Exhibition of the architectural design studios of the EPFL
Exposition ubiquitaire © 2018 EPFL / LAST / Olivier Wavre
From June 1st to 2nd, 2018, the architectural design studios of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) opened their doors to the public. Entitled "Ubiquitous Exhibition", this event was conceived as a simultaneous exhibition of each design studio work during the past academic year. In this context, the studio of Prof. Emmanuel Rey presented the work done at different scales on the specific theme of the creation of new peri-urban neighborhoods.
The exhibition not only allowed to discover the students' work but also to understand the centers of interest of each studio as well as their different didactical and methodological approaches.
Prof. Emmanuel Rey’s studio, entitled "LIVING PERIPHERY", explored this year the issues related to the creation of new peri-urban neighborhoods close to public transport. The approach especially focused on conceiving - from the urban design to the construction detail - a dense and mixed-use pole.
The chosen site for this exercise constituted a particularly suitable field of investigation for this goal. It is indeed a portion of the territory situated in the greater area of Lausanne-Morges, in immediate proximity to the Bercher station, the terminal of the Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher line (LEB). This line is expected to strongly develop in the coming decades, which calls into question the future of the sites located near the various stations.