36 | Dezember 2017: Geräuschkulissen

Spatial modelling of traffic volumes and mean speed values

Paper presented at the 6th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART 2017), Haifa, September 2017.

In the present paper a modeling approach to address the issue of mean speed prediction on a large scale network is presented. Methodologically, we exploit the family of spatial regression models, treating for both spatial dependence and endogeneity aspects. An empirical case study is designed to conclude on the predictive ability of the model.

Impacts of urban parking system on cruising traffic and policy development: The case of Zurich downtown area, Switzerland

In: Transportation

Cruising-for-parking is a common phenomenon in urban areas worldwide. Properly understanding and mitigating cruising can reduce travel times, alleviate traffic congestion, and improve the local environment. In this paper, we present a case study of the city of Zurich, using a macroscopic model to analyze the current cruising-for-parking conditions. The empirical case study is designed to conclude on the predictive ability of the model.

A train rescheduling model integrating speed management for disruption management of high-speed traffic under a quasi-moving block system

In: Transportation Research Part B, Vol. 104, 638-666. Doi: 10.1016/j.trb.2017.05.008

Reducing delays in high speed railways requires searching for efficient traffic management actions (dynamic speed updates, changing train sequence) with feasible speeds and headways, under the given signaling/safety system. We use an alternative graph model in a commercial MILP solver, showing large reduction of delays on realistic networks.

Die Schweiz plant. Dokumente zur Geschichte der Raumplanung

Manual on Urban Design

Berlin: DOM Publishers

Urban Design is art and science at the same time. Its practical and theoretical foundations have been collected, articulated and systematised since cities began to appear. The large urban expansion of the 19th century forced the founding of modern urban design as its own discipline. This development was accompanied by an intensive production of manuals, whose zenith lasted until the reconstruction after the Second World War. This book presents a critical history of the urban design manual and lays open connections that have been long disregarded. At the same time, it makes lost knowledge about the city available for fruitful contemporary discussions and today’s practice.

Integration im Wohnbau

Neu in englischer Version. Die englische Ausgabe ist ab 19. Dezember 2017 gedruckt und als e-Book erhältlich beim Verlag Birkhäuser/Degruyter.

Wohnanlagen gelten als Orte der Integration. Doch es stellt sich die Frage, wie viel «Fremdes» die Nachbarschaft dabei verträgt.

The Visible and the Intensive World Egypt, Landscapes and Territories

In: PhotoResearcher, No. 28/2017. Vienna: European Society for the History of Photography. S. 68–83. Download

A discussion about the relationship between photography and territorial research. Does photography have the status of a document, or does it have a «projective» status of its own? How is it possible to represent vast landscapes of urbanisation, such as the Nile Valley, through photography? How does a researcher or photographer work in a different cultural setting?

Manipulative Iconographies of Nile Dams: The Political Image

In: PhotoResearcher, No.28/2017. Vienna: European Society for the History of Photography. S. 30–35.

Images of hydro-infrastructures and their inaugurations served various purposes. From asserting power over natural resources by colonial powers, to establishing the image of a self-sustaining nation and presenting dams as nation-building and political leverage tools, to the plain manipulative use of images for propaganda purposes, there is little innocence in the iconography of dams.

Between farming villages and hedge fund centres: The politics of urbanization in the border zone of the metropolitan region of Zurich.

In: Phelps, Nicholas (ed.): Old Europe, New Suburbanization? Governance, Land, and Infrastructure in European Suburbanization. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. S. 207–236.

This book takes us on a journey of rediscovery into some of Europe’s oldest metropolises. The volume’s contributors reveal the great variety of patterns and processes of urbanization that make Europe a fruitful ground for furthering the diversity of global suburbanisms. This collection highlights the varied historical and geographical manifestations that have shaped urban areas and provides evidence for new processes of suburbanization.

Tout reste différent – vers un avenir partager. Un processus participatif fructueux à Zumikon (ZH)

In: Les Cahiers de l’ASPAN, No. 2/2017. S. 26–29.

Zwischen 2013 und 2015 hat die Gemeinde Zumikon (ZH) einen stakeholderbasierten Planungsprozess zur Erarbeitung einer robusten Entwicklungsstrategie mit strategischem Rahmenplan durchgeführt. Die Professur für Architektur und Städtebau von Prof. Kees Christiaanse hat die Gemeinde dabei aktiv begleitet. Im aktuellen Heft des Westschweizer Magazins «Les Cahiers de ‘ASPAN» zu Projekten im Sinne des neuen Raumplanungsgesetzes hat Michael Wagner den Prozess zusammengefasst beschrieben.

Nature Modern: the place of landscape in the modern movement

Contributions by Girot, Christophe & Düblin, Patrick; Kirchengast, Albert; Constant, Caroline; Croset, Pierre-Alain; Isenstadt, Sandy; Leatherbarrow, David; Pogacnik, Marko; Seidel, Manfred; Waldheim, Charles; Weston, Richard. Berlin: Jovis. 

Nature is not simply «green» or the «opposite of culture». Essentially, it is an intellectual construct. Based on key architecture projects, this fourth volume of the Landscript series attempts to instigate a change of perspective. In series of investigations, renowned researchers analyse architecture through the lens of its own inherent understanding of Nature. Their essays try to gain insights into concepts of Nature in modernity, whose entire range of characteristics have yet to be explored.