Marc Angélil: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2019

Name	Prof. em. Dr. Marc Angélil
Field	Architektur und Entwurf
Address	Dep. Architektur ETH Zürich, ONA G 28 Neunbrunnenstr. 50 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND
E-mail	angelil@arch.ethz.ch
Department	Architecture
Relationship	Professor emeritus

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
052-0712-19L	Sessions on Territory: Ecology 2	1 credit	1V	M. Angélil, M. Topalovic
Abstract	SESSIONS ON TERRITORY are public debates on the political economy of architecture and territory within and beyond the neoliberal order.
Learning objective	SESSION ON TERRITORY is a series of public debates on the political economy of architecture and territory. Focusing on how the epoch of the Anthropocene reframes our conceptions of the urban and shapes new ecologies, the seminar’s objective is to unravel contemporary forces at work in the formation of the built and natural environment, and, as importantly, to spur debates that challenge the status quo. Every intervention by a guest speaker is followed by a panel discussion with invited respondents.
Lecture notes	Texts to accompany each presentation will be sent via email before each weekly session.
052-1114-19L	Architectural Design V-IX: Los Angeles River (M. Angélil) Please register (www.mystudies.ethz.ch) only after the internal enrolment for the design classes (see http://www.einschreibung.arch.ethz.ch/design.php). Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 5th April 2019, 24:00 h (valuation date) only. Ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio is 5th April 2019, 24:00 h.	14 credits	16U	M. Angélil
Abstract	The design studio is dedicated to the role of an infrastructural infrastructures that are rarely seen in urban areas, and in particular to show how architecture as a discipline can shape and redesign the future of Los Angeles architecture.
Learning objective	Development of various analytical and notational techniques to understand culturally and conceptually designed architecture; theoretical engagement with social, infrastructural, and architectural utopias; identification of an inventory of architectural typologies along the Los Angeles River; critical evaluation of the ideas developed; designing contemporary, relevant architecture, including the design of processes and of programs based on the study of the local context.
Content	Operating at the intersection of architecture, infrastructure, and landscape, the 2019 spring semester design studio of the chair of Marc Angélil will focus on the Los Angeles ‘River’ – which in fact is not a river but a water control channel in concrete (approximately 80 km in length) erected after major floods by the Army Corps of Engineering from the late 1930s to mid-1950s – and its potential revitalization as a public space and integration within the urban fabric, or what historian and architectural critic Reyner Banham called in the early 1970s “the Plains of Id” in his book Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies. Acknowledging that the dry riverbed of the Los Angeles River has been repeatedly used as a backdrop for a number of Hollywood movies, including Chinatown (1974), Grease 2 (1982), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Terminator 2 (1991), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), and The Italian Job (2003), all contributing in part to the myth of Los Angeles as an out-of-the-ordinary place that transcends the everyday (by the way, a myth to which also Reyner Banham succumbed when exclaiming “I love Los Angeles”), the design studio exercise will focus on the ordinariness of everyday life, foregrounding reality as experienced by those living in the city day in and day out. While addressing the role of a piece of infrastructure within the city, one incidentally rarely perceived when traversing the urban terrain, the design studio intends to particularly address how architecture as a discipline can and must engage in framing and reframing the future of Los Angeles’s ‘architecture of the city’; in so doing, the studio will engage in a discourse on the relation between design method and design outcome – namely, between process and product, particularly considering that techniques deployed in any undertaking always have a determining effect on what is produced, constructed, fabricated, or made.
Lecture notes	A semester reader with all important text sources and additional material will be provided.
Prerequisites / Notice	Participation in the seminar trip is not compulsory, but it is recommended. Individual or group work is possible. - Courses to enroll: LV No. 052-1114-18 (Draft) - Teaching language: German / English - Working method: individual work and group work (5 weeks or more group work) - Assistance for the design course: Guillermo Dürig, duerig@arch.ethz.ch Ciro Miguel Michael Stünzi - Dates of the reviews: 27. February, 13. March, 16. April. - Final Crits: 28th / 29th May 2019. - Introduction: 19 February 2019, 10:30, ONA Studio
063-0502-00L	Lecture Series in Design and Architecture: Affinity	0 credits	1V	M. Guyer, M. Angélil, A. Brandlhuber, G. A. Caminada, A. Caruso, J. De Vylder, A. Fonteyne, C. Gantenbein, P. Heiz, A. Holtrop, M. Kaijima, A. Lacaton, E. Mosayebi, A. Theriot
Abstract	The lecture series of the Institute of Design and Architecture - in the FS18 provides students with an overview of the various positions of the teachers within the IEA (Institute Design in Architecture). Further information is available at www.iea.arch.ethz.ch.
Learning objective	The lecture series of the Institute of Design and Architecture - in the FS18 provides students with an overview of the various positions of the teachers within the IEA (Institute Design in Architecture). Further information is available at www.iea.arch.ethz.ch.
Prerequisites / Notice	The lectures are offered in English or German: 05. March 2019 Marc Angélil / Anne Lacaton 12. March 2019 Momoyo Kaijima / Jan de Vylder 26. March 2019 Elli Mosayebi / Arno Brandlhuber 09. April 2019 Gion A. Caminada / Christoph Gantenbein 16. April 2019 Anne Holtrop / Patrick Heiz 07. May 2019 Mike Guyer / Adam Caruso 14. May 2019 Alexander Theriot / An Fonteyne Note: 26. Feb 2019 Farewell Lecture Prof. Marcel Meili 02. Apr 2019 Inauguration Lecture Prof. Tom Avermaete 30. Apr 2019 Inauguration Lecture Profs. F. Charbonnet / P. Heiz
063-0620-19L	Projects on Territory (Thesis Elective)	6 credits	11A	M. Angélil, M. Topalovic
Abstract	Projects on Territory is a new thesis elective setting out to explore the various histories of urban and territorial design through selected precedent projects and ideas reflected on the territorial scale.
Learning objective	During spring 2018, we will continue the investigation by looking at the urban and territorial design in Switzerland based on eight selected projects: the history of Swiss urbanism in eight pictures. Critical discussion and visual representation will be our key elements with which we attempt to interpret the value of these projects in the present time. The work will be informed by the parallel lecture series Sessions on Territory—Urbanism Beyond Neoliberalism, focusing on the notion of power. In recounting the critical history of Swiss urban/territorial project for the 21st century, we will reconsider the meaning of the chosen examples, as well as their specific design techniques. In the process, the students will be introduced to some of the crucial concepts and methods of urban and territorial design, and will develop a critical understanding of the historical processes and contexts relevant to the various projects. They will also become familiar with a range of drawing techniques as critical tools for representing the project.
Content	Students will work in pairs of two or individually. Each student group will research and critically analyze one of the selected precedent projects from the history of Swiss urbanism. The work will result in a book of research, a written statement, and a set of critical drawings. In creating the drawings, we will experiment with different representational techniques—this semester we will be working with the technique of silk-screen. The course will conclude with an exhibition of works and drawings. The working sessions and silk-screen workshops take place within the semester time frame, and they alternate with the events of the lecture series. The credit points for the „Wahlfacharbeit“ (old curriculum) and the „Vertiefungsarbeit“ (new curriculum) can both be obtained in this course. For more information: http://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/projects/projects-on-territory/ Contact: markaki@arch.ethz.ch
063-0720-19L	Summer School ETH Singapore Month - The Future of Urban Society Only for ETH Master Students; applications are welcome from all departments. The number of participants is limited to 20. Application via SiROP: Link announced on webpage: www.ethz.ch/singapore-month (motivation letter with statement indicating field of expertise, the challenges you would like to address, set of skills that you would bring to the program (1 page), CV and transcript of records. Deadline for application on 17 March, 2019 Announcement of selection by end of March.	3 credits	9G	M. Angélil, A. Freiherr von Richthofen
Abstract	Students engage with researchers at the SEC Singapore Centre and its partners at CREATE. They visit research centres, meet government officials, activists and fellow students from local and overseas partner universities. Next to a dense and innovative learning format, including design thinking, it is also experiencing the Singaporean culture and its vibrant research environment in South East Asia.
Learning objective	Address complex societal challenges through critical analysis and design Engage in interdisciplinary research, learn from peers from across the globe Apply ‘design thinking’ to develop scenarios, alternative solutions, prototypes and visualisations Compare and understand different priorities and approaches in Singapore and at home Experience SEC and CREATE research programs Experience Singapore and South East Asia
Content	The summer school of nearly one month consists of a 10 days framework programm for ETH master students and a two-week core programm, together with graduate students from local universities in Singapore and CREATE1, at the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC). Participants from ETH Zurich arrive in Singapore and follow an intercultural framing week with guided visits and exploration of case studies in week 1. This week allows ETH students to observe and critically reflect on both historical and contemporary developments in Singapore and South East Asia. The two-week core programm, in week 2 and 3, named STP2 for Science, Technology, Prototyping and Practice/Policy, brings together ETH and CREATE students to explore complex challenges of our time under the theme of «Future of Urban Society». These challenges relate to climate change, ageing societies, inequality, migration, stress and other human health problems, environmental degradation, access to resources, poverty, etc. The Singaporean society is particularly vulnerable due to its geographic location, small size and density, but at the same time well aware and forward looking. It offers a unique environment to use data and digital technologies to address these challenges by digging deeper into current urban design, transportation, eco-system services, computer science, artificial intelligence, cognition and perception, citizen design science, robotics and automation efforts. Week 4 is dedicated to a reflection on the ETH Singapore Month for the ETH students. Successful completion entitles to 3 ETCS for the whole programm.
Literature	A reader will be made available with relevant literature on Singapore, including, for example, Chua Beng Huat, “Singapore as Model,” Lee Kuan Yew, From Third World to First; Manuel Castells, The Developmental City-State in an Open World Economy, Rem Koolhaas, “Singapore Songlines,” etc. )
Prerequisites / Notice	For Master Students; applications are welcome from all departments Application via SiROP: Link announced on webpage: www.ethz.ch/singapore-month (motivation letter with statement indicating field of expertise, the challenges you would like to address, set of skills that you would bring to the program (1 page), CV and transcript of records). Call opening on 18 February, deadline on 17 March, 2019, Announcement of selection by end of March. Kick-Off Meeting in Week 18, Tuesday 30 April or Thursday 2 May ETH Singapore Months: 3 June to 25 June. Costs per student: CHF 300.--. Following costs are extra: Flights (eligible students can apply for subsidies), regular meals (inexpensive meals on the campus available) travel insurance, visa fees if applicable (most citizens can get al free visa on arrival without prior arrangement. Further information under https://www1.mfa.gov.sg/Services/Visitors/Visa-Information . Lecturers: Prof. Marc Angélil, and Aurel von Richthofen, Senior Researcher, Education Programme Leader at SEC, Singapore
064-0010-19L	Research Colloquium in Architecture and Urbanism	3 credits	1K	M. Angélil
Abstract	This colloquium is open to doctoral candidates in fields related to Architecture and Urbanism. Its focus will be on contemporary topics in urbanism and will involve two or three one-day sessions over the course of the semester, each of which will be attended by an invited scholar.
Learning objective	The sessions will involve brief presentations of dissertation work by the participants followed by discussions with the guests.
Content	Doctoral seminar on the political economy of urban territory.
Prerequisites / Notice	Space is limited and participation is subject to approval from the organizers.
064-0018-19L	NSL Doctoral Colloquium: Methods in Urban and Landscape Studies	3 credits	1K	H. Klumpner, M. Angélil, C. Girot, C. Schmid, G. Vogt
Abstract	Advanced PhD candidates of urban studies, urban and landscape design and urban sociology report about their experiences and insights in the concrete application of methods utilized for their research and scientific publications. Discussion of ongoing individual work, methodological questions, critical perspectives on urban and landscape design and city's relation to society.
Learning objective	The seminar seeks to provide participants with a differentiated knowledge of methods in the field of the urbanism. Furthermore, it provides a platform to exchange contemporary urban research experiences across disciplinary boundaries, drawing from different geographies of knowledge production. Possible meta-themes include modes of data assessment in urban studies, ways of progressing from hypothesis to synthesis, and research by design as method.
Content	Participants will be expected to submit single-page abstracts of their papers in advance and to make a presentation of app. 20 minutes at the colloquium. The discussion will be moderated by the organizing professors and invited guests.
Prerequisites / Notice	The seminar is joint-organized by the chairs of Prof. Kees Christiaanse, Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid, Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil and Prof. Hubert Klumpner as one full-day event in the academic semester. The will comprise different formats, alternating with the responsible chair. Participants in both cases will be expected to submit single-page abstracts of their papers in advance and to make a presentation of app. 20 minutes at the colloquium. The discussion rounds will be moderated by the organizing professor and the invited guests. Enrolment on agreement with the lecturer only.
068-0201-00L	An Urban Design for Marseille; Phase 1: Research Only for MAS Urban Design.	3 credits	2G	M. Angélil
Abstract	The design studio is the core component of the MAS UD. One specific urban case study is studied. The focus of the urban development is a given urban context. Four overlapping phases form the methodological structure of each Design Studio: Research, Urban Strategy, Typology and Prototyping.
Learning objective	The results of each phase, worked out by students, are shared by the whole class. Like that, an open source urban toolbox is developed, which offers the possibility to choose from different methods and strategies for future urban development tasks. The Design Studios - concerned with developing territories such as informal settlements in the Global South - engage local stakeholders in the urban planning process from the first stage of design. The goal is ultimatly a strategy and an urban design proposal that allows to engage with the local stakeholders and respond intelligently to the conditions of the site.
Content	Within the framework of ‘Inclusive Urbanism,’ and after exploring the ‘Arrival City’ theme, the MAS program is tackling questions of migration and urban space. Arguing that urban design is an innovative, resilient, and politically powerful tool for architects and planners to address such complex matters, and moving away from emergency solutions (e.g. refugee camps, transit centers), we explore the notion of ‘staying’ somewhere.
Literature	Reader "Inclusive Urbanism: Migration"
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students
068-0202-00L	An Urban Design for Marseille; Phase 2: Urban Strategy Only for MAS Urban Design.	8 credits	2G	M. Angélil
Abstract	The design studio is the core component of the MAS UD. One specific urban case study is studied. The focus of the urban development is a given urban context. Four overlapping phases form the methodological structure of each Design Studio: Research, Urban Strategy, Typology and Prototyping.
Learning objective	The results of each phase, worked out by students, are shared by the whole class. Like that, an open source urban toolbox is developed, which offers the possibility to choose from different methods and strategies for future urban development tasks. The Design Studios - concerned with developing territories such as informal settlements in the Global South - engage local stakeholders in the urban planning process from the first stage of design. The goal is ultimatly a strategy and an urban design proposal that allows to engage with the local stakeholders and respond intelligently to the conditions of the site.
Content	Within the framework of ‘Inclusive Urbanism,’ and after exploring the ‘Arrival City’ theme, the MAS program is tackling questions of migration and urban space. Arguing that urban design is an innovative, resilient, and politically powerful tool for architects and planners to address such complex matters, and moving away from emergency solutions (e.g. refugee camps, transit centers), we explore the notion of ‘staying’ somewhere.
Literature	Reader "Inclusive Urbanism: Migration"
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students
068-0203-00L	An Urban Design for Marseille: Phase 3: Typology Only for MAS Urban Design.	5 credits	2G	M. Angélil
Abstract	The design studio is the core component of the MAS UD. One specific urban case study is studied. The focus of the urban development is a given urban context. Four overlapping phases form the methodological structure of each Design Studio: Research, Urban Strategy, Typology and Prototyping.
Learning objective	The results of each phase, worked out by students, are shared by the whole class. Like that, an open source urban toolbox is developed, which offers the possibility to choose from different methods and strategies for future urban development tasks. The Design Studios - concerned with developing territories such as informal settlements in the Global South - engage local stakeholders in the urban planning process from the first stage of design. The goal is ultimatly a strategy and an urban design proposal that allows to engage with the local stakeholders and respond intelligently to the conditions of the site.
Content	Within the framework of ‘Inclusive Urbanism,’ and after exploring the ‘Arrival City’ theme, the MAS program is tackling questions of migration and urban space. Arguing that urban design is an innovative, resilient, and politically powerful tool for architects and planners to address such complex matters, and moving away from emergency solutions (e.g. refugee camps, transit centers), we explore the notion of ‘staying’ somewhere.
Literature	Reader "Inclusive Urbanism: Migration"
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students
068-0204-00L	An Urban Design for Marseille; Phase 4: Prototyping Only for MAS Urban Design.	5 credits	2G	M. Angélil
Abstract	The design studio is the core component of the MAS UD. One specific urban case study is studied. The focus of the urban development is a given urban context. Four overlapping phases form the methodological structure of each Design Studio: Research, Urban Strategy, Typology and Prototyping.
Learning objective	The results of each phase, worked out by students, are shared by the whole class. Like that, an open source urban toolbox is developed, which offers the possibility to choose from different methods and strategies for future urban development tasks. The Design Studios - concerned with developing territories such as informal settlements in the Global South - engage local stakeholders in the urban planning process from the first stage of design. The goal is ultimatly a strategy and an urban design proposal that allows to engage with the local stakeholders and respond intelligently to the conditions of the site.
Content	Within the framework of ‘Inclusive Urbanism,’ and after exploring the ‘Arrival City’ theme, the MAS program is tackling questions of migration and urban space. Arguing that urban design is an innovative, resilient, and politically powerful tool for architects and planners to address such complex matters, and moving away from emergency solutions (e.g. refugee camps, transit centers), we explore the notion of ‘staying’ somewhere.
Literature	Reader "Inclusive Urbanism: Migration"
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students
068-0205-00L	An Urban Design for Marseille; Phase 5: Presentation Only for MAS Urban Design.	1 credit	2G	M. Angélil
Abstract	The last phase is the Presentation phase, where students are asked to demonstrate their ability to deliver a clear discourse, explain their approach and strategy in a convincing manner.
Learning objective	The final review of the Design Studios, to which local actors are invited to, guarantee a feedback loop of those inputs and give criteria for the evaluation of the work.
Content	Within the framework of ‘Inclusive Urbanism,’ and after exploring the ‘Arrival City’ theme, the MAS program is tackling questions of migration and urban space. Arguing that urban design is an innovative, resilient, and politically powerful tool for architects and planners to address such complex matters, and moving away from emergency solutions (e.g. refugee camps, transit centers), we explore the notion of ‘staying’ somewhere.
Literature	Reader "Inclusive Urbanism: Migration"
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students
068-0300-00L	Marseille-Migration for An Urban Design for Marseille Only for MAS Urban Design.	4 credits	2G	M. Angélil
Abstract	The mandatory trip into the planning areas gives the opportunity to engage with the Urban Actors in the design development and show the students the complex levels of a Urban Design Process while understanding complex conditions and realities of a site.
Learning objective	The meetings, talks and interviews with the local stakeholders give a base for the decision making process of the students.
Content	Excursion and workshop in Marseille.
Literature	Reader "Inclusive Urbanism: Migration"
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students
068-0402-00L	Theory Seminar: Essay Part 2 Only for MAS Urban Design.	3 credits	6A	M. Angélil
Abstract	Theorizing the contemporary city The theory seminar Sessions on Territory investigates contemporary urban phenomena – phenomena emerging predomi-nantly as a result of accelerating modernization, globalization and neo-liberalism.
Learning objective	Rather than being located at the urban ‘centres’ of the twentieth century such as New York, London or Tokyo, these phenomena are increasingly situated at what was formally known as the ‘edge’, in locales such as peripheral urban set-ups and informal settlements of Cairo, São Paulo, Nairobi, Mumbay, etc. In parallel to the presentation and discussion of a variety of emerging urban phenomena – producing an inventory of selected con-temporary urban mutations - the seminar course foregrounds the question of methodology in urban research. Rather than making a call for a purely scientific approach to research methodology, the course supports an awareness of the instrumentality of methodolo-gy and the modes by which research may be communicated.
Content	The course touches upon both methods and tools native to the disci-pline of architecture and urban design, and also those situated in the broader interdisciplinary field of urban studies, incorporating disciplines such as urban sociology, urban geography and urban economics.
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students
068-0403-00L	Migration - Inclusive Urbanism Only for MAS Urban Design.	9 credits	2G	M. Angélil
Abstract	Evaluation, documentation and publication. The publication module is a key component of the program and completes the academic year.
Learning objective	The main focus is the traceability of the studio’s research and design process.
Content	Students collect and edit their projects in order to communicate their work with partners in the teaching, research and practice fields.
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for MAS Urban Design students