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SUMMARY:School Lecture Series: Truwant+Rodet+ / EPFL Architecture
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DESCRIPTION:Truwant+Rodet+\nTRUWANT+RODET+ \nIncreasing the Leak\n\nWater 
 has always shaped territories and cities\, both visibly and invisibly. In 
 mythology and storytelling\, rivers and fountains bring life\, healing\, a
 nd uncontrollable power. Since modernism\, we have pursued watertight envi
 ronments\, sealing interiors while buried streams and pipes persist beneat
 h our streets and walls. When a leak appears\, this fiction collapses. For
 gotten infrastructures surface\, and suppressed ecologies emerge—moss\, 
 humidity\, micro-habitats. Leaks become reminders of water’s formative p
 ower\, suggesting possible futures for architecture and urban space.\n\nTr
 uwant + Rodet + is a Basel-based architecture practice founded in 2017. Th
 e diverse background of its partners informs a curious and interdisciplina
 ry practice connecting architecture with landscape\, furniture design\, re
 search and teaching. Their work focuses on the transformation of existing 
 structures and on the relationship between building\, context and landscap
 e\, understanding architecture as part of a broader territorial framework.
 \n\nIn 2017\, they received the Swiss Art Award for “A Pavilion.” In 2
 018\, they co-founded the Basel cultural platform dasVerein with Melissa F
 reudiger. In 2020\, together with ASBR\, they won the competition for the 
 renovation of the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris\, completed in 2026. In 
 2023\, they won the competition for the adaptive reuse of the former Nauen
 tor postal center in Basel with Bruther and Jan Kinsbergen\, as well as th
 e competition for affordable housing in Basel with Clauss Kahl Merz. Since
  2023\, they have been guest teachers at EPFL Lausanne.\n\n\nThis lecture 
 is part of the School Lecture Series\n\nCOMMUNITY VOL.2\nSeven exemplary p
 rojects and case studies\n\nCommunity is an ambivalent concept. It involve
 s both gathering through shared customs and exclusion. Some claim that inc
 lusive communities do not exist. Recent history shows people more often un
 ite through exclusion than inclusion. However\, communities are not sealed
 . Philosopher Roberto Esposito explains that community ‘is not a propert
 y or territory to defend but a void\, a debt\, and a gift to others’\, r
 eminding us of our otherness.\n\nThis lecture series explores the topic of
  community through architecture. How does architecture explore\, define\, 
 or enable communities? Can architects collaborate directly with communitie
 s\, bypassing institutional entities? How can design convey a collective e
 xperience? Seven emerging and established architectural figures respond to
  these questions through their work\, which spans film\, exhibitions\, and
  communitarian buildings.\n\nSave the dates and join us on Tuesday evening
 s!\n 
LOCATION:Foyer SG https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%20294.22
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