NSL Forum

About the job

NSL Forum

In a dialogue for practice and universities, the Network City and Landscape (NSL) of ETH Zurich took stock of spatial development in Switzerland on 11 November at the Volkshaus Zurich. The starting point was insights from the pandemic situation, with the background of climate change. The conference was a contribution to the discussion on pressing tasks and possible solutions.

TOPIC BLOCKS

Urban Spaces How can climate-friendly urban development be organised and implemented democratically and fairly?

Roundtable discussion with Barbara Emmenegger (Sociology & Space, Zurich, Sociologist), David Kaufmann (ETH Zurich, Spatial Development and Urban Policy), Philippe Koch (ZHAW, Urban Policy and Urban Processes), Christian Schmid (ETH Zurich, Sociology Lecturer)

Landscape Spaces

Who owns the landscape and can landscape no longer be understood only as an economic, but increasingly also as a public resource?

Roundtable discussion with Marion Löhndorf (Culture Correspondent NZZ), Andrea Näf-Clasen (Head of the Office for Spatial Development Thurgau), Markus Ritter (Ecologist), Günther Vogt (ETH Zurich, Landscape Architecture)

Mobility Spaces

Was the pandemic the kickstart to a new understanding of mobility and what would be the consequences?

Roundtable discussion with Kay W. Axhausen (ETH Zurich, Transport Planning), Jörg Jermann (Rapp Trans AG, New Mobility), Paul Schneeberger (Spatial Planner and Historian), Joris Van Wezemael (ETH Zurich, Spatial Transformation Laboratories)

Research Spaces

"So what" vs. "Quo Vadis": Where should and can we start, or not

Classification and discussion with Markus Nollert (ETH Zurich, Spatial Transformation Laboratories), Joris Van Wezemael (ETH Zurich, Spatial Transformation Laboratories) and other guests as well as experts from the audience