Concept

Progrès social

The Habitat Research Center and the Fondation Braillard Architectes, in the framework of The Eco-Century Project®, organize the 7th Bernardo Secchi Working Seminar. An international, interdisciplinary

HUM-393: Introduction to Environmental History

Ce cours propose, dans une approche croisée d'histoire environnementale et d'histoire des techniques, d'étudier la « mise en ressource » de la nature aux XIXe et XXe siècles.

HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability I

This course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, and, if time permits, population growth and gro

AR-523: UE V : Visions and utopias

L'unité d'enseignement prendra la forme d'un atelier opérationnel dans lequel l'esprit visionnaire et abstrait proposé par la littérature utopiste cherchera une forme urbaine concrète en composant ave

HUM-479: Emotion, value, and life-defining choices II

In this master's project seminar, students prepare a high-quality article embodying the philosophical ideals of clarity, concision, and aspiration to truth. Students also defend the claim made in thei

ME-403: Applied mechanical design

Students will be exposed to hands-on design problems throughout the term. They will acquire methodologies to (1) address open ended engineering problems, (2) cultivate creativity, (3) support decision

ChE-612: Highlights energy research and chemical engineering 3

Synthesis and design of materials for sustainable energ.This seminar series will invite leading researchers from academia, industry, or government agencies to give insightful talks on state-of-the-art

ChE-610: Highlights energy research and chemical engineering 1

ChE-611: Highlights energy research and chemical engineering 2

Synthesis and design of materials for sustainable energy.This seminar series will invite leading researchers from academia, industry, or government agencies to give insightful talks on state-of-the-ar

AR-807: Tentacular Writing. A peer-to-peer Writing Retreat

This summer school renegotiates the ways we perform writing, as a format and as a practice. In the set-up of a collective retreat in the Swiss Alps, in a non-hierarchical learning format, a group of p