“The Alps provide a valuable lens through which to examine how societies understand, manage, and adapt to environmental change.”
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
Tom Avermaete receives one of the coveted ERC Advanced Grants
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
PhD Position in AI-Supported Resilience Assessment of Climate-Neutral Transport Infrastructure
100%, Zurich, fixed-term.
Urban Studies Best Article Prize 2025 for Nitin Bathla
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
Öffentliche Schlusspräsentation Design Studio: Furttal – Prozessdesign
10. Juli 2026, 13:15 Uhr | ETH Zentrum, LEE E 101, Leonhardstrasse 21, 8092 Zürich.
disP Now Online First
We are excited to share that disP – The Planning Review now offers ONLINE FIRST publication. This means accepted articles will be published online as soon as they are ready—making new research accessible earlier and supporting faster knowledge exchange within the planning community. A great step forward for More
Doctoral position in social indicator development with text-based and spatial data
100%, Zurich, fixed-term.
Treasures from the disP Archives
Series One: Rethinking Cities – Governance, Diversity, and Community. This special issue from the disP archives provides a foundation for examining how inclusive governance and community-building can address the challenges of difference and inequality in contemporary cities.
Entwerfen mit und für Dynamiken
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.
Resourceful Cities
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
The Maasai Savannah is a Relational Space
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
PhD Position in Vehicle Sensor and Remote Sensing Analysis for Road Safety
100%, Zurich, fixed-term.
PhD Position in Infrastructure Intervention Effectiveness Analysis for Road Safety
100%, Zurich, fixed-term.
Cinema and the City in the Age of Planetary Urbanization
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
“Despite the gentle blanket of snow covering everything, you could still feel the sheer force of what had happened in Blatten”
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
“Learn from history and demolish as few buildings as possible”
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
Szenario-Workshops: Innovative Methode für Problemanalyse, Austausch und Zukunftsszenarien
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.
Philipp Urech and Susann Ahn win the Tulane Prize for Climate Change Curriculum in the Built Environment, category Landscape Architecture
Making Greenways: A typological transposition between Vienna and Seoul.
Arquiteturas Film Festival Guest Programme
1 – 5 July 2026 | Film festival | Rua dos Clérigos 44, 4050-204 Porto, Portugal.
Disrupting the Corridor: New Scenarios for Water/Ground Mobilities
Workshop 7 September, 8:00 – 12. September 2026, 18:00 | Politecnico di Milano. Applications open until 7 June 2026.
Densités écologiques. Quel futur pour le bâti genevois? Ecological densities. Where Next for Geneva’s Built Environment?
Call for Contributions: 5 July 2026 | Seminar: 9-10 December 2026 | Geneva.
Urban Nature Archives. Photography and Extended Urbanisation in the Brazilian Amazon
13 May 2026, 17:00—19:00 | Book Launch & Discussion with Roberto Monte-Mór with Junia Mortimer | DiDLab ONA, Neunbrunnenstr. 50, 8093 Zürich.
ETH Medal for the outstanding doctoral theses at D-ARCH of Sara Frikech
Sara Frikech received an ETH Medal for her doctoral thesis at the Institute gta. It deals with a historical topic in architecture from the mid‑19th century onwards.
«Not Just Roads»
28 May 2026, 19:30 – 21:00 | Film screening | Museum für Gestaltung, Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zürich.
Thinking Through Soil
28 April 2026, 18:15 | book launch | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL H E67. With: Tom Avermaete, gta and LUS, ETH Zürich; Hubert Klumpner, LUS, ETH Zürich; Teresa Galí-Izard, LUS, ETH Zürich and the authors: Montserrat Bonvehi and Seth Denizen
David Kaufmann appointed Professor of Spatial Development and Urban Policy
At its meeting on 4 and 5 March 2026 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed twelve professors, including Professor David Kaufmann. He was promoted to Associate Professor of Spatial Development and Urban Policy and is based at the Institute for More
The future of urban traffic management
At ETH Zurich, Grace Kagho is building a digital twin of her hometown Lagos. As a researcher and an entrepreneur, she is working to make her data-driven approach to sustainable urban planning available to cities worldwide. Article on ETH News
Critical Walking: A Methods Seminar
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
CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials – Structural Specialisation – Next Edition
earth. bio-based. reused Application until 15.07.2026 for September to December 2026 (Autumn Semester).
Grüne Infrastruktur im Spannungsfeld von Aufwertung und Verdrängung: Erkenntnisse aus dem EU-Projekt ReHousIn
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.
Sarajevo Citizens Build Urban Imaginaries
What does collective planning, designing, and building really mean? When implementing new urban projects, architects face the challenge of visualizing planned changes for citizens. While diagrams, drawings, and renderings are standard, they often fail to communicate the physical reality of a project. The Urban Transformation Project Sarajevo (UTPS) More
disP 61/4, December 2025
disP – The Planning Review, Volume 61, Issue 4, December 2025 is now available online. Unmaking plans: enforcement, modification and the erosion of consent.
Density, Densification, and Travel Perspectives from Zurich and Cambridge
31 March 2026, 13:00–17:00 | Meridian Hall, Collegium Helveticum.
Co-Creative Streetscape Transformation: Specifying User Requirements for Integrated Modelling and Visualization Tools
Urban streetscapes need a redesign to meet pressing challenges associated with climate change and environmental degradation. This requires collaboration among a range of stakeholders. A user requirement study has specified what modelling and visualization tools are needed to support the co-creative design. These tools should facilitate cross‑disciplinary integration, More
From Teaching to Active Learning: Co-designing a Toolbox for Inclusive and Regenerative Cities
How can architectural education enable students to move beyond receiving lecture content and toward the co-production of transferable urban design knowledge? The Urban Stories Lecture Series is developing an active-learning framework that links lectures, workshops, seminars, exhibitions, and an emerging e-platform. Students shift from passive recipients of content More
Transform Fragile Traffic Networks with Antifragile Solutions
With urbanization and centralized economic activities, recent years have witnessed steady population growth in major cities around the globe. For example, the population in the city of Zurich has increased by 16% between 2000 and 2020, which certainly leads to an ever-growing traffic demand, potentially more traffic accidents, More
NSL Veranstaltungsplakat Frühjahrssemester 2026
Das neue NSL Veranstaltungsplakat Frühjahrssemester 2026 ist da!
Infoveranstaltung CAS Zukunft der Raumentwicklung
31. März 2026, 12∶00 – 13∶00 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, online via Zoom (Link nach Registrierung).
2 + 2 + 1 Eine Debatte über zeitgenössische Landschaftsarchitektur
31. März 2026, 18:30 | L200, Langstr. 200, Zürich. Die zeitgenössischen Herausforderungen aufgrund von Klimawandel und Verdichtung verlangen nach Adaption und Innovation.
Kompaktkurs: Grundlagen der Raumplanung
25. – 27. August 2026 | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, LEE E 101. AUSGEBUCHT
CAS Zukunft der Raumentwicklung
Bewerbung: 15. April – 15.Juli (laufende Zulassung) | Ausbildungsdaten: 24. August 2026 – 12. Februar 2027.