Tiago André Pratas Borges
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Expertise
Type et Typologie
Jardins d'hiver et architecture domestique
Transfers et réemplois typologique
Collage et types composés
Histoire de l'environnement
My doctoral research focuses on type dynamics and typological transfer in architecture, specifically examining the interaction between greenhouses and domestic spaces, its operative influence in architectural design and impact in the future.
After teaching with Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal, I joined the EAST laboratory at EPFL. At EAST we do research on types and typology, and develop design strategies for reuse and typological transfer in architecture.
I regularly collaborate with architectural publications and have been awarded the "Erstling - Critique d'Architecture émergente" distinction by the Swiss magazine Werk, Bauen und Wohnen. I curated the 5x3 lecture series at the Forum d'Architectures de Lausanne and I was co-curator of the exhibition Still a Matter of Art - Young Swiss Architecture at the Forum d'Architectures de Lausanne and. In 2019, I co-edited the book Plans and Images, published by Park Books in 2019. Between 2020 and 2022, I developed projects as a curator at Archizoom, the architecture center at EPFL: Sometimes Doing Nothing Leads to Something (2020), Do Not Carry Your Flag Too Low - Actions from Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative (2022).
Prix et distinctions
Emergent architecture criticism competition | Erstlings - des Wettbewerbs für Architekturkritik
werk, bauen wohnen
2016
Triennale d'Art UNIL
Selected projet
2016
Publications
Journal Articles
Does it Make Sense to Speak about Type Today? On Typology, Climate and The Work of Lacaton & Vassal
Burning Farm. A Journal on Architecture and Domestic Space. 2023.Qui se passe-t-il à Ritter Un ?
Tracés : revue suisse romande des techniques et cultures du bâti / Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes (SIA). 2021.Répéter différemment - Observations sur le travail de Camponovo Baumgartner Architekten au Wildermettpark
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen. 2017. DOI : 10.5169/seals-738168.Durand vs. Pinterest
Trans : Publikationsreihe des Fachvereins der Studierenden am Departement Architektur der ETH Zürich. 2015. DOI : 10.5169/seals-918913.Conference Papers
Is Green A Good Color For A House? Typological Transfer And The LOG ID Experiment
2024. Space Oddity: On Spatial Narratives - XII Graduate Conference in Culture Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, January 25-27, 2024.Climatic Affinities or Type As A Structure Of Relations Based On Typological Transfer In The Work Of Lacaton & Vassal And Other Similar Precedents
2023. The Fifth Typology: On Architecture and Type, EPFL, Lausanne, April 04-05, 2023.Climatic Affinities or Type As A Structure Of Relations, Based On Typological Transfer In The Work Of Lacaton & Vassal And Other Similar Precedents
2023. The Fifth Typology A Symposium on Type and Architecture, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 4-5, 2023.Reviews
Ein Akt der Grosszügigkeit - Peter Zumthor im Kunsthaus Bregenz
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen. 2017.Books
Studies on Types. Filling Stations.
Zürich: Triest Verlag, 2025.Studies on Types: Dormitories
Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2022.An Archive of Projects on Typology in Architecture 2013-2018
Zürich: Parkbooks, 2019.Theses
Neither House nor Garden. Greenhouses as Domestic Space and the Question of Climatic Typology
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-11139.Book Chapters
To Work Typologicalle Is to Re-co-gnise: Some Thoughts on the Typological Study 'Tackle the Type: Dormitories'
Transcalar prospects in climate crisis : architectural research in re/action; Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers, 2024. p. 216 - 217.From Precedents to References - The Case of "Tackle the Type"
Studies on Types: Dormitories; Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2022.Introduction: On Lit avec les Yeux
Plans and images: an archive of projects on typology in architecture 2013-2018; Zürich: Parkbooks, 2019.Tackle the Type Interview With Rafael Moneo on Typology
Plans and images: an archive of projects on typology in architecture 2013-2018; Zürich: Park Books, 2019.Talks
Some Houses Are Worth Reading Twice. The Greenhouse Effects Of The House Latapie, 30 Years After
Course "Theory and Architectural Culture", Lausanne, Switzerland, April 6, 2023.Climatic Affinities - Typological transfer in the work of Lacaton & Vassal and other similar precedents
Conferences Tackle The Type: Filling Stations, Lausanne, 27.03.2023.Media
Dormir dans un dortoir
2023.On n'échappe pas à l’espace!
2020.Enseignement et PhD
Courses
Théorie et critique du projet BA5 (Fröhlich M. & A.)
AR-301(ag)
Greenhouse Studies explore le potentiel des structures de serres dans le contexte des défis contemporains. Les ateliers de projet étudient les serres comme un type architectural sensible au climat, capable de transformer des structures existantes en espaces collectifs et communautaires.
Théorie et critique du projet BA6 (Fröhlich M. & A.)
AR-302(ag)
Greenhouse Studies explore le potentiel des structures de serres dans le contexte des défis contemporains. Les ateliers de projet étudient les serres comme un type architectural sensible au climat, capable de transformer des structures existantes en espaces collectifs et communautaires.
Théorie et critique du projet MA1 (Fröhlich M. & A.)
AR-401(ag)
Greenhouse Studies explore le potentiel des structures de serres dans le contexte des défis contemporains. Les ateliers de projet étudient les serres comme un type architectural sensible au climat, capable de transformer des structures existantes en espaces collectifs et communautaires.
Théorie et critique du projet MA2 (Fröhlich M. & A.)
AR-402(ag)
Greenhouse Studies explore le potentiel des structures de serres dans le contexte des défis contemporains. Les ateliers de projet étudient les serres comme un type architectural sensible au climat, capable de transformer des structures existantes en espaces collectifs et communautaires.