The urgent need to retrofit the existing building stock is a well-known theme, abundantly dealt with in the scientific literature. Thermal simulations have a key role, assessing the effective energy performance of buildings. At the same time, researchers f ...
« Ils finiraient presque par l’aimer », titrait la presse dominicale suisse romande en juillet 2020. Lui, c’est le Stade olympique de la Pontaise à Lausanne, inauguré à l’occasion de la Coupe du monde de football de 1954, et voué à la démolition depuis de ...
The latest European polices highlight the urgent need to rehabilitate the existing building stock, responsible for 40 % of the EU's total energy consumption. In this process, a key role is played by thermal simulations, assessing the effective energy perfo ...
La découverte d'une œuvre d'art totale de Jean Tschumi, aussi célèbre que méconnue. Achevé en 1956, le siège de la Mutuelle Vaudoise à Lausanne devient rapidement le modèle de l'architecture administrative en Suisse. L'intention du maître de l'ouvrage est ...
Le Corbusier’s apartment-studio is an iconic object of the twentieth century, combining the indisputable material values of the building with the intangible “sense of place” of an architect’s home. Le Corbusier, who lived there from 1934 until his death in ...
Latest European Union programs related to energy efficiency underline the need for retrofitting existing buildings, which are responsible for 40% of EU total energy consumption. Accounting for almost 45% of the existing building stock, the architecture of ...
Recent successes in the reuse and rehabilitation of 20th century architecture have shown that design begins with the study of history. Study of the material history of built structures, together with historical and critical investigation, supported by diag ...
Recent successes in the reuse and rehabilitation of 20th century architecture have shown that design begins with the study of history. Study of the material history of built structures, together with historical and critical investigation, supported by diag ...