School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC)

ENAC combines the forces of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences and Engineering to help ensure a sustainable living environment for humanity through the sound and respectful integration of human activities into the biosphere.

Education | Research | Innovation

New: Master in Urban Systems

Starting in fall 2025, a program designed to equip students with backgrounds in engineering and architecture with the foundations needed to tackle the complex challenges of sustainability in urban areas and their surrounding territories.

ENAC’s latest news

31% of the samples contained traces of the compounds typically found in tire additives © iStock

Tire additives found deposited on fruits and vegetables

06.05.25Research

A study by EPFL and the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) has found that tire additives enter into and pass through the food chain. Further research is needed to establish the implications for human health.

Biological particles may induce rain events that could contribute to flooding and snowstorms. 2025 CleanCloud/EPFL CC-BY-SA 4.0

Biological particles may be crucial for inducing heavy rain

05.05.25Research

EPFL atmospheric and climate scientists show that biological particles may induce rain events that could contribute to flooding and snowstorms, owing to their ability to precipitate ice formation in clouds. They call for an update of meteorological and climate models.

The colourful holds in climbing gyms collect rubber abrasion from the soles, which also gets into the air. Photo: Aaron Kintzi/CeMESS

Chemicals from climbing shoes cause trouble in indoor halls

29.04.25Research

A study led by researchers from EPFL and the University of Vienna shows that concentrations of concerning chemicals as high as those by a busy road can be found in the air of bouldering gyms.

ENAC three disciplines

ENAC bring together three transformative disciplines:

Architecture
Civil Engineering
Environmental Sciences and Engineering

ENAC explores the potentials of interdisciplinarity to achieve excellence in the training of tomorrow’s architects and engineers as well as to place scientists at the forefront of research.

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Civil Engineering

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Environmental Sciences and Engineering

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Environmental Engineering

Events

Climate Robotics Summit

06-05-202509-05-2025

With: Over 40 speakers, including Prof. Mirko Kovac from EPFL’s Laboratory of Sustainability Robotics. Prof. Mirko Kovac is heading the Laboratory of Sustainability Robotics at both, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) in Zürich and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Before his appointment in Switzerland, he was full Professor at Imperial College London and remains a honorary Professor in Aerial Robotics with the Aerial Robotics Lab. His research group focusses on the development of novel mobile robots for distributed sensing and autonomous manufacturing in complex natural environments. Prof. Kovac’s particular specialisation is in robot design, hardware development and multi-modal sensor mobility.
Online: https://climaterobotics.network/summit
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Call for Abstracts: “Holding the Disparate Together” – STS-CH Conference 2025

30-04-202509-05-2025

Category: Call for proposal

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Document selection : Soleil·s

12-03-202515-05-2025

Place and room: Bibliothèque EPFL
Category: Exhibitions

Neighbours – Lectures on History & Theory of Architecture, vol. 5

27-02-202521-05-2025

With: Eyal Weizman (Goldsmiths University); Hannah Leroux (University of Sheffield) David Wengrow (University College London) Theodora Vardouli (McGill University) Debjani Bhattacharyya (University of Zurich) Giorgio Gianighian (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Interdisciplinary seminar series – course ENG-647

20-02-202522-05-2025

Place and room: MA A3 30
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Call for projects: CROSS 2026 (Collaborative Research on Science and Society)

11-03-202517-06-2025

Category: Call for proposal

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Document selection : Nuclear fusion

01-05-202519-06-2025

Place and room: Bibliothèque de l'EPFL
Category: Exhibitions

Sun Shines on Architecture / ARCHIZOOM

21-03-202521-06-2025

Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Exhibitions

Deux concours de passerelles, Deux premiers prix pour des jeunes bureaux

09-05-202509-05-2025

With: Sam Bouten, Fabrice Meylan et Matthieu Jeanbourquin
Place and room: GC B1 10
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65562311049
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Breast Cancer Prevention: A Dialog Among Medical Experts, Researchers, and Start-ups

12-05-202512-05-2025

With: Cathrin BRISKEN : Associate Professor, ISREC, School of Life Sciences, EPFL, the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Center, the Institute of Cancer Research London, UK Stéphanie LACOUR: VP for Support to Strategic Initiatives, EPFL Dr. Khalid ZAMAN: Assistant Physician, Head of Breast Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, UNIL, CHUV Wolfgang HACKL: Founder & CEO of OncogenomX
Place and room: Rolex Learning Center
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Queens of Structure – Signatures d’ingénieures civiles

12-05-202509-06-2025

Place and room: Place Ada Lovelace
Category: Exhibitions

Joint MechE Colloquium & Civil Engineering Seminar: Meta-neural Topology Optimization: knowledge infusion in Engineering design

13-05-202513-05-2025

With: Prof. Miguel Bessa, Brown School of Engineering, Brown University
Place and room: MED 0 1418
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64267570786
Category: Conferences – Seminars