The Master‘s degree programme in Landscape Architecture is aimed at students with a Bachelor‘s degree in architecture or landscape architecture from a university or Swiss University of Applied Sciences with at least 180 ECTS or equivalent. A motivation letter and a portfolio are required for the application. First More
In Latin America, the future of cities is decided by technical forecasting and the market. What is lacking is not imagination, but its distribution. Utopia, understood as infrastructure, names precisely what is unevenly distributed: the capacity to imagine one’s own future and for that imagination to count.
A significant proportion of children in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland experience the separation or divorce of their parents. Because of legal and social changes regarding post-separation parenting, children are now growing up in a variety of custody arrangements and frequently reside in more than one home. We provide More
More than 1.8 billion people lack access to adequate and affordable housing. Yet too few countries have taken meaningful steps to ensure dignified housing for their most vulnerable citizens. We research how cooperative housing can serve as one solution to the affordable housing crisis. There are a variety More
Book launch 21 October 2026, 18:30 | ZAZ Bellerive, Zentrum Architektur Zürich, Höschgasse 3, 8008 Zürich. This publication summarises the results of five years of groundbreaking research at the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) Global and 15 years of interdisciplinary, international collaboration at the Singapore-ETH Centre, including the outcomes More
Can collaborative housing help shape socially innovative, affordable, and decommodified housing futures? In March 2026, researchers, housing movements, and policymakers gathered in Bogotá for Vivienda Colaborativa en Colombia: Mitos, Leyendas y Sueños, an event that questioned dominant housing paradigms, showcased existing collaborative housing experiences, and explored future pathways More
Wie kann Wohnarchitektur auf vielfältige und wandelbare Familienformen reagieren? Das Masterstudio «The Pursuit of Happiness» übersetzte Erkenntnisse des SNF-Sinergia-Projekts FamyCH in konkrete Entwürfe für Trennungsfamilien. In Zusammenarbeit mit Wohnforschung, Konstruktion und Film entstanden fünf Projekte, die soziale Kontinuität, emotionale Stabilität und räumliche Anpassungsfähigkeit fördern.
How can planet-spanning and resource-hungry cloud infrastructure be designed, planned, and governed in more equitable and sustainable ways? The explosive growth of AI and its hunger for resource are profoundly reshaping our digital and physical territories. While cloud facilities like data centres are projected to triple by 2030—already More
Data centres are among the most influential buildings of our time, yet the public debate about their architecture is still insufficient. Behind the metaphor of a weightless cloud lies a resource-intensive construction practice: Architectural “black boxes” are built in industrial zones and along infrastructure corridors, engineered for high More
10. & 11. September 2026 | Architekturforum Zürich, Zollstrasse 115, 8005 Zürich. How can landscape be designed in a future of increasing dynamics and uncertainty? In view of rising hydrological amplitudes and climatic challenges, established methods in planning disciplines are reaching their limits. Through transdisciplinary dialogues, the colloquium More
Camila Medina Novoa is a landscape historian and researcher, whose work sits at the intersection of history of landscape architecture, environmental history, history of science, and the emerging field of Plant Humanities — which places plant species at the centre of historical and cultural inquiry, allowing scientific and More
Das Buch «Social Infrastructure in Neighbourhoods and Cities» beleuchtet die verschiedenen Formen und Facetten sozialer Infrastrukturen – physische Räume, die Menschen zusammenbringen, Verbindungen ermöglichen und Gemeinschaft fördern. Hannah Widmer, Forscherin am ETH Wohnforum, untersucht in ihrem Beitrag die Diversität der Nutzer:innen dreier Quartiersplätze in Zürich und vergleicht sie More
In her new role at ETH Zurich, Aisling O’Carroll brings a historical lens to one of landscape architecture’s most urgent questions: how do we design for a changing climate by learning from the past? In this interview, she reflects on the value of historical research, the potential of More
Interest in collaborative housing is growing across Latin America. Based on 20 case studies, four distinct types were identified: the Eco-Communitarian, the Developer-led, the Resistance, and the Political, differentiated by the actors and instruments enabling their emergence, sustainability, and scalability over time.
Professor of architecture Tom Avermaete is researching how cities are designed and how they have evolved over time – and what we can learn from this for the urban planning of the future. In his ERC project, he is investigating how cooperatives, housing associations, and other collective institutions More
The Urban Studies Best Article is awarded by the editors to the author(s) of what they consider to be the most innovative and agenda-setting article published in a given year. The editors are pleased to announce that Nitin Bathla is the winner of the Urban Studies Best Article More
This paper focuses on how, in the wake of shifting hydro-topographic regimes in Switzerland, digital design methods can be combined with tactile modeling methods to support the overall design process and output. Bridging crucial gaps in the workflow from geodata to physical modeling the paper proposes a design More
Landschaft ist nie still. Selbst dort, wo sie fest erscheint, arbeitet die Zeit an ihr weiter. Wasser, Sedimente, Vegetation und topografische Prozesse wandeln sich fortwährend. Angesichts zunehmender hydrologischer und geomorphologischer Dynamiken stellt sich für die Landschaftsarchitektur die Frage, wie sich nicht nur Raum, sondern auch Zeit entwerfen lässt.
A series of Research Studios at the Chair of the History and Theory of Urban Design investigates the role of resources in the history of urban design. How are resources relied upon, managed, and produced by cities? How can historical experiences inform the challenges of today? How do More
In this research, I seek to question and upset the dominant narrative in the planetary thesis of urbanisation. I seek to challenge the colonial roots and thinking contained therein. I do this by arguing that histories of the land and the everyday lives of people matter in centring More
Often, when we speak about the savanna there is always a presupposition that we are talking about the wild. Standing in the outskirts of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya on community lands, and looking out towards the reserve, what was remarkable was the mix of livestock More
If planetary urbanization has reoriented urban research beyond the city, a key question remains: how are these uneven and often inaccessible territories to be sensed, documented, and understood? We suggest that the answer lies in a co-constitutive engagement between urban theory and sensory registers of film and other More
The rock avalanche of May 2025 didn’t just bury the village of Blatten – within seconds, it also fundamentally transformed the entire landscape. ETH Professor Martina Voser has been working with landscape architecture students to develop different visions for the future of the Lötschental. In this interview, she More
Zurich is growing – but does the city need new high-rise buildings to accommodate that growth? Not necessarily, says ETH Zurich urban history professor Tom Avermaete. His joint research project with professor of architecture Jonathan Sergison (USI) shows that mid-rise buildings and targeted densification can absorb the city’s More
Im Rahmen des EU-Horizon-Projekts ReHousIn untersucht das ETH Wohnforum den Zusammenhang zwischen Klimaanpassungsstrategien und Wohnungsungleichheiten in der Schweiz. Im Fokus stehen Massnahmen zur Verdichtung, Begrünung sowie energetische Sanierungen. Wir analysieren, wie solche Strategien zur Aufwertung von Quartieren beitragen und dadurch Mietsteigerungen sowie Verdrängungsprozesse beeinflussen können.
19 February – 7 May 2026 | ETH Zürich. This doctoral seminar has a twofold aim: (1) to develop an in-depth understanding of walking practices and critical walking methodologies across diverse contexts and geographies through theory sessions; and (2) to practise critical walking in walking seminars as a More
Im EU-Horizon-Projekt ReHousIn wird analysiert, wie städtische Klimaanpassungsstrategien die Bezahlbarkeit des Wohnens beeinflussen und mit entsprechenden Marktentwicklungen verflochten sind. Auf Basis von Expert:inneninterviews zeigt die Studie, dass klimabezogene Anpassungen Markterwartungen prägen und durch Aufwertung soziale Folgen nach sich ziehen können.