Autumn Semester, 18:30-20:00 | ETH Zürich, Design in Dialogue Lab @ Neunbrunnenstrasse 50.
LUS Talks is a public lecture series that addresses critical questions in landscape and urban studies. This year, we explore the spatial challenges and societal changes arising from current breakdowns: disruptive moments in ecological processes and urban systems. What is falling apart and why? Who offers alternatives to these failing structures, and how do they sustain themselves when routine returns? We will examine how practices are transformed and discuss ways to resist, care for, and ultimately regrow from the remnants of the past.
Programme
10 October: Prof. Matthew Gandy, University of Cambridge, England.
7 November: Prof. Jennifer Mack, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
20 November: Ass. Prof. Erin McElroy, Department of Geography, University of Washington (online lecture) and Prof. Hanna Hilbrandt, Department of Geography, University of Zurich.
4 December: Claudia Amico and Zulema de la, Ama Amancaes, Perú and Soledad Patiño, Stefano Romagnoli and Joaquín Tome, Región Austral + CEEU, Argentina.
All lectures are followed by an apéro.
Organisation
The LUS Talks 2024 are curated by
Robin Hueppe hueppe@arch.ethz.ch
Carina Sacher sacher@arch.ethz.ch
Juan Villalón Hernando villalonhernando@arch.ethz.ch
Photo: Park am Gleisdreieck – A recently created public park on the site of the former Anhalter and Potsdamer Rail Depot in Berlin (photo by Matthew Gandy)