Examines sustainability, architecture, and materials through historical transitions, philosophical perspectives, and the essence of architecture as a technical activity.
Delves into EPFL's Climate & Sustainability Action Week, a collaborative 5-day program focusing on methods, outcomes, emotional expression, and team work.
Delves into the potential of urban riverbanks for sustainable neighborhoods and emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary exchanges among doctoral students.
Explores material lifecycle, properties, sustainability, and design, emphasizing the importance of auditing products for sustainability and discussing the evaluation of consumer products like LEGO.
Delves into the architectural articulation of food production, focusing on collective granaries and the postcolonial impact of cement production in Africa.
Discusses sustainability through the Three Horizons framework, emphasizing the need for community-level actions and a new societal narrative for ecological transformation.
Explores the sustainability of development projects, emphasizing social, economic, environmental, and technical dimensions, stakeholder engagement, and challenges in ensuring long-term sustainability.
Examines the relationship between climate change events and underlying trends, emphasizing the importance of understanding system structures and feedback loops.
Highlights the critical role of building diagnostics in architecture, emphasizing the analysis of existing structures to inform design decisions and address sustainability challenges.
Delves into the legislative and normative framework constraining architects in terms of environmental themes, building requirements, safety, and aesthetics.
Explores urban sustainability assessment, focusing on decision-making for sustainable cities through approaches, solution spaces, and indicator selection.
Covers the integration of sustainability into the EPFL curriculum and available opportunities for students to enhance their environmental responsibility skills.
Explores Tafuri's unique approach to architectural critique and historical analysis, emphasizing the importance of multiple readings to grasp his philosophical style.
