ENV-370: Environmental system analysis and assessmentLes enjeux environnementaux doivent être abordés de façon systémique. L'Analyse du Cycle de Vie (ACV) et l'Analyse de Flux de Matière (AFM) sont des méthodes permettant d'évaluer de façon globale les performances environnementales des produits, des service ...
HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability IThis course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, population growth. Although grounded in economics, it takes up elements from many other disciplines. ...
ENV-418: River eco-morphodynamics and bioengineeringThe course deals with the interactions between hydraulics, solid transport by hauling and the watercourse space at the origin of the morphology and richness of habitats. Regime theory is presented and the quality of a stream's habitat is assessed. ...
ENG-410: Energy supply, economics and transitionThis course examines energy systems from various angles: available resources, how they can be combined or substituted, their private and social costs, whether they can meet the energy demand, and how the transition to a renewable energy system can be foste ...
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-619: Summer School: Forests in the AnthropoceneThe participants will reflect on their own scientific work with respect to other disciplinary methods and discuss possible benefits of interdisciplinary approach in their field. Moreover, students will further be able to learn the advanced methods used in ...
PENS-308: TRC LC3 Research Platform FribourgThe UE TRC-LC3 Research Platform Fribourg will develop prototypes of structural elements in textile reinforced concrete (TRC) and Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) concrete that allow the continuation of the TRC prototype pavilion started at EPFL in 201 ...
ENV-512: Global change ecology and fluvial ecosystemsUnderstand the functioning of rivers, focusing on hydrological, geomorphologic, biogeochemical and ecological components, and their linkages. Analyze impacts of global change on rivers ecosystems, develop skills related to synthesizing and interpreting lit ...
MGT-530: Sustainable logistics operationsWe address quantitatively the management of logistics operations, focusing notably on their environmental impact. Considering practical situations, focus is paid on the optimization of logistics systems, in particular when the objective is to minimize thei ...
HUM-120(b): Sustainable Food: production, health & societyLe cours présente les enjeux liés à l'alimentation: production durable, sécurité alimentaire, sécurité sanitaire et liens entre alimentation et santé. L'approche interdisciplinaire intègre les SHS et les sciences de l'ingénieur et initie au travail de grou ...
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 ...
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 ...
PENS-313: Light-timeCe cours s'articule autour de la lumière comme élément structurant de l'espace et du temps, à travers une approche mêlant dynamique solaire, matérialité, construction et empreinte écologique. ...
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 ...
HUM-476: Ecological transition: from theory to practiceCe cours permet aux étudiant·e·s d'acquérir des connaissances théoriques et pratiques sur les enjeux liés à la transition écologique et sociale. Il comprend des enseignements interdisciplinaires, ainsi qu'un travail de groupe sur des études de cas situées ...
HUM-477: Ecological transition: from theory to practiceCe cours permet aux étudiant·e·s d'acquérir des connaissances théoriques et pratiques sur les enjeux liés à la transition écologique et sociale. Il comprend des enseignements interdisciplinaires, ainsi qu'un travail de groupe sur des études de cas situées ...
ENV-610: Ecological economicsThis course is an introduction to economic theory applied to environmental issues. It presents the methods used to assess environmental impacts and natural resources as well as environmental regulation instruments. It then broadens the analysis to ecologic ...
AR-681: Space, Life, and PoliticsThe Habitat Research Center and the Fondation Braillard Architectes, in the framework of The Eco-Century Project®, organize the 7th Bernardo Secchi Working Seminar. An international, interdisciplinary forum addressing key urban questions for the socio-ecol ...
AR-302(aq): Studio BA6 (Bedir)This studio aims for designing interventions, programs, spaces; and proposing modes of collectivity and instituting for the inhabitation of human and more than human agencies in sites across Switzerland, where water cycles entangle with post Anthropocene l ...
HUM-123(b): Global issues: energy BLe cours abordera les grandes problématiques technologiques et socio-économiques liées à la transition énergétique, ainsi que les perspectives et barrières à l'établissement d'un système énergétique durable. ...
