IDEAS Lecture | 14th November 2014
Conrad LUTZ will be the speaker of the next IDEAS lecture, entitled "Designing a sustainable habitat". It will take place on Friday 14th November 2014 at 1:15 pm in room AAC 020 (Building SG).
The axis Integrated Design, Architecture and Sustainability (IDEAS) is a joint initiative of both the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID) and Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) of the ENAC School at EPFL. It aims to address an increased integration of the various issues related to sustainable architecture within the framework of the Master Cycle in Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, as well as the Doctoral program Architecture & Science of the city (EDAR).
In this lecture, which takes part in the UE K | IDEAS Module 2 program "Towards Solar Decathlon", M. Lutz will present his vision of low environmental impact habitat based on his works and experience. Designing a sustainable habitat is by no means limited to heating energy issues. It requires an overall vision. Hence, before using technological means, it is essential to optimize the building by taking best advantage of the site, of the climate and of solar energy.
Born in Vevey in 1953, Conrad Lutz completes his training as an architectural draughtsman in 1974 in Aargau. He continues architecture studies at the College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, and earns a Master in wood construction from the EPFL with Professor Julius Natterer in 1992. Since 1994, he teaches at the College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, where he is in charge of courses on wood construction and technical installations, as well as of the creation of a new course on sustainable development. Since 1996, Conrad Lutz has been at the head of his agency, Lutz Architectes Sàrl in Givisiez. Since thirty years, commited to sustainable architecture, Conrad Lutz has been a pionnier in low energy consumption construction in the canton of Fribourg. He builds the first Minergie individual house in 1997 in Favagny, and the first Minergie-P individual house in 2006 in Guin.
