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ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FDRALE DE LAUSANNEENAC School

Architecture


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Contents

Foreword 6Architecture at EPFL 8Mission. Goals. Course structure 14Research 36The doctoral programme 44Highlights 48Resources 54Lectures. Exhibitions 58Publications 64Local Architecture 68


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Foreword

Perspective(s)

The EPFL Department of Architecture is a knowledge factory. Teachers and research-ers work within an international, interdisciplinary environment, offering high-level tuition tostudents. The Department also regularly invites critics, scholars and practising architects fromaround the world to complete its stellar teaching team.With nearly 1,050 students the Architecture Section (SAR) is EPFLs largest department;roughly speaking, one in six of all EPFLs Bachelors/Masters students is studying architec-ture. SAR attracted a growing number of rst-year students in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the

Masters and Doctoral programmes are following the same upward trend. This outstandingperformance reects the quality of our teaching, the facilities and resources we provide andour strong teacher/student ratio. Growth inevitably brings some challenges with it, in terms ofboth academic support and facilities and our expanded management team is seeking solu-tions to these challenges day by day. Within this context, even though the word perspectiveis almost bound to be understood rst and foremost in its Brunelleschian sense in the archi-tectural world, sometimes we must also be open to its other meanings, too synonymouswith point of view, a way of looking at things, a prospect for the future.

Looking towards the future for architecture at EPFL and within ENAC, the sections manage-ment is aiming to achieve the following ambitious goals: a school of 900 students with a studio workspace for everyone; a school of 30 teaching staff; a school that updates its teaching resources, substantially raising its international prole.

More specically the management is aiming to implement the following measures in the shortterm: international recruitment of around 8 teaching staff at different faculty levels; improved alignment of Minors (groups of classes focused on a specic interdisciplinaryspecialism) with the sectors of the Doctoral School. These new sectors will open up post-docopportunities of outstanding quality in both the professional and academic worlds.

Prospects and aspirations perspectives for the future, conjured up in few words. Yetthese words outline the framework of a programme focused on solid opportunities for growthand realisation.

September 2011

Professor Ins Lamunire, Chair, Department of Architecture


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Section darchitecture 185319 August: foundation of the cole sp-ciale pour lindustrie, les travaux publicset les constructions civiles de Lausanne(Lausanne special school for industry, civilengineering and construction), a privateinstitution dedicated to training engineers.Courses in engineering and architecturelasted two years.

1869

The cole Spciale is incorporated withinthe Acadmie de Lausanne (LausanneAcademy) as its technical faculty. From1869 to 1890 the school had an averageof 40 students. Courses are extended tolast three years.

1890

The Acadmie de Lausanne becomes auniversity. The technical faculty becomesthe cole dIngnieurs de lUniversit deLausanne (Lausanne university engineer-ing school). Three years later, courses areextended to include a seventh semester.

The school trains engineers of variouskinds but does not train architects after1869.

1943

Creation of the cole darchitecture etdurbanisme (architecture and urbanplanning school) proposed by AlfredStucky in 1942, re-connecting with theinstitutions past: it had trained architectsbetween 1853 and 1869. Jean Tschumiformulates an ambitious curriculum cov-ering both the theory and practice ofarchitecture and urban planning.

1946

The cole Polytechnique de lUniversitde Lausanne (EPUL) which now has 360students is granted autonomous status

within the university.

1956Architec t Hans B rechbhl er (1907 1989) is appointed as a full professor,taking charge of the studio curriculumfor fourth-year architecture students.

On 18 November 1943, the main lecture theatreof Lausanne University resonated with the speechgiven by Professor Jean Tschumi (19041962) tomark the opening of the cole dArchitecture etdUrbanisme (school of architecture and urban plan-ning). He addressed his students with these words:This is where your culture will intervene and, gentle-men, you should sacrice a great deal on its behalf.Develop your individual gifts, cultivate your mind.

Dont miss any opportunity to expand your know-ledge, travel, visit, observe [...]. Draw, everywhere;draw a great deal, draw always [...]. I know that youwill be particularly sensitive to images rather than toabstract ideas.The creation of a school of architecture in Lausannefullled several needs, as historian Jacques Gublerexplains: The rst related to the revision of profes-sional standards governing the practice of construc-tion both nationwide, via the SIA (Swiss society ofengineers and architects), and within the carefullyguarded world of the various cantonal legislations. Inthe canton of Vaud, apprenticeship as an architec-tural draughtsman or a degree in architecture were

passports to private practice. From the rst monthsof the war onwards, civil architecture suffered anacute production crisis. Architects with degreesfrom the Hautes coles of Zurich and Paris ex-erted pressure to protect their rights, protesting thatdraughtsmen and technicians should not be grantedsignature authority. In consequence they proposedthe creation of an cole Universitaire (a universityfaculty). The cause was taken up by civil engineerAlfred Stucky, director of the cole dIngenieurs (En-gineering School), in the autumn of 1940. From 1941onwards, Vaud building regulations required the sig-nature of a qualied architect and engineer prior to

all planning application processes, and retrospectiveinspections were carried out.Jean Tschumi himself trained rst at the Technicum(engineering school) in Biel, and then at the InstitutdUrbanisme (institute of urban planning) and thecole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux Arts in Paris divided his teaching into two complementary areas.

Architecture

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On one side were the technical subjects taught by the staff of the cole dIngnieurs (Engineer -ing School), on the other the architectural theory and exercises. The focus was on the atelier(studio) a crucible for ideas, the soul of the school in Tschumis words where, throughdirect contact between teacher and student, and through emulation among the students, thecharacter, mind and imagination of future architects took shape.In 1953, marking the centenary of the cole Polytechnique and the tenth anniversary of thecole dArchitecture, a brochure was published presenting around 60 projects by students.In his preface, J. Tschumi recalled the humanist approach which characterised the educationoffered at Lausanne: The architect, in the profound sense of the term, the complete architectworthy of the name, knows again that his task does not end with the building which he ofcourse examines in detail, down to the furniture in its rooms. He is able to look beyond hisassignment, considering the building as an element of its urban environment and of the space

it occupies.Concluding this overview of the cole dArchitectures rst decade, we can detect the princi-ples that will dene its future approach: an ability to adapt, a rejection of all monolithic tenden-cies (both organisational and educational) and of any single distinctive trend in favour of anempirical pluralism.Hans Brechbhlers arrival as professor in 1956 was accompanied by an overhaul of the cur-riculum based on a yearly/semester structure, synchronising the rst-year exams and the ar-chitectural exercises. In 1959, the departure of Paul Waltensphl, who was appointed at thesame time as Brechbhler, led to the appointment of the latters assistant, Jacques Favre, whoformulated a series of proposals relating to the structure of the curriculum, the balance of the

EPUL Aula (main lecture theatre) under construction (1959-1961). Architect Jean Tschumi, engineer Franois

Panchaud.

Rolex Learning Center (architects SANAA: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa,Tokyo).

courses, the content of the exercises, and the conditions of internships and the degree (Gubler1999, p.397).The decade starting in 1968, shortly before EPUL became EPFL, was a turbulent period inwhich the institution as a concept was subjected to radical re-assessment, both organisation-ally and in symbolic terms.This debate led to the restructuring and expansion of the curriculum,accompanied by new appointments. The move to the Avenue de lglise-Anglaise encouragedthe development of a distinctive school ethos reected in the new name of EPFL Dparte -ment dArchitecture (DA department of architecture). The move from this city centre strong-hold to the Ecublens campus was to prove highly controversial: after all the glise-Anglaise

address was known far and wide, and valued by its users and by visitors for its proximity to thestation, the Hotel Orient, etc.For the school, the nal quarter century was marked by the personalities of particular teachers,who broadened its horizons by increasing its awareness of new trends and engaging with far-reaching debates on architecture.Pierre von Meiss, who taught at the school from 1968 to 2003, rmly believed that the educa-tional process is enriched by external viewpoints: he encouraged the organisation of conferen-ces, and established the practice of inviting regular guest lecturers which became a trademarkof the school. In this way he helped to promote the school and raise its international prole. Inthe 1970s he founded and led the LEA (Laboratoire dExprimentation Architecturale labora-tory of architectural experimentation), a resource permitting the full-scale simulation of architec-tural spaces. The educational value of this installation proved to be in the self learning of funda-


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mental principles of spatial composition, dimensionalfactors and the role of light.Reacting to the slogans, theories and apodicticarguments of 1968, Franz Feg, who took up hisprofessorship at Lausanne in 1970, issued a remind-er that architecture should not stray into languagesother than its own which is, in the nal instance,that of the drawing and the plan. With this in mindhe sought to re-dene the relationship between mas-

ter and pupils, the apprenticeship process.In Apprendre enseigner larchitecture (Learning toteach architecture), Fegs summary of his experi-ences as a teacher, he writes that the studio shouldallow freedom of choice while at the same time im-posing an active and creative constraint, and thatthe best thing a school can offer is to give its stu-dents not just professional expertise but also a criticalawareness of themselves. (Feg 1987, pp.13, 24).Meanwhile Jean-Marc Lamunire, teaching architec-ture and urban planning, focused his attention on ar-chitectural semiology and typology and on the rela-tionships between literary texts and the architectural/urban space. In 1988, along with Jacques Gubler,

he founded the Institut de Thorie et dHistoire delArchitecture (ITHA institute of architectural theoryand history) and the Archives de la ConstructionModerne (ACM modern construction archives, seep.43). The ITHAs initiatives are focused on educa-tion, research, conservation and the preservationand management of archives.The aim of teaching architecture should not be lim-ited to training professionally competent architects,but should above all aim to train critical intellectu-als with a moral conscience [...]. In substance thismeans researching, in architectural terms, valueswhich have now become alien to us: the values of

land, sun, water, the values of history and memory.With this in mind we focus on the quest for a formaleconomy in the architectural project: a minimalistlanguage to afrm the authentic contents of architec-ture. This was the agenda set out by Luigi Snozzi,whose architectural creed is expressed equally in hisworks which are internationally renowned in histeaching practice and in his political commitment.Projects according to Snozzi should be strongly

anchored in the land; architecture is a territorial, ur-ban phenomenon.From his arrival at the school as a lecturer in 1987,Martin Steinmann concentrated on raising his stu-dents awareness of the fact that theory and criti-cism are necessary correlatives to construction.He is among those who think that architecture isnot limited to the act of construction and that theart of building is inextricable from a critical aware-

ness applied rst of all to architecture itself but alsoto the world in general as Luca Ortelli wrote ofhim. For Steinmann, research and teaching shouldenrich each other in a process of ongoing dialoguefocusing on the key theme of housing and relatedissues, contemporary architecture and its theoriesand, more recently, theories of perception. Along-side his teaching work, Steinmann publishes textson 20th-century architecture, organises exhibitionswhich engage with the architectural debate and at-tract international attention, and is a member of theeditorial board of Swiss architectural journals Ar-chithese and Faces.

Drawing on the support of these guiding gures andon a number of seminal texts, the School of Architec-ture is constantly engaged in the process of construct-ing itself; its history is written into the present and itsprojects locate it, lucid and resolute, within a complexand ever-changing constellation of networks.

1959Konrad Wachsman is invited to Lausannefor one semester where he completes histreatise Wendepunkt im Bauen (translatedas The Turning Point of Building), in whichhe asserts that architecture is a system ofassembly based on understanding how

joints work.

1969

EPUL joins the Confederation and be-

comes the cole Polytechnique Fdralede Lausanne (EPFL).

1970Still regarded as an art of constructionrather than a speculative social discipline,architecture nonetheless expands itseld of operation to include planning andbrings in other disciplines such as sociol-ogy and social psychology. The Institut deRecherche sur lEnvironnement Construit(IREC institute of research into the builtenvironment) is established.

1978

EPFL celebrates its 125th anniversary and

has more than 2,000 students. Step bystep it leaves its premises in the centreof Lausanne and moves to the Ecublenssite, ve kilometres from the Vaud capital,where it occupies buildings from the rstconstruction phase (architects: JakobZweifel and Heinrich Strickler, winners ofthe invited competition held in 1969).

2000

Following his appointment by the FederalCouncil in 1999, Patrick Aebischer takesup ofce as President of EPFL in March2000. In January 2004 he becomes amember of the Conseil des coles Poly-techniques Fdrales (Council of SwissFederal Institutes of Technology).

2001

With the opening of the northern sectionof EPFL, the cole dArchitecture joins theEcublens campus, moving into its newbuildings (architects Dolf Schnebli, Tobias

Ammann, Sacha Menz (SAM) and FloraRuchat-Roncati, winners of the competi-tion held in 1999).

2002

Creation of the Facult de lEnvironnementNaturel, Architectural et Construit (ENAC faculty of the natural, architectural andbuilt environment) which brings togetherthe people and infrastructures of the threeformer departments of architecture, civilengineering and rural engineering.

The former Department of Architecturebecomes ENACs Architecture Section,also known as the cole dArchitecture

Introduction of new curriculum in line withthe Bologna Declaration of 19 June 1999.

2003

EPFL introduces human and socialscience courses, as well as ENAC coursesfor students of all three sections of thefaculty.

2004

Competition for a Learning Center (archi-tects SANAA: Kazuyo Sejima and RyueNishizawa, Tokyo); construction of thecentre started in autumn 2007.

2005

Competition for the Life Sciences facultybuilding (dl-a Devanthry & Lamunirearchitects), completed in 2008.

2008

9 October: laying of the foundation stoneof the Starling Hotel at EPFL (architectJean-Baptiste Ferrari). 12 November seesthe same ceremony for the students resi-dential cooperative (architects Farra andFazan). Plans for expanding the campusinclude a new convention centre capableof hosting large-scale events.

2009

Like other universities Harvard in Dubai,MIT and the Sorbonne in Abu Dhabi, for

example EPFL prepares to write a newchapter in its history. It opens a campusin Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven prov-inces of the United Arab Emirates, where itwill be able to expand its elds of researchand develop them in a different environ-ment. A long-term vision, inaugurating anew era for the institutes of technology in aregion of the world which is witnessing sig-nicant economic and scientic advances.


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The primary mission of SAR (Section dArchitecture the Architecture Section) is to train students toBachelors and Masters level. In fullling this missionit meets one of the objectives of EPFL whose man-date is to prepare professionals capable of practis-ing their profession from the time they obtain theirMasters degree.For the institution this dual responsibility academicand professional means maintaining high stand-

ards in terms of both theoretical knowledge andpractical competency.SARs primary goal is to train architects who areable to adapt to a wide range of situations and is-sues by means of a structured methodological ap-proach, requiring an in-depth understanding of theinterdependence of the various levels of intervention:regional, urban, architectural. This guiding principleensures optimum adaptability to challenges whichare ever more complex challenges which cannotbe neatly pigeon-holed but increasingly call for a raftof interlinked knowledge and skills.The wide-ranging character of this course gives EPFLarchitects who attain their BSc or MSc a high degree

of exibility and the ability to adapt to the needs ofthe professional world. They are fully equipped tocarry out the full range of tasks their profession maycall on them to undertake.

All over the world, urban growth with its implica-tions for the spatial organisation of regions and ac-tivities calls for specialists to be trained in very largenumbers. Architecture is the most high-prole andcommunicative of the relevant disciplines here bothphysically, via the built area itself, and virtually, throughthe multitude of projects under development.A growing number of students have grasped thesechallenges and are developing career plans focusingon architecture. Meeting these demands calls for anapproach that is both clear and thorough, with regardto both research and teaching.SARs emphasis is on a highly disciplined architec-tural training that is also open to insights from otherspace-related sciences; in this respect the teachingof architecture here benets from SARs integrationwithin the programmes of the faculty (ENAC) and thePolytechnic (EPFL).

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MissionsGoals

Course structure

Key strengths

_ The different forms of teaching offeredby the School aim to develop the studentsability to synthesise, integrating differentmaterials and subjects in a structured andconstructive way.

_ Through experimentation with researchmethods around focal themes, the coursetrains students in taking a methodical,scientic and multi-disciplinary approach,

incorporating all the various disciplinesconcerned.

_ The course as a whole meets all thevarious criteria required by its dual focuson project-based learning and on theacquisition of a knowledge base: in termsof the variety of elds studied, the diversityof teaching methods, the range of themestackled and the different scales of inter-vention (ranging from building details toregional planning).


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A new, completely revised study programme takes effect from September 2011.The key benets of the new programme are:_ Study hours and credits clearly allocated to the ve subject areas;_ Appropriate allocation of contact hours;_ Provision of 30-32 teaching hours per week.

SAR divides its disciplinary eld into ve subject areas which run through the whole of theBachelors and Masters (BA/MA) programme. Over time it is planned that these subject areaswill also correspond to the ve sections of the Architecture and Sciences of the City (EDAR)doctoral programme:

- Architectural Design;- Urban Design and Landscape;- Sustainable Architecture and Building Technologies;- Art and Architecture, Digital Representation;- Theory and History of Architecture.

Architectural Design(BA 62/180 credits, MA 56/120 credits, MA option 73 credits)Architectural design is taught through design theory/criticism classes and though the studio-based architectural design project.At BA level, Architectural Design dominates the study plan with regard both to the number of

Installation by Renate Buser on th e gable of the Btiment Polyvalent, 2006.

study hours and credits. These six semesters effectively constitute an apprenticeship in thetools, techniques, methodologies and strategies integral to architectural design. The rst yearfocuses on formal representation and complex spatial geometries. The second year developsspecialist professional expertise: constructing spaces and functional programmes in relation toa variety of contexts. The third year, divided into two semesters, opens up wider perspectivesand integrative approaches (landscape, sustainable technology, urban planning, heritage).At Masters level, architectural design is taught over two semesters, during which attention isfocused on complex projects, hybrid structures and large-scale projects, in interaction withrelated disciplinary elds. A studio-based option is currently being developed (9/30 credits),

allowing architectural design to be taught in conjunction with Minor options and specialisms.The nal semester of the Masters course is devoted to the MAP (Master of Architecture Pro-ject). Uniquely, this is based on an individual statement formulated by each student whoalso chooses his or her own assessment panel comprising SAR teaching staff and an externalexpert.All teaching within the Architectural Design subject area is undertaken by the IA laboratoriesand by guest lecturers. At Masters level this system is supplemented by specialist workshopswith contributions from the Institut dIngnierie Civile (IIC Institute of civil engineering).

Urban Design and Landscape(BA 22/180 credits, MA option 69 credits)This subject area is dedicated to urban studies and is taught partly via classes on the historyand theory of urban design and landscape and partly through a studio-based Urban Designand Landscape project.At BA level, Urban Design and Landscape classes and modules are taught across all the

semesters. Classes in urban analysis and urban design theory are held throughout the threeyears of the BA programme. The introduction of studio-based teaching in semesters 5 & 6 isplanned for the future.At MA level the teaching of Urban Design and Landscape is spread over two semesters, withattention focused on large-scale urban planning projects linked with infrastructures and ameni-ties, and hybrid projects combining environmental, economic and social elements. An off-sitestudio (LABA-Studio Basel) will be operational from 2011, with a second off-site studio (UrbanDesign and City Scale RAK) planned for 2012-13.In 2010 a studio-based Urban Planning option (9/30 credits) was introduced as part of theUrban Planning Minor programme.

Sustainable Architecture and Building Technologies(BA 46/180 credits, MA option 42credits)This subject area was reformulated between 2008 and 2010 and now forms a major compo-nent of the study programmes classes, modules and studio work.At BA level the teaching of Sustainable Architecture and Building Technologies comprises aseries of classes and modules in the physics of building, structures and construction. It in-cludes the use of composite construction systems; the integration and coordination of materialtechnology, components and structures in architectural design; and the use of services andmanagement in the planning and construction process. This subject area is represented in allteaching elements of the six project semesters with particular emphasis during the studio-based projects of semesters 5 and 6.


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SARs architecture courses are structured in a ex-ible and modular way. They meet the requirementsof the Bologna Declaration, allowing students a highdegree of mobility and awarding internationally rec-ognised qualications.The teaching of architecture is based on an on-going dialogue between theory and practice. Stu-dents work in the architecture studio from their rstyear onwards, learning to work with space, its di-

mensions, its complex geometry, its technologicalarticulation, its visible and tactile expression, andlearning the language of their discipline.The teaching is mainly based on two complementaryapproaches: on the one hand, an apprenticeship inarchitectural practice; on the other the acquisition ofa knowledge base in the discipline focused on thefollowing areas of expertise, which are explored pro-gressively at Bachelors level and revisited in greaterdepth in the Masters course: theory and history, ur-ban and regional development, sustainable develop-ment and building technology, art, and representa-tion and modelling. The pure sciences like geometryand physics are also included in the course, but with

the emphasis on their practical applications andwithout calling for the level of abstraction required inother sections of EPFL. Alongside the ofcial teach-ing provision, SAR encourages students to developtheir skills through practical exercises and projectwork, where the emphasis is on the principles oflearning by doing.Most of the professors are involved in their own inde-pendent professional practice, which enriches theirteaching and their analysis of students project work.The Bachelors project and the more complex Mas-ters project are core elements of the architecturaltraining the focus of the ongoing dialogue betweenthe areas of expertise listed above and their practicalapplication.SAR welcomes a large number of invited designcritics, who play a vital role in the Schools teachingprovision, helping to drive the development of newvisions and cutting-edge research projects for thearchitecture of the future. Their presence enrichesproject teaching in the studio and they also contrib-ute on an ad-hoc basis to the formal teaching of ar-chitectural theory and history and urban planning.

Art and Architecture, Digital Representation(BA 22/180 credits, MA option 36 credits)This subject area now constitutes an important element of the curriculum as regards the classschedule, teaching modules and workshops.The teaching of Art and Architecture, Digital Representation is continuous throughout the BAand MA courses.This subject area explores the relationship between art and architecture, focusing particularlyon various aspects of drawing and composite techniques of expression and representation.These areas are considered within the wider perspective of aesthetic and cultural evaluationof the arts. The aim is to develop the architecture students independent capacity for analysis

and artistic practice. This capacity includes the representation of images and concepts usingdiverse techniques drawing by hand, digital design and the development and practice ofpersonal forms of expression: sketches, drawings, interpretations, art as a vehicle for strate-gic and effective communication. The recent advertisement for a teaching position in Art andArchitecture, Digital Representation states that the successful applicant will have a proveninterest in assessing the current state of research in the eld of modern and contemporary art.

Currently and for 2011-2012-2013 the teaching in this subject area is delivered by an IA pro-fessor and a team of guest lecturers led by Marie Sacconi and including Christophe Kihm andKerim Seiler.

Theory and History of Architecture(BA 28/180 credits, MA option 33 credits)Theory and History of Architecture is and remains a core element of the teaching provision,laying the foundation for the theoretical and cultural insights of architecture as a discipline.

It constitutes an important element of the curriculum as regards both classes and modules.This subject is taught continuously throughout the BA/MA/EDAR programmes.The teaching covers architectural history, the history of architectural theories, and contempo-rary criticism and theory of architecture; its eld of concern can extend into theory analysis andproduction in Digital Architecture and Production. The Archives de la Construction Moderne(ACM Archives of Modern Construction) provide a key resource for this subject area.All teaching within the Theory and History of Architecture subject area is undertaken by the IAlaboratories and by guest lecturers.

Key strengths

_ The concept of sustainable developmentis now an integral component of all theSchools teaching.

_ A growing number of programmes of-fered on the project teaching side examinethe architectural production process, bothconceptually and in terms of its materialrealisation.

A new, completely revised study pro-gramme takes effect from September2011.

The key benets of the new programmeare:_ Study hours and credits clearly allocatedto the ve subject areas;_ Appropriate allocation of contact hours;_ Provision of 30-32 teaching hours perweek.


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Bernard Khourys studio during the 2008 critique.

Invited Design Critics 1975-2011

Abalos Iaki, Madrid, 1998-1999

Adam Jean-Pierre, Paris, 2008-2011

Adam Bonnet Mireille, Geneva, 2012

Aeby Patrick, Zurich, 2007

Aellen Kurt, Bern, 1976

Amourgis Spiros, Athens, 1977

Andersson Stig L., Copenhagen, 2004

Andersson Thor Bjrn, Stockholm, 2003-

2004

Anselmi Alessandro, Rome, 1992

Arroyo Eduardo, Madrid, 2004

Auberson Jean-Jacques, Geneva, 1994

Aubort Raderschall Sibylle, Meilen, 2002-

2003

Baines Bernard, Brussels, 1997

Bakker Marco, Lausanne, 2009-2010.

2011-2012

Ballmoos Th. von, Zurich, 2006

Barbey Gilles, Colombier-s.-Morges, 1979.

1987Barkow Frank, Berlin, 2009

Bassi Andrea, Geneva, 2006

Bates Stephen, London, 2006-2007. 2007

Behnisch Stefan, Stuttgart, 2011-2012

Benton Timothy, London, 2009-2010

Berger Patrick, Paris, 1991-1992

Blanc Alexandre, Lausanne, 2009-2010.

2011-2012

Blumer Jakob, Bern, 1980

Boeri Stefano, Milan, 2001-2002

Bonnard Genevive, Monthey, 2004-2005

Bonell Esteban, Barcelona, 1983-1984.1997-1998

Borgeaud Jean-Jacques, Lausanne, 2003

Bonnet Pierre, Geneva, 2012

Borthagaray Juan Manuel, Buenos Aires,

1989. 1990

Bsch Elisabeth, Zurich, 1995

Bsch Martin, Zurich, 1995

Boschetti Fonso, Lausanne, 1985-1986.

1989-1990

Botta Mario, Lugano, 1976.1980.1982

Braghieri Gianni, Milan, 1987. 1998-1999

Brunoni Ugo, Geneva, 1984-1985

Buchner Daniel, Basle, 2007-2008. 2009

Brndler Andreas, Basle, 2007-2008. 2009

Burkhalter Marianne, Zurich, 1999-2000

Busquets Joan, Barcelona, 1992-1992

Byrne Gonalo, Lisbon, 1991. 1994-1995

Cache Bernard, Paris, 2008-2009

Campobaeza Alberto, Madrid, 1997

Capua Mann Patricia, Lausanne, 2006-2007

Cavadini Raffaele, Locarno, 1988

Charbonnet Franois, Geneva, 2010-2011

Chemetov Paul, Paris, 1993-1994

Chenu Laurent, Geneva, 1996-1997

Chippereld David, London, 1993-1994

Choisy Jacques, Geneva, 1975

Chombart de Lauwe Paul-Henry, France,1986

Cocchi Guido, Lausanne, 1977

Coenen Jo, Maastricht, 1996-1997

Collomb Marc-Henri, Lausanne, 1990

Colquhoun Alan, London, 1977

Cruz Antonio, Seville, 1993

Darbellay Jean-Paul, Martigny, 1980-1981

Delefortrie Bernard, Neuchtel, 2008-2009

Della Casa Jeanne, Lausanne, 2011-2012

Desvigne Michel, Paris, 1993

Dias Adalberto, Porto, 2009

Diener Roger, Basle, 1986-1987Dominguez Martin, Madrid, 1992

Dritsas Stylianos, London, 2009

Durisch Pia, Massagno, 2011-2012

Egg Urs, Zurich, 2010. 2011-2012

Farrel Yvonne, Dublin, 2010-2011

Fobert Jamie, London, 2007-2008

Fontoynont Marc, Vaulx-en-Velin, 1989

Frampton Kenneth, London, NewYork,

1977.1995

Fretton Tony, London, 1994-1995

Galantino Mauro, Milan, 1995-1997. 2000-

2001

Geyter Xaveer de, Brussels, 2004-2005

Galletti Olivier, Lausanne, 2006-2007

Galfetti Aurelio, Bellinzone, 1985

Ganz Daniel, Zurich, 2011

Garces Jordi, Barcelona, 1996. 1998-1999

Gargiani Roberto, Florence, 1999-2000

Gazeau Philippe, Paris, 2005

Geninasca Laurent, Neuchtel, 2008-2009Gigon Annette, Zurich, 2001-2002

Gilot Christian, Louvain, since 2004

Graf Franz, Geneva, 2005-2006

Grassi Giorgio, Milan, 1999-2000

Green Cedric, Shefeld, 1990

Gregotti Vittorio, Milan, 1978

Gross Roland, Zurich, 1978

Gueissaz Philippe, Ste-Croix, 2000-2001

Gugger Harry, Basle, 2001

Henz Alexander, Brugg, 1978

Herden Andr de, Louvain, 1998

Hestnes Anne-Grete, Trondheim, 1996-

1997

Hrafn Sturluson Asmundur, Reykjavik, 2012

Huet Bernard, Paris, 1982-1983. 1984.

1990-1991.1997

Ibelings Hans, Amsterdam, 2005-2007

Ibos Jean-Marc, Paris, 2005

Jaccaud Jean-Paul, Geneva, 2007-2009

Junod Blaise, Lausanne, 1979Kazuyo Sejima, Tokyo, 2006-2007

Khoury Bernard, Beyrouth, 2008

Kirchhoff Ulrich, Hong Kong, 2009. 2011

Knapkiewicz Katharina, Zurich, 2002-2003

Krier Robert, Luxembourg, 1975


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Krucker Bruno, Zurich, 2006

Kuhn Felix, Aarau, 1989-1990

Kuo Jeannette, Zurich, 2011-2012

Lacaton Anne, Paris, 2003-2004. 2006.

2010-2011

Lamunire Ins, Carouge, 1990-1991

Lion Yves, Paris, 1994-1995. 1995-1996

Llinas y Camona Josep, Barcelona, 2000

Lucan Jacques, Paris, 1993.1994-1997Mac Cleary Peter, Philadelphia, 1996

Mc Namara Shelley, Dublin, 2010-2011

Maerkli Peter, Zurich, 1998-1999

Mangado Patxi, Pamplona, 2010. 2011

Mangiarotti Angelo, Milan, 1975

Mansilla Luis M., Madrid, 2005

Mann Graeme, Lausanne, 2006-2007

Marques Daniele, Lucerne, 1993-1994.

1999-2000

Maruyama Hiroshi, Columbus, 1990

Matter Claude, Lausanne, 2006-2007

Maurios Georges, Paris, 1989-1990

Miller Quintus, Basle, 2000-2001

Mimram Marc, Paris, 1999

Mitnick Larry, Philadelphia, 1988

Moltke W.v. Von, Berlin, 1979

Moneo Jos Rafael, Madrid, 1980

Morel Claude, Geneva, 1987

Morger Meinrad, Basle, 1998

Mller Mathias, Zurich, 2005-2006

Nicolin Pierluigi, Milan, 1987

Nigli Daniel, Zurich, 2005-2006

Nishizawa Ryue, Tokyo, 2006-2007

Nolli Aldo, Massagno, 2011-2012

Ortiz Antonio, Seville, 1992-1993Paelmke Oda, Berlin, 2003

Pagliara Pier Nicola, Rome, 2005. 2008-

2011

Perneger Jan, Zurich, 2007

Perraudin Gilles, Lyon, 2007-2008

Pfaehler Sylvie, Lausanne, 2011-2012

Pictet Charles, Geneva, 2010-2012

Pinos Carme, Barcelona, 2001-2002

Podrecca Boris, Vienna, 1982-1983

Protzen Jean-Pierre, USA, 1975

Rampini Marco, Geneva, 2009

Rapoport Amos, Milwaukee, 1991

Rebelo Camilo, Porto, 2008. 2009. 2011

Reinhart Fabio, Lugano, 1999

Rham Philippe, Paris, 2006-2007.

Rossi Pietro de, Turin, 1987-1988

Rouillard Dominique, Paris, 2007-2008

Ryckwert Joseph, London, 1980

Sacconi Marie, Geneva, 2012Salath Dominique, Basle, 2005-2006

Saunt Deborah, London, 2008. 2009

Sancho J. C., Madrid, 2007

Schweizer Roland, Paris, 1983

Sergison Jonathan, London, 2006-2007.

2007

Seyler Odile, Paris, 2002

Shim Brigitte, Toronto, 2002

Sik Miroslav, Zurich, 1992-1993. 1997-1998

Siza Alvaro, Porto, 1980-1981

Slutzky Robert, USA, 1979. 1980-1981.

1986-1987

Snozzi Luigi, Locarno, 1984-1985

Soledad Madridejos, Madrid, 2007

Souto de Moura Eduardo, Porto, 1994.

2011

Steithor Karason Kari, Reykjavik, 2012

Tashima Charles, London, 2006-2007

Taylor Stephen, London, 2009

Thvoz Michel, Lausanne, 2010-2011

Tschumi Alain, Bienne, 1976

Tumertekin Han, Istanbul, 2009

Tunon Emilio, Madrid, 2005

Umemoto Nanako, New York, 2012

Vassal Jean-Philippe, Paris, 2003-2004.

2006. 2010-2011

Vazquez Consuegra Guillermo, Seville,

1996-1997

Venezia Franco, Naples, 1989

Publications by the invited design critics studios

Christophe Beusch, Marie-Paule Mayor (ed.),X-Land. Suisse, Lausanne : Ecole polythechnique

de Lausanne, 2005.

Deborah Saunt,[Archi tec ture]. Atelier Deborah Saunt, Lausanne : SAR, 2009.

Stylianos Dritsas,[Archi tec ture]. High Density Studio, Lausanne : SAR, 2009.

Ulrich Kirchhoff,[Archi tec ture]. Vers un environnement contemporain, Lausanne : SAR, 2009.

Stephen Taylor (dir.), [Archi tec ture]. Architecture as gift to the City, Lausanne : SAR, s. d.

[2010].

Charles Pictet,[Archi tec ture]. Rveries dun promeneur solitaire. 15 projets pour lle Rous-

seau Geneva, Lausanne : SAR, 2010.

Grafton Architects. Yvonne Farrell. Shelley McNamara,[Archi tec ture], Lausanne : SAR, 2010.

Ariane Widmer Pham,[Archi tec ture]. Architecture. Ingnierie civile. Ingnierie de lenvironne-

ment. Option Studio : Urban Planning, Lausanne : SAR, 2010.

Anne Lacaton. Jean-Philippe Vassal,[Archi tec ture], Lausanne : SAR, 2010.

Camilo Rebelo. Eduardo Souto de Moura,[Archi tec ture]. Room Service, Lausanne : SAR, 2010.

Vigano Paola, Milan, 2003-2004

Vitart Myrto, Paris, 2005

Vernez-Moudon Anne, Seattle, 1993

Weinand Yves, Lige, 2002-2003

Widmer-Pham Ariane, Lausanne, 2010

Woeffray Denis, Monthey, 2004-2005

Zardini Mirko, Milan, 1997-1998.1999-2000

Zbinden Ueli, Zurich, 1991-1992

Zenghelis Elia, Athnes, 1997-1998

Zoelly Pierre, Zollikon, 1986.1988

Zurbuchen Henz Maria, Lausanne, 2006-

2009

Zurbuchen Bernard, Lausanne, 2006-2009

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The teaching of architecture at SARfollows a progressive, integratedpathway comprising Bachelors / in-ternship (compulsory) / Masters (withMinor options) / Doctoral School.Together, these elements lasting3 years / 12 months / 2 years / 3-4years respectively constitute a ex-ible educational programme tailored

to the dual mission of fullling bothacademic and professional require-ments.

The Masters in Architecturesec-tion has been accredited in Switzer-land by the OAQ (Swiss Centre ofAccreditation and Quality Assurancein Higher Education) and in Franceby the CTI (Commission des TitresdIngnieur engineering qualica-tions commission); an application forofcial Europe-wide recognition ofEPFLs architecture qualication has

been submitted by the OFFT (Swissfederal ofce of professional train-ing and technology). The course atEPFL fulls the European criteria asa discipline-based university trainingprogramme of ve years duration,including the teaching of professionalstudies specialisms at Masters level(construction economics and law).

The Bachelors programmemainlycomprises compulsory classes, inorder to provide all students with acommon knowledge base. The in-ternship is an opportunity to acquirereal-life experience of project work.The teaching of architectural designcontinues into the Masters pro-gramme; beyond this the programmemainly comprises optional coursesallowing each student to designtheir own course of study. A rangeof Minor options allows considerable

scope for individual choice.

NB: a Minorrepresents 30 credits; itcomprises a set of classes, a moduleand/or a studio option devoted to aparticular interdisciplinary specialism.Eventually, EDAR will be structured insections matching the Minor optionsavailable. These different sections will

open up post-doc opportunities ofoutstanding quality in both the pro-fessional and the academic world.

At BA level, Architectural Designdominates the curriculum with regardboth to the number of study hoursand credits. These six semesters ef-fectively constitute an apprenticeshipin the tools, techniques, methodolo-gies and strategies integral to archi-tectural design. The rst year focuseson formal representation and com-plex spatial geometries. The second

year develops specialist professionalexpertise: constructing spaces andfunctional programmes in relation toa variety of contexts. The third year,divided into two semesters, opensup wider perspectives and integra-tive approaches (landscape, sus-tainable technology, urban planning,heritage).

The Masters in architecture drawson the polytechnic tradition of train-ing architects who are both design-ers and practicians, possessing asolid base of theoretical expertise.The course takes place over twoyears (120 ECTS credits) and its pro-gramme offers a wide variety of elec-tive elements and options (two-thirdsof the total credits), combined withcompulsory courses which deliverthe academic and professional train-ing outlined above.


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For the last two years the Masters projects have been brought together in a publication entitled MAP+year designed to showcase them to the outside world. As the preface of the2010 edition states: The Masters project is an important and very special stage in a studentslife. Students are free to choose their subject, which frequently reects their personal preoc -cupations. Research is undertaken alone or in pairs. Interactions are different. Each individualproceeds at his or her own pace, with periodic critiques attended by the monitoring team.Co-students questions and comments provide support. Individuals work autonomously, freeof timetable constraints and deadlines, and designs progress according to their own personalpreference. Despite this isolation the group spirit persists a spirit different in nature from thestudio atmosphere. Individuals confront their own unique challenges even though all havethe same brief to full.1

The examples presented on the following pages were selected from recent projects whichwon prizes and/or achieved the highest possible mark (6). They demonstrate our studentsinterest across a very broad spectrum of issues, reecting the changes currently confrontingthe world, the diversity of themes selected and the wide range of architectural and planningsolutions proposed.

1Estelle LPINE, ChloANDEREGG, Six ans aprs , dans MAP10, Lausanne : EPFL/ENAC/ASAR,2010, p. 3.

Exhibition of the Master projets in Architecure 2011 in the hall of the SG building.

At Masters level, architectural design is taught over two semesters, during which attention isfocused on complex projects, hybrid structures and large-scale projects, in interaction withrelated disciplinary elds. A studio-based option is currently being developed (9/30 credits),allowing architectural design to be taught in conjunction with Minor options and specialisms.The nal semester of the Masters course is devoted to the MAP (Master of ArchitectureProject). Uniquely, this is based on an individual statement formulated by each student whoalso chooses his or her own assessment panel comprising SAR teaching staff and an externalexpert.

Masters projectThe Masters project, whether it is architectural, urban or regional in scale, must reect the stu-dents knowledge of architectural theory and history, sociology and economics, construction,the study of structures, the physics of construction, the plastic arts and the various forms ofrepresentation and modelling. It accounts for 30 ECTS credits, alongside the 90 of the Mas -ters programme itself. Students enjoy a high degree of autonomy in managing their project,which lasts one semester, selecting their own project topic, location and the members of theirsupervisory team. This practical architectural project allows them to synthesise the conceptsthey have learned during the course, integrating them with analysis of issues relating to townplanning, sociology and history. It is through their project work and the development of thefocused theoretical expertise this requires that students gradually shape their own architecturalvision and independent approach.


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3_Fanny Christinaz. Julie Devayes, 2011.A new vision for a port district. Dialogue between

a port of Old Europe and challenges facing the

contemporary world

(Lisbon, Portugal).

Prix SIA.

4_Damien Carugati, 2011.An urban lake crossing (Geneva).

Prix Arditi.

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5_Laetitia Bernasconi. Jol Loutan, 2011.Redening an alpine site: Flaine as a case study

(Haute-Savoie, France).6_Jonathan Hermann. Martin Risch, 2011.

A residential bridge for the port of Kleinhnigen on the

Rhine.

7_Stphane Grandgirard. Vincent Mermod, 2011.Rhodanic Republic in the Alps: a discussion space in the

mountains (Valais).

8_Aurlie Harlin. Charlotte Thietart, 2011.Recapturing the Marne riverside: a multipurpose complex

for an itinerary of locations and connections (Paris region,

France).

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7

8

5

1_Mlanie Althaus, 2011Theatres at Nordkreuz Berlin. Stages for theatre and living

art.Prix SIA.

2_Guillaume Clivaz. Yuri Kravchenko, 2011.Autour dEdward Hopper. Towers in Zurichs District 5.Prix sia.


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1_Johanna Daniels, 2010.Projecting a positive footprint on the

planet.

2_Renaud Ganire. Lucas Vincent, 2010See-through living spaces

[4612N0609E].

3_Aline Juon, 2010.A new take on the garden city.

Residential area in Geneva.

4_Shin Koseki, 2010.From superstructure to super high-rise: an

architectural response to an infrastructural

need.

Arditi prize.

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4

2

3

5_Estelle Lpine, 2010.A new mountain refuge for lAiguille du Goter, Saint-Ger-

vais, (Haute-Savoie, 74, France).

6_Jessica Matthey-de-lEndroit. Nathalie Pochon, 2010.A new use for a derelict industrial space: the former abat-

toirs at La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchtel).

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7_Alice Dunoyer, 2010.Montages. Musical box factory and cine-

matic laboratory, Sainte-Croix (Vaud).

WISH Prize

8_Alexandre AviolatWindows overlooking a courtyard. Gun-

deldingen district, Basle.

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Vevey (Vaud).SIA Switzerland/Vaud section prize(distinction).

6_Eglantine Bigot-Doll,2009.Teratomorphic scientic observatory, En-

vers des Aiguilles de Chamonix (Haute-

Savoie, France).

7_Christa Balmer, Annina Inbnit, Ann

Linder,2009.An industrial enclave opens up to urban life

in Wedel (Germany).

8_Telma Gonalves, Dounia Jendly, 2009.Residential conversion of a former tile fac-

tory and restoration of an 18th-century

house in Le Mouret (district of Ferpicloz,

Fribourg).

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7

8

5

1_Gatan Evquoz, Christoph Schwan-der, 2009.SO36 prefabricated: a residential model

for Kreuzberg (Berlin, Germany).SIA Switzerland / Vaud section prize (dis-tinction).

2_Lorraine Beaudoin,Christophe Joud,2009.Berlin between the lines. Jannowitz Brcke

station from infrastructure to building (Ber-

lin, Germany).

Arditi prize.

3_Jol Meylan,Nicolas Sedlatchek,2009.An arts centre in Geneva.Arditi prize.

4_Martin Latham,2009.Divided territory: abundance in limitation.Centre for the study and conservation of

biodiversity (Nogales, USA and Mexico).

SIA Switzerland/Vaud section prize(distinction).

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5_Cdric Liardet, Jean Wagner, 2008.Maximum offer, minimum energy. A hotel

for the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne

(Vaud).

Construction and sustainable develop-ment prize (BG Ingnieurs-Conseils/Con-sulting Engineers).

6_Florian Chazeau, Lucie Murisier, 2008.Energy Island, Mumbai (India).

7_Nathanal Chollet, Yann Gramegna,

2008.The energy question in the megalopolis.

An alternative power station for Tokyo (Ja-

pan).

8_Lonard Gurtner, Frdric Karam,2008.El Hub (Lebanon).

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1_Claire Bufier, 2008.Earth architecture: a professional training

centre for builders in Bamako (Mali, Africa).

Arditi prize.SIA Switzerland/Vaud section prize.

2_Denis Dorsaz, 2008.Conversion of buildings in Plan de la M-

reune, Dornaz district (Valais).

Construction and sustainable develop-ment prize (BG Ingnieurs-Conseils/Con-sulting Engineers).

3_Sara Formery, Sibylle Kssler, 2008.Berlin overexposed. A steam baths at

Schlesische Strasse 33-34 (Germany).


4_Sonja Huber, 2008.AccueilVille gateway facility to welcometourists and residents in Davos (Grisons).


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At EPFL, teaching and research in architecture is afast-growing eld: nearly 400 students registered forthe rst year of the course in the 2010-2011 aca -demic year, reecting the interest among young peo-ple for a discipline which encompasses an increas-ingly broad range of issues.

And theres no doubt about it: our discipline facesproblems that are ever more complex in nature,clearly echoing the radical changes currently impact-ing society as a whole. Urbanisation, like healthcare,is one of the crucial issues for the planets future.Against this background issues such as social en-gagement, economy, environment, energy, herit-age and construction technology are central areasof concern, forming a web of interconnections withthe architect located right at its heart, safeguardingthe quality of the spaces where these various issuesconverge. An EPFL architect belongs to the world.

The IA is currently structured in ve subject areas areas which complement each other and also alignwith the research and teaching priorities identied

by the various supervisory bodies within EPFL (theDean, supervisory board of SAR and IA, teachingcommission, teaching staff committee, advisoryboard).

Architectural and Urban Design

This subject area corresponds to a central focus ofresearch and teaching: urban and architectural de-sign. All the laboratories grouped within this subjectarea are studio-based, and the research they con-duct addresses various aspects of architectural de-sign theoretical/functional, formal, technical, stylis-tic, etc. The Architectural and Urban Design subjectarea includes the following laboratories:

AIC- Atelier : institutions de la cit Full Prof. PatrickMestelanTaking its bearings from both the history of architec-ture and from modernity, the Laboratorys researchattempts to measure out certain concepts concern-ing the denition of space, its implementation andits depiction. In more precise terms, it homes in on

IA Laboratories

ACM: Modern Construction Archives(Pierre Frey). http://acm.ep.ch/_AIC: Studio of Architecture and the CitysInstitutions (Patrick Mestelan). http://aic.ep.ch/_ALICE: Design Studio on the Conceptionof Space (Dieter Dietz). http://alice.ep.ch/_LABA: Laboratory for the Production of

Architecture (Harry Gugger). http://laba.ep.ch/_LAMU: Laboratory of Architecture and

Urban Mobility (Ins Lamunire). http://lamu.ep.ch/

_LAST : Laboratory of Architecture and

Sustainable Technologies (Emmanuel

Rey). http://last.ep.ch/_LAURE: Laboratory of Urban Architecture(Andrea Bassi). http://laure.ep.ch/_LCC: Construction and ConservationLaboratory (Luca Ortelli). http://lcc2.ep.ch/_LDM1: Design and Media Laboratory(Jeffrey Huang). http://ldm.ep.ch/

_LIPID : Laboratory of Performance-Inte-

grated Design (Marilyne Andersen). http://

lipid.ep.ch/_LIV: Information Technology and De-visualisation Laboratory (Georges AbouJaoud). http://liv.ep.ch/_LTH l: Theory and History of ArchitectureLaboratory 1 (Jacques Lucan). http://ltha.ep.ch/_LTH 2: Theory and History of ArchitectureLaboratory 2 (Bruno Marchand). http://ltha.ep.ch/_LTH 3: Theory and History of ArchitectureLaboratory 3 (Roberto Gargiani). http://ltha.ep.ch/_TSAM: Laboratory of Techniques forSafeguarding Modern Architecture (FranzGraf). h ttp://tsam.ep.ch/_UTA: Laboratory of Urban and RegionalPlanning and Architecture (Patrick Berger).

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Evolver, conceived and realised by ALICE laboratory for the Zermatt Festival, 2009.

the complex relations between architecture and its territory or the city in which its edices areerected, on the meaning of the symbolism of architectural and urban apertures and on thegreat architectural archetypes which assimilate the public institutions of western society alongthe route that denes public space and urban structure.

ALICE- Atelier de la conception de lespace Associate Prof. Dieter DietzThe key hypothesis of the ALICE research activities places built space within the focus of hu-man and technological processes. ALICE promotes open processes, i.e. non-deterministic,synthetic design methodologies that are both, creativity as well as hypothesis and data driven.Through our design research we investigate the tools that are necessary to establish the linkbetween different spatial frames at the interstices of the natural environment and its articialsurroundings.

LAMU- Laboratoire darchitecture et mobilit urbaine Full Prof. Ins LamunireLAMUs aim is to develop and renew the analyses of architectural theory pertaining on theone hand to architecture in urban environments and on the other to the consequences boththeoretical and formal imposed and facilitated by the new mobility-driven lifestyles of contem-porary societies. To do this it focuses on exploring new ways of understanding the architecturaland urbanist developments of the 20th century, integrating these approaches within a contem-porary vision. LAMUs research and teaching are focused on complex, large-scale architecturaldesign in interaction with mobility infrastructures.

LAURE- Laboratory of Urban Architecture Associate Professor Andrea BassiLAUREs teaching and research focus on two areas: urban architecture and energy analysis.Urban architecture is conceived as socially-responsible architecture operating within the rulesof urban governance. The designs produced by the laboratory test the constraints of denseurban environments and the question of mixed functionality on real urban sites, using a se -quenced design methodology which progressively tackles the various scales of architecturaldesign, addressing urban forms and structural detail. The aim is to build a collective awarenessof sustainable development issues.

LCC- Laboratoire de construction et conservation Full Prof. Luca OrtelliLCCs research activities are mainly oriented toward housing and architecture conservation,the latter to be considered much more in a design vision than according to the traditionalarchitectural restoration. Other elds of investigation are linked with building materials andtechniques and an ongoing intersection between history and the theory of urban and landplanning, considered as disciplines derived from architecture. In all research projects, the Labis practicing an original approach based on interdisciplinary practice, the aim is to go beyondthe typical separation between technical and historical research in architecture.

LDM1- Laboratoire de design et media (ENAC/IC) Full Prof. Jeffrey HuangLDM1s research explores the vision of bringing the physical and virtual environments together.Professor Huangs team investigates the possibility of combining physical architecture andinformation structures to support integrated ofine and online processes for everyday activi-ties, such as learning, working, governing and healing. LDM1s current projects focus on the

integration of physical computing (sensors, actuators, RFID, LEDs, etc.) into architecture andcities, the design of digital space, such as 3D information game and navigation interfaces, andmore generally, the understanding of design thinking.

UTA Urban, Rural and Architectural Planning Laboratory Full Professor Patrick BergerThe research undertaken by UTA addresses various issues including: new representations ofnatural and built environments, the functional programme as agent of urban and architecturalmorphogenesis, the planning challenges of multiscale projects, using geometral projection tooptimise architectural form, correlations between density and mixed use, and nally the inter-action between the architectural object and its location.

Urban Planning and Landscape

This discipline addresses questions relating to urban and regional planning, undertaking re-search focused on contemporary challenges at various levels covering everything from met-

ropolitan regions to local issues. Its research interests focus on the interactions between prob-lems of various kinds including urbanisation, transport, environment, landscape, architecturaldesign and virtual modes of representation among others. The Urban Planning and Landscapesubject area is currently represented by LABA laboratory see below pending further col-laborations in the future, in particular with INTERs upcoming Master in Urban Planning andEngineering programme.


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Sustainable Architecture and Building Technologies

This domain concerns the relationship between construction, technology and sustainable de-sign. It refers to the integration and coordination of the most recent applied research in thetechnology of materials, built components and structures, services and management in theplanning and construction process, with emphasis on energy efcient architecture. This know-how also touches the techniques and conservation of modern and contemporary architecturalheritage.The Sustainable Architecture and Building Technologies subject area comprises the followinglaboratories:

LAST- Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies Tenure Track Assistant Prof.Emmanuel Rey

LAST is initiating several interdisciplinary research projects in this starting development phase.Research aims at contributing to the sustainability of the built environment by optimising theintegration modalities of environmental, socio-cultural and economical parameters in the archi-tectural project. To reinforce the ethos of quality understood in a wide sense, research projectsfocus on supporting the emergence of new knowledge in the eld of sustainable architecture.

LABAs workshop with National Technical University of Athens, Benaki Museum, November the 25th2010.

LABA- Laboratoire de la production darchitecture Full Prof. Harry GuggerLABA merges analytical research methodologies with creative design, seeking to develop andrene methodologies that produce ideal solutions for specic programmes, locations, tech-nologies or conditions. LABA engages its teaching and research with three interconnectedtopics: Design as mediator of the urban context; environmental and energy technologies andtheir changing inuence on architecture and urban systems; digital tools and their inuence onthe design and production of architecture.

Theory and History of Architecture

The aim of the Theory and History of Architecture as a discipline is to nurture and revitaliseanalysis and research in architectural history and theory at local, national and internationallevel. Its primary missions are to apply its expertise and experience in these elds, to gener-ate research on issues within its own eld and in interdisciplinary elds, and to publicise theresults in publications, lectures and presentations of various kinds. The Theory and History ofArchitecture subject area comprises the following laboratories:

ACM Archives of Modern Building Adjunct Professor Pierre FreyThe scientic research undertaken at ACM occupies two main areas. The rst of these areasrelates to vernacular architecture and is concerned with relating experiences derived fromvernacular traditions to contemporary building practices; it is divided into fundamental theo-retical research and empirical research in the eld. The second main research area comprisesthematic or monographic research based on the cataloguing of archives conserved at ACM.

LTH1- Laboratory of Theory and History of Architecture 1 Associate Prof. Jacques LucanLTH 1 pursues research work into the theory of architecture and its history, and explores spe-cic problematical issues to develop an understanding of the ways in which an architecturalproject is conceived, particularly at doctorate level. In the area of research, the LTH 1s workis developing in three main directions: the history of compositional procedures and the ques-tions related to non-compositional processes; the architectural appropriation of readymade;ornamental envelopes in contemporary architecture.

LTH2- Laboratory of Theory and History of Architecture 2 Full Prof. Bruno MarchandLTH2s research has two main directions: rstly the theory of post World War II architecture(from the 1940s to the end of the 1960s), considered both in a broad, international context andthe more restricted one of French-speaking Switzerland; and secondly housing theory, notablycontemporary production considered from the point of view of major themes such as density,peri-urban situations and appropriations (transition spaces).

LTH3- Laboratory of Theory and History of Architecture 3 Full Prof. Roberto GargianiLTH3 has been involved in various research activities based on architectural experiences of theSixties and the Seventies followed by an important number of publications (Archizoom, Super-studio); meanwhile, the laboratorys main research topic is the history of construction. LTH3has also been actively collecting essays dedicated to this eld, from antiquity to the presentand based on the idea of breaking down the building into its component parts such as thecolumn, the oor, the walls, the vaults, etc.


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LIPID Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design Associate Prof. Marilyne AndersenLIPID focuses its activities around the integration of building performance considerations in thearchitectural design process. With daylighting and passive solar strategies as strategic areas,research conducted at LIPID ranges from new faade technologies to interactive visualisationmethods or climate-based performance metrics, with a common overarching goal of promot-ing energy-efciency and human comfort and health within buildings.

TSAM- Laboratoire des techniques et de la sauvegarde de larchitecture moderne AssociateProf. Franz GrafTSAM develops and advances knowledge concerning the techniques and conservation ofmodern and contemporary architectural heritage. This multidisciplinary eld involves histori -cal research as well as materials and building practice, economics and environment. It alsoinvolves working to develop specic strategies relating to project design (maintenance, con -servation, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, re-use and extension) in which theoretical andtechnical knowledge come together.

Art and Architecture, Digital Representation

This domain concerns the relationship between Art and Architecture, particularly in the elds ofdrawing and mixed media techniques, expression and representation, integrated in an aesthet-ic and cultural evaluation of the arts. It concerns the representation of images and conceptsthrough a variety of freehand drawing techniques as well as multiple technical media, the de-velopment and cultivation of individual forms of expression in the areas of sketching, drawing,interpretation, work strategies and impact-orientated art statements. Finally it is also clearly

oriented simulation and visualisation processes.The Art and Architecture, Digital Representation subject area is represented by the followinglaboratory, with support from guest lecturers and pending future appointments (see p.18):

LIV - Laboratoire dinformatique et de visualisation Associate Prof. Georges Abou-JaoudLIVs research is mainly oriented mainly towards simulation and visualisation processes. The-refore, the lab manages and participates in multidisciplinary projects ranging from architecture,to industrial design or ight simulators, maths, physics and life sciences. LIVs know-how linkshigh power computing to visualisation, Computer virtual animations and rapid prototyping toproduct design, special effects and numerical animations to conceptual representation.

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The doctoral

programme

The Architecture and Sciences of the City (EDAR)doctoral programme formerly titled Architecture,City, History brings together within a single doctoralcourse the worlds of architecture and of the socialsciences relating to living spaces. The EDAR doctoralprogramme is based on two fundamental principles:a strong link between fundamental and applied re-search which may take many different forms andinterdisciplinarity.

The connection between theory and practice meansthat the project itself, whatever its content (architec-ture, urbanism, regional development), and the stake-holders involved (ranging from individual residents tothe whole of society) is not just a vehicle for the re-search ndings but itself is also subject to analysis. Intodays world, analysis of any initiative is inseparablefrom the initiative itself; without appropriate reectionthe players involved may well expose themselvesto inefciency and failure, with very serious conse -quences. This makes tackling the major theoreticaland epistemological questions a vital necessity, foreveryone. It is a strategy that involves reconciling the

dual complexity of intellectual analysis and situation-specic action within a single approach.

Interdisciplinarity as conceived in the EDAR doctoralprogramme is multi-dimensional. It is located withinarchitecture (history, theory, project) and within urbanscience (geography, urban sociology, the economicsof the environment and of habitation, networks andurban planning), and also spans these two elds,reecting the multi-dimensional character of issuesrelating to urbanism, mobility, space and habita-tion. Finally an openness to mathematics, and tothe material, life and engineering sciences, is one ofthe dening characteristics of EDARs doctoral pro-gramme. The programme has a special relationship

with ENAC, the school of architecture, civil and envi-ronmental engineering, which regards interdisciplinar-ity and transdisciplinarity as fundamental and whichprovides a large proportion of EDARs teaching staffand postgraduates.

The EDAR doctoral programme is part of the doctoralschool of EPFL, one of the worlds leading universi-ties and probably the leading institution in the French-

Board

Prof. Jacques LvyProf. Luca OrtelliProf. Roberto GargianiProf. Vincent KaufmannProf. Jacques Lucan

Thesis supervisors

Prof. Georges Abou JaoudProf. Andrea BassiProf. Michel BierlaireProf. Jean-Claude BolayProf. Arduino CantforaDr. Elena Cogato LanzaProf. Dieter DietzProf. Matthias FingerProf. Pierre FreyProf. Roberto GargianiProf. Franz GrafProf. Harry GuggerProf. Jeffrey HuangProf. Vincent KaufmannProf. Ins LamunireProf. Jacques LucanProf. Jacques LvyProf. Bruno MarchandProf. Patrick MestelanProf. Valrie November

Prof. Luca OrtelliProf. Martin SchulerProf. Philippe ThalmannProf. Yves Weinand

Each doctoral programme represents agroup of laboratories active within a s inglediscipline.

Deadlines for receipt of applications

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speaking world for the quality of its students, the calibre of its professors, its working environ-ment, scientic output and the future careers of its alumni. Within this cutting-edge institute oftechnology, architecture plays a role that is at once central and highly distinctive. The socialsciences have established a dynamic, widely respected reputation in the ENAC faculty and moregenerally within EPFL, which in this faculty and also in the College of Humanities and College ofManagement of Technology places a strong emphasis on this discipline as part of its studentseducation.

The EDAR doctoral programme welcomes postgraduates selected for their strong academicrecord and originality of approach, whether or not they have previously studied at EPFL. It offers

them an outstanding working environment one which takes account of the need for individualautonomy in their introduction to research, while establishing a strong relationship with their re-search supervisor and also laying a solid foundation of knowledge for them to build on. In theirrst year all postgraduates undertake three courses which provide an introduction to researchwithin the programmes elds; after this the teaching offer is structured around weekly blocksand annual seminars. At this point the two streams architecture and social sciences diverge,although the programme also provides opportunities for further interdisciplinary convergence.Stream A History, Theory and Heritage is open to all research proposals which seek topush back the boundaries of knowledge in the intrinsic questions of history and theory, viewedprimarily from the perspective of architectural design processes and particularly in terms of con-struction and composition. The terms construction and composition are understood in thebroader sense here: encompassing materials and their characteristics, structures and statics,project criteria as dened by architectural treatises and writings, through to the non-composi -

tional processes of contemporary architectural and artistic creations. The choice of constructionand composition as dening concepts for the various research projects reects a belief that thesetwo disciplines comprise the two extremes often perceived in terms of conict on which thecreative process in architecture is founded.Stream B City, Urbanism and Mobility is aimed at architecture, engineering and social sci-ence students who wish to research a thesis on contemporary developments within the urbanphenomenon. Both the material manifestations of the urban environment and urban lifestylesare undergoing a radical transformation. The increase in travel is transforming neighbourhoodrelationships; globalisation is going hand in hand with a metropolisation of cities and of power;as cities extend their reach, driven by the growth of major transport networks, their fabric frag-ments; violence, poverty and exclusion stigmatise whole districts, undermining the concept ofthe community. Understanding the challenges of the contemporary city, what comprises thesubstance of the urban phenomenon, the modes of action available to urban stakeholders andthe effects of their decisions and investments calls for sophisticated, highly specialised analysis,

and an ability to transcend traditional perspectives in order to comprehend existing forms andexperiences in their entirety.In 2010 EDAR launched a Complex Projects section a research specialism with signicanttheoretical and design implications. A ProDoc (doctoral programme) project entitled ComplexDe-sign was submitted to the Swiss National Science Foundation and accepted in July 2011, pavingthe way for the funding of postgraduate assistants (Candocs) in this section.

Opposite : Page from Irne Vogel Chevroulets dissertation, La cration dune japonit moderne (1870-1940), ou Le regard des architectes europens sur le Japon : J. Conder, R. Mallet-Stevens, B. Taut et C.

Perriand, Lausanne : EPFL [Thesis N 4557], 2009. Director : Jacques Lucan.


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Highlights

Selected events involving IA laboratories and their team members(see website at http://actu.ep.ch/)

21.10.11 - Ins Lamunire (LAMU) and Patrick Devanthry of architecture practice dl-a areawarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim by Switzerlands Federal Ofce of Culture. The prize isawarded to artists and architects who have produced a signicant body of work, reconcilingtheoretical analysis with contemporary artistic and architectural trends.

21.7.2011 - LAMU, as lead applicant, is granted funding for its ComplexDesign doctoral pro -gramme; UNIFR and UNINE (the universities of Fribourg and Neuchtel) are also involved in this

three-year research programme.

21.07.11 - Prof. Marilyne Andersen, head of the [] LIPID and member of the PLEA techni -cal committee, attended the Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) 2011 conference inLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium on July 13-15, 2011. One of her articles was granted the PLEA 2011Best Paper Award by an international jury, amongst the 120 peer-reviewed papers that had beenselected for oral presentations.

04.07.11 - Prof. Emmanuel Rey from the LAST was the guest of the Association of Urban Plan -ning Professionals of the Languedoc - Roussillon (APULR). During his lecture given at the INSETin Montpellier, he presented operational strategies to create sustainable neighborhoods and de-tailed the main conditions to create an alternative to urban sprawl.

14.06.11 No mad living at Quai Branly. For this museum of early civilisations in Paris, LopoldBanchini an assistant at LABA created NOMAD, a camp-style area where visitors are invitedto relax, think and spend time.

24.05.11 - As part of the National Project Sustainable Neighborhoods, the [] LAST producesa book published by the Swiss Federal Ofce for Spatial Development and the Swiss FederalEnergy Ofce. Available in French, German and Italian, this publication is a synthesis of the mainissues conceptual, methodological and operational particular to projects addressing sustain-ability at the scale of a neighbourhood.

24.05.11 - Prof. Emmanuel Rey of the LAST took part in the round table of the Sustainable Devel-opment Forum organized on 18th May 2011 by the Swiss Federal Ofce for Spatial Developmentand the Swiss Federal Ofce of Energy at the Kursaal Congress Center in Bern. This event, inwhich more than 300 participants took part, allowed evaluating the situation on matters such as

research and practice in the eld of sustainable neighbourhoods.

12.05.11 - Among the one hundred personalities chosen for this seventh edition of the Forum ofthe 100 by the magazine LHebdo, Marilyne Andersen, Associate Professor at ENAC and Headof the laboratory LIPID, was nominated for her work and her academic career.

11.05.2011 Second session of the Interdisciplinary Concrete Forum Le bton, matire endevenir(Concrete, material of the future) organised by LAURE.


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01.04.11 - The the [] LAST is an academic partner of the 6th edition of the Ecoparc Forum.Entitled (Re)build the city differently? and within the celebration of the millennium of the city ofNeuchtel, this forum represents the opportunity to bring together researchers, practitionersand people responsible of public communities to question on the sustainability of urban areas.

29.03.11 Eduardo Souto de Moura wins the 2011 Pritzker Prize. The 58-year-old Portuguesearchitect, currently a guest professor at the EPFL School of Architecture, will receive his prize inWashington on 2 June. He follows in the footsteps of Japanese architecture ofce Sanaa, guestprofessors at SAR in 2006-2007, who designed EPFLs Learning Center.

17.03.11 - Marilyne Andersen [LIPID, and her Masters student from MIT, Kevin Thuot are] cur -rently working with HULIC, a Japanese real estate development company, on their future generalheadquarters in Tokyo Tokyo, seeking to nd a mean of bringing daylight deep into ofce spaces.[] The challenge resides in the ability to illuminate spaces beyond 10 metres in depth withoutcreating any glare, that works both in sunny and overcast conditions, and that respects the con-straints of a curtain wall faade for this 10-storey building.

18.03.11 - Le bton assembl, ou le rafnement de la culture constructive franaise de laprs-guerre(Prefabricated concrete the elegance of the French construction culture in the post-warperiod] Lecture by Yvan Delemontey (TSAM) at ENSA Paris-Versailles.

16.03.11 Architects BassiCarella will be exhibiting their work on prefabrication in gallery i2afrom 16.3 to 14.4.2011. For the last four years they have been carrying out a research project

on the prefabrication of monolithic walls with a high insulating capability, a project conducted inpartnership with the LAURE laboratory (EPFL ENAC IA) and with companies specialising in thiseld [] an interesting convergence of university expertise and industrial commitment.

10.02.11 Rockbund Shanghai. Februarys issue of the magazine werk bauen + wohnen fea-tures an article by Frdric Frank, scientic assistant at LTH2, on a major urban regenerationproject undertaken by David Chippereld Architects in Shanghai.

10.02.11 - Marilyne Andersen, professor since fall 2010 at the LIPID [], is among the twentypersonalities selected by the magazine Bilanof 02.02.2011 (No. 2) in a report on innovation inSwitzerland.

26.01.11 - Wallpaper*, the fashion and design bible, has named the Rolex Learning Center thebest new public building of 2010. Two EPFL doctoral students in architecture, Estelle Lpine et

Shin Koseki, have also been distinguished among the international candidates.

26.01.2011 Three projects by dl-a (Devanthry & Lamunire architects) have been selectedto feature in a special edition of a+u dedicated to Swiss architecture between 2000 and 2009:Fleuret Law Library, the primary school at Rolle, and the school and centre of the Cressy, Bernexand Congnon districts in Geneva.

20.01.11 - At an event organized to mark the 10th anniversary of the association Ecoparc inNeuchtel, Prof. Emmanuel Rey of the [] LAST was invited to present the issues related to the

integration of sustainability in urban and architectural projects.

17.01.11 - In the November/December 2010 issue of A|L Architectural Lighting magazine, atwo page article by Aaron Seward is dedicated to Prof. Marilyne Andersens Daylighting Lab, thatshe founded at MIT in 2004.

09.12.10 TSAM [] takes part in the international study day Minor Architecture of the 20thCentury: A Strategy for Protection and Improvement organised by the department of architectureand planning at Milans Politecnico, in Milan on 13 December 2010.

19.11.10 TSAM [] takes part in the 11th international Do.co.mo.mo conference Living theUrban Modernity, in Mexico City, Mexico, from 19 to 27 August 2010.

19.11.10 Publication of Learning from Vernacularby Prof. Pierre Frey, director of the Archivesof Modern Construction (ACM). Building on a solid theoretical framework which draws on AdolfLoos, Leberecht Migge, Ivan Illich and Andr Gorz, this work starts with a radical critique of theordinary and extraordinary architecture produced by the global construction industry and setsout to examine the circumstances surrounding the emergence, all over the world, of an alterna-tive the author describes as a new vernacular architecture.

9.11.10 TSAM [] takes part in the international symposium La sauvegarde de larchitecture

Nyon / Vaud, service centre at UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations headquarters, BassiCarella Architects, 2010.


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moderne - Ds de la patrimonialisation et mobilisation des savoirs, (Safeguarding modern ar-chitecture the challenges of heritagisation, mobilising expertise) organised by the Institut duPatrimoine (heritage institute) of Universit du Qubec in Montral, from 14 to 17 October 2010.

18.11.10 - TSAM [] participates in the symposium Grands ensembles en Ile-de-France: unhritage en projets (Major ensembles of the Paris Region a design heritage) at ENSA Paris-Belleville on 25 November 2010.

12.11.10 The exhibition Radical Mix in Hanoi? presents work produced in a workshop ondensity and mixed use led by Ulrich Kirchhoff during his time as guest lecturer at SAR in 2009.

04.11.10 For the second year running, ASAR (the SAR students association) publishes all theMaster of Architecture Projects completed during the year. The group publication, entitled MAP

10, showcases designs by 85 Masters students.

20.10.10 Is architecture devoted to reproducing an image of contemporary society or is itcapable of imagining future societies? What does an idea become when it is realised, adapted,memorised? Does environment dene our character, or is it our character that congures the en-vironment? Just some of the questions the ALICE laboratory seeks to answer in a spatial urbaninstallation at the new TILT arts project space in Renens.

28.10.10 - Marilyne Andersen and swissnex Boston collaborate on a class project on facade

Geneva, TV tower, transformation and extension, dl-a ( Devanthry & Lamunire architects), 2010.Kingdom of Bahrain pavilion, designed by Prof. Harry Gugger, Lopold Banchini, and curator NouraAlSayeh, of LABA.

redesign - Swiss Interior Minister Didier Burkhalter is to visit the building and part of the exhibitionthat resulted from the project on October 28-29, 2010 in Cambridge.

14.10.10 - Several projects of the architectural rm Bauart, of which Professor Emmanuel Rey isa partner, are part of an exhibition tying in with the Green Building Congress 2010 in Chennai,India.

02.09.10 Bilanmagazine publishes its rankings of the 300 most inuential people in Switzer-land in the six following areas: industry/services, university/science/media/ organisations, bank-ing/nance/law, pharma/technology, art/watch-making/architecture, property/tourism/medicine.

Architects Patrick Devanthry and Ins Lamunire (LAMU) are among the 10 leading gureslisted in their category.

07.09.10 - The Kingdom of Bahrains rst National participation at the International ArchitectureExhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, has been awarded the Golden Lion. The exhibition design wasconducted by Prof. Harry Gugger and Leopold Banchini from the [LABA of the] Ecole Polytech-nique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL).

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Bibliothque de lEPFL (EPFL Library)

Housed in the Rolex Learning Center, EPFLs newlibrary contains more than 500,000 books and pe-riodicals, as well as large collections of electronicdocuments, and is continuously being extended andupdated by a staff of 40. This new building offers arange of new facilities, one of the most important ofwhich is the increased number of work spaces, from500 to 860. Spread around different parts of thebuilding, each is equipped with a mains socket and

both WiFi and wired network access. Photocopiersand atbed scanners are also provided.There are also six study rooms of varying size, whereanyone, including those with no connection to theSchool of Architecture can come to work or consultbooks from the library. To borrow up to twenty booksat a time or consult the digital collections, readers arerequired to register. Camipro cards can be used forthis purpose. All services are free, except for somerequests for documents held at libraries not belong-ing to the 90-strong NEBIS network. In spring 2010,books from the Architecture Library were moved tothe EPFL Library, with the exception of architecturalmagazines which remain on the rst oor of the SGbuilding.

EPFL Library

Opening hours

Open: daily from 7.00 a.m to 12 midnight

Open to the public: 8. 00 a.m to 8.00 p.m.

Internet

http://library.ep.ch

Contact

[email protected]. +41 (0)21 693 21 56

Architectural Magazine Library

By appointment, Tel. +41 (0)21 693 32 08.http://sar.ep.ch/revues

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Output Center

The Salle des Priphriques Graphiques (SPG graphics peripherals centre) is an ENAC facul-ty resource managed by the Output Center (ENAC-OC) and intended for use by all the facultyspersonnel and by students in the SAR, SGC and SSIE sections. It houses all the IT resourcesnecessary to digitise and produce large-format documents. Throughout their course, studentshave their own personal workspace in a studio. They also have access to a huge variety of ITresources and to ENACs modelling workshop.The Proto-3D service is part of the modelling workshop and its services are available, rstand foremost, to ENACs teaching units. The rapid prototyping process allows students to tryout ideas using models produced by iterative prototyping and machining. The service uses

sophisticated software programmes and, in particular, Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) anadditive process which builds a 3D model line by line and layer by layer using an extruded stripof molten ABS plastic and 3D digital data. Using this process, 3-D models can be created andassessed on one of the modellers within a matter of hours.

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Model of a Musgum hut (Cameroon) pro-duced in Professor Frdric Aubrys rst-year workshop dedicated to vernaculararchitecture in the 1970s.

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Skyscrapers. Projects by Olivier Wyss-mller, Olivier Ilegems, Osamu Moser and

Alberto Fiore in the Media and DesignLaboratory (LDM1, Professor JeffreyHuang), 2009.

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The School of Architecture supplements and sup-ports its teaching and research by organising con-ferences/lectures and exhibitions and by producingpublications. Since 1974 the School has hosted asteady stream of lectures and major exhibitions, re-garding these as being among the services a univer-sity should offer its students, teaching staff and re-searchers as part of its overall educational provision.Because these events are open to the public theyhelp to open the school to a wider audience, estab-

lishing it as a platform for discussion and debate. Thespeakers at these events include architects, talkingabout their experience or presenting their works, butalso specialists from other elds and with other expe-riences who share certain key areas of interest withthe former group.The exhibitions

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