Integrated Design, Architecture and Sustainability IDEAS

The axis Integrated Design Architecture and Sustainability (IDEAS) is a joint initiative of both the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID) and Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST), directed respectively by Prof. Marilyne Andersen and Prof. Emmanuel Rey. IDEAS aims to integrate sustainable architecture questions from a holistic, interdisciplinary and evaluative perspective within the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC).

Maquettes de thèse, Loïc Fumeaux © LAST | O. Wavre, Lausanne

© CSD Ingénieurs

IDEAS Lunch | 29 October 2024

Research

The next IDEAS LUNCH will take place on Tuesday 29 October 2024 at 12:30 in the IDEAS space (LE 0 10).

Campus EPFL © EPFL / Jamani Caillet

IDEAS interdisciplinary Minor graduation

Education

Jointly initiated by the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) and the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID), this minor aims at reinforcing the integration of sustainability transitions and interdisciplinarity issues in the Master Cycle of the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). At the occasion of the EPFL Graduation Day held on October 5th, six new graduate students simultaneously obtained an interdisciplinary Minor in Integrated design, Architecture and Sustainability (IDEAS). Since the creation of the IDEAS Minor, approximately one hundred students have embarked on this path.

Mobile theatre, Noordwijk NL © Studio Akkerhuis

Starting of the UPCYCLING teaching unit

Education

As part of the axis " Integrated Design, Architecture and Sustainability (IDEAS) ", the UPCYCLING teaching unit focuses on the integration of sustainability issues into architectural design, with special attention to savings in resources. Dedicated to the interdisciplinary design of a temporary pavilion, it gathers about forty EPFL students supervised by lecturers from the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST), the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID) and the Structural Xploration Lab (SXL).

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