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

Urban Research Symposium: Global Land – Sub/Urban Form

27 February 2019, 17:00–18:30 | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL E 3. Speaker: Prof. Ute Lehrer (York University, CAN). Ute Lehrer has been involved in comparative urban research on Zurich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Los Angeles and Toronto, investigating new urban forms, processes of spectacularization and megaprojects. Recently she has been part of the project «Global Plus

The Disappearance of Robin Hood

Screening and panel discussion on Monday 11 March, 20:00 – 22:00 | Kino Kosmos, Zurich. London, 1972 – the city is growing, and with it the need to house working populations. Post-war values of social welfare make experimenting with new forms of housing possible, ushering in an era of Plus

Elective course: ACTION! On the Real City – CAMPUS: Sensory Ethnograpgy of Educational Space

On Mondays, 10:00 – 12:00 | ETH Zurich, Oerlikon, ONA E16, Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zurich. Lecturers: Hubert Klumpner with Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou The elective course «Action! On the Real City – CAMPUS: Sensory Ethnography of Educational Space» develops new forms of urban literacy in learning from the complex, Plus

Lecture courses «Urban Design I/II – Urban Stories» and «Urban Design III/IV – Urban Stories»

On Thursdays 08:00 – 09:30 | ETH Zurich, Oerlikon, ONA E7, Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zurich. How did the cities develop that we live in now? Which urban plans, instruments, visions, political decisions, economic reasonings, cultural inputs and social organization have been used to operate in urban settlements in Plus

Between the Academy and Activism

13. Dezember 2018, 17:00 Uhr | ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, HIL E6. Vortrag von Lori Brown, Professor für Architektur, Syracuse University (NY). Lori Brown’s lecture, «Between the Academy + Activism,» will discuss her research and the opportunities it has unexpectedly created in real-world engagement and activism, bringing architecture out into broader current Plus

Prefab society

Research seminar (Wahlfach) on 7 December 2018, 18:00 (final presentation) | ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, HIL H 40.4. The research seminar aims to analyze examples of Swiss modular buildings dating from the 1940s to 1970s using diverse empirical material. The main focus is on the interaction between built and social / cultural structures: how do Plus

Architecture of Territory. Territorial Design in Histories, Theories and Projects

Core Course on Thursdays, starting 20 September, 10:00–12:00 | ETH Zurich, Oerlikon, ONA E7, Neunbrunnenstr. 50. This lecture series sets up the agenda for widening the disciplinary field of architecture and urbanism from their focus on the city, or the urban in the narrow sense, to wider territorial scales, which correspond to Plus

People at the Centre! Housing issues, challenges & strategies in the Global South

Lecture Series (Wahlfach) from 24 September 2018, on Mondays, 14:00–15:45 | ETH Zurich Hönggerberg, HIL F 10.3. Coordinated and moderated by Dr. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE. The aim of this elective course is to sensitize students about the specific urban development and housing challenges in the Global South. Plus

Sessions on Territory – Urbanism and the Anthropocene: Ecology

Lecture Series: 6 Sessions on selected Mondays, 16:00–18:00 | ETH Zurich Oerlikon, ONA Focushalle E7, Neunbrunnenstr. 50. Sessions on Territory is a series of public debates on the political economy of architecture and territory. Focusing on how the epoch of the Anthropocene reframes our conceptions of the urban and shapes new ecologies, the Plus

Extended Urbanization – ein Forschungsseminar

Wahlfach ab 21. September 2018, 12:45–14:30 | ETH Hönggerberg, HCP E 47.1. Dozierende: Christian Schmid, Lindsay Blair Howe. Heute wird die Stadtforschung mit immer ausgereifteren Urbanisierungsprozessen konfrontiert, die sich auch weit entfernt von Agglomerationen, urbanen Regionen und sogar Megacity-Regionen entfalten. Die Urbanisierung hat einen planetaren Massstab angenommen: Neuartige Formen der Urbanisierung kristallisieren sich in verschiedensten Landschaften Plus

Urban Design I/II + III/IV – Urban Stories

Lecture course on Thursdays, starting 20 September, 8:00–9:30 | ETH Zurich, Oerlikon, ONA E7, Neunbrunnenstr. 50. How did cities develop in the cities we live in now? Which urban plans, instruments, visions, political decisions, economic reasonings, cultural inputs and social organization have been used to operate in urban settlements in specific moments of Plus

Städtebau I: Entwurf und Strategie im urbanen Raum I

Vorlesungsreihe ab 20. September donnerstags, 08:00–09:30 Uhr | ETH Hönggerberg, HPH G1. Dozent: Michael Wagner. Die Vorlesungsreihe vermittelt grundlegende Kenntnisse im Städtebau. Dabei steht die Veranschaulichung des Beziehungsreichtums der Disziplin und dessen Handhabung im Planungs- und Entwurfsalltag im Vordergrund. Es werden zentrale Fragestellungen und Themenschwerpunkte der zeitgenössischen Städtebaupraxis und -theorie aufgezeigt. Ziel ist die Vermittlung Plus

Action! On the Real City: Informal Zürich

Elective course. Ethnographic Filmmaking on the City’s Edges. On Mondays, starting 17 September, 10:00–12:00 | ETH Zurich, Oerlikon, ONA E16, Neunbrunnenstr. 50. Lecturers: Alfredo Brillemboug & Hubert Klumpner with Klearjos Papanicolaou. The elective course «Action! On the Real City – Informal Zürich – Ethnographic Filmmaking on the City’s Edges» develops new forms of Plus

Planen für die offene Stadt

Kees Christiaanse gehört zu den renommiertesten Städteplanern. Nach 15 Jahren als Professor an der ETH Zürich wurde er diesen Sommer emeritiert. Viel ändern werde sich dadurch nicht, sagt er. In seinem Berufsstand gewinne man mit dem Alter. Deshalb wird er weiterhin für sein Ideal der offenen Stadt planen. Plus

Sweating for a cooler Singapore

Students from the Institute of Landscape Architecture, chair of Christophe Girot, are planning some natural ways to cool the heat-afflicted metropolis of Singapore. Their testing ground is a disused railway line reclaimed by nature and converted into a tropical recreation area. This article was published in the ETH News.