Introduction to key construction and space definition elements: load-bearing structure, envelope, openings, equipment and facilities, related construction materials, as well as techniques and assembly methods of these elements in a coherent and sustainabl... 
Sequential analyze of building stages and organization of a construction site: excavation, foundation, structural system, partitions, installation, finishes. Familiarization with building techniques and building trades.
In a global and transverse approach, the course deals with technical topics related to building design and construction, namely: building physics, structures, materials, assembly and building services.
In a global and transverse approach the course deals with technical topics related to building design and construction, namely: building physics, structures, materials, assembly and building services.
Technologie du Bâti V deals with building as a 'system' of technical and cultural operations that comprise environmental, material, structural and assembly choices. This is meant to help students acquire critical building design abilities.
Detailed descriptions of complex building projects are employed to examine the relationship between spatial, environmental, structural, material and design. Concrete application of the topics studied in Tech. du Bâti V and a major integrative case study a...
The atelier will reflect on the role of architecture and technology in an environmentally sensitive, production-specific and culturally rich setting such as Lavaux, where the students will consider accommodation, rehersal, and performing facilities for vi...
Political Economy of Design seeks to position and discuss architecture in relation to the world of production, economic interests and community benefits, at a local and global scale.
Technological Innovation has three aims.
It seeks to: a) examine how new products and processes are developed specifically in or for the building sector, b) discuss the elements constraining their dissemination, and c) lay out a theory of how success can...
Superstudio provides an opportunity to experience multidisciplinary design within a data-rich work environment. Superstudio participants will learn how to relate specialist knowledge to a particular context, and how to integrate numerous technical dimensi...
