This article examines the intersection of wildfire, drought and extractivism through the case study of the Jardín del Siglo XXI (JSXXI, the Garden of the Twenty-first Century), a garden-based research project in Huertos Familiares, a community in Tiltil, Chile, increasingly affected by fire.
100%, Zurich, fixed-term. The Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) at the ETH Zurich Department of Architecture invites applications for two doctoral fellowship positions. The fellowship will start on 1 October 2026, with a 100% workload, based in Zurich, and is fixed-term for three-and-a-half years. Job description
A single species can tell us much about taste, power, and the cultural choices behind how we shape landscapes. Connected to the doctoral project Making Ornamental Trees, this article reflects on the Araucaria araucana, a conifer, and the stories carried by its long journey from the Andes in Plus
100%, Zurich, fixed-term. The doctoral programme at the Institute of History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich, offers two fellowship positions to start on 1 October 2026. This programme focuses on the history and theory of architecture and urbanism in a wider context of cultural history, including Plus
The environmental crisis has created a demand for practices that build awareness about the interconnections of diverse forms of life, allowing humans to understand complex earthly relationships and reconnect with the land they inhabit. This paper contributes to this debate by investigating bird watching activities and their relevance Plus
Die Oberrheinische Tiefebene ist geprägt von Jahrhunderten des Wandels: vom amphibischen Lebensraum zum regulierten Fluss. Heute, im Zeichen von Klima- und Biodiversitätskrisen, eröffnet die Perspektive des «lebendigen Milieus» neue Wege, Landschaften jenseits von Fortschritts- oder Verlustnarrativen zu verstehen und zu gestalten.
This article examines the socioecological metabolism of soils in New York City, tracing their production, circulation, and transformation within the dynamics of extended urbanisation. It explores how soil, as both a biophysical and socio-political entity, alternates between being treated as lively or inert in response to the demands Plus
In February 2025, over 40 practitioners, researchers, and educators came together at ETH Zürich for this colloquium, to discuss the evolving relationship between the design and maintenance of living systems. In response to accelerating climate uncertainty, shrinking municipal budgets, and precarious labour conditions, the colloquium posed a simple Plus
New Orleans is a landscape paradox – a city largely below sea level, which continues to sink as the sea rises outside the levee walls that protect it. Despite its capacity to produce a tremendous amount of biomass and ecological diversity, the city’s urban forest has been in Plus
The Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies is young and evolving. While it builds on a rich research history across various chairs, its identity still continues to take shape through its doctoral community, lecture series, and biannual research colloquia. In this context, it is particularly noteworthy that the Plus
Applications until 30 April for autumn 2025. The Master‘s degree programme in Landscape Architecture is aimed at students with a Bachelor‘s degree in architecture or landscape architecture from a university or Swiss University of Applied Sciences with at least 180 ECTS or equivalent.
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
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.
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
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
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
Dans le cadre du projet de recherche «Jardin du 21ème siècle», le projet à Senan (Espagne) interroge la façon dont une pratique simple de la modification des sols, par le pacage doux par des chevaux, est à même de développer les capacités écologiques et sociales sur un territoire Plus
Le 15 juin 2022, un incendie a ravagé 2 683 hectares de forêts et de surfaces agricoles autour des villages de La Clua de Maià et d’Alos de Balaguer, sur la commune de Baldomar, une région de La Noguera en Catalogne du Nord, Espagne. Marqué·e·s par l’intensité de Plus
Teresa Galí-Izard est professeure de la chaire Being Alive et responsable des études Master en architecture du paysage à l’ETH Zurich. Elle est directrice d’Arquitectura Agronomia, une agence d’architecture du paysage basée à Barcelone. Diplômée en agronomie de l’université technique de Catalogne, Teresa Galí-Izard est l’autrice de «The Same Landscapes. Ideas and Interpretations».
Applications until 30 April for autumn 2024. The Master‘s degree programme in Landscape Architecture is aimed at students with a Bachelor‘s degree in architecture or landscape architecture from a university or Swiss University of Applied Sciences with at least 180 ECTS or equivalent.
Application deadline: 10 February 2024 | Working sessions: 7 March, June, September, December 2024. The Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) at ETH Zurich is delighted to announce the Community-led Landscape Restoration 2024 working group, a transdisciplinary series open to citizen groups, activists, academic researchers, and policy Plus
Video now online! (click here or directly on the keynote titles) The colloquium investigated the relationship between the design and maintenance of living systems, seeking to cultivate practices, terminology, and theoretical insights into approaches that attempt to maintain otherwise.
The landscapes dominated by chestnut trees in the southern alpine valleys are among the traditional agroforestry systems of Switzerland and have long been the main source of food for the local population. These complex socio-ecological systems provide a great learning space for landscape architects and planners, as chestnut Plus
Guest Lecture + Q & A, 20 April, 12:45 – 15:30 | ETH Zürich, Oerlikon, Neunbrunnenstr. 50, ONA E7. Pere Fraga i Arguimbau: Gardener and Botanist from Menorca, Spain. «You can’t garden without knowing how plants relate to their environment. Making a garden is, to a greater or Plus