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 for designs which emphasize the micro-mobility. The three days between September 4th and 6th bring together experts, students, and the general public to think together how such a future could look like. Talks, discussions, and interactive workshops give the chance to learn together of how to overcome the hurdles facing a climate friendly environment.
Day 1 is jointly organized by the Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft and the e-bike-city project. Days 2 and 3 are the annual «Cycling Research Board (CRB)» conference, for which the e-bike-city project is the local host.
Keynote: Sarah Williams, Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning, MIT
Introduction by: Simone Brander, Stadträtin Zürich
Further speaker: Andres Sevtsuk, Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning, MIT: The Green Mobility City
Programme
The programme with guests, worshops, and lectures will be online by March.
Workshops
1) Studio Mobil
Michael Walczak & Hubert Klumpner, Architecture & Urban Design, ETH Zürich
The «Studio Mobil» is imagining a visionary outdoor laboratory, engaging ideas around the future of cities. The mobile laboratory «Studio Mobil» is equipped with a LIDAR system and has a 3D head that allows for volumetric climate scanning. The output of these on-site measurements includes wind direction, wind speed and turbulence measurements for any site. During the NSL Forum, «Studio Mobil» is setting up an outdoor workshop stage, bridging quantitative research in urban design with a qualitative dialogue among workshop participants, students, and faculty along with guests. Workshop participants will actively engage in using «Studio Mobil» to collect their own climate data, process large-scale GIS information and visualize the results in 4-dimensional Virtual Reality (VR) Environments using Game Engine Technology for evidence-based decision-making techniques.
Studio Mobil Wind Measurement
2) Designing Streets for People: Bridging Citizen and Expert Perspectives on Urban Re-Design
Michael Wicki, Spatial Development and Urban Policy (SPUR), ETH Zürich
This workshop discusses the relationship between street design and public perception, focusing on citizen preferences. Drawing on a street design allocation experiment conducted within a large-scale survey, participants will first engage with various street-level scenarios, evaluating their perceived impact on urban mobility and livability. By contrasting survey findings, the session aims to mirror the participants evaluation with citizen preferences, and potentially identify both divergences and convergences in assessment. Ultimately, the workshop aims to shed light on urban design preferences, potentially informing a nuanced approach to creating inclusive, sustainable urban environments.
3) E-Bike City Workshop with Lukas Ballo
Information to follow by March.
4) E-Bike City Workshop
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5) Workshop 5
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6) Workshop 6
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