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Patronage as Collaboration

Published:18.12.23 — Michela Bonomo contributed to Vol. 3, No. 5 of the Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge on the call "Collaborations: Rethinking Architectural Design" in December 2023 with her article 'Patronage as Collaboration. Dante Bini's Villas in Sardinia'.

Exposition collective – Design(s) : Mobilité et Territoire

Published:07.11.24 — ALICE est heureuse de présenter deux projets d’étudiant.e.x.s de première année dans le cadre de l’exposition collective "Design(s) : Mobilité et Territoire" montée par HiFlow. L’exposition questionne la vision et les préoccupations d’une jeune génération de designers, d’architectes et de créateur.ice.x.s suisses et européen.ne.x.s à travers un panorama de projets issus de l’ECAL, la HEAD ou l’EPFL qui abordent autant la pratique de la mobilité que l’appréhension innovante des territoires.

New postgrad course "Digital Timber Construction"

Published:19.04.23 — How can we leverage technology and digital tools to design innovative and sustainable wood construction projects?

Smart Living Lab Annual Report 2022

Published:19.07.23 — Discover the Smart Living Lab 2022 annual report! The succession of unprecedented crises that continue to beset our society calls for profound changes in how we produce and use buildings. These have an impact on the environment and the climate because they consume energy and natural resources for the sake of human comfort. They can also affect our health, and raise geopolitical challenges due to issues surrounding access to raw and construction materials. Our lifestyles have dramatically changed since the COVID-19 pandemic, which has in turn led us to use the built environment in new ways. These changes require innovative technological and social solutions that are driven by scientific progress.

An interpretative framework for the urban banks of the Rhône

Published:12.11.24 — How can the banks of the Rhône be developed in a sustainable and resilient way? That’s the question posed by Sara Formery, architect and postdoctoral researcher at EPFL’s Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST), in this column published in four daily newspapers in French-speaking Switzerland.

The consequences of the boom in online shopping

Published:18.11.24 — Our online shopping has exploded in the space of a decade. Why is online shopping so popular? What are the consequences for the way we live, and for our cities? Luca Pattaroni, full professor at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology, discusses this in ‘Tribu’. 

“There's room in Swiss agriculture for greater biodiversity”

Published:13.12.23 — This year’s UNIL-EPFL Durabilis Awards went to two Master’s projects addressing sustainability in the food industry. Both winners – Agathe Crosnier (EPFL – SSIE) and Nicolas Bissardon (UNIL) – came up with fresh ideas for producing and consuming food in a more environmentally responsible way.

New PhD Student at LIPID

Published:12.10.24 — Pierre-Etienne Merret joinded forces with the LIPID team on September 1st, 2024. He is registered in the Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering (EDCE).

C. Küpfer invited in Germany, Sweden and Italy this summer.

Published:16.09.24 — Célia Küpfer, PhD research at the Structural Xploration Lab was invited for three lectures in Europe this Summer.

What can the Avanchet-Parc housing complex teach us today?

Published:09.05.23 — In this column, published in three regional dailies, researcher and architect Giulia Marino discusses how the Avanchet-Parc housing complex near Geneva can inspire future ecodistricts