Ongoing Projects

Currently, we are working on the following projects:

 

The Diversity of Test Planning Procedures

An overview and evaluation of practices surrounding test planning procedures in Switzerland

 

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Urbane Transformation Schlieren

Changes in complex urban landscapes and effectiveness of spatial planning instruments.

 

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Dezentralschweiz

This project explores how the corona crisis can lead to more sedentarisation and decentralisation and what this means for us and our living spaces.

 

Project description in German only


STL-​Survey

Survey of research, teaching and educational needs in spatial planning/spatial development from the perspective of practitioners.

 

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CUARZO: Cities, Urban Planning and Architecture in the reconstruction of the 0 Zones

The creation of the first Japanese cities, the recovery after World War II and the reconstruction of northern cities after the tsunami of 2011.

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Preparing offices for the age of distributed work

Evaluating the impact of flexible designs in coping with the uncertain future demand for office space.



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Spatial patterns of commercial structure

How does the commercial composition change between municipalities and how is it influenced by their position in the regional network?

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Evaluating future-​proof conversion of the portfolio of vacant bank branches in Zurich


Book: Transformation of Urban Landscapes

The book “Transformation of Urban Landscapes” sheds light on the global phenomenon of changing landscapes as a result of systemic changes within our cities on a worldwide scale.

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