PENS-219: Hidden riversHidden Rivers aims at fulfilling the need for an interdisciplinary understanding of the problematics surrounding urban streams, through ecological, hydrological, and spatial relationships found in riverscapes. ...
ENV-417: Urban hydrologyCe cours en hydrologie urbaine aborde la gestion de l'eau urbaine d'un point de vue global, incluant notamment les impacts des rejets pluviaux sur les milieux récepteurs. Des solutions concrètes de gestion des eaux en ville sont présentées, en lien avec le ...
AR-471: UE J : Territory and landscapeL'UE J initie les étudiant·es à l'analyse urbaine et territoriale à la lumière d'une hypothèse de recherche. Une séquence d'opérations est proposée: relevé/description; identification de principes spatiaux (formes/rationalités/dynamiques); esquisse de visi ...
PENS-225: RhonescapeRHONEscape 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 conceivin ...
PENS-322: Urban voids: mind the gap!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 ...
PENS-318: Border ForensicsThe 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 b ...
ENV-462: Urban Green&Blue infrastructure and global warmingThe course introduces the concept of green and blue urban infrastructure in the context of global warming. It presents knowledge, concepts, and methods for planning, developing, and maintaining an effective network of green and blue infrastructure in urban ...
AR-597(a): Superstudio AThis Superstudio will study the history of the villa by focusing on 30 case studies, from antiquity to the last century. The aim of this study is to understand through the architecture of the villa the most quintessential tropes of architecture: form, poli ...
PENS-307: Urban planning in the SouthCe cours est une introduction aux outils techniques et conceptuels essentiels à la planification urbaine et à la prise de décisions basées sur l'évidence. Ces outils sont introduits dans le contexte des villes du Sud, afin de comprendre les dynamiques spat ...
PENS-217: Living in emergencyPENS-217 propose une compréhension technique et sociale de l'habitat d'urgence. Pour cela, il s'agira de concevoir un camp de réfugié.e.s habitable, puis d'y construire un abri et son équipement d'ass
ENV-501: Material flow analysis and resource managementThis course provides the basis to understand material and energy production and consumption processes. Students learn how to develop a material flow analysis and apply it to resource management cases. They analyze the implications of their models on resour ...
AR-301(k): Studio BA5 (Huang)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. ...
AR-401(k): Studio MA1 (Huang)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. ...
AR-301(ah): Studio BA5 (Malterre-Barthes)"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 con ...
PENS-319: Ludic streetsCe cours se focalise sur la conception de l'espace public et sur les rapports qu'il entretient avec les usages. Au prisme de la place de l'enfant en ville, les étudiant·es construiront des dispositifs ludiques dans le cadre d'un programme de revalorisation ...
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-154: Environmental history and theories ILe cours vise a familiariser les etudiants avec l'histoire de l'environnement et des paysages, et avec la maniere dont les preoccupations environnementales amenent a repenser aujourd'hui le sens et les principes de l'architecture et des disciplines de pr ...
