The 2015 Museum Night of Lausanne at EPFL

Saturday, September 26th – from 2 p.m. until midnight
Rolex Learning Center – SG building – INF building

A variety of shows and experiments will take place on the EPFL campus during the Museum Night of Lausanne: Presentation from a laboratory, artistic performances, exhibitions linking science and arts, architecture expositions, exhibition of old computers still functioning…
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ROBOTS AND LIGHT – Presentation from the LSRO laboratory

Robot Thymio en couleurs - laboratoire de systèmes robotiques EPFL - photo Gordana Gerber ...how to animate multicolored fireflies…
Rolex Learning Center – Forum – from 2 p.m until midnight

The MOBOTS group from the EPFL Laboratory of robotic systems will transform the Rolex Learning Center Forum into a ballroom with multiple rainbow colored robots. The cheerful THYMIO robots are great friends of kids and school children.
► LSRO web site
► MOBOTS web site
► THYMIO web site
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ETERNAL YOU – Artistic performance from Alina Mnatsakanian

Eternal You - Performance artistique d'Alina MnatsakanianRolex Learning Center – Outdoors under the arches – from 2 p.m until midnight

To draw with one’s body and to see the drawing simultaneously appear on a screen, such synchronization between time and image is at the heart of Alina Mnatsakanian interactive setup. The artist invites members of the public, who will be given luminous accessories, to move in front of the camera. Their bodies’ movements will appear as traces on the screen.
► Find out more about this performance (pdf – in French only)
► Alina Mnatsakanian web site
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SOL.ID – Exposition and Illustration of CAUSTIC IMAGING

SOL.ID caustic imaging, Computer Graphics and Geometry LaboratoryRolex Learning Center – Outdoors under the arches – from 2 p.m until midnight

Caustics are luminous patterns created through the reflection and refraction of light on rounded objects (such as the reflection of rays of light from the bottom of a swimming pool). In cooperation with the architect workshop ALICE, Professor Mark Pauly’s LGG laboratory will demonstrate that the caustic effect can be controlled and predictably drawn thanks to the power of computing. A light show will take place at dusk.
► SOL.ID web site
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CH-JP BUILDING IN CONTEXT – architecture Exposition

CH-JP Building in context - photo: Aline PaleyJapanese contemporary architecture in Switzerland
SG building – Espace Archizoom – from 2 p.m. until midnight (through October 1st)

Switzerland and Japan are two countries that are renowned for their exquisite architecture which is exported with success. In recent years, our little country has been particularly open to Japanese architects who’s work project innovation and are emblematic on the Swiss territory. This is an opportunity for Archizoom to debate the different causes and effects of these exchanges, as well as allowing to understand how these creative affinities interlock. In addition to a presentation about the buildings, the exhibit talks about architecture as a cultural phenomenon feeding exchanges and contexts.
→ Archizoom web site
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The HOUSE ARCHIPELAGO- Architecture Exposition

SG building – Espace Archizoom – from 2 p.m. until midnight (Through October 1st)

What does it mean to live in Japan? What if we were to look at Tokyo (36 mio inhabitants) at a domestic scale? Talking about the individual home means addressing the recurring issue of architecture and examining urbanism and society in general.
► Find out more about The House Archipelago
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SHAPING THE SPACE – Guided tour of the Japanese Architecture Exhibitions

Under One Roof - Kengo Kuma and AssociatesSG building – Espace Archizoom – At 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. (duration 45 mn)

Japanese architects come up with very creative and specific solutions related to the spaces in which they build. The two exhibitions presented at Archizoom allow us to understand how the Japanese make use of the spaces in which we live, whether it is for an individual house in an urban environment, or for emblematic constructions completed in Switzerland. Such a project is the Under one Roof building currently under construction at EPFL which will be dedicated to arts, science and technology.
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PAROLES, PAROLES, PAROLES – Conference

SOL.ID caustic imaging, Computer Graphics and Geometry LaboratorySG building – Espace Archizoom – at 6 p.m.

Four guest speakers from various backgrounds will comment on the astonishing light installation SOL.ID. Four different senses and subjectivities meet at Archizoom and can be heard on the NDM radio waves (90.4 FM).
► SOL.ID web site
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BEST OF ARCHITECTURE EPFL – Architecture Exposition

Bâtiment SG architecture - BestOf, Nuit des Musées 2014 à l'EPFLSG building- Central hall- from 2 p.m. until midnight (Through October 3rd)

Exhibition of the best architectural projects of 2015 produced by EPFL students.

→ Site web BestOf architecture EPFL

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BOLO MUSEUM – Exhibition-Presentation of old computers

Musée Bolo EPFL - Nuit des Musées de Lausanne 2014INF building (level 0) – from 2 p.m. until midnight

The Bolo Museum opens its doors and turns on its computers and its game consols. The program includes:

EXHIBITION AND PRESENTATION : Non-stop from 2 p.m.

  • Programmed Disappearance: An original, thought-provoking and fun exhibit.
  • Apple One project: Operational and functional reproduction of the 1976 Apple I.
  • Alohanet: Discover how radio waves have allowed the transfer of computer data well before Ethernet, Wifi, 3G or the packet radio
  • Game Lounge: Space dedicated for video games from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
  • Demonstrations: Sprites, beats and pixels, The Commodore 64 and the Amiga 500 still going strong!

GUIDED TOURS (duration approximately 45min):

  • At 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Programmed Disappearance
  • At 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. : Presentation of the BlueGene/P; a present from IBM Switzerland to EPFL
  • At 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.: Presentation of the Cray I (1976) and the Cray 2 (1985), supercomputers used for over 10 years at EPFL

→ The Bolo Museum web site