disP 58/2, June 2022
disP – The Planning Review, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2022 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.
NSL Kolloquium der Professur von Milica Topalovic
Frühjahrssemester 2023. Informationen folgen sobald bekannt.
“Yes, but not like this!” – Why densification often lacks public acceptance
Densification is a fundamental principle of urban planning and development today. Nevertheless, it often encounters local resistance. A group of ETH researchers has now systematically investigated factors influencing public acceptance of densification, focusing on the canton of Zurich and six cities of global importance. One key factor: affordable More
Field Reconnaissance
As part of the design studio «Atomic Heart River», students in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) were asked to develop visionary concepts for the science campus of the future. In addition to point clouds, other design tools such as a GNSS drawing device and virtual reality applications More
Will e-bikes bring Amsterdam and Copenhagen to Switzerland?
Kick-off event | 23 November 2022, 13:30, aperitif around 18:00 | HG F 30 (Audi Max), ETH Zürich, Zentrum. Registration deadline 9 November.
Globescape: Understanding Place, Fostering Place-making
Unprecedented urbanisation is transforming productive agricultural land into standardised settlements in which people are losing their sense of place and the motivation to initiate change. How people feel about, interact with, or want different places to be shaped, has been systematically researched through the lenses of place and More
If you work in Zurich, you should be able to live there – but where exactly?
Much controversy surrounds the SBB Neugasse project in the city Zurich. It will be put to the vote for Zurich citizens on 25 September. On a 30-hectare site in a well-connected location, only 375 flats are envisaged. This means that there is not sufficient densification, not as much housing More
Landmanagement – Weiterentwicklung eines Instrumentariums
18. Januar 2023, 9:00 – 17:00 | ETH Zürich (Zentrum), Auditorium Maximum HG F 30.
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard
1 December, 17:15 | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, HG F 30. Prof. Galí-Izard defines landscape architects as translators of the potential of places defined primary by its geological and climatic conditions.
Von Bewegung, Video und Wolken
28. November – 3. Dezember 2022 | Ausstellung und Round Table Talks | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HXE C1.
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture 2022
November | Shenzhen, China. The UABB is the only exhibition in the world to explore issues of urbanization.
Nature and Engineering: The Park of the Buttes-Chaumont
21 November, 16:00 – 18:00 | via Zoom. Lecturer: Antoine Picon – Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology, Harvard Graduate School of Design.
«Incontri con il paesaggio»
17 November, 17:00 – 19:00 | Politecnico di Torino, Castello del Valentino, Torino.
Bibliothekseröffnung Lucius und Annemarie Burckhardt
25. November 2022, 18:00 Uhr | Anmeldung bis 11. November | Case Studio VOGT, Stampfenbachstrasse 59, Zürich.
(RE)Acting/(EN)Acting: New Approaches in Landscape Architecture
18 October, 17:00 | Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO).
Architecture of Territory: MY ENERGY
Thursday 13.10./20.10./24.11./1.12., 10:00 – 12:00 | ETH Zürich, Oerlikon, Neunbrunnenstr. 50, ONA E 7 + online. This lecture series sets up an agenda for widening the disciplinary field of architecture and urbanism to territorial scales, corresponding to the increasing scales of contemporary urbanisation.
Between Activism and Academia: Research Justice in Unequal Cities
11 October, 17:30 | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, HG E 7. Lecturers: Ananya Roy, University of California, Los Angeles. Comments by Christian Schmid, ETH Zürich, Joanna Kusiak, University of Cambridge, and Hanna Hilbrandt, University of Zürich.
Wohnen: Zwölf Schlüsselthemen sozialräumlicher Wohnforschung
Buchvernissage 7. Oktober, 19:00 | Never Stop Reading, Spiegelgasse 18 / Untere Zäune, Zürich.
The [Seasonal] Arrival City: Designing for migrants’ ‘transient right to the city’
Buchvernissage 6. Oktober, 18:00 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIT, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27.
Bodies of Water – A Swiss Landscape Trilogy
Exhibition 4 – 14 October / Vernissage & Book Launch: 4 October, 18:00 | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, HG Main Hall.
Profile der Alpen: Landschaft, Landscape, Paysage – Talschaft
11. Oktober und 8. November (tbc) | 18:00 ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL G 64.
The E-Bike City: Bringing Amsterdam and Copenhagen to Switzerland?
Transport challenges in cities have never been more urgent. Mobility must be rapidly decarbonized and negative externalities of traffic are gaining more attention. On the other side, growing urban populations and economic growth generate ever more traffic.
Henri Lefebvre and the Theory of the Production of Space
Starting 23 September on Fridays, 12:00 – 14:00 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HCP E 47.2 | Elective Course / Urban Theory Seminar.
Gotthard Landschaft – eine digitale Reise durch das alpine Massiv
20. – 30. September | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, Hauptgebäude (HG) Innenhof. Im Rahmen der Schweizer Digitaltage bespielt die Ausstellung «Gotthard Landschaft» der Professur Christophe Girot mit einem Punktwolken-Modell dieser bedeutsamen Bergregion den Innenhof des ETH Hauptgebäudes.
River Campus 2030
Exhibition PSI Open House: 23 October, 10:00 – 17:00 | PSI Auditorium WHGA, Forschungsstr. 111, 5232 Villigen. Students of the chair of Prof. Christophe Girot present their vision for the campus of the Paul Scherrer Institute in 2030.
Interkantonal koordiniertes Monitoring Bauen ausserhalb Bauzonen
Am 3. Schweizer Landschaftskongress in Rapperswil hat die ETH Zürich in Kooperation mit dem Kanton Waadt das Projekt für ein interkantonal koordiniertes Monitoring zum Bauen ausserhalb der Bauzonen vorgestellt. Das Ziel des Projekts ist die partizipative Entwicklung von Indikatoren basierend auf bestehenden Datengrundlagen. Wer den Posterbeitrag verpasst hat, More
Understanding a Place by Looking at its Soil
Doing fieldwork – such as the study of soil, vegetation, or other living systems – is an essential task in the discipline of landscape architecture. It helps to understand and translate the existing conditions of a place to uncover its potential for future transformations. The Chair of Being More
NSL Kolloquium: Städtische Verdichtung und Verdrängung
9. Februar 2023, 17:00–18:45 Uhr | Zentrum Architektur Zürich (ZAZ), Höschgasse 3, Zürich. Expert:innen, Politiker:innen und Aktivist:innen diskutieren über die sozialen Auswirkungen der anhaltend raschen Verdichtung der Stadt Zürich. Diese erfolgt oft durch den Ersatz von preiswertem Wohnraum durch neue Wohnungen, die für einkommensschwächere Menschen nicht mehr erschwinglich sind. Am 26. Januar 2023 eröffnet im More
False Clouds
9 September – 20 October | National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Urban Design Studio Sarajevo, BiH.
Der Traum vom Ferienhaus
11. September 2022, 10:30 | Kantonsbibliothek Graubünden, Karlihofplatz. Welche Spuren haben «Der Traum vom Ferienhaus» in audiovisuellen Dokumenten hinterlassen?
Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies
The Department of Architecture (www.arch.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position. The professorship is located at the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) (www.lus.arch.ethz.ch), which is part of the Network City and Landscape (NSL) (www.nsl.ethz.ch).
Der möblierte Berg: Rigi Kaltbad-First gestern, heute und morgen
24. September 2022, 14 bis 17 Uhr | Bergkirche Rigi Kaltbad.
Writing Landscapes, Writing the Urban
Methodology Seminar | Starting 22 September on Thursdays, 14:00 – 16:00 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, Rote Hölle, HIL E67.
Methoden der Stadtforschung: Ein Rückblick. 21 Years of Urban Sociology at D-ARCH
22. September bis 8. Dezember 2022, jeweils Donnerstag, 13:45 – 15:30 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL E1. Diese Vorlesungsreihe vermittelt einen Rückblick auf die Arbeit der Dozentur Soziologie am D-ARCH und einen aktuellen Überblick über sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung.
Jennifer Duyne Barenstein wird Leiterin des ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE
Dr. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein übernimmt die Leitung des interdisziplinären Forschungszentrums ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE. Sie tritt die Nachfolge von Dr. Marie Glaser an und bringt langjährige internationale Leitungserfahrung mit. Die Sozialwissenschaftlerin ist seit sechs Jahren am ETH Wohnforum tätig und spezialisiert auf sozioökonomische und kulturelle Aspekte des More
Sprungbrett – Impulse im Wohnungsbau
15. September, 17:30–20:15 | PROGR, Bern. Neudenken des Schweizer Wohnungsbaus: Clusterwohnen auf dem Dorf und mehr.
Master of Science ETH in Landschaftsarchitektur
Anmeldefrist 30. April 2023 für Beginn im Herbstsemester 2023.
Fieldwork Week in Cima Città. Join us!
15. – 19. August 2022, registration deadline: 31.7.2022 | Cima Città, Valle di Blenio, Ticino. An open invitation to join the Chair of Being Alive for a week of getting their hands dirty.
disP 58/1, March 2022
disP – The Planning Review, Volume 58, Issue 1, March 2022 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.
Calculate or co-create?
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder – yet how do we find consensus on a shared amenity such as a neighbourhood? We took a stroll with two ETH architects to discover how they see their role as mediators between the conflicting priorities of urban consolidation, More
Eine kurze Geschichte des Bauens ausserhalb der Bauzone
Warum gibt es in der Schweiz eine Trennung zwischen Baugebiet und Nicht-Baugebiet? Was waren die Beweggründe, das Bauen ausserhalb der Bauzone streng zu reglementieren? Welche Akteure setzten sich für die Trennung ein und wie lief der politische Prozess ab? Antworten gibt diese kurze Geschichte des Bauens ausserhalb der More
Öffentliche Schlusspräsentation Basel West – St. Louis, MAS in Raumplanung 2021/23
26. August 2022, 8:30-12:00 | Markthalle Basel, Salon.
disP 57/4, December 2021
disP – The Planning Review, Volume 57, Issue 4, December 2021 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.
4D Geo-designing Urban Transformation: Final Reviews
6 July 2022, 13:30 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL E67.
An Agent-based Digital Twin for Sarajevo
To support and enable the Urban Transformation of the City of Sarajevo through quantitative, data-driven assessments and novel 4D digital aesthetics, we apply digital twins and large-scale, agent-based, and bottom-up simulations.
Application of Machine Learning Classifiers in Train Route Scheduling
How much are common machine learning classifiers, such as Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machines (SVM), and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) better in forecasting than traditional discrete choice models? To which extent is it worth to sacrifice the improved interpretability of the latter to achieve a higher prediction More