Akuto Akpedze KonouExpertise
Ecological & Social Architecture; Sustainable urban planning; Urban agriculture and health-oriented spatial planning and design; Nature-Based Solutions; Circular Design and Construction.
Mission
Design and research healthier, more inclusive, climate-resilient environments through ecological architecture and health-oriented spatial planning.
Akuto Akpedze Konou, PhD, is an architect and urban planner affiliated with CEAT ENAC - IIE EPFL. Her work bridges architectural design and urban planning with
Simon Elias BibriExpertise
• Sustainable cities• Smarter eco-cities• Sustainable smart cities• Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) • Generative Artificial Intelligence of Things (GAIoT)• Foundation Models (FMs) • Quantum Generative Artificial Intelligence (QGAI)• Urban Digital Twins (UDTs)• Urban Brain (UB) • Smart Circular Metabolism• Urban planning and design• Environmental sustainability and climate resilience• Sustainable smart energy• Sustainable smart transportation• Sustainable smart waste and water management•
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
Paul Robert GuhennecMy research focuses on the usage of computational methods for architectural history and their epistemological implications. I am currently a post-doctoral researcher at EPFL's Digital Humanities Laboratory, where I recently finished my doctoral dissertation on Venice's urban and architectural history, entitled «The Skin of Venice: A Computational Approach to the City's Urban Structure».
Ben Ori GitaiExpertise
Landscape architecture, urban planning, political geography, Mapping, ecology and History of landscape
Dr. Ben Gitai brings together geography, architecture, and interconnected fields through his multidisciplinary research and practice. He has held teaching positions at leading Swiss and French institutions, including ETH Zurich and EPFL, as well as scientific collaborations with the David Rumsey Mapping Center at Stanford University.His work draws from landscape architecture, landscape ecology, u
Iegor VlasenkoIegor (Yegor) Vlasenko (he/him) is a researcher in urban studies and planning with a Master of Science degree in Urban Studies from Malmo University (2017). Since April 2023, he is a Doctoral Assistant and PhD student in Architecture and City Sciences at the Laboratory of Urbanism, EPFL, working on the dissertation entitled «Decentralisation as an Agent of Resilience? Comprehending Urbanisation and Wartime Planning in Ukraine». He is also serving as a Communications Assistant of the Doctoral Program in Arch
Aurélie Anne-Laure TerrierAn architect and archaeologist, Aurélie Terrier has been developing for more than two decades a singular expertise at the interface of architectural archaeology, digital heritage and the history of ancient built environments. Her research focuses on ancient and medieval architecture, architectural archaeology, the reuse of building materials, issues related to construction sites, new technologies and digital humanities, as well as the valorisation and restoration of heritage. Trained in architecture at the
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
Raphaël Alain MunozTeaching & PhD Courses Artistic Practices - Interactivity HUM-322 The aim of this course is to design a video game in Unity in which walking is at the heart of the experience. Drawing on references, prototypes and the environmental narrative, students will create an immersive journey in which each step activates elements of the story.
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