AFFILIATED LABORATORIES
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© Anna Karla Almeida, 2020
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Laboratory of Landscape Development (LAND)
Landscape is the result and expression of a metabolism between nature, society and technology (Ernst Neef)
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IAGS Institute for Area and Global Studies (CDH)
Research and teaching activities taking root in local realities across diverse contexts.
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ALICE Atelier de la Conception de l’Espace (ENAC)
Landscape, Urban Design, Architecture, Public Space, Mobility Space and Infrastructures, Embodied Space
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CEAT Urban and Regional Planning Community (ENAC)
Urbanism, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Public Space, Slums, Global South
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PERL Plant Ecology Research Laboratory (ENAC)
Spatial/temporal dynamics of natural ecosystems, climate change impacts, acclimation and environmental memory
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HERUS Laboratory for Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems (ENAC)
Human-Environment Relations, Urban Metabolism, Social-Network/Agent Analysis, Machine Learning
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IMAC Applied Computing and Mechanics Laboratory (ENAC)
Sensing, Model Updating, Asset Management, Resilience, Design Strategies
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LAB-U Laboratory of Urbanism (ENAC)
Urbanism, Landscape Urbanism, Urban Design
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LASIG Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems (ENAC)
GIS, Spatial Decision Support, Digital Urban Models
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LAST Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (ENAC)
Urban Design, Architectural Design, Urban Regeneration, Sustainable Neighbourhood and Architecture
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LASUR Urban Sociology Laboratory (ENAC)
Sociology, Anthropology / Urbanism, Public Places, Global South Cities
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SXL Structural Xploration Lab (ENAC)
Circular structural design, Optimum reuse, Selective deconstruction/Reversible construction, Waste upcycling, Environmental indicators, Ready-for-reuse building structures, multi-purpose kits of parts
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LIPID Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (ENAC)
Daylighting strategies, Building Performance Simulation, Comfort and health in buildings, Visual perception, Sustainability and energy-efficiency, Design support
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MCS Structural Maintenance and Safety Laboratory (ENAC)
Novel engineering methods/technologies in structural engineering
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SBER Stream Biofilm and Ecosystem Research Laboratory (ENAC)
Ecology, Ecosystem Science, Eco-Hydraulics, Microbial Ecology, Biogeochemistry
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TSAM Techniques et Sauvegarde de l’Architecture Moderne (ENAC)
Conservation, restauration, réhabilitation, restructuration, réaffectation, extension, sauvegarde de l´architecture
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DHLAB Digital Humanities Laboratory (CDH)
Data Visualisation, Computational approaches
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DLAB Data Science Laboratory (IC)
Machine learning, computational social science, data mining
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LIDIAP Laboratory of the Idiap Research Institute (STI)
Social Computing, Machine Learning