Catarina Wall Gago
Scientist
EPFL ENAC IIE HERUS
GR C1 512 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 37 33
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Biography
Researcher at the Laboratory on Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS) and lecturer at the Architecture Section (SAR, EPFL). Participation in the courses "UE-F: Architecture and renovation" and "History of housing".On-going project : Coordination of the MOOC Sustainable assessment of cities (EdX, HERUS).
PhD ès sciences, IST-EPFL Joint doctoral initiative, 2015.
Doctoral thesis in Architecture concerning the contemporary renovation of 19th century housing in Lisbon, Oporto and Geneva (IST-EPFL, 2015), supervision Luca Ortelli and Ana Tostões.
Master's degree in Architecture at the IST, Lisbon University, 2007.
Master's dissertation concerning original types of housing and contemporary renovation of houses in Lisbon's Baixa Pombalina (IST, 2007), supervision Ana Tostões.
Participation in the research project regarding the renovation of windows in residential buildings built between 1850-1920 in Switzerland (funded by the Stiftung für Förderung der Denkmalpflege and carried out at the LCC by Luca Ortelli, Pierre Zurbrugg, Catarina Wall Gago and Georgine Roch, 2012).
Coordination of the MOOC Housing and cities (EdX).
Previously worked in the architecture offices Falcão de Campos Arq., Souto Moura SA and Tardin & Pittet architectes.
Publications
Infoscience publications
Publications
Housing, street and health: a new systemic research framework
Buildings and Cities
2023
DOI : 10.5334/bc.298
Rénovation de logements: Immeubles d'habitation fin XIXe et début XXe siècle à Lausanne
Lausanne: EPFL Press.Rénovation d’un héritage bâti: Entre sauvegarde et confort domestique
MetisPresses.L'immeuble d'habitation avenue d'Echallens 15 à Lausanne construit en 1901 par l'entrepreneur Charles Pache
Monuments vaudois. La revue du patrimoine artistique vaudois
2019-11-26
Windows and renovation: The case of 19th century ordinary housing in Switzerland
2016. HERITAGE 2016: 5th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development , Lisbon , July 12-15, 2016.Housing and Contemporaneity: Recent Renovations in Lisbon's Baixa Pombalina
docomomo Journal: Modern Lisbon
2016
DOI : 10.52200/55.A.FPR7AWLR
Arquitetura escolar: Análise comparativa de operações de reabilitação contemporâneas na região de Lausanne (Vaud, Suíça)
2016Advisor(s) : ;
Un hôtel diffus à la montagne. Transformation du hameau d'Aï à Leysin
2016Tipos de habitação corrente e estratégias de intervenção: Lisboa, Porto, Genebra (XVIII-XIX)
Pensar História da Arte: Estudos de homenagem a José-Augusto França; Lisboa: Esfera do Caos Editores,2016.
p. 209-221.Contemporary renovation of 19th century housing in Lisbon, Oporto and Geneva
Lausanne, EPFL, 2015.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6503.
La densification de l'habitat individuel dans les zones suburbaines. Quartier d'habitation autour d'un parc
2014Renovation strategies: use and changes to Lisbon’s domestic spaces
2014. REHAB 2014 , Tomar, Portugal , March 2014. p. 169-176.Typology, comfort and heritage: Renovation strategies in Portugal and in Switzerland
Santo Tirso International Campus: Low cost dwelling for the new society, utilisation of existing patrimony, Santo Tirso, Portugal, August 19-23, 2013.Modifications typologiques: Plans originaux et rénovations contemporaines d’habitations du XIXe à Genève
Colloque romand des historien-ne-s des monuments, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des lettres, May 24, 2013.Urban identity: heritage protection and comfort regulations in Geneva’s current housing
2013. Changing cities: Spatial, morphological, formal & socio-economic dimensions , Skiathos, Greece , June 18-21.Assainissement de fenêtres: Immeubles d'habitation 1850 - 1920
2012
Lisboa, Porto, Genebra (XVIII-XIX): Tipos de habitação corrente e estratégias de intervenção
IV Congresso de História da Arte Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal, November 21-24, 2012.Habitação na Baixa Pombalina: Análise de Tipos e Estudo de Intervenções
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Research
On-going projects
Coordination of the MOOC Sustainable assessment of cities (EdX, HERUS).Completed research projects
Housing and Cities MOOCProjet coordination (2015-2017)
https://www.edx.org/course/housing-and-cities
Contemporary renovation of 19th century housing in Lisbon, Oporto, and Geneva: Comfort, typology and urban character (2015).
PhD research carried out within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative.
Advisors: Luca Ortelli (EPFL) and Ana Tostões (IST)
ReHAB: Assainissement de fenêtres dans les immeubles d'habitation 1850-1920 (2012).
Developed by Luca Ortelli, Pierre Zurbrügg, Catarina Wall Gago and Georgine Roch with the support of the Stiftung zur Förderung der Denkmalpflege.
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Architecture
Participation in the course "History of housing"
Architecture, Master semester 1, dir. Luca Ortelli
https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/fr/histoire-de-l-habitation-AR-427
Courses
UE F : Architecture and rehabilitation
This class aims to raise the students' awareness to the specificities of a renovation project. The Teaching Unit focuses on the relation between renovation demands and a broad architectural vision, with particular emphasis on sustainable development.
Sustainability assessment of urban systems
This course provides students with the ability to critically reflect on sustainability and perform a sustainability assessment based of problems in urban areas. At the end of the course students are able to develop a own sustainability assessment with the Sustainability Solution Space methodology.