Habitat Research Center

The Habitat Research Center (HRC) at EPFL is an interdisciplinary research platform focused on exploring urban phenomena and generating visions and projects related to urbanization in transition. By combining basic research and research by design, HRC brings together architects, engineers, urban ecologists, and social scientists to address crucial ecological and social challenges in contemporary urban spaces. HRC's main research fields include Landscape Habitats, Healthy Habitats, and Productive Habitats, aiming to design the urban ecological transition through sustainable urbanization. One of HRC's significant projects is the development of the first Atlas of Landscapes of Paris, in collaboration with the City of Paris and the French State, to understand and address the city's resources and challenges in the context of socio-ecological transition.