Department / Institute : Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard
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 Plus
Master of Science in Landscape Architecture
Doctoral Fellowship in Landscape and Urban Studies
LUS Doctoral Crits HS24
DELUS Issue 1
Call for Papers: NSL Colloquium 2024: Beyond Maintenance: Responsive Practices for Changing Landscapes
The NSL Colloquium will take place February 26-28 2025 at ETH Zürich and publishes an open call for submissions until November 8, 2024. The colloquium will investigate the relationship between the design and maintenance of living systems, seeking to cultivate practices, terminology, and theoretical insights into approaches that Plus
Against wastelanding: distributed design at the pace of soil in the Conca de Barberà
Teresa Galí-Izard für Schelling Architekturpreise nominiert
Empowering the Next Generation: Illustrating Landscape Systems by Computation
Landscape systems are intricate and challenging to illustrate effectively. The BeingAliveLanguage, a groundbreaking software integrated into Rhino/Grasshopper, revolutionizes the visualization of soil-centric information. Developed by ETH Zurich’s « Chair of Being Alive, » this tool empowers designers and planners to create expressive, automated illustrations that support decision-making processes.
LUS Doctoral Crits AS 2024 & Book Launch
Ramification. Eine Ausstellung zur zeitgenössischen Landschaftsarchitektur
DELUS Issue 0
Garten des 21. Jahrhunderts in Til-Til, Chile
Der Garten in Huertos Familiares, Tiltil (Chile) untersucht wie Bodenveränderungen durch veränderte Praktiken der Landbewirtschaftung ökologische und soziale Kapazitäten in der Gemeinde aufbauen und Möglichkeiten für die Entstehung einer neuen Art von öffentlichem Garten in der Gemeinde Tiltil schaffen können. Tiltil, das bereits heute ein trockenes Klima hat, Plus
Garten des 21. Jahrhunderts in New Orleans, USA
Der Garten befindet sich im Lower Ninth Ward von New Orleans, einem Viertel, das 2005 durch die schwerste wetterbedingte Katastrophe der Stadt, den Hurrikan Katrina, stark in Mitleidenschaft gezogen wurde. Der Garten besteht aus einer Ansammlung von fünf miteinander verbundenen, 10 x 40 m grossen Wohngrundstücken, die vor Plus
Garten des 21. Jahrhunderts in Zürich, Schweiz
Der Garten des 21. Jahrhunderts in Zürich befindet sich am nördlichen Rand des Hönggerberg Campus, direkt neben dem HIT-Gebäude. Er ist auf drei Seiten von Strassen und auf der vierten Seite von einer Kindertagesstätte umgeben. Mit einer Grösse von rund 1’000 m2 und einer rechteckigen Form von 30 Plus
Garten des 21. Jahrhundert in Senan, Spanien
Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts „Garten des 21. Jahrhunderts” untersucht das Projekt in Senan, Spanien, wie eine einfache Praxis der Bodenveränderung durch die sorgfältige Weidehaltung von Pferden ökologische wie soziale Kapazitäten in einem ländlichen Gebiet mit begrenzten Ressourcen aufbauen kann. Das Projekt beruht auf der regenerativen Praxis der Rotationsweide Plus
Garden of the XXI Century in Baldomar, Spain
On June 15, 2022, a fire burned 2,683 hectares of forest and agricultural land around the villages of La Clua de Maià and Alos de Balaguer in the municipality of Baldomà, a region of La Noguera north of Catalunya, Spain. Concerned about the intensity of the fire and Plus
Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard | Chair of Being Alive
Teresa Galí-Izard is professor of the Chair of Being Alive and director of the Master of Landscape Architecture at ETH. She is a principal of Arquitectura Agronomia, a landscape architecture firm based in Barcelona. Teresa is the author of “The Same Landscapes. Ideas and Interpretations” and trained as an agronomist at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Master of Science in Landscape Architecture
Applications until 30 April for autumn 2024. The Master‘s degree programme in Landscape Architecture is aimed at students with a Bachelor‘s degree in architecture or landscape architecture from a university or Swiss University of Applied Sciences with at least 180 ECTS or equivalent.
LUS Doctoral Crits
Community-led Landscape Restoration 2024: Call for Applications
Application deadline: 10 February 2024 | Working sessions: 7 March, June, September, December 2024. The Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) at ETH Zurich is delighted to announce the Community-led Landscape Restoration 2024 working group, a transdisciplinary series open to citizen groups, activists, academic researchers, and policy Plus
NSL Colloquium: Beyond Maintenance: Responsive Practices for Changing Landscapes
26. – 28. February 2025, ETH Zürich Hönggerberg and Zentrum. The colloquium will investigate the relationship between the design and maintenance of living systems, seeking to cultivate practices, terminology, and theoretical insights into approaches that attempt to maintain otherwise.
More Than Human Cinema
Peeling out the Details of Chestnuts in Castasegna, Bregaglia, Switzerland
The landscapes dominated by chestnut trees in the southern alpine valleys are among the traditional agroforestry systems of Switzerland and have long been the main source of food for the local population. These complex socio-ecological systems provide a great learning space for landscape architects and planners, as chestnut Plus
LUS Talks 2023
Lively Cities
Researching Otherwise: Pluriversal Methods for Landscape and Urban Research
Landschaftstadt Zürich. Überlappen Verbinden Öffnen – eine Bildersuche
More Than Human Cinema: The Two Sights
Mutualisms – Interactions with Benefits
Guest Lecture + Q & A, 20 April, 12:45 – 15:30 | ETH Zürich, Oerlikon, Neunbrunnenstr. 50, ONA E7. Pere Fraga i Arguimbau: Gardener and Botanist from Menorca, Spain. «You can’t garden without knowing how plants relate to their environment. Making a garden is, to a greater or Plus
Writing Urban Landscapes of the Anthropocene
Doctoral Crits of the Institute of Urban and Landscape Studies LUS
Sudamérica LUS Talks
20 October 2022, 18:30 (2 December: 17:30) | ETH Zürich, Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, ONA Fokushalle (E7), Zürich. This year, the LUS Talks will engage diverse perspectives from practitioners and theorists addressing South America’s complex social and ecological landscapes.
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard
Nature and Engineering: The Park of the Buttes-Chaumont
«Incontri con il paesaggio»
(RE)Acting/(EN)Acting: New Approaches in Landscape Architecture
Understanding a Place by Looking at its Soil
Doing fieldwork – such as the study of soil, vegetation, or other living systems – is an essential task in the discipline of landscape architecture. It helps to understand and translate the existing conditions of a place to uncover its potential for future transformations. The Chair of Being Plus
Writing Landscapes, Writing the Urban
Master of Science ETH in Landscape Architecture
Apply now for Autumn 2023! The ETH Master‘s degree programme in Landscape Architecture is aimed at students with a Bachelor‘s degree in architecture or landscape architecture from a university or a Swiss university of applied sciences with at least 180 ECTS or equivalent. A motivation letter and a portfolio are Plus