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.
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, […]
Stefan Breit | Chair of Being Alive, Prof. Teresa Gali-Izard Sectional drawing through a chestnut orchard in November showing not only tree and grass layer of the system, but also moments such as leaf raking and burning as well as fruit harvesting and drying © Chair of Being Alive, ETH Zürich, 2023 The landscapes dominated […]
Alice Clarke | Architecture and Territory, Prof. Milica Topalovic A Mettmenstetten recipe: Incorporating old and rare varieties cultivated on local grounds. Image from Tasting Grounds, a project by Xiang Lin, Nabila Larasati Pranoto, Maria Jose Castañeda Valbuena, and Emma Kaufmann LaDuc © ETH Zürich On the highlands, across crop rotation plains and within the drained […]
Metaxia Markaki | Architecture of Territory, Prof. Milica Topalovic || Johanna Just | Chair of Being Alive, Prof. Teresa Gali-Izard © Tentacular Writing and Nitin Bathla, ETH Zürich, 2022. «… it matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; … what thoughts think thoughts, what descriptions describe descriptions, what ties tie ties. It […]
Dr. Philipp Urech | Landscape Architecture, Prof. Christophe Girot || Dr. Nicolas Salliou, Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS) | Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey An optimized spatial arrangement for cooling an urban landscape with the predominant wind is determined by testing and comparing a series of wind speed simulations. Digital modeling is instrumental to […]
Hamish Lonergan | History and Theory of Urban Design, Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete Screenshot of the newly launched TACK Archive, a website compiling outputs from the research project «Communities of Tacit Knowledge- Architecture and its Ways of Knowing.» Much of what architecture students learn in the studio is «tacit knowledge.» They develop the skills and […]
Thomas Kissling (Hrsg.) 2023 13. Juli 2023, 18:00 Uhr | Vernissage | case studio VOGT, Stampfenbachstr. 59, 8006 Zürich.Anmeldung erwünscht, bis am 3. Juli 2023 an event@vogt-la.ch. In seiner Anthologie Landschaft geht der Soziologe Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) von einem problematisierten Landschaftsbegriff aus. Er fragt: Warum sehen wir die Umwelt als Landschaft und unter welchen Umständen? Das Material […]
Dr. David Kostenwein, Bruna Rohling, Laura Schalbetter | Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development (IRL), Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann The intensity and frequency of natural hazards are on the rise. Refugee settlements face a particular risk from such disruptive events due to their precarious built environment and socio-economic situation. The SPUR […]
Joël Berger, Thomas Kissling | Landschaftsarchitektur, Prof. em Dr. h.c. Günther Vogt Die alpine Landschaft verändert sich in beschleunigter Form. Das Projekt «Profilierung der Alpen» unternimmt den Versuch, durch Landschaftsarchitektur innert der Schweizer alpinen Landschaft konkrete Raumprofile zu entwickeln, die über Einzelinteressen von Landwirtschaft, Wasserkraft oder Tourismuslandschaften stehen. Die fortschreitende Urbanisierung sowie der Klimawandel transformieren […]
Ludwig Berger | Landschaftsarchitektur, Prof. Christophe Girot Knarzen des schimmernden Morteratschgletschers, Grollen in aschfahlen Dämmen und stetes Schwappen graublauer Zürcher Stauseen: Ludwig Berger erkundet mit Studierenden, wie man Räume mit dem Gehör erkunden kann. Im ETH-Podcast spricht der wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter über die klangliche Annäherung an die Landschaftsarchitektur, das Einfangen von Klängen und das Einspielen auf Schallplatten. Er […]
Isabelle Fehlmann | Landscape Architecture, Prof. Christophe Girot Christophe Girot started as visiting professor in 1999 shortly after the death of professor Dr. Dieter Kienast, he became professor at ORL and chair of landscape architecture at the ETH in 2001. He has substantially fostered and developed the discipline of landscape architecture within the Department of […]
Dr. Cathelijne Nuijsink | History and Theory of Urban Design, Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete This research project sets out to develop a new methodology of crossing disciplinary perspectives with the goal of unlocking a multidisciplinary historiography of architecture. It is based on the conviction that something fundamentally new can be learned from the exchanges that […]
Dr. Michael Walczak | Architecture and Urban Design, Prof. Hubert Klumpner Two overarching technological methods including agent-based modelling and simulations, and visualisation technology are connecting and overlapping three urban themes of public lighting, segregation, and security in Cape Town and Bogotá. Within this common ground called Urban Research Incubator (URI), researchers collaborate on several projects. […]
Stefan Breit, Uxía Varela, Insa Streit | Chair of Being Alive, Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard Start of soil sampling, photo by Lisa Emma Naudin, © Chair of Being Alive, ETH Zurich Doing fieldwork – such as the study of soil, vegetation, or other living systems – is an essential task in the discipline of landscape architecture. […]
Benedikt Kowalewski | Landscape Architecture, Prof. Christophe Girot Point cloud model of the Paul Scherrer Institute © Benedikt Kowalewski, ETH Zürich As part of the design studio «Atomic Heart River», students in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) were asked to develop visionary concepts for the science campus of the future. In addition to point […]
Dr. Michael Walczak & Dr. Marco Pagani | Architecture and Urban Design, Prof. Hubert Klumpner Mobility simulations visualised on a physical 3D model for a more immersive and participatory experience © ETH Zurich (Video below) To support and enable the Urban Transformation of the City of Sarajevo through quantitative, data-driven assessments and novel 4D digital […]
Ileana Apostol & Panayotis Antoniadis | Sociology, chair Christian Schmid & Architecture and Urban Transformation, chair Freek Persyn L200 entrance showcasing two explanatory panels including the question «What is this?» (Was ist das?) and the main motto «Also your Space» (Auch Dein Raum) A centrally located hybrid community space in Zurich, at Langstrasse 200, by […]
Nicole de Lalouvière | History and Theory of Urban Design, Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete Krapfen along the Wyssa, Gredetschtal © Nicole de Lalouvière, ETH Zürich Swiss agricultural commons have overseen the management of pastures, forests, and water in the Alps for centuries. In Canton Valais, the historic irrigation systems have shaped the cultural landscape of the region […]
Fujan Fahmi | landscape architecture, Prof. Christophe Girot; Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens | Architecture and Digital Fabrication, Profs. Gramazio & Kohler Topographic survey in Bondo, Switzerland, where a major tectonic event had a large impact on the village. In the scope of the disaster, human vulnerability and a disposition to resist take on a profound significance in […]
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