existing structures into collective and communal spaces. Studio MA2 (Vigano) (EN) Is it conceivable to question the very presence of highways in urban environments? What potential for requalification does this space, with its unique characteristics, offer? Studio MA2 (Huang) (FR) L’atelier examine les effets de l’intelligence artificielle sur l’architecture et les villes. Les outils génératifs sont envisagés comme des instruments culturels et politiques, structurant le projet à partir de données ancrées dans le territoire, l’économie, l’identité, l’image et l’écologie. Studio MA2 (Delhay) (FR) The city as a house – The little associative house.
Study trip – Paris UE S : Foundations, basements, and the underground (EN) Using qualitative and quantitative analysis, this course will explore the underground of architecture, infrastructure, and cities from multiple perspectives (structure, material, space) to understand both its requirements and possibilities as a key part of today’s densifying cities. Studio MA2 (Naji) (FR) ARCHITECTURE AS ECOSYSTEM. THE OASIS AS A TERRITORIAL PROJECT. Based on the analysis of an oasis in a complex urban system, the workshop will carry out an observatory project. Raw earth, membrane or structure, will be used for a scale 1 experiment. Studio MA2 (Malterre-Barthes) (EN) This studio explores construction materials, their origins and supply chains, the norms that regulate their use, and deploys that as a brief to explore how a post-extractive architecture could emerge and become prevalent. Studio MA2 (Weinand) (FR) The Weinand studio presents a design approach centred on material experimentation and prototyping. They focus on three materials: timber, grasses, and earth. At IBOIS, a wealth of experience shapes their exploration into prototypes bridging the divide between architectural concepts and built reality Studio MA2 (fala) (EN) Conception of collective housing within real-world constraints, through the problematized handling of a variety of modes of representation. Studio MA2 (Scheidegger et Keller) (EN) It’s about space! Studio MA2 (Devaux) (FR) The studio is a concrete and prospective project situation in an existing building. It ranges from diagnosis to rehabilitation, including reprogramming. The creation of a Student Center on the historic EPFL campus (1984) is the subject of our study. Studio MA2 (DOSCRE) (EN) Typological Urbanism bridges architecture and urbanism through dual perspectives: architectural typologies shaping urban form from within, and urban types shaping it from without. Working across scales, the studio explores evolving Swiss urban contexts through ensemble and composite forms. Land and real estate economics (FR) This MOOC-based course prepares students to analyse the economic context of construction projects: land acquisition, land prices, property prices, housing prices (rental and ownership), in an urban setting. By the end of the course, students will understand the determinants of these prices. Urban habitat and developement (FR) Focusing on the forms of habitat of the most disadvantaged in the countries of the South and the North and the contexts of crises, in particular emergency architecture, the course offers a critical analysis of the urbanisation of the world in the 21st century. History of park and garden design (EN) The course introduces the most important periods of European and international garden history and design up to the present day and shows the importance of public parks and green spaces for modern urban development. Students are given the opportunity to analyze and interpret their own example. Marvelous Architecture (FR) This course investigates a specific definition of architectural rationality, borrowing from Surrealism and Bachelard’s epistemology in an attempt to understand how architectural forms work when they amaze us. Construction policy (EN) Construction Policy seeks to familiarise architecture and engineering students with instruments of policy analysis, evaluation and, eventually, design. This by introducing elements of policy theory, examining historical and contemporary case studies, and preparing a proposal. Spatial and Regional Economy (FR) An introductory course designed to provide a historical perspective on the spatial distribution of people and activities. Confort by design in the 20th century architecture (FR) The main objective of this course, is to highlight the centrality of building services in the design of architecture; to grasp the implications of âcomfort designâ as a feature of âarchitectural designâ and to explore the intersection of the sensorial and the material in architectural histor Constructing the view: in motion (EN) This course addresses the subject of moving images. It focuses on the field of 3D computer graphics and the animation of computer-generated images (CGI). Urban demography (EN) This course introduces theoretical developments and empirical evidence on city population change worldwide, as well as on its interactions with sustainable development. Students will learn how to identify sociodemographic profiles of cities to better serve them. Introduction to building archaeology (FR) This course imparts the basic notions of study and analysis methods in construction archaeology. The aim is to develop students’ understanding of ancient buildings, enabling them to take a more sensitive approach to architectural objects. Sustainable Japanese architecture and landscape (EN) This course focuses on the circulation of the imaginary between cultures. It shows how major Western architects, landscape designers, painters and sculptors have been inserting sustainable architectural and landscape Japanese devices and notions into their designs since the 19th century. Architectural theory, initiation (FR) This course offers an introduction to architectural theory through the analysis of a set of fundamental concepts that have shaped and guided the structuring and evolution of the discipline. Studio BA1 (FR) The course aims at acquiring the essential tools to design and build an architectural project and an understanding of architecture as craft, thought and attitude, using the conception of space as a way to understand the relationship between living beings within the environment. Why do we live together ? (FR) This course aims to provide an introduction to philosophy and speculative imagination. We will examine the different ways in which human beings can come together and live together (states, companies, cities, families, etc.) and the forms they must give to time and space to make this possible. Digital models (FR) The objective of the digital modeling course is to learn and manipulate the basic functions of the Rhinoceros 3D assisted design software through the development of a simple model. Building technology I (FR) Building technology – Part 1, Introduction to load-bearing structures: technical and functional requirements of buildings, load-bearing materials, structural statics and material strength, construction principles and implementation, historical and cultural contexts, sustainability strategies. Geometry for architects I (FR) This course aims to reveal 3 of the founding principles of geometry.
1/ as an essential mathematic technique in the process of the conception of a project
2/ as a privileged field for parametric modeling software
3/ as a component of the history of the culture of architecture. Architectural Tomography (FR) This course situates the act of drawing as an act of spatial, constructive and contextual investigation. It introduces 2-D sectional drawing as a sociotechnical tool in architecture with a fundamental role in measuring, understanding and imagining complex and situated spatial conditions. Urban and territorial analysis (FR) The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to analyze and understand the contemporary city and territory. Studio BA4 (Taillieu) (EN) A house is the simple topic of this studio. A matter of simple complexity. Learning about a house is learning about
architecture. The first part of the year is about learning about a house. The second part is about making your house. Studio BA4 (Assemble) (EN) The work this year will investigate how we can imagine, design and demonstrate the ways in which affordable, low-impact housing on small scale agroecological farms could be built. Studio BA4 (Rey) (FR) By an approach at different intervention levels – from urban design to constructive detail – the studio aims to explore the architectural strategies to regenerate urban areas close to public transport in a persective of sustainability transition. Studio BA4 (Gay et Menzel) (FR) The studio focusses on contextual imaginary. Developing narratives, inspired both by the site and by the student’s imagination leads to a theme sustaining the project. The narrative helps the student to develop an architectural project in a given context. Studio BA4 (Truwant et Rodet) (FR) In the 2nd semester, we will continue exploring renovation in Renens, focusing on learning spaces. How can we move beyond rigid school standards to imagine reversible, modular, and open places where education unfolds in multiple forms? Studio BA3 (Peris et Toral) (EN) In this studio, students will establish the foundational comprehending needed to design collective housing typologies by understanding and applying Louis Kahn’s principles of “served and servant spaces. Building technology IV (FR) In a global and transverse approach the course deals with technical topics related to building design and construction, namely: building physics, structures, materials, assembly and building services. Theory and techniques of architectural figuration (FR) The course imparts the theoretical foundations of the history of figurative art and introduces the operative techniques of representation. The main aim is to integrate the use of digital tools into the intellectual dimension of the discipline. UE F : Architecture and rehabilitation (FR) This class aims to raise the students’ awareness to the specificities of a renovation project. The Teaching Unit focuses on the relation between renovation demands and a broad architectural vision, with particular emphasis on sustainable development. Public law for architects (FR) This course provides future EPFL architects with the basic knowledge and skills in public law required to contribute to the design and execution of architectural projects, in Switzerland or abroad – by analogy. Studio BA3 (Assemble) (EN) This course explores how we can imagine, design, and demonstrate new models of affordable, low-impact living on agroecological farm sites in the UK. Drawing on local resources vernacular techniques and contemporary technologies to improve the living conditions of a new generation of farmers. Studio BA3 (Blanc A.) (FR) KUHAB focuses on cultural, social and spatial practices in the rural world Studio BA3 (Peris et Toral) (EN) In this studio, students will establish the foundational comprehending needed to design collective housing typologies by understanding and applying Louis Kahn’s principles of “served and servant spaces. Studio BA3 (Rey) (FR) By an approach at different intervention levels – from urban design to constructive detail – the studio aims to explore the architectural strategies to regenerate urban areas close to public transport in a perspective of sustainability transition. Studio BA3 (Gay et Menzel) (FR) The studio focuses on contextual imagination. The development of narratives inspired by both a site and the student’s imagination leads to a theme that guides the creative process. The architectural idea emerges from a given context. Building technology III (FR) In a global and transverse approach, the course deals with technical topics related to building design and construction, namely: building physics, structures, materials, assembly and building services. Stereotomy (FR) Stereotomy is the art of designing and crafting complex stone volumes and wooden assemblies. This course offers a reinterpretation of Stereotomy with various tools, a reflection on geometry, manufacturing processes, modes of representation, visualization, and communication. History of architecture III/IV (EN) This course is concentrated on the history of Western architecture during the so-called ‘long Renaissance,’ a period that spans between the 15th and the 19th centuries. Advanced CAO and Integrated Modeling DIM (FR) 1st year: basics of 2D (3D) computer representation.
From one to several software: ability to choose the appropriate 2D and 3D tools.
Linking CAD and DIM tools: critical view and ability to choose the methods necessary for the desired result. Studio BA3 (Truwant et Rodet) (FR) Adaptive reuse turns existing sites into resources for reimagining how we live. In Renens, students will explore renovation and transformation to design new forms of living, creating domestic typologies that grow from existing structures and contexts. Studio BA3 (Taillieu) (EN) A house is the simple topic of this studio. A matter of simple complexity. Learning about a house is learning about
architecture. The first part of the year is about learning about a house. The second part is about making your house. Night in Lausanne (FR) This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to night in Lausanne. Through a nocturnal journey, we will take stock of the city as it exists at night time. During the week, we’ll collectively reflect on the future of nights in Lausanne, and present our initial ideas.
Stone masonry: Past, present, and future (EN) This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspects of stone masonry. Emphasis is on understanding the role of stone masonry in architecture, basic structural behavior, and approaches to predict and assess the performance of stone masonry buildings.
Forma urbis (FR) Some ancient cities are ruins, while others evolve, integrating their history into the urban fabric. These transformations create architectural palimpsests, making the city a living monument where past and present coexist and revealing captivating stories around every corner. Urban dialogues: sustainability and mediation (FR) This course focuses on the sustainable city and the potential of cultural and scientific mediation. Environmental and social issues will be addressed in relation to the Chamberonne site, with the aim of designing and conducting a mediation workshop for primary school classes. The land of a thousand dances (EN) Let’s consider the act of maintenance as a potential for project making : let’s observe uses and traces that result from it in order to develop and carry out interventions that will allow us to reinforce, adapt, remove or increase the dynamics identified. This fifth round is taking place on campus. La maîtrise du sol en droit suisse (FR) This course is an introduction to Swiss law. The goal of this course is to make aware the students of the 3 ENAC sections of the importance of this subject for their future profession and allow them to share their knowledges to “Design & Build together”. Rhonescape (EN) RHONEscape aims at realizing the necessary interdisciplinary educational background of the problematics affecting highly-corrected large rivers, by examining riverine ecological, hydrological and morphological spatial features with new methods of conceiving the space in and around rivers. Making structural logic (EN) The ENAC week provides students the possibility to engage into an iterative process of testing and exploring structural and material limits and possibilities through the collaborative design and construction of structural elements in folded steel. The ENAC week will take place at EPFL Fribourg. Terra Epidermis (FR) This transversal project aims to test around a case study chosen, the specifics of ” reverse soil .” On a chose site, students will be invited to propose a single technical and architectural gesture, and synthesize their concept graphically. Adventure on Planet B (EN) This course will take students on a cosmic journey and then back to Earth to reflect on planetary challenges and their solutions. Constructive second hand (FR) Building second-hand means seizing the opportunity offered by the circular economy to improve design by reusing components from deconstruction, at minimum environmental cost. This week will introduce students to these concepts through hands-on experience. The city-tree (FR) This ENAC week is an invitation to question how cities are reinventing their relationship with living and natural entities, focusing in particular on the question of trees.
Building technology V (FR) This course introduces methodologies for integrating bio/geo-based materials into building construction. The pedagogical objective is to give students the opportunity to acquire skills in the critical design of buildings by taking into account environmental and technical issues. Studio BA5 (Delhay) (FR) The house as a city – The continuous households.
Study trip – Zurich: 4th to 6th October 2025 Studio BA6 (Fröhlich M. & A.) (FR) Greenhouse Studies exploring the potential of greenhouse structures in the context of contemporary challenges. The design studios investigate greenhouses as a climate-responsive architectural type that can transform existing structures into collective and communal spaces. Studio BA5 (DOSCRE) (EN) Typological Urbanism bridges architecture and urbanism through dual perspectives: architectural typologies shaping urban form from within, and urban types shaping it from without. Working across scales, the studio explores evolving Swiss urban contexts through ensemble and composite forms. Studio BA5 (summacumfemmer) (EN) Successional Dwellings: An experimental semester, based on the concept of ‘succession’. Building and inhabiting as a continuous process, that never comes to an end.
Studio BA5 (FAR) (FR) The design studio deals with a Women’s Centre located in Wau, South Sudan. It is part of a two-semester program focused on the theme of architecture in the domain of international cooperation and it is in continuity with previous experiences conducted within the FAR Lab. Studio BA5 (Rolli et Schürch) (EN) The course explores how minimal architectural interventions can have a lasting impact through sensitivity to context, community, and place. Using Aurigeno in Valle Maggia as a case study, students develop proposals rooted in observation, care, and territorial acupuncture. Studio BA5 (Huang) (EN) The studio examines the effects of artificial intelligence on architecture and cities. Generative tools are approached as cultural and political instruments, shaping design through data grounded in territory, economy, identity, imagery, and ecology. Studio BA5 (Naji) (FR) ARCHITECTURE AS ECOSYSTEM. Questioning the notion of resources in order to fully understand the constructive reality of the project within the building cycles. From materials to structural devices, understanding how a building is developed in relation to its environment. Mapping a territory. Studio BA5 (Devaux) (FR) The studio is a concrete and prospective project situation in an existing building. It ranges from diagnosis to rehabilitation, including reprogramming. The Tapponnier hall, built in Annemasse in 1929 using a Hennebique process, is our object of study. Studio BA5 (Malterre-Barthes) (EN) “To be useful, helpful, of assistance to someone:” The “In Service of: Berre” studio
reflects on the architectural and territorial project as a form of public service. It explores how architecture and design tools can engage in spatial struggles in the context of toxic, petrochemical territories. Constructing the view: built images (EN) What is meant by the term “image” as pictorial representation? How do we read, process and interpret images – and what premises can be derived from this for the conception and production of meaningful images? Studio BA5 (Viganò) (EN) Is it conceivable to question the very presence of highways in urban environments? What potential for requalification does this space, with its unique characteristics, offer? Studio BA5 (Lapierre) (FR) From Shaker communities in the USA to the question of housing in Basel, the semester examines dwelling as both intimate and collective, exploring the transformation of workspaces into new places of sharing Studio BA5 (Weinand) (FR) The Weinand studio presents a design approach centred on material experimentation and prototyping. They focus on three materials: timber, grasses, and earth. At IBOIS, a wealth of experience shapes their exploration into prototypes bridging the divide between architectural concepts and built reality Studio BA5 (Braghieri) (FR) The studio’s objective is to investigate the topic of construction and recolonization within the Alpine region. The program seeks to establish a commun mixing habitat and handcraft. Architecture in the age of acceleration (FR) This course examines twelve theoretical positions for an architecture in the age of acceleration. By situating these positions in a recent history of architecture and placing them in a current context, this course aims to grasp their relevance for contemporary practice. Studio BA5 (Scheidegger et Keller) (EN) It’s about space! Studio MA1 (Weinand) (FR) The Weinand studio presents a design approach centered on material experimentation and
prototyping. They focus on three materials: timber, grass, and earth. At IBOIS, a wealth of
experience shapes their exploration into prototypes, bridging the divide between architectural
concepts and built Housing and typology (FR) Using a typology-focused approach, the teachers will successively explore the main types of rationalist housing to understand their historical origins, as well as their aspirations and social and political implications. UE X : Experience design (EN) Experience Design examines the effects of digitalization on architectural typologies in the contemporary city. The course questions traditional typologies by focusing on an understanding and re-design of social, geographic, temporal and emotional experiences. Studio MA1 (Devaux) (FR) The studio is a concrete and prospective project situation in an existing building. It ranges from diagnosis to rehabilitation, including reprogramming. The Tapponnier hall, built in Annemasse in 1929 using a Hennebique process, is our object of study. Studio MA1 (Rolli et Schürch) (EN) The course explores how minimal architectural interventions can have a lasting impact through sensitivity to context, community, and place. Using Aurigeno in Valle Maggia as a case study, students develop proposals rooted in observation, care, and territorial acupuncture. Studio MA1 (Naji) (FR) ARCHITECTURE AS ECOSYSTEM. Examine the notion of resource to understand the constructive reality of the project in the building cycle. From materials to structural devices, understanding how a building is developed in relation to its environment. Mapping a territory. Studio MA1 (FAR) (FR) The design studio deals with a Women’s Centre located in Wau, South Sudan. It is part of a two-semester program focused on the theme of architecture in the domain of international cooperation and it is in continuity with previous experiences conducted within the FAR Lab. Studio MA1 (summacumfemmer) (EN) Successional Dwellings: An experimental semester, based on the concept of ‘succession’. Building and inhabiting as a continuous process, that never comes to an end. The origins of domestic space (EN) The course is part of a three-year trajectory dedicated to a comprehensive history of domestic space. This year the course will be devoted to the origins of domestic space, from hunter-gatherer forms of life to the rise of private property. Superstudio A (FR) Le Superstudio étudie l’histoire de la villa en se concentrant sur 30 cas d’étude de l’Antiquité jusqu’au 20ème siècle. L’objectif de ce studio est de comprendre, à travers l’étude architecturale des villas, les éléments les plus essentiels de l’architecture : forme, politique et représentation. UE C : Habitat and society (FR) By articulating theoretical and architectural knowledge with socio-political knowledge, the UE aims to explore the possibility of a renewed contemporary imagination around productive housing. UE U : Cartography (EN) Teaching unit on cartography and environmental aesthetics in architecture.
Constructing the view: still life (EN) This course explores visual strategies and techniques for creating apparent reality. The course concentrates on the field of 3D computer graphics and the production of still lifes as computer-generated images (CGI). Studio MA1 (DOSCRE) (EN) Typological Urbanism bridges architecture and urbanism through dual perspectives: architectural typologies shaping urban form from within, and urban types shaping it from without. Working across scales, the studio explores evolving Swiss urban contexts through ensemble and composite forms. Studio MA1 (Braghieri) (FR) The studio’s objective is to investigate the topic of construction and recolonization within the Alpine region. The program seeks to establish a commun mixing habitat and handcraft. Digital design and making: A critical introduction (EN) The course introduces digital design and fabrication methods by combining the transfer of technical skills with theoretical knowledge and critical reflection. Topics include: scripting/programming for design, mass customisation through digital fabrication and robotic construction. Exquisite Corpse: Architecture Assembled (EN) Through close readings of key examples, the course revisits the historical evolution of architectural drawing and representation as autonomous entities, aiming to reclaim the agency of architectural drawing as a project. Political economy of design (EN) Political Economy of Design (PED) seeks to position and discuss architecture in relation to the world of production, economic interests and community benefits or decisions, at a local and global scale. Modernity, architecture and the environment (EN) Theory course on modernist environmental aesthetics in architecture. UE V : Visions and utopias (FR) The teaching unit will take the form of an operational workshop in which the visionary and abstract spirit proposed by utopian literature will find a concrete urban form by composing fragments sought from the vast figurative repertoire offered by the history of architecture. Studio MA1 (Fröhlich M. & A.) (FR) Greenhouse Studies exploring the potential of greenhouse structures in the context of contemporary challenges. The design studios investigate greenhouses as a climate-responsive architectural type that can transform existing structures into collective and communal spaces. Studio MA1 (Lapierre) (FR) From Shaker communities in the USA to the question of housing in Basel, the semester examines dwelling as both intimate and collective, exploring the transformation of workspaces into new places of sharing Studio MA1 (Scheidegger et Keller) (EN) It’s about space! Studio MA1 (Delhay) (FR) The house as a city – The continuous households.
Study trip – Zurich: 4th to 6th october 2025 Studio MA1 (Vigano) (EN) Is it conceivable to question the very presence of highways in urban environments? What potential for requalification does this space, with its unique characteristics, offer? Studio MA1 (Malterre-Barthes) (EN) “To be useful, helpful, of assistance to someone:” The “In Service of: Berre” studio
reflects on the architectural and territorial project as a form of public service. It explores how architecture and design tools can engage in spatial struggles in the context of toxic, petrochemical territories. Theory of urbanism (FR) Theory of Urbanism deals with models, projects, tools, planning and design techniques from the XIXth Century to the present day, by linking theoretical discourse and design, text and image. Urban models and projects are the testing ground of ideas and concepts in the form of spatial themes. Designing built heritage: Tools and methods (FR) 70% of the work of architectural offices is conducted in the existing. The course aims to provide students with the basic theoretical and practical tools to approach the project in the existing, on the current built heritage but also the monumental heritage. Construction project management (FR) An architectural work with a distinctive quality is the result of a multitude of processes and various participants. Its success is closely linked to the organization set up by the architect during the different phases of the project. Building technology VI (FR) Detailed descriptions of building projects are employed to examine the relationship between envelope, structure, and internal environmental conditions against the backdrop of production processes and resource consumption during building transformation/renovation. Introduction to computational architecture (EN) This course introduces the students to text programming practice in 3D modeling (Rhinoceros3D). The main objective of the course is to develop a computational mindset to maximize the use of efficient digital tools in architectural design. SKIL Student Kreativity and Innovation Laboratory (EN) This course will allow students to engage in hands-on projects preferably defined by themselves, in a dedicated workshop environment. Students work together in small groups, with access to a wide range of tools, materials, software, etc. – assisted by highly specialized labmanagers. Light-time (FR) This course articulates itself around light as a structuring element of space and time, through an approach that intertwines sun dynamics, materiality, construction and ecological footprint. Urban planning in the South (FR) This course is an introduction to the technical and conceptual tools essential to urban planning and evidence-based decision-making. These tools are introduced in the context of cities in the Global South, in order to understand the spatial and social dynamics behind urbanisation. Urban voids: mind the gap! (EN) This course focuses on transforming urban voids, like vacant lots or abandoned buildings, into valuable spaces addressing challenges such as climate change and social cohesion. It equips engineers and architects with interdisciplinary skills to creatively repurpose these areas for multiple benefits. Border Forensics (EN) The course will introduce students to different forms of violence related to the existence of state borders and social boundaries, focusing on particular situations in Switzerland, and the way spatial, geostatistical analysis and architectural design can be used to document and contest this violence Navigating exhausted landscapes (EN) This course focuses on the challenges of transforming urban industrial sites in light of the living dynamics that run through them. It aims to experiment with an interdisciplinary approach their regeneration through the prism of a field investigation and a construction of a vision. TRC LC3 Research Platform Fribourg (EN) The UE TRC-LC3 Research Platform Fribourg will develop prototypes of structural elements in textile reinforced concrete (TRC) and Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) concrete that allow the continuation of the TRC prototype pavilion started at EPFL in 2019. The UE will take place in EPFL Fribourg.
