078-0100-00L
Core Design and Research Studio I (EPFL)
Semester
Autumn Semester 2024
Lecturers
external organisers
Periodicity
yearly recurring course
Language of instruction
English
Courses
Number
Title
Hours
Lecturers
078-0100-00 G
Core Design and Research Studio I (EPFL)
**Course at EPFL**
240s hrs
external organisers
Catalogue data
Abstract
Lecturers: P. Viganò with C. Fivet, L. Rossi and guests. The Core Studio will reflect on the “transition”, assuming its multiple dimensions (ecological, social and economic) and developing transcalar design operations in concrete territories. The territory of Greater Geneva will be the test-bed for radical design explorations of possible futures.
Learning objective
Different urban conditions will be considered in order to understand, read and manage the thick complexity of the contemporary habitat where densities, distances, relations and practices shape heterogeneous spaces and ecologies. Conceived as a place of interaction among disciplines, the studio also constitutes the main tool to develop interdisciplinarity within the design practice.
Content
A series of lectures will deal with ecology; the organism and its environment; population and community ecology; and biodiversity. Others lectures on design as knowledge production and on representation—GIS, video and photography—will be embedded within the activities of the studio. Fieldwork is integral to the design studio.
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a semester course
ECTS credits
17 credits
Examiners
Type
ungraded semester performance
Language of examination
English
Repetition
Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit.
Additional information on mode of examination
Registration modalities, date and venue of this performance assessment are specified solely by the EPFL.
Performance assessment as a semester course