Bastian MarzoliBastian Marzoli is a Swiss architect who graduated from EPFL in 2021. He is the co-founder of detritus., a multiple practice serving as an apparatus for his current endeavors: www.d.etrit.us.With pedagogical experience both inside and outside the academic world, he joined ALICE in 2023 as a studio director.Under the title «MORATORIUM.», his personal research revolves around an imaginative negotiation with pre-existing conditions, both social and spatial, to welcome thriving interactions. Professionals expe Véronique Ivonne M. PatteeuwTeaching & PhD Courses Architecture in the age of acceleration AR-363 This course examines twelve theoretical positions for an architecture in the age of acceleration. By situating these positions in a recent history of architecture and placing them in a current context, this course aims to grasp their relevance for contemporary practice.
Emy AmsteinTeaching & PhD Courses UE H : Graphy AR-433 Experiment graphic tools to represent architecture. Exercise the skill of communicating via these tools, through repeated practice of eye/hand/brain connections; a reflection stemming from the theories of representation; and by searching for inventive solutions.
Pavlos NikolopoulosTeaching & PhD Courses Advanced networks COM-407 This advanced course in computer networks offers an in-depth exploration of how the Internet is designed and operates. Students dive into the architecture of the Internet and gain hands-on understanding of the key protocols that power it.
Luciano Nicolas AntoniettiExpertise
Architectural theoryType and typologySuburban territoryInterstitial landscapeRural and agricultural architecture
Co-founder - forme commune atelier d'architecture et paysageScientific Assistant - EAST EPFLResearcher - Rural and Agricultural Architecture Professionals experiences Co-founder - Architect 2023–2025 forme commune atelier d'architectureArchitect 2023–2024 Ville de Fribourg - Développement UrbainLead Architect 2021–2023 AFF ArchitectsArchitect 2019–2020 Capaul&Blumenthal Architects Ed
Constantinos MarcouConstantinos Marcou (London, 1988) is a British Cypriot writer, architect, and urban designer based in Larnaca, Cyprus. He studied Architecture at the University of Cyprus, graduating with excellence, and later completed a Master’s degree in Urban Design at UCL, supported by a state scholarship, under the mentorship of Luca Galofaro and Davide Sacconi.After his studies, he joined a local architectural magazine as an editor, where he explored the syntactic and literary dimensions of architecture. There, he w
Theodora GiovanazziEducation Master of Architecture (MArch) / AA Diploma and the AA Final Examination (ARB/RIBA Part 2) | 2019 – 2021 Architectural Association School of Architecture, London AA Intermediate Examination (ARB/RIBA Part 1) | 2015 – 2018 Architectural Association School of Architecture, London Professionals experiences Architecture and Infrastructure Consultant 2021–2022 The World Bank, Washington DCTeaching Consultant 2021–2022 Architectural Association School of Arc
Giovanni Carlo CangianiExpertise
HPC, Algorithms, Networking, Programming, IT, Unix, DevOps, Full-stack Development, Computational Solid State Physics
Current work
Full stack developer and dev-ops engineer for the central IT services of EPFL.
Mission
See my daughters grow up and become graceful, kind, curious, cultivated, and literate.
Education Laurea | Computational solid state physics 1997 – 1997 Trieste Directed by Prof. Alfonso Baldereschi PhD | Computational solid state physic
Dries RodetDries Rodet (1982) is an architect and co-founder, with Charlotte Truwant, of the Basel-based office Truwant + Rodet +. He is currently Guest Professor at EPFL, where he leads the design studio Atelier for Uncertain Conditions. The studio explores the transformation of existing structures at the intersection of architecture and landscape, where time is considered the main protagonist.In 2015, together with Charlotte Truwant, he founded Truwant + Rodet +, whose practice focuses on the transformation of exist
Valentin Daniel Maurice BourdonValentin Bourdon is an architect, postdoctoral researcher and teaching assistant. He obtained the french architectural diploma in 2013 from the École d’Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires Paris-Est at Marne-la-Vallée under the direction of Jacques Lucan, and completed his PhD at EPFL in 2020, under the supervision of Luca Ortelli. Since September 2021, he coordinates the Habitat Research Center at EPFL. Involved in the studies of the Laboratory of Construction and Conservation between 2017 and 2021, he also contributes in the supervision of its Housing Studio - Project Theory and Criticism for architecture bachelor. During his doctoral research, he benefited of an academic stay at Metrolab Brussels in 2019 with the support of the SNSF, and published multiple scientific and non-academic publications. His arrival in Switzerland and return to the academic world take place after a thorough professional experience in the parisian office MGAU Michel Guthmann Architecture Urbanisme. From 2010 to 2016, he participed to the majority of its developed projects and supervised several of them, both collective dwellings projects and urban projects.
Sergi Aguacil MorenoExpertise
- Architecture, energy, building physics and environment- Integration of innovation in buildings | Smart Living Lab- Managing complex projects- Linking research and practice | Research infrastructures- Integrating sustainability into architectural projects- Life cycle assessment and environmental impact studies- Integration of photovoltaic energy in buildings | Renovation and new construction projects | ActiveInterfaces- Multi-criteria studies and assessments
Education PhD in Architecture | A
Jakov OrebTeaching & PhD Courses Stone masonry: Past, present, and future PENS-232 This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspects of stone masonry. Emphasis is on understanding the role of stone masonry in architecture, basic structural behavior, and approaches to predict and assess the performance of stone masonry buildings.
Mati Ullah ShahTeaching & PhD Courses Stone masonry: Past, present, and future PENS-232 This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspects of stone masonry. Emphasis is on understanding the role of stone masonry in architecture, basic structural behavior, and approaches to predict and assess the performance of stone masonry buildings.
Domenico Di CiccoTeaching & PhD Courses Construction contracts and liability ENG-300 Course (3 ECTS) on private construction law for students in architecture, civil and environmental engineering. Covers contracts (mandate, work), professional liability, dispute resolution, and risk management, with practical case examples.
Vincent PerritazTeaching & PhD Courses Construction contracts and liability ENG-300 Course (3 ECTS) on private construction law for students in architecture, civil and environmental engineering. Covers contracts (mandate, work), professional liability, dispute resolution, and risk management, with practical case examples.
Catherine Odile Gay MenzelTeaching & PhD Courses Studio BA3 (Gay et Menzel) AR-201(r) The studio focuses on contextual imagination. The development of narratives inspired by both a site and the student's imagination leads to a theme that guides the creative process. The architectural idea emerges from a given context. Studio BA4 (Gay et Menzel) AR-202(r) The studio focusses on contextual imaginary. Developing narratives, inspired both by the site and by the student's imagination leads to a theme sust
Jo François TaillieuTeaching & PhD PhD Students Julien Heil Courses Architectural Tomography AR-129 This course situates the act of drawing as an act of spatial, constructive and contextual investigation. It introduces 2-D sectional drawing as a sociotechnical tool in architecture with a fundamental role in measuring, understanding and imagining complex and situated spatial conditions. Studio BA3 (Taillieu) AR-201(m) A house is the simple topic of this studio. A matter of simple complexity.
Emma Christine Joelle LarceletEmma Larcelet is an architect and PhD candidate at the Arts for Science Laboratory (LAPIS) where she teaches and researches architectural representation’s entwining with digital technologies. Larcelet is currently leading her doctoral research project, Analog and Digital: Addressing the Continuity of Architectural Drawing Practice in the Design Process, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), under the supervision of Prof. Nicola Braghieri (LAPIS, EPFL) and the co-supervision of Prof. Theodo
Roger HerschRoger D. Hersch is professor of Computer Science and head of the Peripheral Systems Laboratory at EPFL. He received his engineering degree from ETHZ in 1975, worked in industry from 1975 to 1980, and obtained his PhD degree from EPFL in 1985. He directed the widely known
Visible Human Web Server project
, which offers a number of services for the visualization of human anatomy.
His current research focuses on color reproduction, spectral color prediction models, moiré imaging, and visual document security. Recent achievements include the PhotoProtect technology, which incorporates text as chromatic differences in order to protect identity photographs (Swiss driving license), microstructure imaging, which is used by railways companies (SNCF, RENFE) and festival organizers (Paleo) to print tickets at home and the band moire imaging technology for the protection of security documents.
