Category: Publications
disP 55/4, Dezember 2019
Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture: Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
5 March, 18:00 | Launch Book Series | Rote Hölle, HIL, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg With Prof. Hilde Heynen (KU Leuven). With this series, the commissioning editors, Tom Avermaete and Janina Gosseye, aim to develop a more comprehensive historiography of the modern movement by bringing to light the work More
Toward an Urban Policy Analysis
A new Symposium called «Toward an Urban Policy Analysis» is out in PS: Political Science & Politics edited by David Kaufmann and Mara Sidney (Rutgers University). The Symposium aims to develop theoretical foundations for an urban policy analysis built from urban empirical work.
Mutation und Morphosis. Landscape as Aggregate
Anyone viewing what we call a «landscape» from a distance will recognize that it is an artifact, a habitat created by humans as part of our built environment. Designing this realm carefully is a discipline that is taking on increasing importance today. Günther Vogt, with his practice in More
Combining Urban Scaling and Polycentricity to Explain Socio-economic Status of Urban Regions
Understanding Traffic Capacity of Urban Networks
Traffic in an urban network becomes congested once there is a critical number of vehicles in the network. To improve traffic operations, develop new congestion mitigation strategies, and reduce negative traffic externalities, understanding the basic laws governing the network’s critical number of vehicles and the network’s traffic capacity More
disP 55/3, September 2019
The Professionalization of a Social Movement: Housing Cooperatives in Uruguay
Uruguay’s housing cooperatives’ approaches and achievements are increasingly a source of inspiration for housing movements across the world. At present, in a country with a population of only about 3.5 million people, there are over 2,000 housing cooperatives providing affordable and good quality housing to approximately 30,000 households. More
The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects
A better understanding of an increasingly important typology of urban development. A comprehensive reading and comparative analysis of urban megaprojects in Asia and Europe. How adaptable and inclusive can urban megaprojects be? Eight unique case studies: Marunouchi Tokyo, Lujiazui Shanghai, West Kowloon Hong Kong, Marina Bay Singapore, HafenCity Hamburg, La Défense More
disP 55/2, June 2019
Induzierter Verkehr durch autonome Fahrzeuge: Eine Abschätzung
Eine einzigartige Simulation für die Stadt Zürich zeigt: Fahrerlose Taxis werden den Individualverkehr in Städten nicht verdrängen, sofern auch automatisierte Privatfahrzeuge verfügbar sind. Bisherige Simulationen gingen von einer zu hohen Nachfrage nach automatisierten Taxidiensten aus, weil sie Präferenzen von Nutzern bezüglich Flexibilität, Kosten und Wartezeiten nicht berücksichtigten.
Architecture Monogram 2: Anouk Vogel, Soliloquy
Architecture Monogram is a book series on emerging architects, landscape designers, photographers, and writers from Belgium and the Netherlands in which the designers reveal the personal obsessions and motivations that stimulate their design process. In this second issue of the series Swiss-Dutch landscape architect Anouk Vogel reflects upon More
Theodor & Otto Froebel. Gartenkultur in Zürich im 19. Jahrhundert
Gartenkultur und Botanik waren in der Schweiz bis in die 1830er Jahre kaum gepflegte Disziplinen. Für ihre wachsende Popularität sorgten das aufstrebende Bürgertum und die ersten Kunstgärtner, unter ihnen Theodor Froebel (1810–1893). Gemeinsam mit seinem Sohn Otto Froebel (1844–1906) etablierte er in Zürich ein florierendes Unternehmen, das als More
disP 55/1, March 2019
Playing with Density
The Compass for Inward Development as a Problem-Oriented Methodology for Densification in Small- and Medium-Sized Communes The revised Swiss Spatial Planning Law, which came into effect in 2014, and the minimum strategy of «inward development before outward development» obligate municipalities to direct their spatial development toward existing, largely More
Rurbanitas: On the Creation of Urban Qualities in Rural Areas
The example of the municipality of Lichtensteig in Toggenburg (canton of St. Gallen) illustrates how a high quality of life can be created and maintained even in less densely populated and more structurally disadvantaged space outside of metropolitan areas. Through motivation and the inclusion of the local population, More
Future Cities Laboratory Indicia 02
This second volume in the Indicia series focuses on the tools, methods and approaches needed for research on future cities. Following Marshall McLuhan’s famous provocation, we focus less on the ‘message’ and more on the ‘medium’ of research. This involves retreating from research contents—the topics, themes, questions, hypotheses, More
Auf Abwegen
Alltäglich gewordene Wege und Räume nehmen wir kaum mehr bewusst wahr. Dabei entgeht uns, wie sehr unsere Bewegungsmöglichkeiten bestimmten Normen und Gewohnheiten unterworfen sind. Diese Ausgabe des Pamphlet führt die Leser bewusst auf Abwege, um eine neue Perspektive auf die vertraute Umgebung zu gewinnen. Das Zu-Fuss-Gehen bietet sich More
Actors’ diversity and the resilience of social-ecological systems to global change
Biological diversity is known to enhance the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change. It is, however, unclear whether a high diversity of social actors analogously increases the capacity of social-ecological systems to maintain the provision of ecosystem services while undergoing socio-economic and climate changes. Here, using an empirically More
Acculturating the Shopping Centre
Acculturating the Shopping Centre examines whether the shopping centre should be qualified as a global architectural type that effortlessly moves across national and cultural borders in the slipstream of neo-liberal globalization, or should instead be understood as a geographically and temporally bound expression of negotiations between mall developers More
Mirroring Effects: Tales of Territory
Book launch, Monday 6 May 2019, 16:00 | ONA, Fokushalle, Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, Zürich. With Marc Angélil, Cary Siress, and Hans Frei. Mirroring Effects, written by Marc Angélil and Cary Siress, analyses political and economic practices concerning environment-making in the contemporary world. The presented case studies unfold as real-life tales More
Frauen blicken auf die Stadt. Architektinnen. Planerinnen. Reformerinnen. Theoretikerinnen des Städtebaus II
13. März, 18:30 Uhr | ZAZ Zentrum Architektur Zürich Höschgasse 3, 8008 Zürich. Buchvernissage Begrüssung: Beatrice Aebi, Präsidentin frau und sia Sandra König und Alexa Bodammer, Organisatorinnen frau + net Dialogische Lesung mit Katia Frey, Marie-Anne Lerjen und Eliana Perotti Anschliessend Apéro
disP 54/4, December 2018
Modeling Post-Socialist Urbanization: The Case of Budapest
Modeling Post-Socialist Urbanization: The Case of Budapest (Basel: Birhäuser Verlag, 2019), a new book by Dr Daniel Kiss, lecturer at the Institute for Urban Design, ETH Zurich, examines Budapest’s urban development, planning, and governance between 1990 and 2010. In the face of socialist urbanization’s structural legacies, the recent More
Spatial modelling of origin-destination commuting flows in Switzerland
When it comes to predicting inter-municipal commuting flows in Switzerland, spatial origin-destination flow models serve as an easier alternative to the classical 4-step approach in transportation demand modelling. They account for effects in neighbouring municipalities that may influence a particular flow at origin or destination and predict flows More
Sozialraum Hochhaus. Nachbarschaft und Wohnalltag in Schweizer Großwohnbauten
Die Großwohnbauten, die während des Baubooms der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre die schweizerische Siedlungslandschaft grundlegend veränderten, sind im Laufe der Jahre zunehmend in Verruf geraten. Doch wie gestalten sich – jenseits der weit verbreiteten Klischees – die Lebenswirklichkeiten in diesem Baubestand?
Towards an Integrative Approach to Spatial Transformation
Addressing Contextual and Spatial Indifference in Design, Urban Planning and International Cooperation: A Case Study from Ethiopia This chapter draws from the author’s research on recent urbanisation processes in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and its hinterland. It addresses two aspects that are often neglected but crucial when discussing More
Soil function assessment for Switzerland
This doctoral thesis (ETH Zurich) contains an operational framework for assessing soil functions to facilitate the incorporation of soil function assessment (SFA) into decision-making, thereby highlighting the multiple functions of soils, which will enable the sustainable use of soil resources to be promoted during spatial planning.
disP 54/3, October 2018
Eine Bodenagenda für die Raumplanung
Thematische Synthese TS3 des Nationalen Forschungsprogramms «Nachhaltige Nutzung der Ressource Boden» (NFP 68). Die thematischen Synthesen des Nationalen Forschungsprogramms 68 (NFP 68) stellen Konzepte und Strategien zur langfristigen Sicherung der Ressource Boden und ihrer Funktionen und Ökosystemleistungen vor. Der dritte Band der Reihe beschreibt die entscheidende Rolle der More
Waiting in the Sky – Testbeds for a Vertical Future in Torre David
While much has been written about the fate of buildings that outlast their program, typically in the post-industrial context, this essay «Waiting In The Sky: Test Beds for a Vertical Future in Torre David» addresses the topic from a different angle: vertically. Taking the Centro Financiero Confinanzas – More
Future Public Space. Die Zukunft des öffentlichen Raums
Städte werden dichter: Immer mehr Menschen müssen sich immer weniger Platz teilen. Gleichzeitig wandelt sich der städtische Raum. Neue Arbeitswelten, veränderte Mobilität, Zielkonflikte zwischen Bewohnern und Touristen oder Strukturwandel im Handel tragen dazu bei. Wird der öffentliche Raum wichtiger? Und weshalb ist er dies überhaupt? Zusammenarbeit mit der More
Spatial Planning Matters! Inspiring Stories and Fundamental Topics
The book revolves around «inspiring stories» that describe a wide variety of spatial problems as well as the planning mechanisms used to address these; in addition, «fundamental topics» are provided to facilitate the understanding of certain planning processes illustrated by the practical cases. Using case descriptions of a More
Ethnografie urbaner Territorien. Metropolitane Urbanisierungsprozesse von Mexiko-Stadt
Ethnografie urbaner Territorien lädt buchstäblich ein, durch die Strassen von Mexiko-Stadt zu streifen. In ihrer Auseinandersetzung mit urbanen Produktions- und Aneignungsprozessen nimmt Monika Streule eine sozioterritoriale Perspektive auf tief eingeschriebene gesellschaftliche Machtverhältnisse ein. Buchvernissage, Mittwoch 17. Oktober 2018, 19:30 Uhr
Surveillance, Privacy and Public Space
Das Thema des öffentlichen Raumes ist eine prädestinierte akademische Linse, um interdisziplinäre und gesellschaftsrelevante Forschung zu betreiben, in der Architektur eine zentrale Position einnimmt. Im Spannungsfeld eines sozialen und politischen Verständnisses (öffentlicher Raum als Spiegel der Gesellschaft) bedarf es des räumlichen Verständnisses und oft des Einbeziehens der gebauten More
The Potato Plan Collection – 40 Cities through the Lens of Patrick Abercrombie
This book celebrates Patrick Abercrombie and J. H. Forshaw’s renowned ‘Potato Plan’ and assesses its potential as an analytical tool for contemporary metropolitan territories. Originally drawn in 1943 as part of the County of London Plan, Abercrombie’s ‘Social and Functional Analysis’ poetically illustrates the city as an agglomeration More
Textbook Kees Christiaanse
Collected Texts on the Built Environment 1990–2018 More than 20 texts by Kees Christiaanse (re-edited and annotated edition) Interview with Kees Christiaanse by Jessica Bridger Including drawings, watercolours and sketches by Kees Christiaanse Kees Christiaanse is one of the field’s most influential forces in urban design over the More
disP 54/2, June 2018
Material Culture. Assembling and Disassembling Landscapes
Landscript 5 examines Material Culture in landscape architecture theory and design. Designed landscapes are temporal assemblages of extant and introduced materials, constructed and maintained through the efforts of human labor, mediated through non-human forces, and shaped by constantly changing cultural relations. Sites are bounded by property lines, yet More
Estimations of the Potential and the Impact of Rail Freight in Urban Areas
The dissertation examines whether rail freight systems can be designed to allow for the integration into urban supply chains. It concludes that railway has the potential to complement the urban freight system with an alternative transport system. The challenge for planners will be to provide the freight system More
Rift – 7.5 Views on the Jordan Valley. Pamphlet 22
Asia, Africa, and Europe meet where tectonic plates pull apart. In this interval of continents lies the Jordan River Valley, a region defined as much by conflict as by confluence. This issue of Pamphlet highlights the different understandings of terrain and territory that once defined and continue to More
disP 54/1, March 2018
Increasing the credibility of expert-based models with preference surveys – Mapping recreation in the riverine zone
Die Schweiz, ein städtebauliches Portrait
Schweizer Stararchitekten entwerfen für die Schweiz eine neue Landeskarte der urbanen Topografie Das «ETH Studio Basel – Institut Stadt der Gegenwart» hat das Territorium der Schweiz in einer mehrjährigen Forschungsarbeit in allen seinen vielschichtigen Aspekten untersucht. Geografische, historische, sprachliche, kulturelle, soziale, ökonomische, verkehrspolitische, urbanistische und architektonische Strukturen sind More
Innovationen im intermodalen Verkehr
Das Forschungsprojekt untersucht systematisch Innovationen, welche zur Verlagerung zusätzlicher Verkehre von der Strasse auf den Kombinierten Verkehr beitragen können, indem sie heutige Verlagerungshemmnisse reduzieren oder beseitigen. Allerdings reicht das Verlagerungspotenzial aller untersuchten Innovationen nicht aus, um die für den Aufbau neuer Relationen erforderlichen gebündelten Mengen zu erreichen. Forschungsprojekt More
Sampling Kyoto Gardens. Pamphlet 21
Can we evoke a sense of garden through audiovisual samples? Establishing an interplay between sound recordings, point cloud models, and writing, this issue of Pamphlet acts as a poetic experiment in landscape perception. It invites the reader on a literary stroll through traditional Japanese gardens set into the contemporary urban More
Geschichte und Perspektiven der schweizerischen Raumplanung. Raumplanung als öffentliche Aufgabe und wissenschaftliche Herausforderung
Martin Lendi zeigt auf, wie sich die Raumplanung zur öffentlichen Aufgabe und zugleich zur wissenschaftlichen Disziplin an der Schnittstelle von Wirtschaft, Politik und Lebensraumgestaltung entwickelte. Die Einbettung in Geschichte und Hintergründe ermöglicht es, Wege und Fallstricke aufzuzeigen, wie den neuen Problemstellungen begegnet werden kann. vdf Hochschulverlag AG der ETH More
On Planning – A Thought Experiment
Book Launches / Buchvernissagen: 24. Mai 2018 | 09:00–09:45 | Architekturbiennale Venedig, Giardini (Rolex Pavillion) Exhibition opening «On Planning – A Thought Experiment» 24. Mai 2018 | 14:30–15:30 | Fondazione Cini, Venedig Simon Kretz and David Chipperfield: Public discussion about the publication.
The City from the Modern Age to the 19th Century
Publisher Klaus Wagenbach. Also available as e-book. The task is very simple and very difficult: to build cities for the people who live in them. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani retraces the convoluted history of the occidental city and relates their stories based on their most important episodes. After his extremely More