052-0653-24L Future Cities Laboratory Indicia 03: Actions and Evidence for Future Settlements
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2024 |
| Lecturers | S. Menz, J. Da Cruz Paulos, E. Suel |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
Courses
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| 052-0653-24 K | Future Cities Laboratory Indicia 03: Actions and Evidence for Future Settlements Course will take place on Fridays at HIB Open Space 3 (HIB E31). No course on 25.10.2024 (seminar week) and in the last two weeks of the semester. | 2 hrs |
| S. Menz, J. Da Cruz Paulos, E. Suel |
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| Abstract | The course is organised based on research conducted at the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) and its recent publication, Indicia 03. It introduces the background and motivations behind FCL’s focus on cities, highlighting the challenges urban areas face and approaches FCL employs to address them. The course aims to facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and critical thinking across domains. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | We expect students to achieve the following objectives at the end of the course: * Be familiar with key concepts in urbanisation, city systems, and their academic study. * Learn about the main research results of FCL regarding sustainable urban development in an interdisciplinary format. * Critically analyse diverse urban issues and debates, formulate and evaluate research questions related to urban phenomena. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | FCL Global helps shape sustainable cities and settlement systems through science, by design, in place, and over time. Cities are highly complex systems with interconnections between their social, economic, natural, and built environments. Many different academic fields address urban questions, spanning a wide range of disciplines and urban sectors, including urban planning, architecture, civil engineering, economics, public policy, sociology, geography, public health, and environmental sciences. Tackling the grand challenges that cities face today requires multidisciplinary teams that can work together, considering the complexity of urban systems and both local and global contexts. FCL’s research covers multiple disciplines and scales, from the individual citizens to larger communities and from small villages to megacities and offers important insights into the development of future settlements worldwide. The course will draw from Indicia 03, published in 2022, as well as ongoing research projects and recent findings. The course will be delivered through a blend of lectures and moderated discussions. Lecture weeks will provide background and context on diverse urban topics including: * Urban systems theory, modelling, and simulation * Cities, urbanisation, and current challenges * Society and space * Cities and complexity * Socio-spatial differentiation and urban disparities Dialogue weeks will consist of 4-6 weeks of moderated discussions with invited guest speakers from FCL, presenting their work and engaging in dialogues on topics such as: * Design Liveable Density * Powering the City * Resource Efficient Urban Intensification * Sustainable and Innovative Materials in Urban Construction * Reducing the Impact of Cities on Non-Urban Land * Adaptive Mobility, Land-Use, and Infrastructure * User-Centred Design in Cities * Blue-Green Infrastructures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | This elective course is organised with a focus on FCL Global research contents. We provide digital copies of the Indicia 03 for the students attending the course. The format of the course is physical (at ETH Hönggerberg) and virtual. It will be open to all researchers and students in FCL Global, D-Arch and D-Baug. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 2 credits |
| Examiners | S. Menz, J. Da Cruz Paulos, E. Suel |
| Type | session examination |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | The performance assessment is offered every session. Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Mode of examination | oral 30 minutes |
| This information can be updated until the beginning of the semester; information on the examination timetable is binding. | |
Learning materials
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| Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| There are no additional restrictions for the registration. |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
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| Architecture Bachelor | Technology in Architecture | W | |