Urban Design & Spatial Development
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The "Urban Design and Spatial Development" unit conducts research and teaching on a wide range of spatial design and planning matters. We analyse, plan and design spatial development concepts, neighbourhoods, ensembles, public open spaces and landscapes at both national and international level. Our work is based on the principles of decarbonisation, adaptation to climate change, the promotion of biodiversity and an inclusive and equitable distribution of space.
In collaboration with experts from neighbouring disciplines such as landscape architecture, mobility and social space planning, we develop holistic concepts to promote sustainable urban and rural structures. Our transdisciplinary approach to research and teaching enables us to take a holistic view of topics, develop future-oriented ideas and use design as a key to spatial discourse.
News
OUR TEACHING TEAM IS COMPLETE!
September 2024
BAUMEISTER MAGAZINE
Article
July 2024
M. Wagner
WHAT HAVE WE ACTUALLY BUILT THERE?
panel discussion, Architekturforum Zurich
October 2023
M. Wagner
OUTSIDE OF THE (ARCHITECTURAL) BOX
lecture series
2022
L. Hilti
Team
Timothy Allen
MSc Arch ETH
Lecturer
Oscar Buson
MSc Arch ETH SIA
Lecturer
Ronan Crippa
MSc Arch ETH
Lecturer
Dr. sc. ETH
Britta Hentschel
Senior Lecturer
Dr. sc.
Luis Gabriel Hilti
Postdoc
Dipl. Ing.
Fabian Hörmann
Lecturer
Dr. sc.
Gyler Mydyti
Lecturer
Prof. Dipl. Arch. ETH
Michael Wagner
Head of Unit
Teaching
We teach students spatial knowledge and design skills that go beyond the scale of individual buildings. In addition to teaching well-founded fundamentals, it is important to us to develop contemporary methods and tools that can be used in design. We actively incorporate the content of our research projects and experience from planning practice into our teaching. Where possible, students' work can also be incorporated into our research. The knowledge gained from the synergy of research and teaching should help to initiate and manage complex developments in urban space in a forward-looking way.
FOUNDATION STUDIO: DESIGNING IN SPATIAL CONTEXT
Track field+
FS 24
Timothy Allen, Ronan Crippa
SEMINAR WEEK
Nature, Culture, Industry
FS 24
Timothy Allen, Ronan Crippa
ADVANCED STUDIO
Exploring the Loop
FS 24
Oscar Buson, Michael Wagner
SEMINAR WEEK
Geneva cross-border
FS 24
Oscar Buson, Michael Wagner
LECTURE
History and Theory of Urban Design
FS 24
Britta Hentschel
LECTURE
Urban Design
FS 24
Michael Wagner
LECTURE
History and Theory of Landscape Architecture
SS 25
Britta Hentschel
LECTURE
Urban Transformation
SS 25
Michael Wagner
URBAN DESIGN SEMINAR
Urbanity
FS 24
Gyler Mydyti
SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
Regenerative urban landscapes
SS 25
Fabian Hörmann
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Measuring Vitality
FS 24
Luis Hilti
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Build less, more dense, more durable
FS 24
Michael Wagner
ADVANCED STUDIO
Postfossil Neighbourhoods: Vaduz, Lett
FS 24
Michael Wagner, Luis Hilti
SEMINAR WEEK
Learning from Paris...
FS 24
Michael Wagner, Luis Hilti
ADVANCED STUDIO
Postfossil Neighbourhoods: Nefenfeld, Widnau
HS 23
Michael Wagner, Luis Hilti
SEMINAR WEEK
Postfossil Traces: Zurich
HS 23
Michael Wagner, Luis Hilti
Research
Our research focuses on various thematic priorities: inner urban development with a focus on high architectural quality, city and mobility, adaptation of settlement structures to climate change, impacts of planning and construction activities on energy consumption and biodiversity, spatial dimensions of social justice and the continuous advancement of instruments and tools in urban and spatial development.
FFF-FUNDED PROJECT
Vitality Analysis in the Rhine Valley – The X-Minute-City in the Context of low to medium settlement density
2023 – 2026
Michael Wagner, Luis Hilti
Transfer
We see ourselves as a regional platform for the exchange of research and practice regarding topics in urban planning and spatial development.
Through the transfer of our academic research into practice, we aim to contribute to societal, ecological, economic and spatial innovation in Liechtenstein and its surroundings.
With personal contacts in science and research, we have timely and efficient access to a network of relationships, which we also share for projects with partners from practice, politics and society.
TRANSFER PROJECT
Studio U – Unterbendern
2022 – 2023
Luis Hilti, Felix Ledergerber
TRANSFER PROJECT
Lichtensteig – Mini.City in Toggenburg
2017 – 2018
Michael Wagner
Publications
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