ENV-410: Science of climate changeThe course equips students with a comprehensive scientific understanding of climate change covering a wide range of topics from physical principles, historical climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, the IPCC assessment to future scenarios and climate ac ...
AR-302(ah): Studio BA6 (Malterre-Barthes)How is architecture made? 'Revolutionize Construction' unpacks the political economy of construction, examining who commissions, finances, and builds, and interrogating architects' roles. It explores how these systems might be revolutionized to enable the ...
AR-402(ah): Studio MA2 (Malterre-Barthes)How is architecture made? 'Revolutionize Construction' unpacks the political economy of construction, examining who commissions, finances, and builds, and interrogating architects' roles. It explores how these systems might be revolutionized to enable the ...
AR-506: Sustainable Japanese architecture and landscapeThis 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 ...
CIVIL-309: Urban ThermodynamicsThe course examines urban neighborhoods through a thermodynamic lens, focusing on heat exchanges between buildings, vegetation, water, soil, the environment, and people. A group project highlights the Urban Heat Island effect and investigates strategies to ...
ENV-525: Physics and hydrology of snowThis course covers principles of snow physics, snow hydrology, snow-atmosphere interaction, and snow modeling. It transmits detailed understanding of physical processes within the snow and at its interfaces with the atmosphere and the ground, and presents ...
HUM-121(b): Climate change B: causes, impacts, challengesLe cours développe les enjeux mondiaux liés au climat : rappel sur le système climatique ; impacts du changement climatique ; enjeux de justice et gouvernance ; objectifs et politiques climatiques. L'approche interdisciplinaire initie au travail de groupe ...
ENV-320: Physics and chemistry of the atmosphereThe course provides an introduction to the physical and chemical processes that govern the atmospheric dynamics at small and large scales. The basis is laid for an in depth understanding of our atmospheric environment and the climate system. ...
HUM-121(a): Climate change A: causes, impacts, challengesLe cours développe les enjeux mondiaux liés au climat: rappel sur le système climatique ; impacts du changement climatique ; enjeux de justice et gouvernance ; objectifs et politiques climatiques. L'approche interdisciplinaire initie au travail de groupe e ...
ENV-421: Sustainability, climate and energyThe course provides students with a comprehensive scientific understanding of the links between climate and energy systems in the context of sustainability. It will cover topics related to natural and anthropogenic climate change, the fundamentals of energ ...
AR-428: Confort by design in the 20th century architectureL'objectif est de restituer la centralité des réseaux, en identifiant tant les raisons culturelles que les enjeux matériels du « projet du confort » dans le « projet d'architecture ». L'enseignement se situe à la croisée des disciplines de la construction, ...
AR-201(o): Studio BA3 (Verschuere)The studio is conceived as an investigation into the archetypical elements of architecture in light of the challenges of our present age. By imbricating these two issues a framework is set up in which a critical reflection on what architecture might be tod ...
AR-302(aj): Studio BA6 (Baumgartner et Camponovo)STAY A LITTLE LONGER étudie les potentialités du bâti existant. Les outils de représentations du projet de transformation - Existant/Noir, Démolition/Jaune, Nouveau/Rouge -structureront l'exploration architecturale et graphique. Le deuxième semestre inves ...
AR-301(at): Studio BA5 (Gardelegui et Widmer)À travers une analyse cartographique des démolitions planifiées et des initiatives de densification dans la région de Genève, les étudiants remettront en question le statu quo en découvrant le potentiel des ressources existantes sur quatre échelles : régio ...
AR-302(an): Studio BA6 (Truwant et Rodet)Together, we will continue our exploration of the theme of water by building a set of fountains that we will later attempt to integrate into a domestic project for the port of Basel. The focus will be on the transformation or reuse of existing resources in ...
