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-401(z): Studio MA1 (Braghieri)L'atelier propose d'explorer le thème de la construction dans le territoire alpin, à la lumière des changements imposés par les transformations économiques et sociales qui s'opèrent ces dernières décennies. Le programme prévoit de développer un lieu commun ...
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-496: Behind/Beyond future citiesWe are living in an urban world and the design of sustainable cities is essential in order to decrease our energy footprint. This course provides the instruments to understand the complex urban metabolism, as well as the solutions for planning future smart ...
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 ...
AR-466: UE D : Territory and societyL'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-680: Urbanism of Hope. 16th IFoU Conference.In a context of global crisis, the 16th IFoU conference focuses on attempts, approaches, and solutions on local level. To what extend are they able to reduce the impact of environmental disasters, to improve resiliency and social integration, to overcome f ...
AR-401(at): Studio MA1 (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-402(au): Studio MA2 (Lippok et Walter)Waldrap Atelier will critically investigate the relationships between cities and landscapes. We will analyse this context, discuss strategies, and unveil visions as supporting structures. ...
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-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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
