Course

PENS-240: Saxa Loquuntur: Culture of construction

Summary

The course explores how material extraction, territorial change, trade, local traditions, and industrial production interconnect. By examining scales from territory to building detail, students learn how various professions interact to shape the built environment.

Lectures

Instructors (3)

Savvas Saloustros

Education PhD | Construction Engineering 2017 – 2017 UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain MSc | Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) 2013 – 2013 University of Padova, Italy & UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain Diploma | Civil Engineering 2012 – 2012 National Technical University of Athens, Greece Professionals experiences Co-founder & Board Member 2019–2019 FENECStructural Engineer 2019–2019 Windmill Structural Constultants, Barcel

Martin Fröhlich

Expertise Trained Architect and Co-Founder of AFF Architekten Berlin / Lausanne Teaching & PhD Courses Saxa Loquuntur: Culture of construction PENS-240 The course explores how material extraction, territorial change, trade, local traditions, and industrial production interconnect. By examining scales from territory to building detail, students learn how various professions interact to shape the built environment. Studio BA6 (Fröhlich M. & A.) AR-302(ag) Greenhouse Studies exp

Luciano Nicolas Antonietti

Expertise 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

Official source

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http://go.epfl.ch/PENS-240

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