The campus as living lab for sustainable solutions

The campus as living lab for sustainable solutions

Programme of the session 1. Exploration of UNIL s campus: what makes it unique? 2. What are we talking about when we say "living lab"? 3. The first bike-sharing network in Switzerland: from birth on the campus to the hard spread on the broader Lausanne s area. 4. UNIL and the City of Lausanne as living labs for the development of an ecological food indicator for the restaurant industry (Beelong).

Exploration of UNIL s campus: what makes it unique? Raphael Crestin Deputy head, responsible for planning, at the department for urbanism, City of Lausanne Benoît Frund Vice-Rector Sustainability and Campus, UNIL

EPFL and UNIL campus : a major research and scientific cluster facing local and urban challenges EUniverCities Conference Uni Lausanne Building Amphimax 28th May Document du 26 mai 2015 Raphaël Crestin

1. Regional context A major cluster in a dynamic, attractive urban region EPFL : ca 9 900 students UNIL : ca 13 600 students 4 km and 15 minutes by public transportation from the city center of Lausanne (137 500 inhabitants), and less than 2 km from the center of Renens (20 000 inhabitants) in the very center of the Lausanne- Morges urban region : 27 cities, 278 000 inhabitants and 160 000 employees A decade of strong demographic trend. Hence Lausanne-Morges' regional projection for 2030 in the compact zone : +69 000 inhabitants +43 000 employees

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1940 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015 /

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1952 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1963 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1964 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1973 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1979 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1985 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. From a mono-functional campus of the 70 s, in the outskirts of the city 1990 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. to a major academic and research cluster in the center of the urban region 1996 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015 /

2. to a major academic and research cluster in the center of the urban region 2001 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. to a major academic and research cluster in the center of the urban region 2008 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

2. to a major academic and research cluster in the center of the urban region 2012 SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

3. The campus in the regional planning context (PALM) > PALM : the planning framework for the Lausanne Morges urban region for 2030 : promotes an inward development of cities and limitates urban sprawl and road traffic > EPFL and UNIL campus : a strategic site of the PALM (site D) dedicated to education SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015 / Page 01

3. The campus in the regional planning context(palm) > well connected to the cities center (Renens, Morges, Lausanne..) > A hub that framed and is framed by the public transport network SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015 / Page 01

3. The campus in the regional planning context (PALM) > A green link to Lausanne through the regional park along the lake (Vidy and Bourget Parks) SERVICE D URBANISME RC 28 mai 2015

3. The campus in the regional planning context (PALM) > A green link to Lausanne through the regional park along the lake (Vidy and Bourget Parks)

4. The campus in the local context The academic puzzle : 250 ha (617 Ac) One campus with various patterns and areas A city within a city overlapping across 3 cities RENENS A1a ECUBLEN S MOULINE CHAVANNES NORD DORIGNY OUEST CENTRE EST SORGE CENTRE LAUSANNE SUD LAC Innovation Park ST- SULPICE

4. The campus in the local context A campus planned in the 70 s outside of the city, with two different paradigm (park vs evolving grid) Diversification of land use begins in the 90 s Especially in the north-west part of the site : accommodations for students, shopping and service mall, restaurants Plus iconic buildings (SwissTech ) A campus still enclosed in itself, with a strong «inward», but urban, development pattern PAC 229

5. Sectoral planning SDOL (masterplan of the West of Lausanne : 8 communities) Re-thinking the economic transformation and giving a new urban framework and a new identity to a territory fragmented by infrastructures, heterogeneous and dispersed UNIL and EPFL Campus : a strategic site of the SDOL Landscape / Treating the whole campus like a valuable green space, including the south part of the avenue du Tir Fédéral and Route Suisse. Urban development / Coordinating the campus with the surrounding urban development (Chavannes Sud Est / les Cedres) Infrastructure and public spaces / Upgrading the public transport and keeping good access to the site. Rethinking the public spaces around the Metro station (M1) Transforming the road RC1 into a more urban avenue SDOL : Urban and Landscape Map Upgrading the RC 1

6. Beyond the border of the campus RENENS A1a ECUBLEN S CHAVANNES EPFL UNI LAUSANNE ST- SULPICE

Thanks for your attention Raphaël Crestin / City of Lausanne / townplanning office Raphael.crestin@lausanne.ch