Elena Cogato Lanza

EPFL ENAC IA LAB-U
BP 4133 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
1015 Lausanne

Web site:  Web site:  https://lab-u.epfl.ch/

EPFL AVP-DLE-EDOC EDAR-GE
BP 2130 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
1015 Lausanne

Web site:  Web site:  https://go.epfl.ch/phd-edar

EPFL AVP-DLE CDOCT
CE 1 631 (Centre Est)
Station 1
1015 Lausanne

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Administrative data

Fields of expertise

History and Theory of urbanism, 
Theory of contemporary landscape and urban design,
Mapping, Nature and City, Interdisciplinary issues in Urbanism

Publications

Infoscience publications

Research

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Architecture

MAS

2019-ongoing
Membre du Comité scientifique et executif du Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design (MAS ETHZ-EPFL UTD) et responsable, avec Anna Pagani, de l’enseignement System Thinking in the Age of Transition.

2017-2020
Membre du Comité pédagogique du CAS 1 Thèmes et Echelles de l’Urbanisme, dans le cadre du MAS en Urbanisme, EPFL-Université de Genève.







Courses

Theory of urbanism

Theory of Urbanism deals with models, projects, tools, planning and design techniques from the XIXth Century to the present day, by linking theoretical discourse and design, text and image. Urban models and projects are the testing ground of ideas and concepts in the form of spatial themes.

UE J : Territory and landscape

EU J introduces students to urban and territorial analysis, in the light of a research hypothesis. A sequence of operations is proposed: survey/description; spatial principles (form/rationale/dynamics); comparison of urban situations.

Urbanism of Hope. 16th IFoU Conference.

In a context of global crisis, the 16th IFoU conference focuses on attempts, approaches, and solutions on local level. To what extend are they able to reduce the impact of environmental disasters, to improve resiliency and social integration, to overcome fragmentation, segregation, and separation?

Mud on the Floor

The seminar is about how to study construction sites. It will foreground both methodological questions and questions of agency. It will critically unpack the entanglements between architecture and the construction industry, real estate, and the material supply chain.

ORIGINAL KNOWLEDGE. 9th Les Rencontres de l'EDAR

The ninth edition of Les Rencontres de l'EDAR invites doctoral students to reflect on how to elaborate an original scientific knowledge, referring to their own PhD dissertation.