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Research in the NSL

Das NSL erforscht die Transformation von Städten, Landschaften, Infrastrukturen und Mobilitätssystemen in einem inter- und transdisziplinären Rahmen. Verschiedene Ansätze werden verknüpft, um nachhaltige, resiliente und sozial gerechte Lösungen zu entwickeln. Im Fokus stehen Infrastruktur- und Verkehrsmanagement, urbane und territoriale Entwicklung, Landschaftsplanung sowie die gesellschaftlichen Dimensionen des Bauens und Wohnens.
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Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture and Its Ways of Knowing

Published on: 12. January 2021
Chair: History and Theory of Urban Design | Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete
«Communities of Tacit Knowledge» focuses on the concept of «tacit knowledge» in architecture and urban design. Tacit knowledge is a specific type of knowledge that…
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Tracing the Virus: the Balcony

Published on: 12. January 2021
Chair: History and Theory of Urban Design | Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete
In the past months, the freedom of movement of many citizens around the world has been restricted. As part of the attempt to mitigate the…
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Agadir. The Commons and the Modern Afropolis

Published on: 12. January 2021
Chair: History and Theory of Urban Design | Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete
After Agadir (Morocco) was destroyed by a devastating earthquake in 1960, the city developed a modern and innovative plan for its reconstruction that relied on…
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Mutation und Morphosis. Landscape as Aggregate

Published on: 12. January 2021
Chair: Prof. em Dr. h. c. Günther Vogt | Landscape Architecture
Anyone viewing what we call a «landscape» from a distance will recognize that it is an artifact, a habitat created by humans as part of…
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Focus Policy

Published on: 2. January 2021
Chair: EiR PD Dr. Joris Van Wezemael, Dr. Markus Nollert | Spatial Transformation Laboratories (STL)
Inward development calls for open modes of governance After fifty years of spatial development not sustainable with regard to land use, energy consumption, or infrastructure…
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Focus Design

Published on: 2. January 2021
Chair: EiR PD Dr. Joris Van Wezemael, Dr. Markus Nollert | Spatial Transformation Laboratories (STL)
The Spatial Transformation and Design unit explores processes and potentials of spatial transformation and its consequences from neighbourhoods to transnational scales. Its research focuses on…
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Biofeedback (CC BY-​SA 4.0 / Katja1995 via Wikimedia Commons)

The influence of non-traffic variables on mode choice (SVI 2015/007)

Published on: 17. November 2020
Chair: Prof. Dr. Kay W. Axhausen | Traffic and Transport Planning
In transportation planning and policy, the effects of non-traffic variables – namely, any qualitative and cognitive-emotional characteristics of households and individuals that cannot be measured…
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Greyhound Busse bei Gorge Inn, 1952 (CC BY 2.0 by Seattle Municipal Archives via flickr)

Substitute Behaviour of Rail and Bus Passengers Travelling Long Distances (+50km) in Switzerland

Published on: 17. November 2020
Chair: Prof. Dr. Kay W. Axhausen | Traffic and Transport Planning
In transportation planning and policy, the effects of non-traffic variables – namely, any qualitative and cognitive-emotional characteristics of households and individuals that cannot be measured…
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Empty Street (CC0 1.0 : PxHere)

MOBIS-COVID-19. Mobility behaviour in Switzerland – Coronavirus study

Published on: 17. November 2020
Chair: Prof. Dr. Kay W. Axhausen | Traffic and Transport Planning
To slow down the spread of the coronavirus, the population has been instructed to stay at home if possible. This measure consequently has a major…
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SARS-​CoV-2 (CC0 1.0 : CDC by Unsplash)

Agent-based tracking of disease spread with dynamic models of travel behaviour in a pandemic

Published on: 17. November 2020
Chair: Prof. Dr. Kay W. Axhausen | Traffic and Transport Planning
Epidemic models are essential tools to coordinate all aspects of the response to pandemics. Models can inform policy makers on strategies for vaccinations and testing,…
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Generationenwohnen in langfristiger Perspektive – von der Intention zur gelebten Umsetzung

Intergenerational co-living in a long-term perspective – from intentions to implementations

Published on: 16. November 2020
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein | ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE
The three-​year practice-​oriented research project (start October 2020) examines intergenerational housing projects in a long-​term perspective. The innovative original ideas of the projects are analyzed…
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Digitale Nachbarschaften, Symbolbild

Emerging Digital Neighbourhoods – Local Online Spaces and Their Potential for Social Inclusion

Published on: 13. November 2020
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein | ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE
Online tools for neighbourhood networking are gaining popularity worldwide, while in Switzerland they are still considered a novel phenomenon. Ranging from informal WhatsApp or Facebook…
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Urban Policy Analysis

Published on: 24. September 2019
Chair: Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann | Spatial Development and Urban Policy
Societal, environmental, and technological transformations accentuate themselves in dense settings, pushing cities and metropolitan regions to the forefront of tackling complex policy problems. Whether responding…
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Participatory Urban Governance

Published on: 24. September 2019
Chair: Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann | Spatial Development and Urban Policy
The realization of large urban infrastructure projects is necessary to achieve long-term planning goals such as sustainable cities, just cities or smart cities. Yet, these…
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Policy Analysis of Spatial Planning

Published on: 24. September 2019
Chair: Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann | Spatial Development and Urban Policy
Densification policies are at the core of the current revisions of the Federal Act on Spatial Planning. This research project analyzes the effects of densification…
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Bondo Section © Professur Christophe Girot, ETH Zurich

The Topology of Robotic Landscape Fabrication

Published on: 30. July 2019
Chair: Prof. em Christophe Girot | Landscape Architecture
This doctoral thesis is situated in the context of large-scale terrain structures within the field of landscape architecture. It builds upon recent advances in mobile…
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SMARTIES Scheduling Methods for Automated Railway Timetabling Improving the Efficiency of Smartrail

SMARTIES: Scheduling Methods for Automated Railway Timetabling Improving the Efficiency of Smartrail

Published on: 4. February 2019
Chair: Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman | Transport Systems
Future demand in public transport is prognosticated to increase significantly. To manage the additional demand in transportation the Swiss Federal Railway SBB has launched the…
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Towards Autonomous Driving Trains in Mixed Traffic Networks: Setups and Optimization Methods for Energy Efficient Driving and Integration into Traffic Management Systems

Published on: 4. February 2019
Chair: Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman | Transport Systems
While driving the train, the driver’s primary goals are to ensure safety; maintain the schedule of the service; and if the above are covered, improve…
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Project OMISM. © chair of Francesco Corman, IVT, ETH Zurich

OMISM: On board Monitoring for Integrated Systems Understanding & Management Improvement in Railways

Published on: 1. February 2019
Chair: Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman | Transport Systems
Understanding what to measure, and how to model it, to deliver value in railway predictive maintenance The goal of this project is to shift the…
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Project DADA. © chair of Francesco Corman, IVT, ETH Zurich

DADA: Dynamic Data Driven Approaches for Stochastic Delay Propagation Avoidance in Railways

Published on: 16. May 2018
Chair: Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman | Transport Systems
Reducing railway delays, their variability and propagation, considering operations as stochastic processes, explicitly considering current and possible future delays The goal of this project is…
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The Normal City

Published on: 9. May 2018
Chair: Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil | Architecture and Urban Design
Norms and standards determine our living space. The spaces in which we work, shop, move and enjoy ourselves are based on them. They help define…
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Constructed Land

Published on: 11. December 2017
Chair: Prof. Milica Topalovic | Architecture and Territorial Planning
The project Constructed Land: Singapore 1924–2012 investigates the material flows of soil and the changing physical form of the island of Singapore over time. Until…
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Image : Hans Hortig, 2016

DenSuisse

Published on: 11. December 2017
Chair: Prof. Milica Topalovic | Architecture and Territorial Planning
The Braillard Foundation, in cooperation with the Federal Institutes of Technology of Lausanne and Zurich and the Architectural Academy of Mendrisio, is pursuing a prospective…
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Image: Bas Princen, 2011

Territories of Extended Urbanisation

Published on: 11. December 2017
Chair: Prof. Milica Topalovic | Architecture and Territorial Planning
The concept of planetary urbanisation is a widely debated topic today. The boundaries of the urban have been exploded to encompass vast territories far beyond the…
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Image: Singapore Straights, Bas Princen 2011

Hinterland

Published on: 11. December 2017
Chair: Prof. Milica Topalovic | Architecture and Territorial Planning
Throughout history, cities have functioned as centers of political and economic power, from which the agricultural and resource-rich hinterlands were controlled. From the nineteenth century…
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Image: Arcadia, Bas Princen 2015

European Countryside

Published on: 11. December 2017
Chair: Prof. Milica Topalovic | Architecture and Territorial Planning
European territory has become completely urbanized. The countryside in the traditional sense has disappeared; the distinctions between town and country have been blurred. In contrast…
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Platoon – Using Truck Platooning Strategies to Improve Real Time Highway Traffic Operations

Published on: 10. December 2017
Chair: Dr. Monica Menendez | Transport Planning and Systems
The platooning of trucks has been considered in many studies as a potential approach to reduce some of the negative effects caused by trucking on…
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SignBus – Using Additional Signals to Provide Priority to Buses at Signalized Intersections

Published on: 10. December 2017
Chair: Dr. Monica Menendez | Transport Planning and Systems
In urban environments, where buses and cars operate in mixed fashion, bus delays can be exacerbated at signalized intersections due to the interactions with cars.…
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SPEED – Rethinking speed limits in urban networks

Published on: 10. December 2017
Chair: Dr. Monica Menendez | Transport Planning and Systems
In the last decades, cities around the world have started to reduce speed limits in both residential areas and city centers. In Switzerland, for example,…
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DIPLOMAT – DesIgn, oPtimization and controL Of urban MultimodAl sysTems

Published on: 10. December 2017
Chair: Dr. Monica Menendez | Transport Planning and Systems
To understand the physics of urban mobility, traffic dynamics of multimodal urban networks need to be analyzed under many different scenarios, including various network properties.…
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ConAuto – Traffic control in a connected and automated vehicle environment

Published on: 10. December 2017
Chair: Dr. Monica Menendez | Transport Planning and Systems
The development in connected and automated vehicles provides more flexibility in the monitoring and control of traffic systems. Equipped with communication systems and various sensors,…
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ICAKL 2017 Presentation Template ETH

Housing the Co-Op

Published on: 10. December 2017
Chair: Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil | Architecture and Urban Design
The bilateral research project Cooperative Production of Low-Cost Housing – Socio-Technological Innovation for the Provision of Housing for Low-Income Populations investigates previous and current practices…
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MYA 2017 Fieldwork Author Thomas Hug

Managing telecoupled landscapes for the sustainable provision of ecosystem services and poverty alleviation

Published on: 26. November 2017
Chair: Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey | Landscape Planning and Urban Systems
Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d Programme) Introduction MANAGING TELECOUPLED LANDSCAPES aims at exploring concrete pathways for sustainable livelihoods in forest…
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Developing of soil indicators for sustainable spatial development

Published on: 26. November 2017
Chair: Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey | Landscape Planning and Urban Systems
Introduction Along with air and water, soil is one of the most important life-supporting elements for humans: it provides numerous benefits through ecosystem services (ES),…
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RECREATE Switzerland

Published on: 26. November 2017
Chair: Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey | Landscape Planning and Urban Systems
Assessing future impacts of climate change and the decarbonisation of the mobility and energy sector on outdoor recreation in Switzerland Introduction Anticipated population growth, rapid…
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MtnPATHS | Pathways for global change adaptation of mountain socio-ecological systems

Published on: 26. November 2017
Chair: Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey | Landscape Planning and Urban Systems
Introduction Mountain social-ecological systems (SES) contribute critically to ecosystem services at local, regional and global scales. Yet, they are highly vulnerable to climate, political and…
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