LUS Projects is a collection of workshops, publications, ongoing research projects or methodologies that are of interest of the broader LUS community.
The projects are all organised by different members of the chairs of LUS and are published on the LUS website as invitations to collectively explore next steps.
Dr Cathelijne Nuijsink | History and Theory of Urban Design, Prof. Dr Tom Avermaete Women protest in downtown Amman, Jordan, 1968. Wikicommons, Photographer: Unknown A new core theory course for master’s students taught in spring 2024 argues that the list of ‘great’ cities needs to be rethought. Given the diversity of urbanisms around the world, […]
Ina Valkanova | Newrope, Architecture and Urban Transformation, Prof. Freek Persyn Biodiversity mapping of Kuklen Industrial Park with Municipality of Kuklen in the framework of the scientific exchange project New Ruralities Photo: Sandro Arabyan Rooted in the tension between concrete locations and global networks, between movement and stillness, space and place, and between clusters and […]
Ulrike Wissen Hayek, Fabian Gutscher, Daniel Borges, Nadine Schütz | Large-scale Virtualization and Modeling Lab (LVML) Nadine Schütz working in the AudioVisual Room at ETH Zurich. Capture from the documentary Refugia (2024) © One Planet One Future. The acoustic quality of outdoor spaces is receiving increasing attention in planning and design disciplines. Yet, it is […]
Santiago del Hierro | Architecture of Territory, Prof. Milica Topalović Close-up of the Awaska Alpa maquette made of materials from the Andean Amazon. Image: Santiago del Hierro © ETH Zürich The 16th Conference of Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) took place in Colombia during the last two weeks of October 2024. […]
Christoph Elhardt | Landschaftsarchitektur, Prof. Dr. h.c. Günther Vogt Günther Vogt in seinem Case Studio in Zürich. (Bild: Giuseppe Micciché) Günther Vogt ist einer der gefragtesten Landschaftsarchitekten unserer Zeit. Er hat eine ganze Generation von Architektinnen und Architekten für den öffentlichen Raum sensibilisiert. Nach 18 Jahren als ETH-Professor wurde er nun emeritiert. Wer über die […]
Sanna Kattenbeck | History and Theory of Urban Design, Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete Aerial View of Zurich 1903, Foto by Eduard Spelterini, Baugeschichtliches Archiv The city of Zurich is a testament to the incredible power of urban codes and their influence on urban form. From the mid-nineteenth onwards, these codes, such as building laws, norms, […]