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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.
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 place-making, which are useful when combining physical landscape changes within a people-centred perspective.
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 were used to strengthen the site-specific qualities of the student’s designs.
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 Alive has organized a one-week residency in the Blenio Valley (Ticino) to learn and experiment with fieldwork methods.
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, functionalism and aesthetics. Article in ETH Globe (online).
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 Wohnens, Urbanisierungsprozesse sowie bezahlbaren und gemeinnützigen Wohnraum. Seit 2016 leitet sie den MAS ETH in Housing.
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, kann ihn hier ansehen.
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 is being created as would be possible. Spatial development scientist Sibylle Wälty shows how this area could contribute to alleviating the housing shortage. To the article on the ETH «Zukunftsblog»
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 housing. Article at ETH News
This is a selection. Find a complete list in the ETH Zürich Research Collection.
disP – The Planning Review, Volume 58, Issue 1, March 2022 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.
This article traces the shift in urban governance of Belgrade’s recent megaprojects using the method of discourse analysis of daily newspapers.
Booklaunch 27 September, 18:00 | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, Haupthalle. More
Exhibition 4 – 14 October / Vernissage & Book Launch: 4 October, 18:00 | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, HG Main Hall. More
Buchvernissage 6. Oktober, 18:00 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIT, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27. More
Buchvernissage 7. Oktober, 19:00 | Never Stop Reading, Spiegelgasse 18 / Untere Zäune, Zürich. More
This paper introduces the concept of place for land system science to better understand how the transformation of place, as place-making, can be operationalised.
The use and misuse of statistical significance in discrete choice models in the transportation academic literature.
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).
