Revolutionize the Curriculum: A Living Laboratory for Self-Managed Education

Lean Gobat

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Clémence Quenis

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Erin Stephanie Zikos

“Revolutionize the Curriculum” questions EPFL’s curricula, by investigating its ECTS structure. The project sees students build their own Student Center, in exchange for 4 ECTS. Based on semesterly interventions - the testing of new material, alternative construction methods and material reuse construct a Student Center. Situated on the current EPFL parking, the intervention mines the campus as a depository for material procurement and revitalization. As a result, the self-built Center becomes a space for learning/unlearning, constructed and deconstructed overtime. 

Files
Curriculum Booklet (PDF), Material Booklet (PDF), Workshop Booklet (PDF)
Team
Unit:
RIOT
Teachers:
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Assistants:
Elif Erez Henderson, Antoine Iweins D'Eeckhoutte, Nathalie Marj
Infos
Year:
2026
Period:
Y3 (BA), Y1 (MA), Y2 (MA), Fall
Category:
Semester Project
Topic:  
Architecture, Construction, Society, Structure
Copyright:
CC BY Licence
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