HUM-226: Wellbeing and Planetary BoundariesCe cours approfondit les acquis d'ENV-101 pour mieux comprendre et mettre en œuvre la durabilité : comment transformer la société vers le bien-être pour tous dans les limites écologiques, avec des approches et solutions sectorielles (énergie, bâtiments, mo ...
AR-466: UE D : Urban planning and territoryL'UED Territoire et société a pour objectif de familiariser l'étudiant.e avec les méthodes d'observation des SHS en développant une réflexion sur les transformations des villes suisses à partir d'un travail d'enquête et d'analyse in-situ de formes variées ...
AR-402(k): Studio MA2 (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. ...
ENV-461: Sustainability assessment of urban systemsThis course enables students to think critically about sustainability and to carry out a sustainability assessment based on problems of urban areas. At the end of the course, students are able to develop their own sustainability assessment using the Sustai ...
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 ...
AR-302(bd): Studio BA6 (Cierto)The studio expands its focuses on the domestic world to the scale of the city. Beginning with an existing urban structure, students design collective housing by moving from public space to the dwelling, before returning once again to the city.
AR-402(bd): Studio MA2 (Cierto)The studio expands its focuses on the domestic world to the scale of the city. Beginning with an existing urban structure, students design collective housing by moving from public space to the dwelling, before returning once again to the city.
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 ...
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 ...
AR-201(g): Studio BA3 (Rey)Par une approche à différentes échelles d'intervention - du projet urbain au détail constructif - l'atelier vise à explorer les stratégies architecturales permettant de régénérer les territoires urbains à proximité des transports publics dans une optique d ...
URB-404: Computational methods in urban studiesCMUS will focus on acquiring insights into, engaging with, and modeling the processes of spatial transformation in contemporary societies. It will integrate statistical techniques and critical urban theory in order to promote socially and environmentally f ...
PENS-325: International Geneva: An urban system in crisisCe cours examine les défis de l'écosystème genevois dans un contexte de déclin du multilatéralisme et du soutien américain. À l'aide du concept de système urbain, les étudiants analysent comment les évolutions politiques affectent institutions, immobilier ...
AR-515: UE C : Habitat and societyEn articulant des savoirs théoriques et architecturaux, avec des savoirs socio-politiques, l'UE vise à vérifier la possibilité d'un imaginaire contemporain réaffirmé autour de l'habitat productif. ...
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-489: Urban sociologyCe cours a pour objectif de familiariser les étudiants à la sociologie urbaine à partir du prisme du logement. Il permet de naviguer entre les concepts, outils et méthodes qu'elle propose pour penser l'évolution concomitante des modes de vie et de l'organi ...
AR-532: Urban green spaces and blue-green infrastructuresUrban green offers a variety of services and thus plays an important role in the transformation of our cities. The course provides an overview of various innovative approaches to the planning and design of multifunctional green spaces, focussing on how to ...
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 ...
AR-480: UE X : Experience designExperience Design examines the effects of digitalization on architectural typologies in the contemporary city. The course questions traditional typologies by focusing on an understanding and re-design of social, geographic, temporal and emotional experienc ...
URB-407: Science and technology in urban transformationCities are complex systems shaped by natural, technological, and social factors with historical roots. Through global case studies, this course will explore how science and technology transform cities into objects of knowledge and intervention. ...