Inès Lamunière

Inès Lamunière is an Honorary Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where she previously held roles including Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture (2008–2011). She is also a renowned architect, leading the firm dl-a, designlab-architecture SA in Geneva. Her academic career includes positions as Adjunct Professor at ETH Zurich (1991) and Visiting Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (1996, 1999, 2008). She directed the LAMU-EPFL Laboratory (2001–2018), focusing on urban architecture and mobility.

Education: Architect degree from EPF Lausanne (1980), followed by studies at the Swiss Institute in Rome and assistant lectureship under Werner Oechslin at ETH Zurich.

Research Interests: Urban planning, sustainability, architectural history, and the integration of infrastructure into urban environments. Notable projects include the revitalization of Bellerive-Plage and the LAMU Laboratory’s studies on risky urban objects.

Awards: 2011 Meret Oppenheim Prize (Swiss Art Award) and 2017 Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (France). Her work emphasizes context-sensitive design and sustainable urban development. She has supervised numerous theses and contributed to publications on architectural pedagogy, urban theory, and historical analyses of Le Corbusier’s work. Active in academic governance, she served as Vice President of the EPFL WISH Foundation (2006–2016) and on the Fondation pour le Développement des Arts et de la Culture board since 2016.