International Cooperation Forum 2025 at ETH Zürich
At this year’s International Cooperation Forum, the Urban Transformation Project Sarajevo – including the first Urban Digital Twin for the Canton of Sarajevo was presented. The presentation took place during Session 4: Swiss Solutions for Smart Cities, in the presence of Swiss Federal Councilors Ignazio Cassis and Guy More
Kigali Unplanned Neighbourhood Upgrading Tool (KUNUT)
Kigali, Rwanda, has emerged as a pioneer in urban and digital transformation. Kigali sets a new inversed model of city development that expands from its hilltops downwards to the vital wetlands. The Kigali Unplanned Neighbourhood Upgrading Tool (KUNUT) provides a research platform that integrates digital technology with ecological More
At the Ends of Autobahn Urbanism
For a century, highways have shaped cities, economies, and national identities. But in November 2024, Swiss voters rejected a CHF 5 billion highway expansion, signaling a shift away from infrastructure-led urbanisation. As nations worldwide double down on highway-driven growth, Switzerland’s moratorium invites us to rethink mobility, territorial organisation, More
Negotiating Space for Housing Cooperatives in Latin America: The Case of Post Conflict Colombia and El Salvador
Can housing cooperatives contribute to reintegrating former combatants into civil society? Can they evolve into a broader housing strategy for marginalised communities? What conditions are necessary for their sustainable growth within national housing systems? This research project examines the emergence of bottom-up housing cooperative initiatives by former combatants More
Regionale Effekte von Wohnungsknappheit in urbanen Gebieten
Durch die anhaltende Attraktivität von Städten als wirtschaftliche, kulturelle und soziale Zentren ist Wohnungsknappheit in Metropolitanräumen in ganz Europa zu einem akuten Problem geworden. Das Angebot an Wohnraum in Kernstädten konnte mit der Nachfrage nicht Schritt halten, weshalb dieses Forschungsprojekt die Auswirkungen der Wohnungsknappheit auf die umliegenden Regionen More
Architekturen der Familie. Tagung zu den Dynamiken des Zusammenlebens und Anforderungen an den Wohnungsmarkt
Während sich Familienstrukturen in der Schweiz rasant verändern, hält der Wohnungsmarkt weitestgehend an traditionellen Modellen fest. Das ETH Forum Wohnungsbau «ARCHITEKTUREN DER FAMILIE» beleuchtet aktuelle Dynamiken des Zusammenlebens und innovative Wohnformen. Expert:innen aus Forschung, Architektur und Immobilienwirtschaft diskutieren Lösungen für die Herausforderungen des sozialen Wandels.
Den Lebensraum der Zukunft gestalten
Der ETH Master-Studiengang Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme bietet eine fundierte, interdisziplinäre Ausbildung in Stadtplanung, Mobilität und Infrastrukturmanagement. Durch die Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis entwickeln Studierende nachhaltige Lösungen für aktuelle Herausforderungen. In Kooperation mit Professorinnen, Professoren und Studierenden ist ein kurzes Video entstanden, um Studieninteressierte für diesen Fachbereich und More
Informationsveranstaltung: MAS ETH EPFL in Urban and Territorial Design
12. März 2025, 9:00–10:00 | Online-Veranstaltung.
disP 60/3, September 2024
disP – The Planning Review, Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2024 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.
Verkehr ’45: UVEK priorisiert Ausbauprojekte für Schiene und Strasse
Die Verbesserungen der Verkehrsinfrastrukturen auf Strasse und Schiene können nicht wie ursprünglich geplant umgesetzt werden. Der jüngste Ausbauschritt für die Nationalstrasse wurde von der Bevölkerung abgelehnt. Die Umsetzung des Angebotskonzepts 2035 der Bahn führt zu erheblichen Mehrkosten. Das Eidgenössische Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK) hat More
Master of Advanced Studies ETH in Regenerative Systems
Application: 1. June – 30. June 2025 | Duration: September 2025 – January 2026. CAS#1 Worldviews: From Sustainability to Regeneration
EPFL ETH Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design
Application: 1. January – 31. March 2025 | Duration: September 2025 – June 2026.
MAS Raumentwicklung & CAS Raumentwicklung und Planungspraxis
Bewerbung: 1. Mai – 31. Juli 2025 | Dauer: 25. August 2025 – 6. Februar 2026.
LUS Doctoral Crits Spring 2025
23. May 2025, time TBD | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, building: HIT, room: F12.
The Global Turn: Six Journeys of Architecture and the City, 1945 –1989
21. May 2025, 18∶00 – 19∶30 | Book Launch and debate | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL Foyer.
Diversifying the Architectural Canon with «Crossed Histories»
Call for papers open until 15 May 2025 International Workshop 2. – 4. November 2025 | Place Congressi Stefano Franscinci, Monte Verità, Switzerland.
ARCHITEKTUREN DER FAMILIE – Dynamiken des Zusammenlebens und Anforderungen an den Wohnungsmarkt
9. Mai 2025, 9∶30 – 17∶00 | ETH Forum Wohnungsbau | ETH Zürich, Zentrum, Auditorium Maximum (HG F 30), Rämistrasse 101.
Infoveranstaltungen MAS Raumentwicklung & CAS Raumentwicklung und Planungspraxis
16. April und 17. Juni (MAS), 15. April und 18. Juni (CAS) 2025 | Informationsanlässe | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL H35.1 und Zoom (Link nach Registrierung).
Rebuilding Everyday Life: Housing Practices in Urban China
27. March 2025, 12∶00 – 13∶30 | Public Lecture | online.
2 + 2 + 1 Eine Debatte über zeitgenössische Landschaftsarchitektur
26. März, 15. April 2025, 18∶30 | Zürich, Langstrasse 200.
Three doctoral theses from D-ARCH honoured with ETH Medal
During the doctoral awards ceremony on 24 January 2025, Matthew Critchley, Rune Frandsen and Kam-Ming Mark Tam received a Silver Medal for outstanding doctoral theses. Rune Frandsen, who is currently working as Scientific Collaborator at Bundesamt für Kultur BAK, receives an ETH Medal for his doctorate, that he More
Planetary Urbanisation and the 21st Century Agrarian Question
24. – 28. March 2025 | Colloquium | American Association of Geographers, Detroit.
Global Theories of Urban Design
28.02. / 07.03. / 14.03. / 28.03. / 04.04. / 11.04.2025, 13∶45 – 15∶30 | Guest Lectures | HIL E4, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg.
Built from Dust: Earth, Soil and the Modern Afropolis
25. February 2025, 17∶00 – 18∶00 (vernissage), 25. February – 9. May (exhibition) 2025 | Exhibition | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL Archena.
Built from Dust: Engaging with Modern Afropoli
25. February 2025, 10∶00 – 16∶00 | Colloquium | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL Archena.
Sessions on Territory – Agency: Architecture in the Civil Service
Mondays from 24. February 2025, 18∶00 – 20∶00 | Public debates | ETH Zürich, Oerlikon, Neunbrunnenstr. 50, ONA E25 DiD Lab.
100 Ideas for the Western Balkans: Belgrade Underground Opening
13. Februar – 13. March 2025 | Exhibition | Museum of Applied Art (MAA) Belgrade.
Zukunft der Raumentwicklung
10. – 14. Februar 2025 | Ausstellung | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL D Foyer.
InternationaI Cooperation Forum Switzerland
27 & 28 February 2025 | ETH Zürich. This year, we have chosen to focus on the potential of economic growth and how Switzerland can help developing and partner countries to capitalise on that in a socially, environmentally and climate-friendly way.
Review of DELUS Journal for Landscape and Urban Studies: Chasing Water
The Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies is young and evolving. While it builds on a rich research history across various chairs, its identity still continues to take shape through its doctoral community, lecture series, and biannual research colloquia. In this context, it is particularly noteworthy that the More
Final Reviews Voser, Landscape Architecture: transizioni
18.12.2024, 8:30-18:30 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIL G75, Stefano-Franscini-Platz.
Holz, Lehm und ein digitales Ökosystem für eine zukunftsfähige Bauwirtschaft
Die gängigen Materialien und Praktiken in der Schweizer Bauwirtschaft sind klimaschädlich, ressourcenintensiv und erzeugen viel Abfall. An der ETH Zürich sind zwei Flagship-Projekte von Innosuisse gestartet, um das Schweizer Bauwesen nachhaltig zu transformieren: Während «Swircular» das Fundament für eine zirkuläre Bauwirtschaft legt, ermöglicht «Think Earth» regeneratives Bauen mit More
Why the Rejection of the 2023 Expansion Step for the National Roads? Idea for a National Overall Mobility Concept
On November 24, the Federal Expansion Step 2023 for Road was put up for a public vote. The Expansion Step 2023 is a project programme for national roads consisting of six major projects, including the widening of the A1 highway between Bern and Nyon, as well as three More
LUS Doctoral Crits HS24
4 December 2024, 09:00 – 13:30 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HIT F 12. The autumn semester crits will follow a condensed format, featuring five presentations. We are honoured to welcome Prof. Dr. Charlotte Malterre-Barthes from EPFL as our external reviewer.
New Ruralities (NERU)
New Ruralities (NERU) is an Erasmus+ Cooperation partnerships programme, which brings together six design units within the universities of ULB (Brussels), POLITO (Torino), UDC (La Coruña), UMinho (Braga), UACEG (Sofia) and ETH (Zürich). The Newrope chair is participating on behalf of ETH. The partnership’s aim is to generate More
History and Theory of Architecture VIII: Seen from the South
A new core theory course for master’s students taught for the third time in spring 2025 argues that the list of ‘great’ cities needs to be rethought. Given the diversity of urbanisms around the world, it would be a disservice to limit one’s perspective to theoretical notions originating More
Awaska Alpa_Woven Territory
14.10.2023–14.01.2024 | Exhibition | Akademie der Künste, Berlin. Awaska Alpa is a research project that critically explores the representation of Inga territory in the Andean Amazon of Colombia. During colonial times, the Spanish crown established the Indigenous resguardo (reserve) as a form of collective land tenure to “protect,” More
Nature conservation and Indigenous territories – Transitioning from the biological to the biocultural
The 16th Conference of Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) took place in Colombia during the last two weeks of October 2024. The city of Cali became the main stage for intergovernmental efforts to protect nature. A key outcome of the summit was recognising the More
ENHANCE Summer School: From Dystopia to Euphoria – Synergic Urban Systems Under Pressure
1-6 September 2025 | TU Berlin
DELUS Issue 1
DELUS Issue 1 adopts a water-centric lens through the notion of Chasing Water and presents a collection of writings forming an anthology.
Developing a Unity-based Tool to Integrate Sound into Landscape Design and Evaluation
The acoustic quality of outdoor spaces is receiving increasing attention in planning and design disciplines. Yet, it is very difficult for non-experts in acoustics to include the effects of landscape changes on the so-called soundscape in their daily work. In the Innovedum project «Unity App for Soundscape Design More
Creating a Situated and Multilayered Understanding of Global Production Space Through Collective Interventions
Rooted in the tension between concrete locations and global networks, between movement and stillness, space and place, and between clusters and dispersed zones, global production landscapes are challenging to understand. Where do these production spaces originate? Who owns, designs, and manages them? Due to the opaque nature of More