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-330: Transports et énergie : approches historiquesCe cours-atelier traite de l'évolution des technologies du transport en Suisse aux 19e et 20e siècles. Grâce à l'analyse interactive de documents d'époque (sources), l'étudiant-e prend conscience des relations entre le technique et le social et analyse les ...
ENV-501: Material flow analysis and resource managementThis course provides the basis to understand material and energy production and consumption processes. Students learn how to develop a material flow analysis and apply it to resource management cases. They analyze the implications of their models on resour ...
ENV-410: Science of climate changeThe course equips students with a comprehensive scientific understanding of climate change covering a wide range of topics from physical principles, historical climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, the IPCC assessment to future scenarios and climate ac ...
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-154: Histoire et théories de l'environnement ILe cours vise a familiariser les etudiants avec l'histoire de l'environnement et des paysages, et avec la maniere dont les preoccupations environnementales amenent a repenser aujourd'hui le sens et les principes de l'architecture et des disciplines de pr ...
HUM-254: Histoire internationale contemporaineCe cours a pour objectif de mettre en évidence l'histoire du capitalisme de la révolution industrielle (fin 18e siècle) jusqu'à nos jours. Il s'intéresse aux grandes mutations économiques, technologiques, sociales et environnementales qui ont accompagné l' ...
HUM-385: Histoire des sciences et des techniquesQu'est-ce que la science fait au monde ? Ce cours propose de réfléchir à cette question à partir des exemples offerts par l'histoire des sciences et des techniques, du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours. ...
AR-302(an): Studio BA6 (Truwant et Rodet)Together, we will continue our exploration of the theme of water by building a set of fountains that we will later attempt to integrate into a domestic project for the port of Basel. The focus will be on the transformation or reuse of existing resources in ...
HUM-402: Experimental history of science IThe course allows students to learn by doing about the history of science, and the role played by experimentation, technical skills or material objects in the production of knowledge. Students will explore these topics by reconstructing a historical experi ...
AR-402(ao): Studio MA2 (Nagel and Theissen)In the design studio, we take a critical look at aesthetically neglected and mono-functional industrial zones. For these places, we develop new types of mixed-use hybrid buildings that enrich and transform these sites with functions such as housing and lei ...
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(o): Studio BA5 (elii)Fiction is one of the laboratories that architecture uses for its tests. This should not come as a surprise, since architecture has always been a "science of fiction". The studio holds by elii [architecture office] will work in Madrid on housing, domestici ...