Zurich: ETH D-ARCH. Mehr Drawing from its mythological past, Arcadia remains one of the most enduring pastoral utopias in Europe. Seemingly unaffected by urban growth, it is here where radical urban transformations took place and unexpected new forms of living and production emerged. The book documents the first semester Continua
The Architecture of Territory project investigates the urban transformations of contemporary territories. Since 2011, we have conducted the Hinterland research project, using the island state of Singapore as the paradigmatic research case. The project is based on investigations of resource flows of sand, water, food, labour and energy Continua
Architecture of Territory—the ETH Zurich Chair of Architecture and Territorial Planning – dedicates its work to forms and processes of territorial urbanisation, arguing for the necessity of architect engagement at territorial scales. Since 2011 Milica Topalović has been attached to the ETH Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, studying Continua
Scientificità, progettualità, località e temporalità per città e sistemi di insediamenti sostenibili Future Cities Lab Global (FCL Global) si occupa delle significative sfide presentate a livello mondiale dalla rapida trasformazione regionale e mira a generare una miglior comprensione dei rapporti tra città, comunità rurali e rispettive regioni limitrofe al Continua
Application period: 1 January 2025 – 31 March 2025. Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design ETH Zürich D-ARCH LUS and EPFL ENAC HRC, joint master programme.
Urban areas, despite facing strong forces of homogenization on a global scale, tend to produce and reproduce their own specificity, their own structures and patterns that are evolving through the uneven process of urbanization. With this book ETH Studio Basel documents its long-standing research on cities and urban regions, Continua
The project Constructed Land: Singapore 1924–2012 investigates the material flows of soil and the changing physical form of the island of Singapore over time. Until today, around one quarter of the land area has been added to the surface of the island-state by means of importing sand, claiming Continua
Throughout history, cities have functioned as centres of political and economic power, from which the agricultural and resource-rich hinterlands were controlled. From the nineteenth century onward, new technologies, transportation modes and the opening of trade have introduced a remarkable complexity to the relationship between cities and territories. Today, it Continua
Belgrade: Formal Informal presents the findings of ETH Studio Basel’s research in the former Yugoslav and now Serbian capital, investigating the city’s development following the international embargo against the Milosevic regime in the early 1990s until the present day. Through the prism of complementary notions, formal and informal, Continua