
Michael Walczak, Marco Pagani
2025
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To support and enable the urban transformation of the City of Sarajevo through quantitative and data‐driven assessments, we developed the first AI‐powered Digital Twin of the Canton of Sarajevo.
Policymakers in Sarajevo are now using this novel methodology based on large‐scale, agent‐based, and bottom‐up simulations to inform the design of the new urban plan.
As a multi‐stakeholder project, the Urban Transformation Project Sarajevo (UTPS) is developed between the ETH Zurich Prof. Klumpner’s Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zurich Prof. Abhari’s Laboratory of Energy Conversion, ETH Zurich spin‐off SwissAI, University of Sarajevo and Canton Sarajevo Institute of Planning and Development. The overarching key component of the project is the elaboration of the urban plan for Sarajevo for the next 20 years.
Chapter by: Dr. Michael Walczak and Dr. Marco Pagani, Prof. Klumpner Chair of Architecture and Urban Design
In: Geodesign, Urban Digital Twins, and Futures
Editor: Paul Cureton and Elliot Hartley
Publisher: Routledge
This publication collaboration emerged from the NSL Forum 2024 on Digital Twins for Europe’s Future Mobility and showcases over 100 international projects and workflows, alongside five in-depth case studies and a companion website.