Tiago André Pratas Borges
EPFL ENAC IA EAST-CO
BP 4229 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
1015 Lausanne
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Fields of expertise
Theory of Architecture
Type and Typology
Greenhouses and Domestic Architecture
Typological Transfers and Reuse
Collage and Composite Types
Type and Typology
Greenhouses and Domestic Architecture
Typological Transfers and Reuse
Collage and Composite Types
Biography
I'm an independent architect, researcher, and educator at EPFL.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).