Charlotte Malterre-Barthes

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is an architect, urban designer, and Assistant Professor at EPFL, leading the RIOT laboratory. Her research examines contemporary urbanization, material extraction, climate and social emergency. While Assistant professor at Harvard, she initiated "A Moratorium on New Construction," challenging development protocols (2025, Sternberg/MIT Press). She holds a PhD (ETH Zurich) on space and political economy of commodities, and co-founded the Parity Group (Meret Oppenheim Prize 2023) and the Parity Front, activist networks advocating for equality in architecture.