Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (DPLG, Ph.D. ETHZ) is an architect, urban designer, and and Assistant Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), where she leads the laboratory RIOT. Formerly a professor at Harvard University (Graduate School of Design), she conducts research on pressing issues of contemporary urbanization, material extraction, climate urgency, and climate, spatial, and social justice. She recently co-published "Immigration et ségrégation spatiale, L’exemple de Marseille" (Parenthèses Editions, 2022) and the graphic novel "Eileen Grey: Une Maison sous le soleil" (Dargaud, 2020), among numerous other books and articles. Her upcoming book, "A Moratorium on New Construction," will be released by Sternberg Press in the fall of 2024.