Category: Publications
Extended Urbanisation. Tracing Planetary Struggles
Vocabularies for an Urbanising Planet: Theory Building through Comparison
disP 59/2, June 2023
Settlement Relationships and their Morphological Homogeneity Across Time and Scale
Glossary of Spatial Planning Terms. An Overview of Instruments and Terminology in Switzerland
As a resource for understanding and translating Swiss spatial planning terms, this glossary aims to promote consistency and coherence for education and applied research in English about Swiss spatial planning at the ETH Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development and beyond.
Cooperative Planning under Pro-development Urban Agenda? A Collage of Densification Practices in Zurich, Switzerland
Like in many cities and regions worldwide, densification is the current urban development paradigm in Switzerland. Although considered one of the main policy mechanisms for sustainable land use, densification strategies are mainly employed by the private sector, causing adverse social effects.
A Multi-objective Calibration Framework for Capturing the Behavioral Patterns of Autonomously-driven Vehicles
Lively Cities
disP 59/1, March 2023
Inhabiting the Extensions
Across the different vernaculars of the world’s urban majorities, there is renewed bewilderment as to what is going on in the cities in which they reside and frequently self-build. Prices are unaffordable and they are either pushed out or strongly lured away from central locations.
Science-design Loop for the Design of Resilient Urban Landscapes
disP 58/4, December 2022
Stadtwerdung im Zeitraffer
How Spatial Policies can Leverage Energy Transitions − Finding Pareto-optimal Solutions for Wind Turbine Locations with Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization
What drives deforestation in Switzerland?
Erkenntnisse zum aktuellen Wohnungsnotstand: Bautätigkeit, Verdrängung und Akzeptanz
Neuste Auswertungen zeigen, dass neue Wohnungen hauptsächlich durch Ersatzneubauten geschaffen werden, zu direkten Verdrängungen von vulnerablen Personengruppen führen und bauliche Verdichtung eher akzeptiert wird, wenn es ökologische und soziale Begleitmassnahmen gibt.
Mountain Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review and Paths to the Future
Mountains are home to a considerable share of the human population. Around a billion people live in mountainous areas, which harbor rich natural and sociocultural diversity. Today, many people living in mountainous areas worldwide face fundamental changes to their cultural and economic living conditions. At the same time, More
Quo vadis Raumentwicklung Schweiz? Umfrage zur Zukunft der Raumentwicklung Schweiz
Die Raumentwicklung ist ein komplexes Themenfeld im stetigen Wandel und eine interdisziplinäre Diskussion über dessen Zukunft nötig. Um auf künftige Bedürfnisse der Planungspraxis einzugehen, wurde eine umfassende Befragung zu Forschungsthemen und Lehrinhalten durchgeführt. Die Resultate verdeutlichen den Wunsch nach einem allgemeinen «Mehr» an Lehre und einer stärkeren Ausrichtung More
Henri Lefebvre and the Theory of the Production of Space
25 May, 18:30 – 20:00 (NEW TIME!) | Hochparterre Bücher AG, Schöneggstrasse 27, 8004 Zürich. Discussion with: Ileana Apostol, Stefan Kipfer, Alvaro Sevilla Buitrago, Christian Schmid, Nitin Bathla. This book presents an encompassing, detailed and thorough overview of Lefebvre’s theory of space and of the urban.
La Norme d’Agadir – Un Urbanisme sur Mesure (Exhibition) & Agadir – Building the Modern Afropolis (Book Launch)
Anthologie Landschaft – Lucius Burckhardt
13. Juli 2023, 18:00 Uhr | Vernissage | case studio VOGT, Stampfenbachstr. 59, 8006 Zürich. Anmeldung erwünscht, bis am 3. Juli 2023 an event@vogt-la.ch. In seiner Anthologie Landschaft geht der Soziologe Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) von einem problematisierten Landschaftsbegriff aus. Er fragt: Warum sehen wir die Umwelt als Landschaft More
ARCH+ #250. THE GREAT REPAIR – Politiken der Reparaturgesellschaft
Unearthing Traces
disP 58/3, September 2022
Actors, Arenas and Aims: A Conceptual Framework for Public Participation
This paper systematises knowledge of public participation by bringing together existing concepts and theories from planning literature to conceptualise the 3A3-framework of participation. The framework presents participation as an emergent phenomenon, shaped by the dimensions: actors, arenas and aims. Each of these dimensions consists of three interacting elements. More
Re-considering the Status Quo: Improving Calibration of Land Use Change Models Through Validation of Transition Potential Predictions
Planning Instruments Enhance the Acceptance of Urban Densification
Agadir. Building the Modern Afropolis
Understanding Modal Splits Before, During, and After the Pandemic
The adjustments of mobility patterns during early stages of the pandemic are well understood. However, various effects are intertwined in these observations and therefore the findings’ robustness remains questionable. The MOBIS-Covid data set provides a unique opportunity to put these initial findings in perspective as a large panel More
disP 58/2, June 2022
Size Matters
Operationalising Place for Land System Science
Wohnen: Zwölf Schlüsselthemen sozialräumlicher Wohnforschung
The [Seasonal] Arrival City: Designing for migrants’ ‘transient right to the city’
Bodies of Water – A Swiss Landscape Trilogy
Pamphlet 26: Probing Zurich
ARCH+ 249: Learning Spaces
Post-socialist Discourse of Urban Megaproject Development: From City on the Water to Belgrade Waterfront
disP 58/1, March 2022
Future Cities Laboratory Indicia 03
Zu Fuss zu Netto-Null
disP 57/4, December 2021
Transitional Space – Six Japanese Houses Traversed
Das Eisenbahnbetriebslabor der ETH Zürich
Accepting and Resisting Densification: The Importance of Project-related Factors and the Contextualizing Role of Neighbourhoods
Gehen, Sitzen, Schauen: Körper und Landschaft
disP 57/3, September 2021
Dezentralschweiz
Wohnen. Zwölf Schlüsselthemen sozialräumlicher Wohnforschung
Wohnen ist ein hochrelevantes und vieldiskutiertes Thema in Gesellschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft: Es ist existenzielles Grundbedürfnis und alltägliche soziale Praxis, knappes Gut und wohnungspolitische Herausforderung, aber auch Ausgangspunkt und Vision architektonischer Entwürfe und zukunftsweisender Bauprojekte.