FUTURE CITIES ZUKUNFTSSTÄDTE

Daniel Kübler Institut für Politikwissenschaften, Universität Zürich, NFP 65 Neue Urbane Qualitäten, Urbane Brüche / lokale Interventionen: Perspektiven einer suburbanen Planung

Lai Choo Malone-Lee Kees Christiaanse

Switzerland A Low Density Country

Where Einstein started his career Number One and #2 University in Continental Europe Number One cities Number One in Competitiveness Number One in Innovation Resilient

SEC: Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability FCL: Future Cities Laboratory

SEC: The Vision

FCL Future Cities Laboratory

FRS Future Resilient Systems

FFS Future Food Security

Phase 1: 2010-2015

Phase 1: 2013-2018

Phase 1: 2015-2020

Phase 2: 2015+

Phase 2: 2018+

SEC: The Vision

FCL Future Cities Laboratory

FRS Future Resilient Systems

FCL Future Cities Laboratory

Future Resilient Systems (FRS)

SEC: The Vision

FCL Future Cities Laboratory

FRS Future Resilient Systems

FFS Future Food Security

Urban Metabolism Understand the city as a dynamic and complex system Read and model this system in terms of Stocks and Flows, specific and pre-specific Recognise Urban Stocks as basic elements of the urban metabolism and as locally available resources

In-depth disciplinary and

Interdisciplinary research

Design Research Studios

Planning and construction sites as

laboratory- living labs

In-depth disciplinary and In-depth disciplinary and

Interdisciplinary research

Design Research Studios

Planning and construction sites as

laboratory- living labs

In-depth disciplinary and

Scales Stocks and Flows

FCL

Leibundgut

Hovestadt

Hebel Angelil Oswald

Picon

Evening-Discussion

Malone Lee

Prior Urban Farmers Chen

Kunze

Ethiopian Students

Cairns Jacobs

Läpple

Wada

Schmid City Performance

Research Locations

Research Questions

Which methods can increase the sustainable performance of cities? How can we develop a new curriculum of urban science?

Developing systems to cut the electricity used for the standard air-conditioner and to reduce CO2 emissions caused by air conditioners.

Low Exergy Prof. Dr. Hansjürg Leibundgut

Image source: Module I

Research Modules

Module I: Low Exergy

Using the concept of exergy to develop better building systems, reducing energy consumption and eliminating CO2 emissions.

Implemented in Switzerland Monte Rosa, Science City, B35 etc. Transported to Singapore BubbleZERO

Using robotic technology to design models of high-rise buildings.

Digital Fabrication Prof. Fabio Gramazio Prof. Matthias Kohler

Image source: Bas Princen

Research Modules

High rise embedded in urban context (Rochor area)

01 - Robotic Fabrication Concepts and scenarios for robotic application in the construction of high rises 02 - Computational Design Software environments for designing with robots 03 - Material and Constructive Systems Collaboration with international industry partner

Design of robotic fabricated high rises

PLANNED ACHIEVEMENTS Linking the three major research strands to the design research studio and by embedding advanced knowledge in high rise models, design experiments and test cases.

An Interdisciplinary Case Study on the Development of Singapore Public Housing Typologies (1960-Present).

Housing Prof. Sacha Menz

Image source: Module X

Research Modules

Exploring the preservation and conservation of heritage buildings.

Transforming & Mining Urban Stocks Prof. Dr Uta Hassler

Image source: Module III

Research Modules

III Transforming & Mining Urban Stocks Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler

Robinson Road, Singapore

Exploring the historic structure and dynamics of the building stock for a preservation of cultural, social, physical, economic, and natural resources.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Quantify changes…

0 100 200 300 40050Meters

Legend

1930-1970 (charting) Rochor Map

Analysis

Demolished buildings since 1970

Existing buildings since 1930 (unchanged)

Existing buildings since 1930 (modified)

0 100 200 300 40050Meters

Legend

2008 Rochor Map (SLA data)

Analysis

New buildings since 1970

Existing buildings since 1930 (unchanged)

Existing buildings since 1930 (modified)

0 100 200 300 40050Meters

Legend

2008 Rochor Map (SLA data)

Analysis

New buildings since 1970

Existing buildings since 1930 (unchanged)

Existing buildings since 1930 (modified)

0 100 200 300 40050Meters

Legend

1930-1970 (charting) Rochor Map

Analysis

Demolished buildings since 1970

Existing buildings since 1930 (unchanged)

Existing buildings since 1930 (modified)

… quantify changes and identify drivers for change…

… formulate development scenarios for the next 50 years that can inform strategies to maximize resource efficiency.

Upper Dickson Road, Singapore

Dickson Road, Singapore

STEPS AHEAD

Sources: analysis based on SLA 2008 data and on Survey Maps from to 1970s

Investigating the notion of centralities in the city, and the role of the airport with respect to mobility, migration and infrastructure.

Urban Design Strategies & Resources Prof. Kees Christiaanse

Image source: Max Hirsh

Research Modules

Module IV PLANNED ACHIEVEMENTS Conference on airport design (co-sponsored by CAAS) Conference on mobility & migration in the East Asian city Conference on “The Future of Rochor” Publications & exhibitions to accompany each conference Peer-reviewed journal articles resulting from each PhD project

Comparative studies of cities Urban Sociology Prof. Dr Christian Schmid

Image source: Module V

Research Modules

Mitigating poverty through building sustainable towns.

Territorial Organisation Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil

Image source: Module VI

Research Modules

Planned Achievements

4 Doctoral Theses

The Book

The Town

Baltimore Dharavi Addis Ababa

NESTown

Egypt

Mirroring Effects: On the Political Economy of Territory

Marc Angélil and Cary Siress

Understanding and improving the future of urban rivers.

Landscape Ecology Prof. Christophe Girot

Image source: Derek Vollmer

Research Modules

Studying urban transport systems to maximize efficiency.

Mobility & Transportation Planning Prof. Dr. Kay Axhausen

Image source: Module VIII

Research Modules

VIII Mobility and Transportation Planning Planned Achievements for the Coming Two Years 1. MATSim Singapore – Validation against observations, e.g. traffic counts, EZ Link data – Calibration to Singapore travel behaviour – Car park model and vehicle emission model 2. PhD project: Medium and Long Term Model – Expanding the scope of MATSim: household coordination, weekly model,

social networks – Integration with land use model , demographics and year to year update 3. Collaborations – Various projects with LTA, e.g. optimisation of public transport and ERP – Vehicle emission model with NEA – Other collaboration with Singapore authorities such as URA, SLA and

SMART MIT, TUM CREATE

Weekday

Saturday

Hedonic regression of residential property prices

Supporting design- and decision-making processes with new data acquisition, information visualisation and simulation techniques.

Simulation Platform Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt

Image source: Naomi Hanakata

Research Modules

ALTERNATIVE AND ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS FOR CITY AND TERRITORY LIFE CYCLE SIMULATION Quantum of Cityness. FCL Lecture by Dr. Vera Bühlmann on August 28, 2012 in the Value Lab Asia, Singapore.

ALTERNATIVE AND ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS FOR CITY AND TERRITORY LIFE CYCLE SIMULATION

Self Organizing Maps, SOM. Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt in the lecture on Quantum Cities on August 29, 2012 in the Value Lab Asia, Singapore

Investigating various scenarios pertaining to the question of waste in the making of the globalising city.

Assistant Professorship of Architecture and Construction Asst. Prof. Dirk Hebel

Image source: Dirk Hebel

Assistant Professorships

Research in the field of steering the city by means of regulatory frameworks.

Assistant Professorship of Architecture and Urban Design Asst. Prof. Alex Lehnerer

Image source: Alex Lehnerer

Assistant Professorships

Researching on Singapore’s hinterlands in the region Singapore- Johor-Riau and their functional links with the city.

Assistant Professorship of Architecture and Territorial Planning Asst. Prof. Milica Topalovic

Image source: Milica Topalovic

Assistant Professorships

The research looks into Singapore’s influence beyond it’s borders, in the tri-national territory of Singapore, Johor and

Is Singapore an island or part of an urban region?

Image source: Architecture of Territory, FCL.

Riau, and describes the urban characteristics of the emerging metropolitan region.

August/September 2012: • 157 people, 31

nationalities • 9 Principal

Investigators • 19 Affiliated Faculty

(ETH Zurich, NUS, NTU)

• 3 Assistant Professors

• 21 Senior Researchers / Post Docs

• 52 PhDs • 53 Masters students

Achievements • 89 Academic

articles/journal publications

• 91 International conference publications

• 11 Book publications • S$ 553,000 industry

funding • 56 Science-to-

Industry talks • 10 Exhibitions • 6 International

conferences (organised by SEC)

September 2010: • SEC established

with 2 people

In-depth disciplinary and

Interdisciplinary research

Design Research Studios

Planning and construction sites as

laboratory- living labs

In-depth disciplinary and In-depth disciplinary and

Interdisciplinary research

Design Research Studios

Planning and construction sites as

laboratory- living labs

In-depth disciplinary and

FCL

Leibundgut

Hovestadt

Hebel

Angelil Oswald

Picon

Evening-Discussion

Malone Lee

Prior

Urban Farmers

Chen Kunze

Ethiopian Students

Cairns

Jacobs

Läpple Wada

Schmid

City Performance

ALTERNATIVE AND ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS FOR BUILDING, CITY AND TERRITORY LIFE CYCLE SIMULATION

Image source: Felicia Bettschart

Theoretical building shape in the tropics, if, for example, height-based rent, shading potential, water collection, and energy collection potential were considered

Gardens by the Bay, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2012