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SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION- RESEARCH, OUTCOMES AND PROSPECTS -

24-26 SEPTEMBER 2014


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Module II (Architecture and Digital Fabrication) livedemonstration of robotic fabrication of high-rise struc-

tures at the SEC Inauguration in March 2012.Special guests included the Swiss Federal

Councillor Dr Alain Berset and Singapore Minister forEnvironment and Water Resources Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.

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In 1994, the ETH Chair for Computer AidedArchitectural Design and the NationalUniversity of Singapore (NUS) built thefirst live video link for design teaching.Ten years later, researchers from ETHZurich and Singapore universities hadestablished close scientific links and wereco-authoring several dozen papers. In2006, Dr Tony Tan, at the time DeputyPrime Minister and today President ofSingapore, came to visit ETH Zurich in

order to explore possibilities of futurecooperation. He met with members of theETH Board and showed great interest inthe research fields of ETH Zurich. He wasalso interested in the advanced planningof the new ETH Science City Campus. Bymid 2007, five groups of ETH Domainprofessors had prepared proposals thatwere discussed in depth with membersof the newly formed National ResearchFoundation of Singapore, (NRF).

One of the proposals was the FutureCities Laboratory. By the end of 2007,a framework agreement was reached.During the next two years a detailedand full research proposal as well as thenecessary legal agreement between theNRF and ETH Zurich were prepared. Inearly 2010, the agreement was s igned.The Future Cities Laboratory FCL as thefirst programme of the Singapore ETH Centre for Global EnvironmentalSustainability, SEC, began its operation inSeptember 2010.

Originally hosted in the School for Designand Environment at NUS, the NationalUniversity of Singapore, the SEC moved toCREATE (Campus for Research Excellenceand Technological Enterprise) in early2012. By this time, the SEC had become asignificant part of the Singapore focus onurbanisation and liveability.

Meanwhile in Zurich, ETH Professorsfrom the Integrated Risk Center startedthe formulation of a second researchprogramme on Future Resilient Systems,FRS. It addresses the topics of risk, criticalinfrastructure and energy in an integratedand transdisciplinar approach, takinginto account the extensive successfulexperience of Switzerland in this area. Athird programme on Future Food Securitywould be a valuable addition to the

Singapore-ETH Centre and preparation isin progress.

The SEC is the first research Instituteof ETH Zurich in another country andtherefore relies on the precision, theflexibility and the ability to learn of itsfaculty members. After becoming anattractive place for research and culturalexchange, the SEC developed into anAsian platform for Swiss Science Policyand Industry. It has also become a well-known research institute in the ETHcommunity and beyond.

The mid-term review of the Future CitiesLaboratory in 2013 was a milestoneto reflect on its a chievements andchallenges. The findings communicatedby the international review panel,extended by Singapore Agency leaders,marked the starting point for the projectdevelopment of FCL 2 and provideddecision support on the future path of theprogramme and its second phase after2015.

Zurich, August 25, 2014

Gerhard SchmittSEC Founding Director

Singapore-ETH Centre:An institution in the making


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technology considers factors such assurface temperature, humidity andair speed to cool particular spaces.

This lowers overall temperature,using less energy than standard cool-ing systems.

The FCL is a joint-effort betweenthe National Research Foundationof Singapore and ETH Zurich. Re-

USES LESSENERGYTO COOL

centralised cooling systems in Hous-ing and Development Board flats wasconsidered, said the FCL.

One of the technologies for experi-mentation uses multiple pipes withchilled water flowing through it, alsoknown as radiant cooling, to lowersurface temperatures.

Installed in the floor and ceilings,these pipes help cool down the con-crete slabs, bringing about increasedcooling to that particular space.

Such hydraulic systems are pre-ferred because water is more densethan air, making it is easier to movearound and with half the electricityneeded, said Dr Meggers, who is alsoan Assistant Professor at the NationalUniversity of Singapore School of De-sign and Environment.

Since heat is primarily radiated

The BubbleZEROlaboratory.Researchers say

FCL in the international daily press (FCL, 2011-2014)


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INTRODUCTION

The Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) isnearing the completion of its five-yearprogramme of research. The research

community of FCL would like to invite youto an Exhibition and Symposium to ma rkthis occasion. These events will showcasethe context, findings, products, andmethods of the diverse research projectsundertaken in FCL. They will also offer a ninsight into how FCL has developed as aninnovative Zurich-inspired, Singapore-based, international platform for urbanresearch.

The Future Cities Laboratory wasestablished in 2010. It was the firstprogramme of the Singapore-ETH Centrefor Global Environmental Sustainability(SEC), a unit founded by the ETH Zrichand Singapores National ResearchFoundation (NRF), which sets the nationaldirection for research, innovation and

enterprise.The researchers at FCL focus on cities,urbanisation and global environmentalsustainability. They do so to help developknowledge, skills, technologies, policiesand visions that support the developmentof sustainable future cities.

They work with a strong transdisciplinaryperspective that encompassesarchitecture, urban design and planning,engineering, material science, computerscience, and social science. FCL research

is structured around multiple scalesthat range from building materials andsystems, to urban neighbourhoods,

quarters and precincts, to extendednetworks and flows, to city hinterlandsand territories.

The programme will begin with theExhibition opening on the eveningof Wednesday 24 S eptember. TheSymposium will be held on Thursday25 September, and will feature shortsummary presentations of each researchproject within FCL in the morningsessions, and a series of panel discussionson the challenges of contemporaryurbanisation, sustainability and futurecities in the afternoon. The panel sessionscontinue on Friday 26 S eptember,and will offer representatives of localagencies, industry partners and peers anopportunity to discuss specific research

themes, insights and applications ingreater detail.

Stephen CairnsScientific DirectorKees ChristiaanseProgramme Leader

Future Cities Laboratory:Symposium and ExhibitionSeptember 24-26


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Researchers of the simulation plattform team meeting in the value lab Singapore. (FCL, 2013)


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PROGRAMME


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WEDNESDAY 24 September

Future Cities Laboratory:Research, Outcomes and ProspectsExhibition Opening

ETH HG, Main Hall

The exhibition showcases the workon cities, urbanisation and globalenvironmental sustainability of 120 FCLresearchers undertaken over the past four

years. Newly developed knowledge, skills,technologies, policies and visions thatsupport the development of sustainablefuture cities will be presented to youthrough the lenses of each researchmodule.

Dirk Hebel, Assistant Professor ofArchitecture and Construction at theSingapore-ETH Centre, and his teamcurated the exhibition based on theresearch modules of FCL.

Exhibition duration: 24.09 - 09.11.2014

Ralph Eichler, Peter Edwards,Hubert Klumpner,Kees Christiaanse, Dirk Hebel

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HURSDAY 25 September

Module Introductions ETH Zurich Main Building, Audi Max HG F. 30Rmistrasse 101, 8092 Zrich

Registration and Coffee

Welcome

LOW EXERGY- Module IARCHITECTURE AND DIGITAL FABRICATION - Module II

AP OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTIONTRANSFORMING AND MINING URBAN STOCKS - Module IIIDISCUSSION: CHAIR TBC

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URBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES- Module IVURBAN SOCIOLOGY - Module VHOUSING - Module XAP OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGNDISCUSSION: CHAIR TBC

TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION - Module VILANDSCAPE ECOLOGY - Module VIIMOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION - Module VIIIAP OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTIONSIMULATION PLATFORM - Module IXDISCUSSION: CHAIR TBC

Lunch

Panels ETH Zurich Main Building, Semper Aula

Rmistrasse 101, 8092 Zrich

SPACES OF NEW ECONOMIES CHAIR: KEES CHRISTIAANSE

INNOVATIVE URBAN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS:CAN SINGAPORE AND SWITZERLAND

LEARN FROM EACH OTHER? CHAIR: ALEX ERATH

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KEYNOTE SPEECH ON SINGAPORE AND ASEAN

End/Transfer to Hnggerberg

Opening: Year Exhibition Department

of Architecture, Darch and Apro

HIL, ETH Hnggerberg Campus Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, 8093 Zrich

Transfer to Dinner

FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY - SYMPOSIUM DINNER Restaurant-Die Waid Waidbadstrasse 45 8037 Zrich (on registration only)

Arno Schlter

Fabio Gramazio

Matthias Kohler

Dirk E. Hebel

Iris Belle (Repr. U. Hassler)

Kees Christiaanse,

Stephen Cairns

Kees Christiaanse

Christian Schmid

Sacha Menz

Alex Lehnerer

Marc AnglilChristophe Girot

Kay W. Axhausen

Milica Topalovic

Gerhard Schmitt

Sonja Berthold, Ting Chen, DanielKiss, Tessina Schenk, Ying Zhou,

Edda Ostertag

Kay W. Axhausen,Marta Kwiatkowski Schenk,

Der-Horng Lee, Andreas Rubinski,Daniel Sauter, Jeremy Yap

Lily Kong (National University ofSingapore, Vice-Provost)

Hubert Klumpner(Department Of Architecture,Dean)

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RIDAY 26 September

Panels ETH Zurich Main Building, Audi Max HG F. 30Rmistrasse 101, 8092 Zrich

Registration and Coffee

Introduction

SPACES OF CHANGECHAIR: MARC ANGLIL, CARY SIRESS

COMPARING COMPARISONS:STRATEGIES FOR UNDERSTANDINGURBANISATION IN THE 21ST CENTURYCHAIR: RAHEL NSSLI

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FUTURE RESILIENT CITIESCHAIR: MATTHIAS BERGER

Lunch

FUTURE CITIES:SITES AND TECHNOLOGIESCHAIR: STEPHEN CAIRNS

FUTURE CITIES....FUTURE TEACHINGCHAIR: HUBERT KLUMPNER, TESSINA SCHENK

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LEARNING FROM FCL 1...PROJECTING TO FCL 2...CHAIR: KEES CHRISTIAANSE, STEPHEN CAIRNS

IDB - UTA HASSLERRECONSTRUCTING SINGAPORES

DISAPPEARED HILLSInstitut fr Denkmalpflege und BauforschungETH Hnggerberg, Gebude HIT,Seminarraum H 43.3Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27,8093 Zrich

COMPARATIVE U RBAN R ESEARCH:THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICALPERSPECTIVES

ETH Zurich Hauptgebude,Semper Aula

Stephen Cairns

Jennifer Robinson, Ola Sderstrm,Christian Schmid, Monica Streule

Alfredo Brillembourg, Dirk Hebel,Gerhard Schmitt

Diana Alvarez-Marin, Norman Hack,Stamatina Rassia, Federica Remondi, Marcel Jggi

Fabio Gramazio, Gerhard Schmitt, Milica Topalovic,Pascal Deschenaux, David Jenny, Athina Korfiati

Marcel Bruelisauer, Peter Edwards, Alex Lehnerer,Forrest Meggers, Arno Schlter, ChristophHlscher, Adrienne Grt-Regamey, Anna Gasco,

Philip Ursprung

Lilian Chee, Sascha Delz, Rainer Hehl,Martha Kolokotroni, Benjamin J. Leclair-Paquet,Charlotte Malterre-Barthes

Iris Belle, Chinghuei Ng,Uta Hassler, Tao Wang

Jennifer Robinson, ChristianSchmid, Ola Sderstrm,Monica Streule

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Students from ETH Zurich and theNational University of Singapore

co-working at the research designstudio of Module II in Architecture and

Digital Fabrication. (FCL, 2012)


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PANELS

Future Cities Laboratory offices on the CREATE-campus. (FCL, 2014)


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Panel ISPACES OF NEW ECONOMIES

The panel will unpack the specific processesof urban reuse and regeneration by smalland medium-sized entreprises in selectedneighborhoods in Singapore, Shanghai,Shenzhen and Bangkok. Being in representativecities of the expedited urban developmentsof East Asia, the selected case studies showhow the bottom-up urban productionsystems do not only offer alternatives tothe prevalent large-scale demolition andreconstruction but also facilitate the rapidlytransitioning economies through their smallsize and resilience. And, complemented by

the European case of Zurich, they show howentrepreneurial prowess manifests spatiallyunder the specificities of distinct politicalsystems and economic development stages.

Prof. Kees ChristiaanseSonja BertholdTing ChenDaniel KissEdda OstertagTessina SchenkYing Zhou

Panel IIINNOVATIVE URBAN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS: CAN SINGAPOREAND SWITZERLAND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?Each participant will briefly introduce an urbanmobility solution success story from theirrespective country and field of expertise. JeremyYap will present on Singapores experienceof two recent active demand management

schemes to spread peak demand in publictransport. Daniel Sauter will explore theparticular requirements walking and cyclingimpose on urban design and showcase theeffects when road space is converted to qualitypublic places with examples from Zurich.Marta Kwiatkowski Schenk will report on theexperience when introducing flexible workinghours scheme in two big Swiss companies. Der-Horng Lee will examine mobility facilitatorsand/or defectors in high density developmentin the case of Singapore. Andreas Rubinski willexplore the success factors of Swiss car sharingscheme Mobility and share his experience whenexporting this knowledge to other countries.

Those inputs will build the ground for a livelydebate on opportunities and challenges whenintroducing innovative urban mobility solutions.

Prof. Dr Kay W. AxhausenAssc. Prof. Dr Der-Horng LeeDr Alex Erath

Marta Kwiatkowski SchenkAndreas RubinskiDaniel Sauter

Jeremy Yap

Panel IIISPACES OF CHANGE

Prof. Dr Marc AnglilProf. Dr Lilian Chee

Dr Rainer Heh0lDr Cary Siress

Sascha DelzMartha Kolokotroni

Benjamin J Leclair-PaquetCharlotte Malterre-Barthes

The research of Module VI (TerritorialOrganisation) examines an expanded field ofactors involved in space-making practices informal and informal settings alike. In doingso, territorial arrangements are investigatedas both an active player in relations betweenpeople and things and as a conditional productof these relations. The notion of indisputable,unitary causes still used to legitimize how worldterritories are organized are thus called intoquestion, while urban research is reframed asforays into a wild topos of competing agencies.

Panel IVCOMPARING COMPARISONS: STRATEGIES FORUNDERSTANDING URBANISATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Prof. Dr Christian SchmidProf. Dr Jennifer Robinson

Prof. Dr SderstrmMonika Streule

Comparative research has become one of themain instruments of urban analysis in recent

years. This panel explores contemporaryways of comparing urban experiences andbrings different comparative approaches into

conversation. Ola Sderstrm advances a novelway of thinking about urban transformationby focusing on transnational relations andexplores the trajectories of urban developmentin Hanoi and Ouagadougou. Jennifer Robinsonproposes a reconceptualization of comparisonas thinking cities through elsewhere andindicates a new repertoire of comparativemethods with illustrations from Johannesburgand London. Monika Streule and ChristianSchmid present a novel methodology tocompare current urbanization processes inthe example of 8 large urban areas (Tokyo,Hong Kong / Shenzhen, Kolkata, Istanbul,Lagos, Paris, Mexico City and Los Angeles).


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Panel VIIFUTURE CITIES: SITES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Prof. Dr Stephen CairnsDiana Alvarez-Marin

Norman HackMarcel Jaeggi

Dr Stamatina RassiaFederica Remondi

This panel pairs the terms site andtechnology to frame a discussion on urbantechnologies and how they are deployed. Thispairing also activates wider questions on thegeneric qualities of technology and the site-specific contingencies of urban planning andcity design. The panel features researcherswho study various urban technologies suchas robotics, information technology andmass housing. Panelists also have developedtheir research in and through specific urbansites in Southeast Asia, including the citiesof Singapore and Jakarta. Discussion willengage a range of positions on development,tropicality, dwelling, mechanical and digitaltechnologies and infrastructure for future cities.

Panel VRECONSTRUCTING SINGAPORES DISAPPEARED HILLSSingapores topography has been heavilyaltered over the course of the countrys rapidurban, economic and political development.Questions concerning the long-termdevelopment and dynamics of the man-madeenvironment are the subject of researchin cartography, conservation sciences andalso historical sciences. This workshop is anexchange on how to reconstruct disappearedtopographies, why reconstruct them andhow to utilise the gained knowledgein policy making and public discourse.

Prof. Dr Uta HasslerDr Iris BelleChinghuei NgDr Tao Wang

Panel VIFUTURE RESILIENT CITIESResilient cities are those that are able to mastera crisis and which are able to exit the state ofcrisis stronger than before. The crisis can be a war,natural catastrophes, economic developments,or unprecedented growth, as it occurred inEurope and North America after the industrial

revolution, and as it presently occurs in thecities North and South of the equator, where atpresent the majority of the worlds populationlives. Resilient cities have the capacity tolearn, to remember, and to transform findingsof the past into strategies for the future.

Sustainability is a basis for resilience. Resilientcities have a high degree of recycling and turnwaste into new and useful materials. Resilientcities transform urban farming, energygeneration, information sensing and processinginto a lifestyle. Future new cities must be plannedfor resilience. Existing cities can be transformedto become more sustainable and resilient.

Prof. Alfredo BrillembourgAsst Prof. Dirk E. HebelProf. Dr Gerhard SchmittDr Matthias Berger

Panel VIIIFUTURE CITIES....FUTURE TEACHING

Prof. Fabio GramazioProf. Hubert Klumpner

Asst Prof. Milica TopalovicProf. Dr Gerhard Schmitt

Tessina SchenkPascal Deschenaux

David JennyAthina Korfiati

The Future Cities Laboratory programmeincludes certain kinds of teaching as part of therange of available research formats. Particularlyimportant in this regard is the DesignResearch Studio (DRS) where collaborativeand transdisciplinary research can unfold in

iterative ways, and in the context of real-worldplanning and design scenarios. This panel willfocus on the interface between research andteaching, and particularly the Design ResearchStudio format. Members of the Panel - Masterstudents and Professors - will elaborate theirteaching/learning/research experiencesin Singapore. Wider panel themes include,the role and profile of student researchers,knowledge transfer and adaptability of generalprinciples to specific national or regionalcontexts, and the scalability of educationalprogrammes at the intersection of architecture,urban design and the social and pure sciences.


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Panel IXLEARNING FROM FCL1, PROJECTING TO FCL2This final panel of the programme looksbackwards to look forward. We propose tocast a retrospective eye on Future CitiesLaboratory as it unfolded from 2010 to now,and think prospectively about the possibilitiesof the Future Cities Laboratory project inyears to come. The panel aims to draw outlarger themes, lessons and principles that theFCL experience offers, and how they mightbe developed in the longer term in futuremanifestations of FCL. These themes include:

how transdisciplinary forms of knowledge

are produced what disciplinary epistemologies (forms

of evidence, methodological protocols,practices) are necessary

what forms of action are stimulated

what kind of impacts are possible andfeasible

what sorts of spaces, institutionalframeworks and geographical contextsare important

The panel will feature a mix of current FCLresearchers who have experience of itsdevelopment since 2010, and those who planto be involved in the proposed FCL Phase 2programme, scheduled to run from 2015-2020.

Prof. Dr Stephen CairnsProf. Kees ChristiaanseProf. Dr Peter Edwards

Marcel BruelisauerAnna GascoProf. Dr Adrienne Grt-RegameyProf. Dr Christoph Hoelscher

Asst. Prof. Dr Forrest MeggersProf. Philip Ursprung


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Associated Modul VIII Researcher, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jrg Rekittke (NUS) with stu-dents on a FCL Design Research Studio in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Anna Yap, 2012)


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MODULES

Digital fabrication lab in FCL, Singapore. (FCL, 2013)


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TEAM:Prof. Dr Hansjrg LeibundgutAsst Prof. Dr Arno SchlterDr Matthias MastMarcel BruelisauerKian Wee ChenLI ChengRupesh IyengarEsmail Mahmoudi SaberDr Adam Rysanek

Dr Jovan Pantelic

TEAM:Prof. Fabio GramazioProf. Matthias Kohler

Dr Silke LangenbergMichael BudigNorman Hack

Willi LauerRaffael Petrovic

Jason LimSelen Ercan

Module ILOW EXERGY

Module IIARCHITECTURE AND DIGITAL FABRICATION

Robotic and automated productions havetaken over large parts of work in manyindustrial sectors. However, in architectureand building industries the potentials ofrobotic fabrication are not fully exploited ifused for the execution of purely repetitivemass fabrication processes. Robots can becontrolled individually and thus offer thepotential for variety in design as well asfor differentiated a ssembly.

In Singapore high-rises represent themost common building typology, as it isfaced with the challenge of limited landresources. In order to investigate anddevelop customised robotic processes,products and planning methods forarchitecture at such a large scale, threerobotic facilities were installed at theFuture Cities Laboratory in Singapore,which allow the fabrication of 1:50 scaledmodels of up to 50 storey high buildings.

The Architecture and Digital Fabricationmodule at FCL carefully investigatesspecific design logics and constructionprocesses to identify potentials forrobotic application and to developnovel high-rise typologies. The aim is to

define strategies for the production offormal differentiation and functionaldiversification in generic urban contexts,and to test the integration of robotictechnologies into the design, constructionand fabrication of high-rises.

The problems of climate change andfinite stocks of fossil fuels will causesevere conflicts in the coming decades.The Low Exergy module proposes,as a consequence, that fundamentalchanges and innovations are necessaryin buildings and the flows of energy thatthey embody. This implies a rethinking ofthe way in which buildings are designed,constructed, operated, maintained,

renovated and, if necessary, demolished.The module is focused on expandingthe available range of solutions byintroducing the concept of low exergybuilding systems and design for thetropics.

The BubbleZero laboratory is thefirst implementation of low exergytechnologies in Singapore. It containsseveral technologies that have beenadapted for Singapore including radiantcooling, decentralised ventilation, andwireless sensing and control. Thesetechnologies have been tested andevaluated for high performance coolingin the tropical Singaporean climate. Thelaboratory has been used to demonstratethe effectiveness of these systems to

maintain comfortable indoor conditions.

Based on the initial findings of the LowExergy Module, a large-scale technologyimplementation at the United WorldCollege and South East Asia in Singaporeis currently underway.


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Assistant Professorship ofARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

As urban populations grow so does thedemand for the materials and resourcesto support them. While such resourcedemands were once satisfied by localand regional hinterlands, they are nowincreasingly global in scale and reach.This phenomenon has generated materialflows that are trans-continental andplanetary in scope, and has profoundconsequences for the sustainability,

functioning, sense of ownership andidentity of future cities. This presentschallenges for the local identity of places,as well as the appropriate allocation,efficient use, and ownership of materialresources.

The Professorship of Architecture andConstruction at FCL concentrates itsresearch on alternative constructionmaterials and their application in specificcontexts, taking into account theiravailability, human capital, a nd necessaryskills. The alternative aspect of thisfocus emerges from an exploration ofinnovative and entrepreneurial thinking.Seen from this perspective, the projectfor urban sustainability must be globalin ambition, but cannot be a matter of

applying a universal set of rules. Rather,sustainability requires a decentralisedapproach that acknowledges the globaldimension and yet is sensitive to thesocial, cultural, aesthetic, economic, andecological capacities of particular placesto thrive and endure.

For detailed information please refer to:http://www.hebel.arch.ethz.ch

Module IIITRANSFORMING AND MINING THE URBAN STOCK

TEAM:Asst Prof. Dirk HebelDr Mateusz WielopolskiTobias EberweinFelix HeiselAlireza JavadianTiago Rocha DamascenoKarsten SchlesierAurel von RichthofenMarta H. Wisniewska

The rapid urbanisation of Singapore hasseen the island develop from a colonialoutpost into a global post-industrial city-state; the rate of replacement of buildingshas been high. From the perspective ofsustainable, long-term development, thecitys existing building stock constitutesher most significant concentration ofvarious forms of capital. Singaporesbuilding stock has undergone phases of

succession including periods of neglectand periods of wholesale reconstruction.During this process, natural capitals havebeen wasted and cultural capital hasbeen destroyed. Rather than continuingin this mode of replacement of existingbuildings, new strategies that focus onlong-term value preservation can bethought of. For instance, mixed-useddistricts that have the capacity to evolvecontinuously over time can be plannedfor so as to allow for the accumulation ofcultural significance. Investigations in thelong-term behaviour of the building stockspan and connect spatial scales from thebuilding, to the neighbourhood, to thedistrict, to the entire island state. Based onthe analysis of past development trends,Transforming and Mining Urban Stocks

formulates alternative developmentscenarios for the maintenance anddevelopment of Singapores buildingstock.

TEAM:Prof. Dr Uta Hassler

Dr Iris BelleAnkur Bhooshan Choudhury


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Module IVURBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES

The module for Urban Design investigatesthe specific processes of brownfielddevelopments in the Rochor area ofSingapore, the Xiangyang, Wuyuan,Jingan areas of Shanghai, Baishizhouand Huaqiangbei areas of Shenzhen andin Bangkok as well as developments inthe area served by Changi airport in theSijori (Singapore-Johor-Riau) region andthe evolving airport developments of

Shenzhen/Hong Kong. How these twocrucial centralitiestwo of many in thepolycentric urban system serving wholeregionsremain resilient in the faceof structural changes, from economictransitions to globalizations accelerationof mobility and migrations, make theirunderstanding essential for sustainablefuture development. As counterparts tothe European cases focused on from theETH base in Zurich, they not only offervaluable contribution to the palette ofglobal urban case studies with differingcultural backgrounds and developmentstages but responds to the challenges ofaddressing the specificities of one of thefastest urbanizing regions in the world.Combining empirical fieldwork, analyticalapproaches and projective scenarios,

the module will try to deliver policyrecommendations and design-guidelinesfor these areas.

TEAM:Prof. Kees ChristiaanseSonja BertholdTing ChenAnna GascoEdda OstertagYing Zhou

Module VURBAN SOCIOLOGY

This module compares eight metropolitanareas: Tokyo, Hong Kong/Shenzhen/Dongguan, Kolkata, Istanbul, Lagos, Paris,Mexico City, and Los Angeles. It elaboratesthe processes of urbanisation to explainhow general tendencies are materialisedin specific places.

The particular processes to be comparedand the categories of comparison

themselves are not pre-determined.Using a bottom-up approach, the researchstarts with the analysis of specific urbanprocesses on the ground and bringsthem conceptually in conversation witheach other. This comparative procedureenables the grouping of specific processesthat have common features anddynamics, allowing for the analysis of themechanisms and differences of planetaryurbanization, and the establishment of atypology of contemporary urbanisationprocesses.

Finally, it allows for the systematicanalysis of the diversity of responses tomany of the common challenges posed bycontemporary urbanisation, such as urbansprawl, housing for the poor, renewal of

old housing stock and the developmentof urban differences in terms of theireffectiveness, unintended consequencesand ramifications for the quality ofeveryday urban life.

TEAM:Prof. Dr Christian Schmid

Dr Ozan KaramanDr Rob Sullivan

Naomi HanakataPascal Kallenberger

Anne KockelkornTammy Kit Ping Wong

Lindsay SawyerMonica Streule


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Assistant Professorship ofARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN

TEAM:Asst Prof. Dr Alex LehnererAdrianne JoergensenJared MackenLorenzo StiegerMatthew Vanderploeg

Module VITERRITORIAL ORGANISATION

The Territorial Organisation moduleinvestigates mechanisms at work in theproduction of territory and addressespolitical and economic forms of collectiveorganisation, while tracing their effectson the make-up of urban and ruralenvironments. Interdependenciesbetween social and physical space areconsidered in view of prevalent politicaleconomies, whether operating at the

global, national or local level.

Moving concurrently within the domainsof theory and practice, the researchmethod pursues a dialogue between invitro and in vivo research. The theoreticalcomponent of the work in vitro issituated within the confines of academiaand addresses the question of knowledgeproduction, i.e. the construction of modelsof thought pertaining to the makingof territory. The practical component ofthe work in vivo concentrates on thepragmatic and real conditions of territorialproduction, with research located in thecontext of real case studies in practice.

Specific projects are framed addressingforces at work in the formation of the

built environment. Links are establishedbetween the theory-driven and practice-driven components of the research inorder to nurture forms of exchangebetween the two approaches from invitro to in vivo and vice versa.

TEAM:Prof. Dr Marc Anglil

Dr Sascha RoeslerDr Cary Siress

Sascha DelzMartha Kolokotroni

Benjamin J Leclair-PaquetCharlotte Malterre-Barthes

Ani Katariina Vihervaara

We investigate collective form and itsphysicality as a result of historical andcontemporary processes, as well asprojective conceptionat a scale biggerthan a building and smaller than a city.The methodological analysis of collectiveform does not only include comparativeobservations and critical commentary, butalso the search for strategic tools that canbe used to shape our built environment in

order to produce specific public qualitiesas cumulative effects. The intellectualchallenge lies exactly in the confrontationof the individual with the collective, theobject with texture, the political with theplanned, and autonomy within its culturalcontext. The results are thematic formatsthat can be read as critical discursiveurban projects, both as research andpedagogy.


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Module VIILANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

This interdisciplinary module investigatesthe potential of the flood-prone anddegraded Ciliwung River in Jakarta.Investigation at three spatial scalescaptures the dynamics of the river and itssurroundings.

At the catchment scale, the researchfocuses on the hydrology of thewatershed and the ecosystem services it

provides the region. At the river corridorscale, mathematical models provideinsight into how future changes in theriver and its surroundings may affect thequantity and quality dynamics of thewater. Advanced 3-D terrain modellingand landscape visualisation provide aplatform to generate, test and analyse thepossible topographic and hydrographicchanges to the river corridor. Finally, atthe site scale, fieldwork in urban, sub-urban, and rural areas leads to a moresophisticated understanding of human-environment interactions along the river,and alternative landscape designs thatcould contribute to rehabilitating thecorridor. Design Research Studios (DRS)also provide valuable fieldwork anddesign inputs at this scale.

The work streams of the module areintegrated through iterative scenarios.Feedback from stakeholders helps refinethe range of potential river improvementsand prompts a second iteration with themodels. Through this process, the teamdevelops a transformative understandingof the river and proposals groundedscientifically in a context-sensitiveapproach.

TEAM:Prof. Christophe GirotProf. Dr Paolo BurlandoProf. Dr Adrienne Grt RegameyDr Senthil GurusamyDr Rita PadawangiErvine LinMuhammad Yazid Bin NinsalamMichaela Frances PrescottFederica Remondi

Kashif ShaadDerek VollmerDiogo Andre Pinho da Costa

Module VIIIMOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

The flow of people within and throughcity areas is a fundamental dimensionof contemporary urban design, planningand management. How these flows areaccommodated and integrated into thefabric of the city profoundly impacts thehealth and satisfaction of residents andthe economic prosperity and long-termsustainability of the city.

The ability to simulate mobility flows fortodays situation and future scenariosallows for the evaluation of how differenttransport infrastructure solutions andpolicies contribute to a more sustainablemobility system. Following the paradigmof agent-based modelling, this moduleaims to describe the movements of eachindividual person in a study region, e.g.Singapore, and simulate it using theOpen Source agent-based transportationsimulation software MATSim.

The research in Singapore addressesthe complexity involved in improvingthe flow of a diverse range of people atdifferent time scales. The medium-termscale addresses issues such as changesin transport networks, infrastructure,

regulation and pricing. The long-termscale refers to more structural kinds ofchange such as household location choiceand the structure of social networks. Theinsights of this research will be used toimprove the understanding of urbanmobility patterns and inform policy-making in the field of transport planningin Singapore and beyond.

TEAM:Prof. Dr Kay W. Axhausen

Dr Alexander ErathArtem Chakirov

Pieter J. FourieSergio Ordonez

Lijun SunTeresa Tan

Michael van Eggermond


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Assistant Professorship ofARCHITECTURE AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING

Under the heading Architecture ofTerritory, the team investigates thephenomena and processes of urbantransformation of contemporaryterritories. Their work comprises ashift of interest from cities to broaderterritorial frames and to what was onceconsidered the non-urban realm or thecitys constitutive outside: the nature,the rural, the wild.

The current research theme, thehinterland, puts in focus the multipleterritorial imprints of cities, usingSingapore as the paradigmatic researchcase. The hinterland research is founded onextensive field investigations and studiowork carried out by the professorshipand students of the ETH Department ofArchitecture since 2011.

The results of the research have beenpublished in the volume Hinterland.Singapore, Johor, Riau in 2013. Furtherinvestigations on Singapores territorialtransformation through land reclamationhave been published under the titleConstructed Land Singapore 1924-2012 and exhibited at the International

Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in 2014.

TEAM:Asst Prof. Milica TopalovicHans HortigStefanie Krautzig

Module IXSIMULATION PLATFORM

The growing importance of simulationin science and urban planning has beenstimulated by a rapid growth in theavailability of urban-related data. Todevelop integrated and advanced urbanplanning techniques, the simulationplatform improves on existing tools,such as GIS, by unlocking, activating,and exploiting the analytical andcommunicative potential of live and

dynamic data. It also explores pre-specificdata and the emerging concept of thequantum city.

The module examines how to effectivelydeal with the growing volume ofurban related data. It investigates newtechniques and instruments for theacquisition, organisation, retrieval,interaction, and visualisation of suchdata. It proposes techniques for designers,decision-makers and stakeholders toaccess necessary data about the cityin innovative and dynamic ways. Itdoes this in two ways: First, it supportsother modules at FCL by supplying dataacquisition methods and visualisationfacilities. Second, building on theseservices, it conducts original research

on advanced and dynamic modelling,visualisation and simulation techniquesthat aim to better understand andintervene in the complex processes thatshape contemporary cities.

TEAM:Prof. Dr Gerhard Schmitt

Prof. em. Dr Armin GruenProf. Dr Ludger Hovestadt

Prof. Dr Stefan Mller ArisonaProf. Dr Ian Smith

Dr Matthias BergerDr Bernhard Klein

Dr Tao WangDiana Alvarez-Marin

Dengxin DaiEva Friedrich

Vahid MoosaviMaria Papadopoulou

Rongjun QinMiro Roman

Dongyoun ShinSing Kuang Tan

Didier VernayWei Zeng

Chen Zhong


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Module XHOUSING

Our research approach combinesarchitectural analysis of the anatomy ofpublic space with social science methodsby observing and interviewing its users.The aim is to understand further theinterplay of architectural and socio-cultural dimensions of the perception,use and appropriation of public spacesin these high-rise, high-density HDBprecincts. In this process more than 30

HDB developments in Singapore havebeen recorded and exemplary sites havebeen selected as case studies for an in-depth analysis.

The anticipated findings of this studyhave the potential to contribute to thedesign and production of high-densityhousing in Singapore as well as in relatedliving contexts.

Investigating contested public spaces inHDB precincts to inform the design of

future very-high-density housing.

National economic growth combinedwith forward strategic planning havebeen instrumental in the shaping ofSingapores residential architecture since

the early 1960s. Today, more than 80%of the population living in Singaporedwells in HDB (Housing and DevelopmentBoard) public housing. Public spacesplay a pivotal role in this densely built-up setting. Acting as the glue betweenthe infrastructure and the private realm,public spaces not only have a regulatoryeffect on the sense of density in theimmediate dwelling environment, theyalso have a positive impact on the livablequality of domestic spaces.

According to the Singapore White Papermore people are expected to look for anew home in Singapore over the nexttwenty years. As a result, the city-statesbuilt environment will be densified evenfurther. We anticipate that, due to land

limitations, public spaces on the groundwill be further contested and will thereforemigrate vertically into the structure ofresidential blocks in the form of podiumterraces, rooftop gardens or sky bridges.The Housing Modules interdisciplinaryteam formed by members of the ETHChair of Architecture and the BuildingProcess (D-ARCH, ITA) and the ETH Centrefor Research on Architecture, Society &the Built Environment (CASE) focuseson the public space organization andcirculation systems of high-density HDBprecincts.

TEAM:Prof. Sacha MenzDr Marie Antoinette GlaserDr Stamatina RassiaDr Henriette SteinerDr Michelle Yingying Jiang

Dominik BastianelloAshwani Kumar


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ETH Zurich Students on a field trip to study the interactions between Singaporeand its hinterlands with Asst. Prof. Milica Topalovics Team. (FCL, 2012)


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BIOGRAPHIES


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MODULE INTRODUCTIONSTHURSDAY 25.09.2014 09:00 - 13:00

Prof. Kees Christiaanse

Kees Christiaanse studiedarchitecture and urbanplanning at the TU Delft. Since2003 he is professor at theETH in Zurich. Since 2011 KeesChristiaanse is ProgrammeLeader of the Future CitiesLaboratory in Singapore andPrincipal Investigator as well asModule Leader for Module IVUrban Design Strategies andResources.

Prof. Dr Stephen Cairns

Prof. Dr Stephen Cairns is theSingapore-based ScientificDirector of Future CitiesLaboratory. His research isfocused on architecture, designand urban planning, andtakes theoretical and practicalforms. He recently published(with Jane M. Jacobs) BuildingsMust Die: A Perverse View ofArchitecture (MIT Press).

Asst Prof. Dr Arno Schlter

Arno Schlueter received hisdiploma in architecture at theTechnical University of Karlsruhein 2003. He continued at ETHZurich, pursuing postgraduatestudies and his dissertationin the fields of informationtechnology and sustainablebuilding technologies. Since 2013he is a module leader at the FCL,Singapore and appointed FullProfessor for Architecture andBuilding Systems at ETH Zrich.

Asst Prof. Dirk E. Hebel

Dirk E. Hebel is AssistantProfessor of Architecture andConstruction at the Future CitiesLaboratory in the Singapore-ETHCentre. He practises architectureby activating unusual buildingmaterials such as air, water orplastic bottles. He received theNY Van Alen Institute FellowshipAward, Red Dot Design Awardfor Best Conceptual Design, aswell as the SMART InnovationGrant Singapore and a ZumtobelGroup Award.

Dr Iris Belle

Iris Belle is a postdoctoralresearcher and the modulecoordinator of FCLs ModuleIII (Transforming AndMining Urban Stocks). Herresearch interests includethe built environment,institutional change and urbangovernance. She is working ontransformations of Singaporesbuilding stock.

Asst Prof. Dr Alex Lehnerer

Alex Lehnerer is an architectand urban designer. He holds aposition as Assistant Professorat ETH Zrich in Switzerland.He received his PhD from ETHZrich, his MArch from theUniversity of California in LosAngeles (UCLA), is partner ofthe firm Kaisersrot in Zrich,and founded the Departmentof Urban Speculation (DeptUS)in Chicago.

Prof. Dr Marc Anglil

Marc Anglil is Professor at theDepartment of Architectureof ETH Zurich. His researchat the Network City andLandscape (NSL) and theFuture Cities Laboratory (FCL)in Singapore focuses on socialand spatial developments oflarge metropolitan regionsworldwide.

Prof. Dr Kay W. Axhausen

Kay Axhausen is Professorof Transport Planning atthe Department for CivilEngineering at ETH Zurich andserves as Principal Investigatorof the FCL research module onMobility and TransportationPlanning. His research focuseson micro-simulation of dailytravel behaviour, transportationand land use interactions andthe evaluation of transportprojects.

Prof. Christophe Girot

Christophe Girot is FullProfessor and Chair ofLandscape Architecture at theArchitecture Department ofthe ETH in Zrich. His teachingand research interest span overthe following three themes:New topological methods inlandscape design, Landscapeperception and analysis throughnew media, Contemporarytheory and history of landscapearchitecture.

Prof. Sacha Menz

Sacha Menz has been FullProfessor for Architecture andBuilding Process at ETH Zurichsince 1 October 2004. In 2009he was appointed Head of thenewly established Institute ofTechnology in Architecture andfrom 2011 to 2013 Head of theDepartment of Architecture atETH Zurich.

Prof. Fabio GramazioProf. Matthias Kohler

Fabio Gramazio and MatthiasKohler are architects with mul-ti-disciplinary interests rangingfrom computational design,roboticcontrol and fabrication to materialinnovation. In 2000, they foundedthe architecture practice Gramazio& Kohler where numerousaward-wining designs have been

realized. Current projects includethe design of the Empa NEST re-search platform,a future living andworking laboratory for sustainablebuilding construction.Opening alsothe worlds first architectural roboticlaboratory at ETH Zurich,Gramazio& Kohlers research has been form-ative in the field of digital architec-ture, setting precedence and defacto creating a new research field.This ranges from 1:1 prototype in-stallations to the design of roboti-cally fabricated high-rises at the SECFuture Cities Laboratory.Their recentresearch is outlined in the book TheRobotic Touch:How Robots ChangeArchitecture (Park Books,2014).


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Prof. Dr Christian Schmid

Christian Schmid is Professor ofSociology at the Departmentof Architecture, ETH Zurichand researcher at ETH StudioBasel. His scientific work ison planetary urbanization ininternational comparison, andon theories of urbanizationand of space. He is leader ofModule V Urban Sociology atFCL Singapore.

Prof. Dr Gerhard Schmitt

Gerhard Schmitt is Professor ofInformation Architecture at ETHZurich, leader of the ETH FutureCities Laboratory SimulationPlatform, Founding Directorof the Singapore-ETH Centrein Singapore, and ETH ZurichSenior Vice President for ETHGlobal.

Asst Prof. Milica Topalovic

Milica Topalovic is AssistantProfessor of Architecture andTerritorial Planning at ETHZurich and the Future CitiesLaboratory in Singapore. Afterreceiving her Masters from theBerlage Institute, she joinedthe ETH Studio Basel in 2006where she conducted a researchprogram on international cities.Her work comprises differentperspectives, from urbanresearch to architecture andspatial installation.


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Edda Ostertag

Edda Ostertag is a landscapearchitect at the Urban DesignModule of the Future CitiesLaboratory (FCL), Singapore ETHCenter, where she is leadingthe Rochor+ Synergy project.She holds a engineer degree inLandscape Planning from theBerlin Institute of Technology.

PANEL ISPACES OF NEW ECONOMIES: FROM SINGAPORE TO ZURICHTHURSDAY 25.09.2014 14:00 - 15:00

Sonja Berthold

Sonja Berthold is an architectat the Urban Design Moduleof the Future Cities Laboratory(FCL), Singapore-ETH Center,where her research focuses onBangkoks Family Networksas Urban Catalysts. She holdsa Dipl. Arch from the ETHZurich and M.Arch from theArchitectural AssociationLondon.

Ting Chen

Ting Chen is an architect atthe Urban Design Module ofthe Future Cities Laboratory(FCL), Singapore ETH Center,where she researchesShenzhens transitional landsof former socialist State-OwnedEnterprises. She holds a B.Archand M.Arch. from TsinghuaUniversity, Beijing.

Daniel Kiss

Daniel Kiss is scientific assistantat the Chair for Architectureand Urban Design, Prof. KeesChristiaanse, ETH Zurich wherehe leads the research platformUrban Breeding Groundsand teaches urban design. Heholds an M.Arch. from HarvardUniversity, a Dipl.Arch. fromthe TU Budapest and is a PhDcandidate at the ETH Zurich.

Tessina Schenk

Tessina Schenk is researcherat the Institute for UrbanDesign, Chair Kees Christiaanse,ETH Zurich. Her researchand teaching focuses on thedevelopment of entrepreneurialactivities and networks inperipheral areas of Zurich.She is project manager of theprogram leader at the FutureCities Laboratory (FCL). Sheholds an MSc from the LondonSchool of Economics.

Ying Zhou

Ying Zhou is an architect at theUrban Design Module of theFuture Cities Laboratory (FCL),Singapore-ETH Center, whereshe researches Shanghaiscity center transformationprocesses since 1992. She holdsa B.S.E. from Princeton and aM.Arch. from Harvard.




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PANEL IIINNOVATIVE URBAN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS: CAN SINGAPORE AND SWITZERLAND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?THURSDAY 25.09.2014 15:10 - 16:10

Dr Alex Erath

Alex Erath is currently a seniorresearcher at the NRF fundedFuture Cities Laboratory wherehe coordinates the researchmodule on Mobility andTransportation Planning. Hismain research interests aremulti-agent, activity-basedtransport demand modelling,the interaction betweentransport infrastructure andthe built environment as wellas travel behaviour modelling.

Assc. Prof. Der-Horng Lee

Der-Horng Lee is professor fortransportation engineeringat the National University ofSingapore. As an associateresearcher of FCL, he supervisesa PhD project that investigatesurban public transportreliability using smart card data.

Daniel Sauter

Daniel Sauter is the founderof Urban Mobility Research,a consultancy specialised onstudying the impact of urbandesign towards active transportmodes. Recently, he has beenengaged in harmonisingmeasuring frameworks forwalking and cycling that allowcomparisons between cities.

Jeremy Yap

Jeremy Yap is Group Directorfor Planning and Policy at theSingapore Land TransportAuthority. In this position herecently headed a series oftransport policy interventionsamong which a series ofinnovative active demandmanagement schemes drawglobal interest.

Andreas Rubinski

Andreas Rubinski is the CEO ofMobility International whichcommercialises the softwaresolution which is used tooperate Mobility, the nation-wide car sharing scheme inSwitzerland. Their newestproduct MobiSys 2.0 supportsboth station-based and freefloating car sharing at the sametime and is currently piloted inthe region of Basel.

Marta Kwiatkowski Schenk

Marta Kwiatkowski Schenkjoined the Gottlieb DuttweilerInsitute, a leading Swiss thinktank in April 2014 as a SeniorResearcher & Advisor focussingon society and mobility. Beforeshe was Head of Marketing atSBB, the Swiss Federal Railways,where she was guiding a majoractive travel managementexperiment.

Prof. Dr W. Kay Axhausen

Kay Axhausen is Professorof Transport Planning atthe Department for CivilEngineering at ETH Zurich andserves as Principal Investigatorof the FCL research module onMobility and TransportationPlanning. His research focuseson micro-simulation of dailytravel behaviour, transportationand land use interactions andthe evaluation of transportprojects.


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Prof. Dr Christian Schmid

Christian Schmid is Professor ofSociology at the Departmentof Architecture, ETH Zurichand researcher at ETH StudioBasel. His scientific work ison planetary urbanization ininternational comparison, andon theories of urbanizationand of space. He is leader ofModule V Urban Sociology atFCL Singapore.

PANEL IVCOMPARING COMPARISONS: STRATEGIES FOR U NDERSTANDING URBANIZATION IN THE 21ST CENTURYFRIDAY 26.09.2014 10:10 - 11:30

Prof. Ola Sderstrm

Ola Sderstrm is Professor ofSocial and Cultural Geographyat the Institute of Geography,University of Neuchtel,Switzerland. He has publishedextensively on urban materialculture, visual thinking inurban planning, and urbanglobalization. His most recentbook is Cities in Relations (2014).

Monica Streule

Monica Streule is urbananthropologist and PhDcandidate at ETH Zurich / FCLSingapore. Her research is onsocial and urban transformationprocesses in Mexico City ona metropolitan scale. Shedevelops a transdisciplinaryqualitative cartographicmethodology to understandthe social production of space.

Prof. Jennifer Robinson

Jennifer Robinson is Professorof Geography at the UniversityCollege London (UCL). She is theauthor of Ordinary Cities (2006)and is currently working on abook setting out comparativetactics for a more global urbanstudies, with case studies inJohannesburg and London.

Prof. Dr Uta Hassler

Uta Hassler heads the Institutefor Historic Building Researchand Conservation at ETHand is the Project Leader ofModule III (Transforming AndMining Urban Stocks). Herresearch interests are in long-term conservation of values inbuildings and building stocks,historic construction techniques

and research methods in thesefields.

Dr Tao Wang

Tao Wang is a postdoctoralresearcher with ModuleIX (Simulation Platform)and affiliated to Module III(Transforming And MiningUrban Stocks). His researchinterests include multi-representation of geospatialdatabase, digital terrainanalysis, and GIS applicationsin smart cities. He is workingon FCLs geospatial databaseand provides GIS support andtraining to FCL researchers.

Chinghuei Ng

Chinghuei Ng, is a manager(Heritage Research) at theSingapore National HeritageBoard. His research interestsinclude Singapores culturallandscape and historicaldevelopment of localChinese community. Heactively promotes a deeperunderstanding of history to thegeneral public by conductingpublic lectures, teaching andtraining Museum Volunteers.

PANEL VRECONSTRUCTING SINGAPORES DISAPPEARED HILLSFRIDAY 26.09.2014 10:00 - 11:15

Dr Iris Belle

Iris Belle is a postdoctoralresearcher and the modulecoordinator of FCLs ModuleIII (Transforming AndMining Urban Stocks). Herresearch interests includethe built environment,institutional change and urbangovernance. She is working ontransformations of Singapores

building stock.


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PANEL VIFUTURE RESILIENT CITIESFRIDAY 26.09.2014 11:45 - 13:00

Prof. Alfredo Brillembourg

Alfredo Brillembourg is aProfessor of Architectureand Urban Design at ETHZurich and co-principal of theinterdisciplinary design firm,Urban-Think Tank. Beforethat, Brillembourg was aguest professor at the GSAPP,Columbia University, where heco-founded the SustainableLiving Urban Model Laboratory(S.L.U.M. Lab).

Dr Matthias Berger

Matthias Berger is a SeniorResearcher with SECs FutureCities Laboratory and modulecoordinator of the SimulationPlatform. His research focus issimulation and visualization ofenergy-related issues of urbanenvironments.

Asst Prof. Dirk E. Hebel

Dirk E. Hebel is AssistantProfessor of Architecture andConstruction at the Future CitiesLaboratory in the Singapore-ETHCentre. He practises architectureby activating unusual buildingmaterials such as air, water orplastic bottles. He received theNY Van Alen Institute FellowshipAward, Red Dot Design Awardfor Best Conceptual Design,the SMART Innovation GrantSingapore.



PANEL VIIFUTURE CITIES - FUTURE RESEARCHFRIDAY 26.09.2014 14:00 - 15:00

Dr Stamatina Rassia

Dr. Stamatina Th. Rassia (Dipl.Arch.Eng. (NTUA), MPhil(Cantab), PhD (Cantab)) joinedthe ETH - Zurich (Chair ofArchitecture and BuildingProcess, Institute of Technologyin Architecture) in 2012 andsince 2013 works at the FutureCities Laboratory, Singapore- ETH Centre as the HousingModule Coordinator.

Norman Hack

Norman Hack graduatedin Architecture from TUVienna and the ArchitecturalAssociation. Prior to his PhDresearch on digital fabricationhe gained professionalexperience in renowned officesincluding Coop Himmelb(l)au,UNStudio and Herzog & deMeuron where he has workedas a specialist in computationaldesign.

Diana Alvarez-Marin

Diana Alvarez-Marin is PhDcandidate at the Chair ofCAAD at the FCL. Inspired bythe logics of computers andinformation, her research posits20th century urbanisation as asubtract that can be medialisedand cultivated throughinformation technology, inorder to formulate a visionof the 21st century city out ofthe current analytical setup ofurbanisation.

Federica Remondi

Federica is a PhD candidate inEnvironmental Engineering atSEC-ETH Zurich. With academicformation at Politecnico di Mi-lano and the Georgia Instituteof Technology, she specializesin hydrological modelling andwater resources management,with a focus on transport pro-cesses.

Marcel Jaeggi

Marcel Jaeggi is an architectand researcher. He studiedarchitecture at CEPT Ahmedabadand at the ETH Zurich, fromwhere he graduated in 2011. In2012, he joined the Architectureof Territory Chair of MilicaTopalovic. Marcel also joinedUNRIKA University in Batamas a visiting tutor, co-leadingdesign studios. He is currentlyconducting research on naturalventilation in Southeast Asia.


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Tessina Schenk

Tessina Schenk is researcherat the Institute for UrbanDesign, Chair Kees Christiaanse,ETH Zurich. Her researchand teaching focuses on thedevelopment of entrepreneurialactivities and networks inperipheral areas of Zurich.She is project manager of theprogram leader at the FutureCities Laboratory (FCL). Sheholds an MSc from the LondonSchool of Economics.

PANEL VIIIFUTURE CITIES...FUTURE TEACHINGFRIDAY 26.09.2014 15:10 - 16:10

Prof. Hubert Klumpner

Hubert Klumpner is the Dean ofthe Department of Architectureat ETH and holds a joint Chair ofArchitecture and Urban Designwith Alfredo Brillembourg.Together with Brillembourg, hefounded the interdisciplinarydesign firm Urban-Think Tankin Caracas in 1998.

Pascal Deschenaux

Pascal Deschenaux is a Mastersstudent at the Departmentof Architecture at ETH Zurich,where he also works as a studentassistant for the Institute ofLandscape Architecture. Hespent a semester in ProfessorTopalovics design studio at FCLin 2012.

David Jenny

David Jenny is a graduatestudent at D-ARCH, ETHZurich, and received his BSc inArchitecture from EPF Lausanne.Recently, he has attended theDesign of Robotic FabricatedHigh Rises studio, 2013, andhas been a team member ofModule II Architecture AndDigital Fabrication, FutureCities Laboratory, SEC.

Athina Korfiati

Athina Korfiati is an MSc Studentin Geomatic Engineering, ETH.She holds a 5-year Diploma inRural & Surveying Engineering,NTU Athens.At the Chair of InformationArchitecture, Athina worksas Student Assistant in thedevelopment of the MOOC andiBook of Future Cities.

Prof. Fabio Gramazio

Fabio Gramazio is an architect withmulti-disciplinary interests rangingfrom computational design,roboticcontrol and fabrication to materialinnovation. In 2000, he foundedtogether with Matthias Kohler thearchitecture practice Gramazio& Kohler where numerousaward-wining designs have beenrealized. Current projects include

the design of the Empa NEST re-search platform,a future living andworking laboratory for sustainablebuilding construction.Opening alsothe worlds first architectural roboticlaboratory at ETH Zurich,Gramazio& Kohlers research has been form-ative in the field of digital architec-ture, setting precedence and defacto creating a new research field.This ranges from 1:1 prototype in-stallations to the design of roboti-cally fabricated high-rises at the SECFuture Cities Laboratory.Their recentresearch is outlined in the book TheRobotic Touch:How Robots ChangeArchitecture (Park Books,2014).



Asst Prof. Milica Topalovic

Milica Topalovic is AssistantProfessor or Architecture andTerritorial Planning at ETHZurich and the Future CitiesLaboratory in Singapore. Afterreceiving her Masters from theBerlage Institute, she joinedthe ETH Studio Basel in 2006where she conducted a researchprogram on international cities.Her work comprises differentperspectives, from urbanresearch to architecture andspatial installation.


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PANEL IXLEARNING FROM FCL 1 ...FRIDAY 26.09.2014 16:30 - 18:00

Asst Prof. Dr Forrest Meggers

Prof Dr Forrest Meggers joinedFCL in 2011 as a Senior Researcherand Module Coordinator of theLow Exergy Module. CurrentlyForrest holds an AssistantProfessorship at Princeton,where he is jointly appointed inthe School of Architecture andthe Andlinger Center for Energyand Environment.

Prof. Dr Peter Edwards

Peter Edwards is the currentSEC Director. He has been aprofessor of plant ecologyat ETH Zurich since 1993,where he has also served aschairman of the Departmentof Environmental SystemsScience. At ETH he was facultycoordinator and member of theexecutive board of the Alliancefor Global Sustainability, aresearch partnership betweenseveral leading universities.

Anna Gasco

Anna is a doctoral researcherin the FCL Urban Designmodule where she focuses onairports territorial organisationand effects on urbanisation.Architect and Urban Designer,she practised internationally for7 years before joining FCL. Annahas been a guest critic at TheBartlett and teaches studiosat the ETH, the Honk KongUniversity and the NationalUniversity of Singapore.

Marcel Bruelisauer

Marcel Bruelisauer is aresearcher in the Low ExergyModule of the Future CitiesLaboratory. His doctoralresearch focuses on multi-scalecooling systems in the tropicsand their better integrationfor high performance buildingdesign. Marcel co-chairs AsETH,the Association of ScientificStaff ETH Singapore.

Asst Prof. Dr Alex Lehnerer

Alex Lehnerer is an architectand urban designer. He holds aposition as Assistant Professorat ETH Zrich in Switzerland.He received his PhD from ETHZrich, his MArch from theUniversity of California in LosAngeles (UCLA), is partner ofthe firm Kaisersrot in Zrich,and founded the Departmentof Urban Speculation (DeptUS)in Chicago.

Asst Prof. Dr Arno Schlter

Arno Schlueter received hisdiploma in architecture at theTechnical University of Karlsruhein 2003. He continued at ETHZurich, pursuing postgraduatestudies and his dissertationin the fields of informationtechnology and sustainablebuilding technologies. Since 2013he is a module leader at the FCL,Singapore and appointed FullProfessor for Architecture andBuilding Systems at ETH Zrich.

Prof. Dr Christoph Hlscher

Christoph Hlscher is Professorof Cognitive Science at ETHZrich since 2013, with anemphasis on Applied CognitiveScience. He holds a PhD inPsychology from Universityof Freiburg (Germany), servesas honorary senior researchfellow at UCL, Bartlett Schoolof Architecture, and is visitingProfessor at NorthumbriaUniversity Newcastle.

Prof. Dr Adrienne Grt-Regamy

Adrienne Grt-Regamey is AssociateProfessor at the Institute for Spatialand Landscape Development,ETH. She runs a LandscapeVisualization and ModelingLab, where state-of-the-art 3Dvisualizations and auralizations oflandscape changes are developedfor investigating decision-makingand bridging the gap betweenscientific research and directparticipation of stakeholders.

Prof. Philip Ursprung

Philip Ursprung is Professorfor the History of Art andArchitecture at ETH Zrich.He studied art history inGeneva, Vienna and Berlin andearned his PhD from the FreieUniversitt Berlin. He taught atHochschule der Knste Berlin,the University of Zurich, andColumbia University New York.

PROJECTING TO FCL 2 ...FRIDAY 26.09.2014 16:30 - 18:00

Prof. Dr Stephen Cairns

Prof. Dr Stephen Cairns is theSingapore-based ScientificDirector of Future CitiesLaboratory. His research isfocused on architecture, designand urban planning, andtakes theoretical and practicalforms. He recently published(with Jane M. Jacobs) BuildingsMust Die: A Perverse View ofArchitecture (MIT Press).




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KEYNOTE SPEECH

Prof. Dr Lily Kong

Prof. Dr Lily Kong is ViceProvost (Academic Personnel)at the National University ofSingapore. She also holds theProvosts Chair Professorship.She gained a PhD in Geographyfrom University College London,and has published numerousbooks and articles on culturalpolicy and creative economy,globalisation and migration,and the social construction ofnature and the environment.


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FCL Researcher Tang Danwuworks on a high-resolution

3-dimensional urban model ofthe CREATE campus, Singapore.

(FCL, 2013)


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FCL PhD students from diverse disciplines discuss theirwork at a panel session attended by fellow academics,

government agencies and industry representatives.(FCL, 2013)


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SEC - Singapore-ETH Centre forGlobal Environmental SustainabilityProf. Dr Peter Edwards, Director SECDr Remo Burkhard, Managing Director SEC

FCL - Future Cities LaboratoryProf Kees ChristiaanseProf Dr Stephen CairnsTessina SchenkETH ZrichInstitute of Urban DesignHIL Stefano-Franscini-Platz 58093 ZrichSwitzerland

http://www.futurecities.ethz.ch/

Symposium Coordinator:Tessina [email protected]

Layout:Marisa MuscionicoFelipe Inauen


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