03_programme and abstracts

The seminar will take place from November 7th to 9th at Le Courtil in Rolle (Rue du Port 14) and will be moderated by Shady Attia, scientific researcher at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID) at the EPFL. Room and board plus transportation to/from the EPFL are covered for EDAR students. Students from outside the EPFL will be responsible for obtaining funding from their institution. Room and board for the three days will be around 400 CHF per person.

(click on the titles of the abstracts to get access to the texts)

November 7th

09:30 – 10:30 Opening remarks by Shady Attia and self–introductions by participants
10:30 – 10:45 Conference by Ola Söderström, Professor of geography at the University
of Neuchâtel
10:45 – 11:00 Presentation by Alexandra Thorer "Mobility & Hubs: China’s Impact on Urban Africa. In the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"

11:00 – 11:15 Presentation by Tobias Baitsch "Shaping the unplanned"

11:15 – 11:30 Presentation by Carole Lanoix " Images de la pensée. Penser en images"

11:45 - 12:00 Presentation by Sasha Cisar
12:00 – 12:40 Discussion and questions on the morning presentations
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:45 Workshop: Diagram synthesis (individual to collective)
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee / tea break
16:00 – 17:30 Synthesis of outcomes: presentations by workgroups
17:30 – 18:30 Break
18:30 Dinner

November 8th

09:00 – 09:30 Introduction of and conference by Elena Cogato Lanza, architect and senior
scientist at the Laboratory of Conservation and Construction, EPFL.
09:30 – 09:45 Presentation by Nancy Couling "What is Research in Architecture?"

09:45 – 10:00 Presentation by Nick Drofiak "Trespassing"
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:30 Presentation by Thomas Favre-Bulle "Unfolding causes with diagrams*
10:30 – 10:45 Presentation by Jean-Claude Girard  "The work of the architect Leandro V. Locsin"
11:00 – 12:30 Discussion and questions on the morning presentations
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:45 Workshop: Understanding through diagramming (collective)
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee / tea break
16:00 – 17:30 Synthesis of outcomes: presentations by workgroups
17:30 – 18:30 Break
18:30 Dinner

November 9th

09:30 – 09:45 Introduction of and conference by Shady Attia, scientific collaborator at the
Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID)
09:45 – 10:00 Presentation by Maria Gracia Riera "abstract"
 10:00 – 10:15 Presentation by Siobhan Rockcastle
 10:15 – 10:30 Break
 10:30 – 10:45 Presentation by  Clayton Miller " What is Architectural Research? – A Story of an Engineer’s Identity Crisis"
 10:45 – 11:00 Presentation by Shin Koseki
11:00 – 12:30 Discussion and questions on the morning presentations
12:30 – 15:30 Workshop excursion (peripatetic, weather-permitting): returning to the
point of departure (collective to individual) with bagged lunch provided by Le
Courtil.
15:30 – 16:30 Discussion and closing remarks with coffee and tea (comments by each
participant on their takeaway from the seminar).