Student Center, Introduction Seminar

The Student Center is a building planned by EPFL, intended for the student community. It will bring together social spaces, services, as well as premises and storage areas dedicated to associations. It will bring the different faculties closer together and encourage engagement and the organization of campus' associative life.
This project answers to the lack of dedicated space for student associations, events, and leisure activities, leading to complex space management and the inefficient use of office areas in main buildings.
For their spring 26 semester, ADHER,  DC-lab, EAST, and RIOT studios will together focus on questioning and imagining what the future Student Center could be. While sharing collective moments, each studio will develop its own methodologies and specific approaches.
This event marks the launch of the collective research with guest lecturers, a collective meal, and a roundtable between everyteachers. It will also be the opening of the exhibition, "Un campus en chantier", tracing the various building competitions and proposal that have been made through the years for the EPFL.

10h30 / STUDENT CENTER OPENING
Sophie Delhay, associate prof. DC-lab, SAR Director
Andreas Osterwalder, Delegate, VPA 

11:00 / LEARNING SPACES
Martin Frohlich, associate prof., EAST

American Pastoral: Campus Ideology and University  Spaces  from USA to Europe
Marson Korbi, scientist, TPOD, EPFL

Implications of the social transformation for school architecture
Barbara Tampe, Board of the Montag Foundation for Youth and Society

12:30 / EXHIBITION / UN CAMPUS EN CHANTIER
Claudia Devaux, prof. of practice, ADHER
Martin Frohlich, associate prof., EAST

14:00 / EPFL CAMPUS
Claudia Devaux, prof. of practice, ADHER

Les archives de la construction moderne
Barbara Galimberti, archivist, ACM
Cyril Veillon, director, ACM & Archizoom

« Systematisierung » La première étape de l’epfl à écublens, 1970-1983
Franz Graf, honorary prof.
Giulia Marino, visiting prof.

Potentiel de surélévation de la 1ère étape
Dimitrios Lignos,full prof, RESSLAB
Alain Nussbaumer, adjunct professor RESSLAB

16:00 / STUDIOS, 4 PEDAGOGIES
Roundtable between the teaching team