La fuite des capitaux, la dette et la crise ont laissé des traces visibles à la surface de l’environnement bâti dans des villes du monde entier. Dans le centre d’Athènes, la vacance endémique, la détérioration du patrimoine immobilier et un développement urbain fragmenté sont les symptômes de processus Plus
Développé par un groupe de chercheuses et chercheurs du LUS Chaire d’architecture et d’urbanisme, prof. Hubert Klumpner, et financé par des groupes de l’ITA, prof. Dr. Arno Schlueter et prof. Dr. Philippe Block, en collaboration avec un réseau international de partenaires comme l’Universidad del Norte, la Fábrica de Plus
Alors que l’Afrique du Sud est généralement considérée comme une source de stabilité et de prospérité dans la région, quelque 7,5 millions de personnes vivent dans des habitations informelles et il manque 2,5 millions de logements dans le pays. C’est dans ce contexte qu’est né le projet de Plus
Les stratégies bottom-up sont une réponse à l’actuelle pénurie urbaine. Torre David, une tour de bureaux de 45 étages à Caracas, a été abandonnée, alors qu’elle était presque terminée, à la suite du décès de son développeur et d’une crise bancaire nationale qui a paralysé l’économie vénézuélienne en Plus
Ruby Press. Mehr Can architecture and design respond to cities under stress? With its roots in a research and design initiative, this book presents a collection of 101 spatial ideas that map a post-crisis urban vision for Athens. Targeting a range of challenges, from the economy and public space, Plus
Having collaborated with Khayelitsha-based NGO Theater4Change on the 2016 production Holy Contract, the Urban-Think Tank Chair is now designing a new arts complex to replace the group’s existing self-built space. The Makukhanye Shack Theater will greatly expand the impact of programs already underway, as well as improve access Plus
Initiated in 2014, the Urban-Think Tank Chair is developing an urban game that aims to facilitate decision-making and design processes to understand complex, real-life urban transformations in cities worldwide. Part educational tool, part platform for scenario planning, the ongoing project supports a sustainable approach to urban development while Plus
In: Hou, Jeffrey; Spencer, Benjamin; Way, Thaisa; Yocom, Ken (Hrsg.): Now Urbanism: The Future City Is Here. Routledge. More This book explores the intersections of critical inquiry and immediate, substantive actions. The contributions recognize the rich complexities of the present city not as barriers or obstacles but as grounds for uncovering opportunity Plus
PDF Mehr The Empower Shack team is a response to unsustainable housing approaches in South Africa. What began as a design and build workshop, aimed at developing a double-story shack prototype for Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, has evolved into a more ambitious project to implement design innovations for rapid and Plus
Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers. Urban-Think Tank, Lehrstuhl für Architektur und Städtebau, ETH Zürich. Fotografien von Iwan Baan. Mehr Torre David, a 45-story skyscraper in Caracas, has remained uncompleted since the Venezuelan economy collapsed in 1994. Today, it is the improvised home to more than 750 families living in Plus
Zurich: ETH Zurich, FCL Singapore. Mehr The magazine has grown to address a wide variety of global urban themes. Since its first edition, S.L.U.M. Lab has proven to be both provocative and popular. Knowledge sharing has always been a core aspect of the magazine, and many leading Plus
Can a museum be a force for change in a city? Inspired by citizen-led solidarity initiatives, the Urban-Think Tank Chair and Baier Bischofberger have redefined the iconic, but neglected, Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina – not as an institution dedicated solely to the display of objects, but as Plus
The Empower Shack project continues to evolve. The design research program has been completed, resulting in the documentation of a phased urban layout plan and a ‘fit for purpose’ low-cost housing prototype linked to an incremental plan for formal building code compliance. Initially conceived for a 68-unit pilot Plus
SwissAIM is an advanced software platform. It delivers dynamic high-resolution modeling of urban structures, landscapes, demographics, weather, energy, resources, and socio-economic conditions. Possible future urban scenarios will be synthesized for the whole of Switzerland from 2020 to 2050.
Founded in 1978 as a secluded site for drug rehabilitation, the Italian village of San Patrignano today consists of 1,600 residents whose therapy includes learning to produce food, furniture, and other goods. After visiting the community and markets in Emilia-Romagna, Urban-Think Tank’s design studio has been developing flexible Plus
The Urban-Think Tank Chair of Architecture and Urban Design recently launched a two-year design research project in the informal settlements of Cape Town, South Africa, with field surveys, commented walks and the design and facilitation of a series of open workshops. Referencing methods of participation from the Informal Plus
The Empower Shack project introduces an integrated approach to upgrading South African informal settlements, merging design innovation with community-driven spatial planning and livelihoods programming. The initiative links the roll-out of a two-story, self-built housing prototype with a participatory urban planning methodology supported by computational analysis. Funded by the Swiss Re Foundation, led by Plus
The devastating floods that hit Bosnia and Herzegovina in May revealed outdated planning mechanisms, as well as a growing problem of landslides in areas with informal settlements. A task force initiated at the open plenum of architects in Sarajevo aims to develop a response.
«As a creative practice, mapping precipitates its most productive effects through a finding that is also a founding; its agency lies in neither reproduction nor imposition but rather in uncovering realities previously unseen or unimagined, even across seemingly exhausted grounds. Thus, mapping ‘unfolds’ potential; it re-makes territory over Plus
The ETH Zurich and the IDB launched a pioneering collaboration in 2012, with the goal to provide applied research and integrated design solutions for Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Brillembourg & Klumpner Chair critically assessed river regeneration, cultural heritage restoration, and urban renovation within the framework of two Plus
Urban Parangolé is a framework that responds to the human need and desire for movement – it engages us in a dance with the city. This notion pays homage to the work of Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica and extends the central tenet that ‘life is movement’ from the body Plus
Vertical Cities Asia is an annual architecture and urban design competition aimed at developing new urban models for rapidly growing cities in Asia. The competition uses high density as a tool to address the challenges of growing cities and to counter the perpetual multiplication of destructive typologies. Each Plus
The current design studio of the chair of Architecture and Urban Design (Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner) is the pilot project of a new, on-going collaboration between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the ETH Zurich. The IDB recently launched the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI). Within Plus
In our trajectory of urban research on informality, Torre David, an abandoned and subsequently invaded 45-story office tower in Caracas, Venezuela, presents a shift from the marginalized fringes of the city to the urban core. As such, the tower represents an opportunity to test new, alternative urban models.
Urban-Think Tank – Prof. Alfredo Brillembourg and Prof. Hubert Klumpner, with Michael Contento and Lindsey Sherman – has won the Holcim Gold Award 2011 for Latin America with their project «Grotão – Fábrica de Música», a terraced landscape and multifunctional public building located in the Paraisópolis favela of Plus
Das Special Urban Design Studio – Projekt «SymbioCity» gewinnt den internationalen Studentenwettbewerb Vertical Cities Asia 2011, Chengdu, ausgelobt von der National University Singapore. Das Special Urban Design Studio wurde von der Professur Christiaanse zusammen mit der Professur Brillembourg/Klumpner geleitet. Mehr. Ansprechperson: Nicolas Kretschmann
Professor Alfredo Brillembourg and Professor Hubert Klumpner hold the chair for Architecture and Urban Design at the ETH Zurich as of July, 2010. They currently run an interdisciplinary practice dedicated to high-level research and design on a variety of subjects surrounding contemporary architecture and urbanism. Here, they present Plus
Le projet «Hoograven Invites You» a été présenté l’an passé à l’occasion de l’«Utrecht Manifest». À partir d’une comparaison entre le Maroc urbain et la Hollande urbaine, les frontières de notre connaissance sur l’environnement urbain et l’expérience humaine devraient s’ouvrir à l’aménagement social et intégrer le caractère informel Plus
Le projet de revitalisation de la Lacuna Avenue à Caracas consiste en un plan d’aménagement assurant une liaison avec le téléphérique San Agustin. Des terrains désaffectés – reliquats de la construction de la ligne de métro 4 – doivent être récupérés pour créer des logements économiques et de Plus
La division sociale marquant les installations informelles est souvent exacerbée par des ruptures physiques. À Caracas, les habitants des quartiers au sommet de la colline n’utilisaient généralement pas la plupart des équipements utilisés par leurs concitoyens. Dans un tel contexte, les architectes doivent parfois se transformer en activistes Plus
La majorité des espaces constructibles dans les bidonvilles sont occupés par les logements, ce qui laisse une faible place aux équipements communautaires. En réponse, U-TT s’est focalisé sur le potentiel de petits terrains de sports en mauvais état dans les denses tissus urbains de Caracas. Le premier gymnase Plus
Application period: 1 January 2025 – 31 March 2025. Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design ETH Zürich D-ARCH LUS and EPFL ENAC HRC, joint master programme.
Le professeur Hubert Klumpner fait partie de la chaire d’architecture et d’urbanisme depuis juillet 2010. Il donne le cours intitulé «Introduction to Urban Design» et enseigne la conception architecturale au niveau mastère. Actuellement, le professeur dirige un atelier de design interdisciplinaire qui poursuit des recherches de haut niveau sur divers thèmes actuels d’architecture et d’urbanisme.