Critical Survey

Since the 1960s, EPFL has continued to study anonymous architecture through the active process of architectural surveying. This in-depth research has been inherited by LAPIS, which has since contributed to its development and dissemination. Through systematic research in the field, the laboratory aims to develop new synergies between automatic digital survey methods and those of artisanal drawing, for both rural Alpine buildings and ‘delicate artefacts’. Once documented, these buildings will be geo- referenced and organised according to morphological, typological and constructive criteria in an interactive and evolving database — a palimpsest devised through analogy. The project encourages a critical awareness of the choices involved in transforming the territory, by means of tools designed for all those involved in the construction and conservation of the Alpine landscape. The promotion of ‘lesser knowledge’ as a cultural horizon by planning, development and heritage control institutions is a key element in the sustainable development of the region.

TEACHING

3d Systematic Surveying of Alpine Habitat (Semaine ENAC, 2021-ongoing)

Relevé (Bachelor course, 2015-2019)

RESEARCH

Architectural study and restitution of the Greco-Roman temple of Sobek and Haroeris in Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt (Research – Aurélie Terrier, ongoing)

DISSEMINATION

Raccards, greniers et écuries. Réflexions sur le bâti rural valaisan

 

Baldassarre Peruzzi, Scena Prospettica Con Edifici Romani, 1675 Circa, Reale Galleria Degli Uffizi, Firenze