nextRail19: Agile models for railway system planners and managers

12.-14. September 2019 | Internationale Bahn- und Mobilitätstagung | ETH Campus in Zürich. Diese Tagung wird erneut ein breites internationales Publikum von Wissenschaftlern, Entscheidungsträgerinnen, und Fachleuten aus den Bereichen Bahn und Mobilität anziehen. Die Tagung wird im bewährten Format weitergeführt: Symposium (Donnerstag), Seminare (Freitag), gefolgt von einem technischen Ausflug More

Colloquium: Writing Global Histories

17 May 2019, 09:00–12:00 | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT E 51 (Siemens-Auditorium). Convened by Tom Avermaete and Cathelijne Nuijsink. Our histories of urban design and architecture remain sur­ prisingly eurocentric, while important developments occur in other geographies. This colloquium explores the possibili­ ties of a more global perspective More

Book launch: The Shopping Centre: A Malleable Type

13 March 2019, 17:00–19:00 | HIL H 40.4 (Plaza). To celebrate the publication of Acculturating the Shopping Centre and the soft­cover edition of Shopping Towns Europe, Prof. Margaret Crawford (UC Berkeley), Paul Robbrecht (Robbrecht en Daem architecten) and Thomas Volstorf (Riken Yamamoto; Field Shop) will give brief presentations More

European – Southeast Asian Architectural Dialogue: Ker-Shing Ong (Lekker Architects Singapur) trifft Robin Winogrond (Studio Vulkan Zürich)

28. Februar 2019, 18:30 | Volkshaus Zürich, Stauffacherstr. 60. Die Diskussionspartner der nächsten Ausgabe des FCL Architekturdialogs sind beide im Bereich der Architektur und Landschaftsarchitektur tätig und stellen Themen wie Orte, Atmosphäre und Natur im urbanen Raum in den Vordergrund ihrer Arbeit. Anhand von Beispielen werden sie Motivation, More

Frauen blicken auf die Stadt. Architektinnen. Planerinnen. Reformerinnen. Theoretikerinnen des Städtebaus II

13. März, 18:30 Uhr | ZAZ Zentrum Architektur Zürich Höschgasse 3, 8008 Zürich. Buchvernissage Begrüssung: Beatrice Aebi, Präsidentin frau und sia Sandra König und Alexa Bodammer, Organisatorinnen frau + net Dialogische Lesung mit Katia Frey, Marie-Anne Lerjen und Eliana Perotti Anschliessend Apéro

Urban Research Symposium: Global Land – Sub/Urban Form

27 February 2019, 17:00–18:30 | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL E 3. Speaker: Prof. Ute Lehrer (York University, CAN). Ute Lehrer has been involved in comparative urban research on Zurich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Los Angeles and Toronto, investigating new urban forms, processes of spectacularization and megaprojects. Recently she has been part of the project «Global More

New Perspectives in Spatial Development

21/22 February | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg. 21 February | HIT E 51 08:00–08:45 Dr. Emanuele Strano, MindEarth, Switzerland: «Complex networks and spatial planning across time and scales» 09:15–10:00 Dr. Franziska Sielker, University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy, Great Britain and Northern Ireland: «Thinking and Acting in Areas of More

The Disappearance of Robin Hood

Screening and panel discussion on Monday 11 March, 20:00 – 22:00 | Kino Kosmos, Zurich. London, 1972 – the city is growing, and with it the need to house working populations. Post-war values of social welfare make experimenting with new forms of housing possible, ushering in an era of More

Between the Academy and Activism

13. Dezember 2018, 17:00 Uhr | ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, HIL E6. Vortrag von Lori Brown, Professor für Architektur, Syracuse University (NY). Lori Brown’s lecture, «Between the Academy + Activism,» will discuss her research and the opportunities it has unexpectedly created in real-world engagement and activism, bringing architecture out into broader current More

Prefab society

Research seminar (Wahlfach) on 7 December 2018, 18:00 (final presentation) | ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, HIL H 40.4. The research seminar aims to analyze examples of Swiss modular buildings dating from the 1940s to 1970s using diverse empirical material. The main focus is on the interaction between built and social / cultural structures: how do More