ENG-410: Energy supply, economics and transitionThis course examines energy systems from various angles: available resources, how they can be combined or substituted, their private and social costs, whether they can meet the energy demand, and how the transition to a renewable energy system can be foste ...
HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability IThis course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, population growth. Although grounded in economics, it takes up elements from many other disciplines. ...
AR-506: Sustainable Japanese architecture and landscapeThis course focuses on the circulation of the imaginary between cultures. It shows how major Western architects, landscape designers, painters and sculptors have been inserting sustainable architectural and landscape Japanese devices and notions into their ...
ChE-304: Energy systems engineeringThis course will provide a toolkit to students to understand and analyze sustainable energy systems. In addition, the main sustainable energy technologies will be introduced and their governing principles explained. ...
BIO-491: New tools & research strategies in personalized healthThis course introduces the concept of personalized health, exploring its foundational technologies as well as the technological, legal, and ethical challenges the field currently faces. Strategies and approaches used to address these challenges will also b ...
CIVIL-466: Water resources engineering and managementThe course focuses on designing and managing water systems to ensure sustainable use for both human and environmental needs. Engineering aspects:water quantity, quality, timing, distribution. Management: economic evaluation of water systems in the context ...
AR-497: Building design in the circular economyThe class introduces the concept of circular economy and its applications to building design, with a focus on design with reused components and design for disassembly. The class develops critical thinking skills over and above theoretical and technical inp ...
AR-301(ah): Théorie et critique du projet BA5 (Malterre-Barthes)"To be useful, helpful, of assistance to someone:" The "In Service of: Berre" studio
reflects on the architectural and territorial project as a form of public service. It explores how architecture and design tools can engage in spatial struggles in the con ...
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 ...
ENV-370: Environmental system analysis and assessmentLes enjeux environnementaux doivent être abordés de façon systémique. L'Analyse du Cycle de Vie (ACV) et l'Analyse de Flux de Matière (AFM) sont des méthodes permettant d'évaluer de façon globale les performances environnementales des produits, des service ...
AR-449: Architecture et énergie solaireCe cours vise à donner aux architectes les connaissances et le regard critique nécessaires à utiliser des technologies et
stratégies solaires adaptés (passives et actives, hivernales et estivales) dans un projet architectural cohérent. ...
AR-202(p): Studio BA4 (Fröhlich M. & A.)SUSTAINABLE REALITY I "critical mass"
EAST Design Studio explore la relation entre l'intention de conception, l'utilisation des matériaux et les éléments architecturaux. L'objectif est de développer des méthodes de conception circulaire durable. ...
AR-201(p): Studio BA3 (Fröhlich M. & A.)SUSTAINABLE REALITY I "critical mass"
EAST Design Studio explore la relation entre l'intention de conception, l'utilisation des matériaux et les éléments architecturaux. L'objectif est de développer des méthodes de conception circulaire durable. (the stud ...
AR-301(d): Studio BA5 (Fröhlich M. & A.)"Tackle the type" deals with processes of development and redesign of architectural typologies, and addresses the theme critically under todayâs contemporary condition. Based on the analysis of a specific building typology, independent projects are to be ...
HUM-355: Cooperation and developmentCe cours abordera les défis majeurs du développement durable auxquels font face les pays du Sud. Les étudiants-es travailleront en groupes interdisciplinaires sur des projets réels (p.ex. Medair, Swiss Red Cross etc.) visant le développement durable à trav ...
AR-301(af): Studio BA5 (Tsuneyama)Urban Wild Ecology / Production and Decomposition Urbanism / FOOD studio examines urban collective housing integrating a self-sustaining cycle of food, from production to disposal. A highly contextualized and food-centered approach will lead the design of ...
AR-301(am): Studio BA5 (Everaert and Lateur)'While we're young' studies the possibilities within the city to create places exclusively for youth.
We will shift from traditional ways of designing the public space to a new paradigma, starting from the world of young citizens, in order to open the deb ...
