practice: testplanung hauptbahnhof biel
In the coming years, the city of Biel is planning a large-scale development in the central area of the main railway station and the surrounding districts with a direct connection to the lake and the city center. An interdisciplinary team (Lorenz Eugster Landscape Architecture, Schneiter Traffic Planning, Pool Architects, Zeugin-Gölker Real Estate Strategies, USI –…
lecture: thermal placemaking
Architectural strategies of thermal adaptation, 24. April 2023, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio. Input lecture on the topic of thermal governance for the SS2023 course „City, Climate, and Architecture“ hosted by the professorship for theory of urbanisation and urban environments at the architecture faculty in Mendrisio, organized by Prof. Sascha Roesler and Julian Raffetseder. Topics address…
article: macht des massstabs
Werk magazine contribution about geneva’s energy landscape and its extend beyond the region’s boarders, no. 4-2023: Wie sich im Denken jenseits von Grenzen Genfs Selbstbild einer Energielandschaft abzeichnet. Die Entwicklung der Stadt Genf, ihre Form und ihr Aussehen, ist untrennbar mit der Historiographie der verfügbaren Energiequellen verbunden. Für die Planung war die Ressource Natur stets…
teaching: BFH master thesis
External expert and reviewer for the master thesis „The planning related urban climatology“ by Lamya Zaykah. The advice of the ongoing Master’s thesis relates to the exploration of urban climate as a means of urban design and architecture. As an external consultant, the focus is on reviewing the author’s preliminary working thesis and theoretical argumentation.…
news: book review
Review of Klimapolis in DIE ARCHITEKT by scholar Lidia Casperoni (feb 2023): Wenn die gegenwärtige Debatte über die Nachhaltigkeit von Architektur auf dem Versuch beruht, eine lediglich auf die Gestaltung des einzelnen Gebäudes ausgerichtete Perspektive zu überwinden, leistet die Buchreihe „Klima Polis“ einen grundlegenden Beitrag in diese Richtung. Die zwei bei Birkhäuser erschienenen, auch als…
book: review
Marc Angélil reviews both Publications for the architecture magazine WERK, BAUEN & WOHNEN (1_2/2023): Perspektivenwechsel Zwei Bände über Klima, Stadt und Entwerfen Kaum beginne man mit der Lektüre, kann keiner der beiden Bände aus der Hand gelegt werden. Im englischen Sprachgebrauch lautet der hierfür verwendete Begriff Page-Turner. Die Bücher erzählen von einer Ideengeschichte des Klimawandels,…
book: mentioning
Baunetz presents the Klimapolis series published with Birkhäuser. -> go to Baunetz LinkedIn post below:
snsf: agora grant proposal
Future Urban Climates. Recordings from the Subtropical City of Zurich. The Project «Future Urban Climates» targets high school classes to communicate scientific and architectural insights related to urban climates. The research content is embedded in the larger context of climate change and the corresponding challenges facing cities that must cope with the negative implications now…
book: launch of the klimapolis series
Launch of Coping with Urban Climates at the Never Stop Reading book store in Zurich, 4th October 2022. Presentation of the two publications City, Climate, Architecture vol.1 and Coping with Urban Climates vol.2 at Never Stop Reading book store for art, architecture, design and photography. The panel discussion with Sascha Roesler, Madlen Kobi, Lorenzo Stieger…
snsf: nrp80 grant proposal „covid-19 in society“
Learning Cities. Past and Future of Urban Planning and Design After Pandemics. In cities, pandemics spread out and reveal fragilities in the way human society is organised. Hence, the focus on cities as pandemic centres reveals not only the link between density and pandemics , but also the challenge faced by urbanised territories in tackling…
