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Fiona del Puppo, in a student residence near EPFL. © 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

So you've left student accommodation. What next?

17.12.24Research

For her PhD thesis in architecture, Fiona del Puppo looked at the challenges young people face finding somewhere to live after leaving university. She outlines her observations in a column published in the Swiss French-language press.

Luana Ferrari, Vibhu Baibhav, Julia Gallmeier, Eloïse Richard, Julien Pignat © 2024 UNIL Fabrice Ducrest + DR

2024 Durabilis Award: focusing on solutions and risks

How can we ensure a low-carbon economy by 2050? What kind of sustainable housing can be imagined? The winners of the 2024 Durabilis prize awarded by EPFL and UNIL suggest ways forward, while raising awareness of potential risks.

© 2024 TU Wien

Field study and lecture of the role of architectural design

Yunjoung (Yunni) Cho has undertaken a field study hosted by TU Wien (Technical University of Vienna, Austria) in collaboration with 2nd Department of Psychiatry at Hietzing Clinic in Vienna from June to August 2024.

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Superstudio: Domesticated Foodscapes, Finals – Volxsküche + Cinema / EAST

17-12-202419-12-2024

Place and room: SG 1212
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Exhibition and reviews / EPFL Architecture

13-12-202419-12-2024

Place and room: SG Building
Category: Miscellaneous

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

09-12-202420-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

10-12-202421-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

11-12-202422-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

12-12-202423-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

13-12-202424-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

14-12-202425-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

15-12-202426-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

16-12-202427-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

17-12-202428-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

Books at low prices / ARCHIZOOM

18-12-202429-12-2024

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Cultural events

©2022 CEPV - MBR

Klaas de Ryck – Thinking through structure / ALICE

24-02-202524-02-2025

With: Klaas de Ryck
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Tempus Sessorium, Richard Copans / MANSLAB

03-03-202503-03-2025

With: Richard Copans
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63859039695
Category: Conferences – Seminars

©2022 CEPV - Nella Stücker

Etat des lieux – Constellations / ALICE

10-03-202510-03-2025

Place and room: AAD
Category: Miscellaneous

Tempus Transitus, Vernissage du livre et exposition / MANSLAB

10-03-202516-03-2025

Place and room: SG 294.22
Category: Exhibitions

©2022 CEPV - Lisa Bertoldi

Etat des lieux – Rooms (in the city) / ALICE

07-04-202507-04-2025

Place and room: AAD
Category: Miscellaneous

9th Rencontres de l'EDAR: Original Knowledge

13-05-202514-05-2025

Place and room: AAC 0 06, AAC 114
Category: Conferences – Seminars

©2022 CEPV - Nella Stücker

Final Reviews – Riponne Rooms / ALICE

27-05-202528-05-2025

Place and room: AAD / Riponne
Category: Miscellaneous

CISBAT 2025 International Scientific Conference on the Built Environment in Transition

03-09-202505-09-2025

Place and room: Swiss Tech Convention Center
Category: Convention

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© 2024 ARCHITECT@WORK

ARCHITECT@WORK _ Features "Sustainability : Progress and Challenges"

15.11.24EPFL community

This first edition of Architect@Work in Western Switzerland features a series of meetings and exhibitions on the theme of sustainability. Invitations are available to architects and architecture students at EPFL.

© 2024 EPFL

Tiny Hotels and Lodgings' competition – for biodiversity

14.10.24EPFL community

Swiss Tourism is launching a design competition for innovative bee and insect hotels, as well as bird and hedgehog shelters, which take account of species protection criteria. Open to students, the deadline for entries is 12.12.2024.

© 2024 PASA

Call for applications Prix Acier Student Award 2024

06.08.24Education

Award for architecture and civil engineering – The future of steel construction lies in the hands of the younger generation: it is to them that steel construction will be handed on. The Steel Student Award is intended to motivate students of architecture and civil engineering to integrate steel into their projects.