Department / Institute : Département Architecture (D-ARCH)
Awaska Alpa_Woven Territory
14.10.2023–14.01.2024 | Exhibition | Akademie der Künste, Berlin. Awaska Alpa is a research project that critically explores the representation of Inga territory in the Andean Amazon of Colombia. During colonial times, the Spanish crown established the Indigenous resguardo (reserve) as a form of collective land tenure to “protect,” Plus
Wanderausstellung und Podium «10-Minuten-Nachbarschaften»
Nature conservation and Indigenous territories – Transitioning from the biological to the biocultural
The 16th Conference of Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) took place in Colombia during the last two weeks of October 2024. The city of Cali became the main stage for intergovernmental efforts to protect nature. A key outcome of the summit was recognising the Plus
DELUS Issue 1
Developing a Unity-based Tool to Integrate Sound into Landscape Design and Evaluation
The acoustic quality of outdoor spaces is receiving increasing attention in planning and design disciplines. Yet, it is very difficult for non-experts in acoustics to include the effects of landscape changes on the so-called soundscape in their daily work. In the Innovedum project «Unity App for Soundscape Design Plus
Creating a Situated and Multilayered Understanding of Global Production Space Through Collective Interventions
Rooted in the tension between concrete locations and global networks, between movement and stillness, space and place, and between clusters and dispersed zones, global production landscapes are challenging to understand. Where do these production spaces originate? Who owns, designs, and manages them? Due to the opaque nature of Plus
Digitale Zwillinge für unsere Städte
DAM Book Award 2024 for «Researching Otherwise»
Multi-disciplinarity is on the agenda for the contemporary architectural debate, and Researching Otherwise – edited by ETH-based scholar Nitin Bathla – takes a broad look at the topic. Divided into three chapters dedicated to transdisciplinary, sensory, and restitutive methods, the book presents pluriversal research projects, which range from Plus
Open House Westhof «Architekturen des Zusammenlebens – Small Talk!», Architekturführung im Anschluss
NSL Forum & Cycling Research Board: Video and Manifesto now online!
Did you miss the NSL Forum and Cycling Research Board «Digital Twins for Europe’s Future Mobility», on September 4th? The video link is now available on the event website! In addition, for a quick read and an overview of the workshops, you can download the «Collective Manifesto for Plus
CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials – Essentials 2025
Call for Papers: Sustainable Built Environment Conference (SBE25)
We are thrilled to announce the Sustainable Built Environment Conference (SBE25), which will be held from June 25 to 27, 2025 in Zürich. The conference topic is “Shaping Tomorrow: Systems Thinking in the Built Environment”. Releasing over 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions and consuming over 40% of Plus
Brasilândia Design Studio at University of St. Gallen Latin America Week
Transitioning to Sustainable Cities and Communities
The publication features scholarly articles and interviews from leading experts working in various fields anchored in urban design and architecture. Each piece in the volume addresses the challenges and opportunities prompted by the SDG11, and by extension, the climate crisis. As a whole, the volume illuminates and showcases Plus
Call for Papers: NSL Colloquium 2024: Beyond Maintenance: Responsive Practices for Changing Landscapes
The NSL Colloquium will take place February 26-28 2025 at ETH Zürich and publishes an open call for submissions until November 8, 2024. The colloquium will investigate the relationship between the design and maintenance of living systems, seeking to cultivate practices, terminology, and theoretical insights into approaches that Plus
Against wastelanding: distributed design at the pace of soil in the Conca de Barberà
NSL Veranstaltungsplakat Herbstsemester 2024
Was braucht heute die Schweizer Landschaft? Interview mit Martina Voser
Martina Voser ist seit 2021 Gastprofessorin an der ETH Zürich, Ende 2023 wurde sie zur ordentlichen Professorin für Landschaftsarchitektur berufen. Sie spricht von den tiefgreifenden Veränderungen, die der Schweizer Landschaft bevorstehen, und dass ihre Professur zusammen mit der öffentlichen Hand und der Fachwelt die nötigen Transformationsprozesse entwickeln kann.
LUS Doctoral Seminar: More-Than Methodologies: Explorations in Landscape and Urban Research
Open House Zürich, Quartierrundgang «10-Minuten-Nachbarschaften»
LUS Talks 2024: AFTER BREAKDOWNS
Matters of Urban Expertise: Who develops the City of the Future?
Digital Double: Situating and Troubling AI Technologies for Architectural Reconstruction and Urban Simulation
Einführungsvorlesung Prof. Martina Voser: I paesaggi invisibili – Eine Reise durch blaugraugrüne Facetten
2 + 2 + 1 Eine Debatte über zeitgenössische Landschaftsarchitektur
Baukultur back to the future
Grundlagen: Vitrinen. A Zürich Lexicon
Urban Codes and Urban Forms: The Case of Zurich
Researching Otherwise: Pluriversal Methodologies for Landscape and Urban Studies
Wie können sich Landschafts- und Stadtforschung wirksamer mit transdisziplinärem Dialog, Sinnlichkeit und Affekt sowie pluriversen Welten beschäftigen? Researching Otherwise stellt sensorische, kollaborative und restitutive methodische Werkzeuge vor, um neue Räume für die Produktion von Wissen zu schaffen.
Teresa Galí-Izard für Schelling Architekturpreise nominiert
Open Access ETH Studio Basel
The website «Open Access ETH Studio Basel» presents a selection of publications by the ETH Studio Basel as open access. ETH Studio Basel, Contemporary City Institute, was founded in 1999 as an institute of urban research at the ETH Zürich Department of Architecture by architects Roger Diener, Jacques Plus
Digital Twin für Sarajevo
Die Professur von Professor Hubert Klumpner hat das erste KI-unterstütze 4D-Modell für Sarajevo entworfen. Es berücksichtigt auch die zeitliche Dimension in der Stadtplanung und war die Grundlage für öffentliche Anhörungen. «Um die Komplexität der Stadt abbilden zu können, brauchen wir neue Methoden, Prozesse und Technologien», sagt Klumpner.
Public Guest Talk with Arturo Escobar – POSTPONED
Wohnraum für alle ist hindernisfrei-anpassbar
DER AUTOMOBILE MENSCH – Filmvorführung & Podiumsdiskussion zur Verkehrswende
Haushälterische Bodennutzung vollziehen
NSL Forum & Cycling Research Board
Digital Twins for Europe’s Future Mobility 4 – 6 September 2024 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL E3 and HIT. Today’s design reflects the car-oriented consensus, which was formulated between the 1930’s and 1950’s and adopted around the world since then. The climate crisis challenges this orientation and asks Plus
Empowering the Next Generation: Illustrating Landscape Systems by Computation
Landscape systems are intricate and challenging to illustrate effectively. The BeingAliveLanguage, a groundbreaking software integrated into Rhino/Grasshopper, revolutionizes the visualization of soil-centric information. Developed by ETH Zurich’s « Chair of Being Alive, » this tool empowers designers and planners to create expressive, automated illustrations that support decision-making processes.
Drive Forward: Revolutionizing Traffic with Advanced Vehicle Trajectory Reconstruction
Understanding how vehicles move is crucial for safer, more coordinated, and smarter transportation systems. However, directly observing vehicle trajectories is impractical, posing a challenge to obtaining accurate trajectory data with limited sensing capabilities. We explore our innovative approach to vehicle trajectory reconstruction, reshaping the future of traffic management.
«Das Bild der Heidi-Schweiz wird sich verändern und es wird neue Naturen geben»
«Der Begriff der alpinen Brache war eine Provokation»
Der Soziologieprofessor Christian Schmid wird dieses Jahr emeritiert. Im Interview mit Andres Herzog blickt er zurück auf seine Zeit am ETH Studio Basel, das mit dem Buch «Die Schweiz: ein städtebauliches Porträt» für Diskussionen gesorgt hat und dessen Publikationen ab Mai als Open Access online frei zugänglich sind.
Urban Transformation Project Sarajevo (UTPS)
The Urban Transformation Project Sarajevo (UTPS) aims to support the modernisation of the integrated urban planning system in Sarajevo Canton, and the creation of better conditions for sustainable climate resilient socio-economic development. The project is supported by the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and corresponds with Switzerland’s foreign policy strategy Plus
LUS Doctoral Crits AS 2024 & Book Launch
ReHousIn: Contextualized Pathways to Reduce Housing Inequalities in the Green and Digital Transition (EU Horizon Project)
Ce projet Horizon Europe, programme-cadre européen, aborde les conséquences de mesures politiques visant la neutralité carbone en 2050 – parallèlement à l’accès à un espace habitable adapté et abordable. Le changement climatique et la crise environnementale constituent des défis à relever rapidement et de façon résolue. L’écologisation entraînera Plus
Ramification. Eine Ausstellung zur zeitgenössischen Landschaftsarchitektur
Hybrid Summer School Synergic Urban Systems
DELUS Issue 0
Le numéro pilote de DELUS a été lancé à l’automne 2023 au sein de l’ONA DiD Lab. Il propose une série d’aperçus sur les problématiques urbaines et paysagères et présente de nouvelles méthodes pour dévoiler des univers multiples et raconter des histoires riches en facettes. Les contributions vont Plus
Jardin du 21ème siècle à Tiltil, Chili
Le jardin à Huertos Familiares, Tiltil (Chili), permet d’étudier la façon dont les modifications du sol peuvent renforcer les capacités écologiques et sociales par une évolution des pratiques de gestion des terres donnant naissance à un nouveau type de jardin public sur la commune de Tiltil. Avec son Plus
Jardin du 21ème siècle à la Nouvelle-Orléans, États-Unis
Le jardin se situe dans le Lower Ninth Ward de La Nouvelle-Orléans, un quartier fortement affecté en 2005 par l’ouragan Katrina, la principale catastrophe naturelle subie par la ville. Le jardin est constitué d’un ensemble de cinq terrains de 10 x 40 m, reliés entre eux, bâtis avant Plus