Esplorazione dei plastici urbanistici: i Projets Urbains e l’uso della “maquette” dagli anni ‘60 ad oggi

Esistono poche ricerche sui plastici urbanistici. Nell’attività accademica attuale vengono spesso accorpati ai modelli architettonici, ma nonostante abbiano senz’altro caratteristiche simili, mostrano anche delle differenze.Questo progetto di ricerca ipotizza che la differenza fondamentale sia che, nei plastici urbanistici, la capacità performativa del modello prevale sulle funzioni semiotiche compositive Continua

ENHR Konferenz «Unsettled Settlements: Housing in Unstable Contexts»

30. August – 2. September 2021 | Online aus Nicosia. Die ENHR Konferenz findet dieses Jahr online zu «Unsettled Settlements: Housing in Unstable Contexts» statt. Das ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE ist Teil der Workshop Group Session «Collaborative Housing».

ESA Konferenz «Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures»

31. August – 3. September 2021 | Online from Barcelona.

How to Achieve Parsimonious Urban Land Use: The Case of Greater Zurich

Land use regulations in Switzerland do not meet the requirements of the spatial planning act (SPA) in their guidance for parsimonious land use. If parsimonious land use is to be achieved, urban economic theories and price-based regulations must be leveraged to determine the intensity and balance of land Continua

Raumplanung: Böse Stadt, gute Landschaft?

30. August 2021, 19:00 bis ca. 21:00 Uhr | Alte Zentralwäscherei, Josefstrasse 219, 8005 Zürich (BlueLion). Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der Scientifica 2021 «natürlich.künstlich».

Metropolitane Landschaften: Case Study Berlin-Brandenburg

30. Januar bis 14. Februar 2022 | Winter School in Berlin.

NSL Forum: Pandemie? Mitten im Klimawandel. Was bedeutet das für die räumliche Entwicklung der Schweiz? Ein Dialog.

Video jetzt online! In einem Dialog für Praxis und Hochschulen nahm das Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft (NSL) der ETH Zürich am 11. November im Volkshaus Zürich eine Standortbestimmung für die räumliche Entwicklung in der Schweiz vor. Ausgangspunkt bildeten Erkenntnisse aus der Pandemiesituation, Hintergrund der Klimawandel. Die Tagung war Continua

Histories of Urban Design: Global Trajectories and Local Realities

15-17 November 2021, registration by 17 September | Conference | ETH Zürich, Department of Architecture.

Baukultur und die Stadt

10. November 2021, 9:00 – 18.00 Uhr | Erste Jahrestagung der Stiftung Baukultur Schweiz | ETH Zürich, Werner Siemens Auditorium, Gebäude HIT, Wolfgang-Pauli-Stasse 27, 8093 Zürich.

Symposium: Transitional Space – Japanese Houses Through Digital Scans

On a joint trip entitled «Transitions» in autumn 2019, students from the Kyoto Institute of Technology and the ETH Zürich investigated a series of houses and their relationship to the (urban) landscape in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, using sound recordings and laser scanning. The Symposium was an opportunity to Continua

CLIMATE CARE: Reimagining Shared Planetary Futures

28 May – 3 October 2021 | Vienna Biennale for Change 2021 | MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna.

New Center for Augmented Computational Design at ETH Zurich

Die ETH Zürich hat kürzlich ein neues Zentrum für erweitertes computergestütztes Entwerfen in Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen ins Leben gerufen. 24 Professuren, darunter die NSL-Professur von Christophe Girot, bündeln unter dem Namen Design++ ihre Kräfte, um digital erweiterte Entwurfsmethoden zu entwickeln, die rationale und intuitive Entscheidungen während des Entwurfsprozesses Continua

The «Contact Zone» of Agadir’s 1960 Emergency Aid Programme

The reconstruction of the Moroccan city of Agadir in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 1960 earthquake is an exemplary yet much overlooked cross-cultural «contact zone» between local and international rescuers, experts, citizens, organizations, and governments. Studying why the development aid Morocco received was not unconditionally accepted, but Continua

Growing Schools Prototype: A Socio-Ecological Framework Addressing the Current Urbanization Challenges

Colombia has suffered an armed conflict for over 50 years. As a result, more than 1 million children lack access to education with a deficit of 3’000 schools and more than 8 Million civilians displaced from their homes. Growing Schools Prototype is a strategic up-scaling concept for replicating Continua

Reading a Forest, Documenting the Existing

Looking at the fields of wheat and orchards of almond blossoms around Senan, Spain, «crisis» is not the first word that comes to mind. The valleys appear tranquil and unchanging. However, like most rural landscapes in Spain, the area has transformed dramatically in the past decades.

Dwelling / Living & Urban Care | Nurturing & Urban Care

28. Mai – 3. Oktober 2021 | Vienna Biennale for Change 2021: Planet Love: Climate Care in the Digital Age im MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst Wien.

Optimistic Suburbia 2 – Middle-class Large Housing Complexes

17 June, 16:30 (Lisbon, Portugal/GMT+1 | Online & face-to-face) | International Conference. Session 3 ‘Publicness in middle-class large housing complexes as a new way to examine the premises of cultural encounters and social integration’ Liv Christensen and Eveline Althaus. Language: English Registration necessary Further informationen and programme Optimistic Continua

«Geographies of Age» Altersfreundliche Lebensräume in der Stadt

2. Juni 2021, 16:30 – 17:30 | Online. «Altersfreundliche Stadtquartiere: Was bedeutet das in der Praxis? Die Kulturwissenschaftlerin Liv Christensen des ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE spricht im Rahmen der Impuls Mobilität-Veranstaltung «Planen für Jung und Alt» über den Zugang älterer Menschen zu städtischem Leben. Sprache: Deutsch Hinweise: Die Continua

51N4E, Denkstatt, Endeavour, Design in Dialogue

The second volume in the ‘Chapters’ series from Brussels-based architecture firm 51N4E focuses on how design processes can be shaped through dialogue. First, it investigates their work together with two design-focused consulting firms, endeavour (Antwerp) and Denkstatt (Basel), wherein all three explore the boundaries of architecture, advocating openness Continua

Transitional Space – Japanese Houses Through Digital Scans

27th May 2021, 9:00-13:00 CET | Zoom: https://ethz.zoom.us/j/68199616818 デジタルスキャンでみる日本の家 A collaboration between the ETH Zurich and the Kyoto Institute of Technology KIT.

Common Water – The Alps

22 May to 21 November 2021 | 17th International Architecture Exhibition Venice: How will we live together? | Chair of Günther Vogt (ETH Zurich), VOGT Landscape Architects.

Worlds of Planetary Urbanization

22 May to 21 November 2021 | 17th International Architecture Exhibition Venice: How will we live together? | Neil Brenner (Urban Theory Lab-Chicago), Christian Schmid / Milica Topalović (ETH Zürich).

Radical Care

22 May to 21 November 2021 | 17th International Architecture Exhibition Venice: How will we live together? | Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Prof. Klumpner and others.

Scoprire le infrastrutture secondarie: gli insediamenti temporanei dei lavoratori di La Grande Dixence (1950-1965)

In risposta all’invito di Susan Leigh Star a studiare «cose noiose» e aspetti ordinari delle infrastrutture, il presente progetto di ricerca offre una riflessione sul concetto di «infrastruttura secondaria», intesa qui come l’infrastruttura che permette la costruzione di un’infrastruttura primaria. Attraverso questa lente, le reti idroelettriche di alta Continua

Paesaggi idroelettrici. Costruzioni materiali e culturali del lago di Sihl (1897-1937)

La diffusione dell’energia idroelettrica nella storia fluviale svizzera dal 1870 al 1970 ha reso il lago artificiale un elemento paesaggistico nuovo e importante. Tuttavia, i lavori di ricerca sull’energia idroelettrica si sono concentrati generalmente sulle dighe e sulle centrali elettriche e hanno lasciato i bacini artificiali in secondo Continua

Confronto tra l’urbanizzazione di Johannesburg e Maputo

Johannesburg e Maputo sono due città geograficamente prossime dell’Africa subsahariana. Pur possedendo storie e caratteristiche distinte, presentano anche delle somiglianze il cui confronto è foriero di ricchi risultati. Negli ultimi dieci anni, ad esempio, il governo sudafricano e quello mozambicano hanno investito in maniera significativa nell’infrastruttura di trasporto, Continua

L’urbanizzazione in un’ottica comparativa

Negli ultimi vent’anni la velocità, la scala e la portata dell’urbanizzazione hanno subito un forte aumento, che ha cambiato radicalmente il carattere delle aree urbane. Trascesi vari confini fisici, giurisdizioni politiche e sfere sociali, l’urbanizzazione è diventata un fenomeno planetario. Sebbene spesso si pensi che questo fenomeno porti Continua

Urbanizzazione planetaria

Più di quarant’anni fa Henri Lefebvre avanzò la radicale ipotesi della completa urbanizzazione della società, invocando un passaggio dalla forma urbana al processo di urbanizzazione in sede analitica. Oggi l’“urbanità” rappresenta una condizione sempre più mondiale a cui si intrecciano rapporti politico-economici. Paradossalmente, per via di questa situazione Continua

Henri Lefebvre

La teoria della produzione dello spazio di Henri Lefebvre rappresenta uno dei maggiori contributi contemporanei all’analisi dei processi socio-spaziali e di urbanizzazione. Ricopre una particolare importanza per la ricerca transdisciplinare in scienze sociali e architettura. L’impegno di lunga data della cattedra di Sociologia nei confronti di tale teoria Continua

Call for Contributions trans#39 Comfort

We are happy to invite you to propose contributions for the upcoming issue trans#39 Comfort. trans magazin is the bi-annual architecture journal of the Department of Architecture at th ETH Zurich. We are looking forward to hearing your proposals in English and German. Please send a brief abstract to trans@arch.ethz.ch by Continua

NSL Veranstaltungsplakat Frühjahrssemester 2021

Das neue NSL Veranstaltungsplakat Frühjahrssemester 2021 ist da!

Relational Theories of Urban Form. An Anthology

This project stemmed from the editors’ shared interest in theories of urban form and a reading seminar they jointly taught at the D-ARCH, ETH Zurich. In their ongoing investigations into questions of form in theory and practice, the relationship between the social and the material emerged again and Continua

New Agendas Under Planetary Urbanisation: Designing Sustainable Agri-Urbanisms

What is the future of the manifold agricultural territories across the world that support contemporary cities? While discussions on urban sustainability have focused on cities and urban regions, many agricultural territories are equally exposed to rapid and far-reaching urban transformation processes with massive social and environmental implications, opening Continua

Rosso di Adrianopoli: le arti decorative ottomane alla radice del «parterre de fleurs»

Il presente progetto di dissertazione intende tracciare il percorso transregionale e transmateriale che ha portato i quatre fleurs, quattro dei fiori più diffusi nelle arti decorative ottomane – il tulipano, la rosa, il garofano e il giacinto – dai selvaggi paesaggi desertici dell’Asia centrale ai parterre fioriti ornamentali Continua

Plasmare il paesaggio fisico

Modellazione di nuvola di punti come metodo di progettazione specifico al sito in architettura del paesaggio, applicato a un caso di studio a Singapore. La progettazione di paesaggi urbani su larga scala si svolge spesso senza riferimento topographico e non riesce a creare un rapporto di coesione tra Continua

New Civic Landscapes & Public Health

The course is organized around core principles of civic design, public health and landscape systems at the scale of the watershed – including riverine and wetland systems, steep slopes subject to erosion, soil stability and soil quality, and varied forests, meadows, wilds and productive landscapes. The overall structure Continua

Beschneiungsspeicher: erfassen, analysieren und beurteilen

Der Klimawandel verändert die Konditionen für die touristischen Regionen in den Alpen. Zahlreiche Speicherkapazitäten für die Produktion von Schnee wurden in den letzten Jahren gebaut oder sind projektiert. Diese artifiziellen Kleinstseen stellen massive Eingriffe in das sensible Gefüge der alpinen Landschaft dar. Das von den Toggenburg Bergbahnen geförderte Continua

Thinking Future Systems

FCL Global addresses the globally significant challenges of expanding urbanisation and aims to create a better understanding of the relationship between the city and its surrounding region, so as to make city-regions more sustainable. Following FCL Global’s Launch Event on 2 March 2021, FCL Global Co-Director Professor Sacha Continua

Form and Performance in Shaping Urban Landscapes

Digital technologies have become ubiquitous in current design practice for urban landscapes. Not only does the rapidly increasing extent and resolution of digital data help to study urban systems, but digital technologies have also enabled the inclusion of dynamic conditions in the design process. Understanding these conditions makes Continua

Oberstadt4D

Das Projekt «Oberstadt4D» unterstützt die Entwicklungsplanung des Badener Quartiers Oberstadt. Dieses soll sich zu einem dichten, urbanen Wohnquartier transformieren. Im Fokus der Untersuchung stehen die künftige bauliche Dichte, die Bebauungs- und Freiraumstruktur sowie das Nutzungsverhältnis von Wohnen und Arbeiten. Mit dem partizipativen Ansatz schliesst es Wissenschaft, Praxis und Continua

Wohnforum Talks

16. März / 13. April / 11. Mai / 1. Juni, jeweils 13.30–15 Uhr | online. Die Wohnforum Talks (ehem. BBL) eröffnen eingeladenen Gästen und Mitarbeitenden des ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE die Möglichkeit, aktuelle Bereiche ihrer Forschung zu teilen und Ideen, Konzepte und Ergebnisse zu diskutieren. Die Veranstaltung findet online Continua

Age-Talk: «Sackgeldjobs – Wie funktioniert das?»

8. April 2021, 11 Uhr | online. Diesen April findet der von der Age-Stiftung organisierte Age-Talk «Sackgeldjobs – Wie funktioniert das?» zur Jugendjobbörse Winterthur statt. Zu Gast ist die Sozial- und Kulturanthropologin Dr. Eveline Althaus (ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE), die über den kürzlich erschienenen Bericht zur Jugendjobbörse Continua

Blickpunkt Stadt & Wohnen – Perspektiven zum langfristigen Umgang mit Wohnbaubeständen

19. März 2021, 18:00–19.30 Uhr | Online Webinar. Die Stadt Zürich wächst. Wie kann die Schaffung von ausreichend Wohnraum auch in Zukunft für alle Bevölkerungsgruppen gesichert werden und welche Herausforderungen stellen sich dabei?

Athena Lecture Series

10 March 2021, 18:00–19:30 | Alexandra Lange: «Looking for Role Models in All the Wrong Places». ETH CASE organizes in collaboration with the Parity-​ and Diversity Group of DARCH a series of lectures by internationally recognized designers and scholars in the field of urban studies, architecture, urban design, Continua

Schwerpunkte 9 – On Authorship

7-8 June 2021. Schwerpunkte is a doctoral event organized by doctoral students from several institute at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich: the Institute for History and Theory of Architecture (gta), the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) and the Institute of Design and Architecture (IEA). The Continua

TACK Talks: How to? A Guide Through Knowing

18:00–19:00 | online. We aim to examine the notion of mediating tacit knowledge from different perspectives, in conversations between the cultural institutions Het Nieuwe Instituut, Vlaams Architectuurinsituut, and Architekturzentrum Wien.

Sessions on Territory – Urbanism as Material Accumulation

Lecture Series | On selected Mondays, 16:00–18:00 | online Zoom link: 95007725252.

Sociology: Extended Urbanization – A Research Seminar

Elective Course Starting | 26 February on Fridays, 12:45–14:30 | online. Lecturers: Christian Schmid, Ileana Apostol, Lindsay Howe. Urban research is confronted today with urbanization processes that unfold far beyond the realm of agglomerations and urban regions.

A Multi-dimensional Spatial Policy Model for Large-scale Multi-municipal Swiss Contexts

Switzerland’s widely adopted spatial policy rejects the use of new land in favour of promoting the densification of existing buildings or brownfield developments. However, to date there has not been an assessment of the volumetric building reserves that are still available within the current building regulatory framework. This Continua

ACTION! On the Real City: The Audiovisual Poetics of Circularity

Elective Course | Starting 22 February on Mondays, 10:00–12:00 | online. Lecturers: Prof. Hubert Klumpner, Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou, Michael Walczak. Giving audiovisual form to the concept of ‘circular economy’, we will encourage students to think about the socio-economic relations that constitute our cities, through the use of digital Continua