Self-driving vehicles (AVs) will dissolve the boundaries between individual and public transport, changing the attractiveness of different areas as residential locations. The lack of public transport services in peripheral communities is currently leading to population decreases despite great (financial) efforts (e.g. Albinen VS). The aim of this study Mehr
The experiences gained from designing and implementing digital tools that aim to replicate an urban development methodology allows a critical reflection on the limits of emerging planning technology. These limits become clear when assessing how successful the technology is in enhancing the «focal practices» (Borgmann 1984) of participants Mehr
Beginning in 2019, the Transport Planning group at IVT, in corporation with the University of Basel and the ZHAW will undertake a large-scale empirical study of mobility behaviour in Switzerland. Using a mobile app, participants will record their daily mobility and receive feedback and suggestions. The research is Mehr
How automated vehicles will affect the transport system and travel behavior is still very much an open research question. A recently completed 2 year project at the Institute for Transport Planning aimed to quantify the future impacts of automated vehicles and car-sharing using both surveys and agent-based simulation Mehr
Im Rahmen einer Masterarbeit am PLUS testen wir verschiedene Methoden zur Visualisierung von peri-urbanen Landschaften. Die Visualisierungen werden in einer Virtual Reality-Brille gezeigt, dabei wird mit einem Sensor am Finger die Hautleitfähigkeit gemessen. Für unsere Studie suchen wir Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer, die im Februar 2019 während ca. einer Mehr
The objective of the project MtnPATHS is to explore adaptation pathways to reach sustainable futures in Swiss upper Valais (Visp & the Saastal) and French Alps (Lautaret). Visions for such futures and pathways to reach them will be defined and explored through participatory modelling integrating ecosystem services and climate adaptation services.
Unprecedented urbanization is threatening landscape diversity, bringing along new social and environmental problems thus calling for an active and creative landscape shaping process. The ERC-project GLOBESCAPE of Adrienne Grêt-Regamey will generate novel insights into how people add value and meaning to place by using physiological measurements to inform Mehr
By investigating the potential of on-site robotic construction and grading methods, students explore the design space for robotic terrain modeling in hazard landscapes in responds to droughts, floods and landslides. Using state of the art terrain modeling methods combined with the simulation of dynamic natural processes, the studio Mehr
The project on the unbuilt focuses on the urban body composed from many open landscapes found within the city of Belgrade. These diverse sites of vital ecological resources, productive lands and recreational spaces, have evolved throughout history as urban «voids» within the city fabric. As an antidote to Mehr
The aim of the book chapter «The Changing Nature of Public Space in São Paulo? A Taxonomic Approach» by Anthony Boanada-Fuchs, ETH CASE / ETH Wohnforum, is to establish a tentative link between societal transformation and mutations in public space, by using a city as a case study, Mehr
Anticipated population growth, rapid technological development in transportation, climatic change and the transition to domestic renewable energy production in Switzerland are expected to modify outdoor recreation patterns. The project RECREATE Switzerland assesses the future impact of climate change and decarbonsiation of the mobility and energy sector on outdoor Mehr
The collaborative «Urban Prototype» research focuses on alternative architectural projects for the Colombian capital of Bogotá. Among the outputs, typologies, integrated infrastructure, and innovative urban scenarios wer developed, generating challenges to conventional urban development approaches, mobility models, and open space concepts around the Plaza de Los Mártires area Mehr
Our collaborative «Langstrasse with Love – Rogue Urbanism» research aims to develop new building typologies in response to gentrification processes in one of Zurich’s most diverse and inclusive areas, the Langstrasse district. Together with the Chair of Sociology, Prof. Dr. Schmid, and the ETH CASE / Wohnforum, Dr. Mehr
Ob in München, Istanbul, London oder Zürich: Landschaften im Einzugsgebiet grosser urbaner Zentren werden durch intensive Erholungs- und Sportnutzungen überformt und umgedeutet. Die bis anhin zumeist informell ablaufenden Aneignungsprozesse treten dabei in Konflikt mit bereits vorhandenen Nutzungen und etablierten formellen Regulativen. Im Zuge dieser Entwicklungen gilt es, die Mehr
Wer das NSL Kolloquium Schmelzende Landschaften verpasst hat, kann sich dieses nun online ansehen. Im Kolloquium treten künstlerische und wissenschaftliche Positionen zu alpinen Gletschern in Dialog. Was vereint künstlerische Fotografie mit glaziologischer Messung? Mit welchen Mitteln lässt sich auf den Gletscherschwund aufmerksam machen? Fotografen, Klangkünstlerinnen, Glaziologen und Kulturwissenschaftlerinnen Mehr
The management of infrastructure involves estimating how infrastructure is likely to deteriorate and how demands infrastructure change over time. Increasing amounts of data and increasing modelling capabilities are providing infrastructure managers with improved abilities with which to determine the optimal maintenance and development interventions on infrastructure. Their exploitation Mehr
The macroscopic fundamental diagram provides insights on traffic flow at a macroscopic level. Given its elegance, it has become a popular tool to analyse various traffic-related problems. We show that the MFD can also be used to estimate the level of heterogeneity in a network, which allows city planners the Mehr
The proliferation of GPS technology and high speed mobile networks presents exciting opportunities for new insights into travel behaviour. With funding from the SNSF NFP75 on Big Data, a European research team headed by the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems is exploring new avenues for the integration Mehr
Das Bedürfnis nach Fitness und Wellness wächst, doch es ist energieintensiv: Ein herkömmliches Fitnesscenter braucht jährlich etwa 120 000 kWh Strom. Lösungen zeigt die im August 2017 eröffnete Unit «Solare Fitness und Wellness» (SFW) im NEST, dem Forschungs- und Innovationsgebäude der Empa. Die Anlage wird ausschliesslich mit Solarenergie Mehr
The amount of spatial data about earth systems is growing, opening new doors to evaluate and quantify complex processes involving both humans and nature. Nature in cities is, for example, a key to economic performance and liveability. While the new technologies provide many new opportunities to understand and Mehr
This three-year research project aims at incorporating the environment into holistic, national-scale planning by calculating the economic benefits from environmental assets (termed natural capital). It will contribute to more informed and sustainable urban land planning decisions, in partnership with government stakeholders. Existing methods are not readily applicable to tropical nations Mehr
Soon when crossing the street we might need to also look towards the sky! Researchers and practitioners alike are starting to invest resources into the investigation of potential impacts of flying car systems on the transportation. Will the flying car help reduce congestion on roads? Will it bring Mehr
A workshop with leading scholars and researchers on territories of extended urbanisation and a research trip to the three adjoining cities Johor Bahru, Singapore and Batam: two undertakings to develop a thorough understanding of extended urbanization and rethink inherited cartographies of the urban.
Wie würde London aussehen, wenn kollabroative Schweizer Planungspraxis anstelle von rein investitionslogischen Kriterien angewendet würden? Dieses Gedankenexperiment trieb Simon Kretz, Oberassistent und Dozent am Lehrstuhl für Städtebau und den englischen Architekten David Chipperfield so an, dass sie dazu die Publikation «On Planning – A Thought Experiment» herausgaben. Hier Mehr
The Empower project uses applied design research and organizational models to address the current deficit in urban land readjustment through the development, implementation and evaluation of 42 housing units and integrated urban systems. The research is conducted under the tracks: (A) Land Readjustment methodology, (B) Stakeholder Relationship Arrangements Mehr
In an increasingly interconnected world, the question of how to adequately prepare prospective architects, urban designers and planners for an international working environment is a crucial topic. The practitioners’ challenging tasks not only include how to appropriately engage with particular conditions on the ground, but usually ask to Mehr
By working in a participatory manner, we aim at increasing trust, credibility, and acceptance of research results, plans, and concrete measures, but also at the self-determination of concerned actors in strategy development processes. This holds true for such processes in both foreign and domestic contexts. In foreign contexts Mehr
Der neue NSL-Leiter und Soziologieprofessor Christian Schmid beantwortet unsere Fragen zu den Verflechtungen des globalen Städtebaus, der Umsetzung des Wissens in der Arbeit der Studentinnen und Studenten und der Bedeutung der Soziologie in der Architekturausbildung.
Wer sind die richtigen Leute? Wie lassen sich soziale Ziele integrieren und wie kann man ökologisch punkten und gleichzeitig Boden und Geld beschaffen? Die gemeinnützige ProMiet AG fördert Innovationen im Wohnungsbau, indem sie Projekten eine Zeitlang einen Coach zur Seite stellt. Fördergesuche können bis 11. Februar 2018 eingereicht werden. Die interdisziplinär Mehr
Die Lehr- und Forschungsinitiative «Empower-Shack» (des Lehrstuhls für Architektur und Städtebau von Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner) und dessen Weiterführung in eine Realierungsphase wurde von einer Internationalen Jury des Royal Instituts for British Architects (RIBA) auf die Longlist für das Weltbeste Gebäude gewählt. RIBA vergibt seit 1848 einen der wichtigsten Architekturpreise Mehr
Noise surrounds us. And yet, as willing as we may be to listen, it is not until a filtering process takes place that it becomes intelligible. For us, the language of architecture articulates this filtering process. With the re-arrangement of what is already there, noise becomes music – Mehr
Related to the project Housing the Co-op, the research team at the chair of Prof. Marc Angélil hosted a session at the Global Conference of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). It aimed at highlighting the enormous potential that housing co-operatives can have for the key challenges of inclusive Mehr
Wer den spannenden Anlass zum Thema aktuelle und zukünftige Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen im Umgang mit der Ressource Wasser mit geografischem Fokus auf den alpinen Raum am Samstag 21. Oktober verpasst hat, kann diesen nun online ansehen. Ausserdem haben wir auf vielseitigen Wunsch zum vereinfachten Austausch thematisch Verwandtes auf unserer Common Mehr
Landscape sounds. Sounds are an intrinsic dimension of human environmental relatedness. While contemporary urban landscape planning practice focuses only on the defensive treatment of unwanted sounds, we should rather prepare for the active design of acoustic qualities for public spaces, which become increasingly important. Through fieldwork-based study, culminating Mehr
Umgebungsgeräusche können dazu beitragen, sich in simulierte Landschaftsszenen besser hineinzuversetzen. Während üblicherweise Umgebungsgeräusche für einen bestimmten Ort aufbereitet werden, ist hier die Frage, welche Umweltgeräusche für einen Landschaftstyp stimmig sind. In einer aktuellen Studie wird deshalb eine Kombination von Hintergrundgeräuschen und sogenannten Soundmarks getestet.
This book proposes a new spatial typology for the noise-affected areas under the approach paths of large hub airports. These areas have distinct urban properties and are scenes of intense negotiations between a multitude of actors – which gives them relevance far beyond the specialized discussion on airports Mehr
Anthropogene Netzwerke, bestehend aus Siedlungen und Strassen, sind oft eine Bedrohung für ökologische Netzwerke. Um dafür zu sorgen, dass die Siedlungsentwickelung und die Zunahme des Verkehrs möglichst wenig negative Einflüsse auf die Biodiversität haben, sollen die Bedürfnisse zwischen anthropogenen und ökologischen Netzwerken untersucht und daraus Empfehlungen für die Mehr
In: Transportation Research Part B, Vol. 104, 638-666. Doi: 10.1016/j.trb.2017.05.008 Reducing delays in high speed railways requires searching for efficient traffic management actions (dynamic speed updates, changing train sequence) with feasible speeds and headways, under the given signaling/safety system. We use an alternative graph model in a commercial MILP Mehr
In: Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics. S.1-21. Mehr This paper studies traffic behaviour on one-way, two-way and two-way streets with prohibited left turns using three different methods; analytical formulations, static traffic assignment and microsimulation. While two-way networks result in shorter routes, one-way networks increase intersection throughput. Two-way networks without left Mehr
Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und Raumplanung, 1270. Zurich: IVT, ETH Zurich. Mehr For the city of Zurich a fleet of autonomous taxis is simulated and controlled by different dispatching and rebalancing algorithms. The operation scheme with rebalancing is able to minimize waiting times of the service. Although a considerable amount of empty Mehr
In: Topos 100/2017. «Time», Callwey Verlag. Mehr New Oerlikon, a progressive urban renewal project in a former industrial quarter of Zurich, also included four new parks which were to provide a new identity towards a lively residential use. The article explores whether the parks lived up to their expectations.
A letter by Song Xiao Ping, Dr Daniel Richards, Prof. Peter Edwards and Assoc. Prof. Tan Puay Yok from the Future Cities Laboratory was published in Science. The authors working on the «Ecosystem Services in Urban Landscapes» project in Singapore highlighted the lack of research and tools on Mehr
The Singapore-ETH Centre leads a multidisciplinary project Cooling Singapore with researchers from MIT, TUM and NUS to mitigate urban heat island (UHI) effect in Singapore and to improve outdoor thermal comfort. The team has established a multi-agency task force and will develop a UHI mitigation roadmap to ensure sustained efforts Mehr
Das Werk Ludwig Mies van der Rohes zählt zu den bestuntersuchten der klassischen Moderne. Eine Darstellung der Verknüpfung von Haus, Garten und Landschaft blieb bislang allerdings ein Forschungsdesiderat. Doch treten seine Wohnhäuser in Korrespondenz zu jener naturräumlichen Ferne, die sie selbst inszenieren um «landschaftlich gestimmt» zu werden. Die Mehr
The Mobility Research Incubator is a transdisciplinary project that brings together researchers from transport planning, social and political sciences, energy systems, and spatial planning at ETH Zürich. As of March 2017, researchers from PLUS investigate the impact of future mobility, anthropogenic climate change and changes in natural climatic Mehr
The MtnPATHS (Pathways for global change adaptation of mountain socio-ecological systems) project kicked off in January 2017, led by Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey (PLUS, IRL) and Sandra Lavorel (Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Université Grenoble Alpes). MtnPATHS aims to develop adaptation pathways to achieve specific development visions in two mountain Mehr
Expertinnen und Experten aus Wissenschaft, Architektur, Politik und Wirtschaft diskutieren am 21. Oktober über aktuelle und zukünftige Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen im Umgang mit der Ressource Wasser mit geografischem Fokus auf den alpinen Raum. Bei Interesse kann am Freitag, 20. Oktober 2017 eine eintägige Exkursion in das Morteratschgebiet besucht werden. Weitere Informationen und Programm. Anmeldungen an Claudia Gebert.
Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman is continuing the research direction in transport system at the post left vacant by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Weidmann, who is now Vice President of Human Resources and Infrastructure of the ETH Zurich. The Italian born travel aficionado will direct research towards improving transport systems operations based Mehr
Siedlungsausdehnungen orientieren sich sehr stark an bereits bestehenden Siedlungsmustern. Die Fortschreibung vergangener Muster gefährdet aber fruchtbare Böden, da sich diese historisch bedingt in der Nähe bestehender Siedlungen befinden. Um fruchtbare Böden zu schützen, gilt es neue Muster in der Siedlungsausdehnung zu initiieren, unter Einbezug von Daten zur landwirtschaftlichen Mehr