Newsletter Ausgabe: NL 67
CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials – Essentials 2026
FCL Global organises Future Cities Symposium & Exhibition Singapore 2025
Over 250 attendees – representing organisations from at least 11 countries – converged in Singapore on 4-5 September to participate in the “Future Cities: Science, Design, and Policy for Urban Transitions” Symposium & Exhibition Singapore 2025. Organised by the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) Global, in partnership with the Continua
Digital Pedagogy for Data-driven Unsolicited Urban Design
As urban environments evolve with increasing complexity, urban planning must adapt by often responding to unsolicited demands rather than to commissioned, structured work. This paper explores the integration of digital tools – including Digital Twins – into the architectural curriculum at ETH Zurich, aiming to bridge the gap Continua
Asunción Futura. Aportes y proyectos conceptuales en la franja costera norte de aunción del Paraguay
El proyecto apunta a trabajar en la reconversión y puesta en valor de cuatro sectores específicos: el Centro Histórico de Asunción, el Parque Caballero, la Reserva Ecológica del Banco San Miguel y la Bahía de Asunción y la creación del Distrito Eco-Inclusivo a ser ubicado entre el Cauce Continua
Systemic Cycles Down the Po River Bioregion – from Ostana to Venice
Systemic Design Labs at the Annual Systemic Design Symposium
Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems: ETH Zurich’s MAS Quests and immersive exhibit
On July 4, 2025, ETH Zurich’s Alumni Pavilion hosted the first MAS in Regenerative Systems thesis-in-process pitching, transforming the space into an immersive exhibition of regenerative practice. Eight Quests on a governance spiral linked individual projects to systemic contexts and fostered collaboration across ETH and practice partners. The Continua
LUS Doctoral Seminar: More-Than Methodologies: Explorations in Landscape and Urban Research
Professor Emeritus Günther Vogt mit Jellicoe Award ausgezeichnet
Karten, Klima, KI: Mikroklimamodelle für die Planung nutzbar machen
Wir kommen erneut zurück aus einem Rekordsommer mit Hitzewellen und extremen Wetterereignissen. Doch auch wenn die Tage kürzer werden und die Abende abkühlen, bleibt das Thema Hitze und Stadtentwicklung eine drängende Herausforderung für Wissenschaft und Planung. Mit vortrainierten Deep-Learning-Modellen und Open-Source Daten lassen sich die kühlende Wirkung von Continua
Der Landschaftsarchitekt João Ferreira Nunes am Institut für Landschaft und Urbane Studien
João Ferreira Nunes ist ein portugiesischer Landschaftsarchitekt und Gründer des Büros Proap, das 1989 in Lissabon gegründet wurde und Niederlassungen in Italien und Angola unterhält. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich durch eine prozessorientierte Methodik und den Fokus auf langfristige Landschaftstransformationen aus. Nunes hat einen multidisziplinären Ansatz für Landschaftsarchitektur entwickelt, Continua
Gaststudio Boulouki am Institut für Landschaft und Urbane Studien
Boulouki ist ein interdisziplinäres Forschungskollektiv mit Sitz in Athen, das sich der Wiederbelebung und zeitgenössischen Anwendung traditioneller Bautechniken widmet. Das Kollektiv wurde 2018 gegründet und ist als gemeinnützige Gesellschaft organisiert. Zum Studio von Boulouki an der ETH Zürich gehören der Architekt Ionas Sklavounos, der Bauingenieur Nikiforos Meimaroglou, der Continua
Impact of radical bike lane allocation on bi-modal urban road network traffic performance: A simulation case study
To decarbonize urban transport systems, promoting active modes by allocating more road space to cycling infrastructure to achieve a radical modal shift has become a popular transport policy. However, such policies usually receive strong public opposition due to the concern of traffic congestion caused by reduced road capacity Continua
New Project for Multimodal Traffic Management Solutions
The new project FEDORA develops multimodal traffic management solutions in future networks. The Traffic Engineering group, IVT at ETH Zurich, will work on social optimum models, developing dynamic pricing and incentivisation models for traffic management applications, as well as a model-agnostic simulation platform for seamless integration of diverse Continua
New Project to Foster Antifragility for Urban Traffic Control
Modern cities suffer from a multitude of stressors, including congestion, pollution and crises. AntifragiCity is a new European research project that aims to deliver better services to citizens through antifragile designs, with solutions that improve under real-world stress. The Traffic Engineering group, IVT at ETH Zurich, leads the Continua
Urban water projects must consider landscape architecture
How Mass Cycling Impacts Traffic
The average trip length in Swiss cities is under 14km, with around 60% of trips below 6km. Despite the potential for healthier, more sustainable alternatives, nearly half of the total distance travelled is by car. Bicycles play a key role in recent initiatives (e.g. E-Bike City project from Continua
Kompaktkurs: KI für Stadt und Raum
Kompaktkurs: Grundlagen der Raumplanung
MAS ETH in Regenerative Systems: CAS#2 Beyond Systems Thinking
CAS ETH Raumentwicklung und Prozessdesign
Tagung Landmanagement und Alpwirtschaft
Jerusalem Divan Urbanism: 100 Ideas for Dialogue
15 Years Singapore – ETH Centre International Research Hub
LUS Doctoral Crits Autumn 2025
Places in Transition
Transportation and Mobility Planning
Driving change: Roads ahead in transport and mobility planning
Exploring Keyline Design in Switzerland – «Marktplatz» im Jurapark Aargau
Die Stadt der kurzen Wege
Diversifying the Architectural Canon with «Crossed Histories»
2 + 2 + 1 Eine Debatte über zeitgenössische Landschaftsarchitektur
Architecture of Territory: MY CLOUD
CFSM Symposium 2025
Living Together: More-than-Human Ecologies for Architectural Thinking
AI + Environment Summit
Symposium for Urban Design History and Theory (SUDHT) 2025 Buffalo edition
Informationsveranstaltung CAS Raumentwicklung und Prozessdesign
Engaging with Naturecultural Places: Action-Research in Five Sites Across Europe
How can urban areas shaped by both humans and non-humans be investigated and connected? This doctoral project explores naturecultural places in five European cities through first-person action research, engaging directly in their daily life. The aim of this approach is to understand how this model of urban transformation Continua
Strategies and policies of housing cooperatives in Switzerland and Uruguay
ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE has launched a new standardised format for publishing Working Papers in the ETH Research Collection. The first papers to appear in this series stem from the project Tackling the Global Housing Challenges: Relevance and Replicability of Switzerland’s and Uruguay’s Housing Cooperatives’ Policies and Continua
Mit VR in die Natur: Neue Wege zur Stressreduktion im Spital
Kann ein Waldspaziergang im Spital Stress senken? Virtuelle Realität macht es möglich. Eine Untersuchung mit gangunsicheren Seniorinnen und Senioren zeigt: Nach VR-Trainings in verschiedenen Landschaften fühlten sich die Teilnehmenden entspannter und sicherer, auch wenn ihre physiologischen Stresswerte stabil blieben. Ob Wald, Stadt oder Landwirtschaft: Die Wirkung war ähnlich Continua
Lebendige Milieus am Oberrhein: Landschaften neu wahrnehmen
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.
Urban Agroecology on Uetliberg’s Foothills. A Research and Design Study with Grün Stadt Zürich
How can agriculture become part of Zurich’s urban future? This question guided the joint study conducted by the Chair of Architecture of Territory together with Grün Stadt Zürich (GSZ), the City of Zürich’s public green space department. Against the backdrop of the city’s projected 25% population growth by Continua
Mapping Cycling Infrastructure from the Sky
How can cities plan safer cycling routes without reliable data on cycling infrastructure? Using machine learning on aerial imagery, we generated a comprehensive historical dataset of cycling-specific infrastructure across Switzerland’s largest urban areas. This opens new possibilities for planning and research.
Towards sustainable urban densification: governmental timidity vs. 4D-Geodesigning urban transformation in Baden, Switzerland
Urban densification remains a contentious issue, often hindered by preservationist attitudes and risk-averse governance. This study contrasts two planning approaches in Baden, Switzerland: the Oberstadt + project, which applied a data-driven, evidence-based framework to foster a 10-Minute-Neighbourhood, and the In-Depth Study Oberstadt, which prioritized minimal intervention and preservation.
Soils in motion: The Metabolism of New York City’s Urban Grounds
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 Continua
«Das Raumkonzept Schweiz ist ein Referenzrahmen, der über seinen Inhalt wirkt»
disP 61/1, March 2025
Dr. Hermann Patrick Braess is Professor of Practice in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Dr Hermann Patrick Braess (*1979), currently Technical Director and Head of Research and Development at TrackNet Holding Group (Tensol Rail SA and EFSA SA), as Professor of Practice in the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering. Hermann Patrick Braess is Continua