Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters – doch wie finden wir einen Konsens, wenn es um ein geteiltes Gut wie die Nachbarschaft geht? Auf einem Stadtspaziergang erklären zwei Architekt:innen der ETH, wie sie ihre Rolle im Spannungsfeld von Verdichtung, Funktionalität und Schönheit wahrnehmen. Artikel im ETH Globe (online).
A centrally located hybrid community space in Zurich, at Langstrasse 200, by the name L200, is being shaped since 2018 through a co-creation process, a series of self-organization experiments with an action-oriented participatory design process. By bridging a multitude of social worlds in a small lively place, L200 Mehr
The second volume in the ‘Chapters’ series from Brussels-based architecture firm 51N4E focuses on how design processes can be shaped through dialogue. First, it investigates their work together with two design-focused consulting firms, endeavour (Antwerp) and Denkstatt (Basel), wherein all three explore the boundaries of architecture, advocating openness Mehr
16 September 2020 – 14 February 2021 | Exhibition | Canadian Centre for Architecture. Elements of the Design in Dialogue Lab of ETH’s NEWROPE Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation are exhibited at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal as part of ‘The Things Around Us’.
Rewriting Architecture explores and embraces the potential of place. The book claims that the idea of ‘tabula rasa’, or creating from scratch, is no longer a viable option. It considers the quality of the existing urban and social fabric – the tabula scripta – as an inspiration, motivation Mehr
10/11 November | Workshop | ETH Zurich, Oerlikon, Design in Dialogue Lab & online. Spatial design is often confronted with an immense diversity of transformation processes. As a designer, it is often difficult to fully acknowledge this immanent complexity and find a position to intervene.
Spatial design is often confronted with an immense diversity of transformation processes. As a designer it is often difficult to fully acknowledge this immanent complexity and find a position to intervene. How can we answer questions as ‘With whom do I collaborate? How does personal transformation play a Mehr
The Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) has been founded as part of the Department of Architecture, with the Professors Christophe Girot, Hubert Klumpner, Freek Persyn, Christian Schmid, Milica Topalovic, and Günther Vogt. It replaces the three previous Institutes for Urban Design (ISB), Landscape Architecture (ILA) and the Contemporary City Institute (CCI).
With Freek Persyn a new and experimental way of looking at and practicing urbanism came to the NSL. We questioned him on his notion on urban transformation, on his «radical openness to learn from others», his experiences in Albania, and the new «Design in Dialogue Lab» for students Mehr
ETH Zürich D-ARCH LUS and EPFL ENAC HRC joint master programme.
The Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design is a new, one-year, full-time postgraduate programme, receiving it’s second cohort of participants in autumn 2022. It is taught in English and held at the two Swiss schools, EPFL (Autumn) and ETH Zürich (Spring). The participants receive a 60 ECTS joint degree, the «MAS ETH EPFL UTD I.»
Urban and territorial design has acquired a new meaning and urgency. From drivers of progress to the source of planetary hazards, the impacts of cities and wider urbanisation processes are being recast in the public sphere. The critical examination of anthropocentric world views, the greening of politics and economies, growing social movements, and climate activism are reflected in urban and territorial space, highlighting power asymmetries and fuelling the exploration of alternatives. The future of the urban engages social and environmental imaginaries, which now extend beyond-the-city and beyond-the-human. Rather than an object, the territory becomes a subject among other subjects, and space becomes an agent of socioecological change. In this context, urban and territorial design serves as a crucial field of synthesis, inspiring and negotiating change in science, practice and governance. The design of the territorial project is understood as a possibility to explore common epistemic horizons and new biopolitical paradigms.
The MAS programme embraces such a transition as a field of critical and imaginative investigation. Engaging with notions of transformation, reuse, regeneration, reparation, and transition of habitats and ecologies, the MAS will deploy the urban and territorial project as the crucial field of knowledge production across scales.
The new joint Master of Advanced Studies at the ETH Zürich and EPFL builds an innovative urban and territorial design education addressing social and environmental challenges both within the city-territory and across wider landscapes.
Design and research studios form the core of the programme. Design is explored as a tool for synthesis in an expanded field of inter- and transdisciplinary exchange. The curriculum therefore extends beyond the traditional scope of urban design teaching, to include both emerging developments in urban theory and a deeper understanding of the cultural and ecological dimensions of territories. Scientific research on planetary urbanisation, postcolonial thought and the Anthropocene will be engaged in relation to urban design, landscape architecture, urban and landscape ecology, in particular agroecology, sustainable construction, and low carbon mobility.
The MAS serves as a laboratory and a forum where we propose agendas, design strategies and governance models for concrete territories. Both Swiss and international case studies are investigated through intensive, ethnographic explorations and in situ workshops. The programme engages in dialogue with supporting communities, local actors, NGOs and governance bodies.
The MAS in Urban and Territorial Design requires one year of full-time postgraduate study for a 60 ECTS joint degree, the «MAS ETH EPF UTD». It is taught in English and held at the two Swiss schools, EPFL (Autumn) and ETH Zurich (Spring).
Milica Topalović, Vesna Jovanović and Nazlı Tümerdem; Teresa Galí-Izard, Stefan Breit and Bonnie Kate Walker; Christoph Küffer; Christian Schmid, Nitin Bathla and Nancy Couling.
Paola Viganò and Valentin Bourdon; Charlotte Grossiot; Corentin Fivet; Luca Rossi; Sébastien Marot; Vincent Kaufmann and Luca Pattaroni; Elena Cogato Lanza and Anna Pagani.
Autumn 2022 (September–January): EPFL ENAC, Laboratory of Urbanism (Lab-U), Studio Paola Viganò
Spring 2023 (February–June): ETH Zürich D-ARCH, Architecture of Territory, Studio Milica Topalović
The programme is addressed to international graduates, young professionals, designers and researchers who wish to link research and design expertise in the context of the extended urbanisation of territories. A previous bachelor and master degree are both required.
Two scholarships covering tuition fees are offered in order to foster diversity and inclusivity. Applicants from Ukraine will be given priority.
The programme is committed to cultivating a successful social environment in Switzerland and cannot be attended remotely. Hybrid teaching formats will be available on a case-by-case basis. Support services are offered to assist in finding accommodation.
For information about the programme, tuition fees, scholarships and how to apply, please contact us here or at the ETH School of Continuing Education. Applications for 2022-23 will be accepted from January 15th to May 31st in two consecutive rounds. For students requiring a visa to Switzerland it is highly recommended to complete the entire application procedure before 31 March 2022.
