Department / Institute: Prof. Jacques Herzog
Die Schweiz, ein städtebauliches Portrait
Schweizer Stararchitekten entwerfen für die Schweiz eine neue Landeskarte der urbanen Topografie Das «ETH Studio Basel – Institut Stadt der Gegenwart» hat das Territorium der Schweiz in einer mehrjährigen Forschungsarbeit in allen seinen vielschichtigen Aspekten untersucht. Geografische, historische, sprachliche, kulturelle, soziale, ökonomische, verkehrspolitische, urbanistische und architektonische Strukturen sind More
Basels Planung als Comic: MetroBasel
Wie plant man eigentlich eine Stadt, die sich über drei Länder erstreckt? Wie könnte sich die Region in den nächsten Jahren verändern? Ein See für Basel? Ein städtischer Platz, mitten über dem Rhein schwebend? Lineare Parks, die sich aus dem Jura, dem Schwarzwald und den Vogesen in die More
Canary Islands: Open Closed
Our first steps on the Canary Islands were accompanied by prejudices and doubts as to whether there would be anything interesting to see there apart from the usual phenomena accompanying the distasteful development of mass tourism. We were trying to establish whether anything could be found that would More
MetroBasel
Nairobi
Nairobi is shaped by strong contrasts in wealth and quality of infrastructure. While some of the most affluent neighborhoods can be found in the west of the city, along with beautiful gardens and vast golf courses, Nairobi is home to one of the biggest slum of the continent, More
Beirut – Damascus
We can observe the cities in the Middle East at a crucial moment in time. Rich in architectural and urbanistic heritage and finding themselves at a turning point of political transformation and undergoing extensive (re-) construction, these cities grapple with questions of identity, globalization and a reconsideration of More
Cairo
Strategically located at the mouth of the Nile Delta, the region around Cairo has been continuously inhabited for the last five millennia. With Memphis, capital of the Old Kingdom approximately 3000 BC located a few kilometers to the south, the pyramids of Giza, constructed approximately 2500 BC to More