The project proposes a data-driven meta model to analyze building energy performance. Through the model reduction process, the complexity of building simulation is removed such that the method becomes accessible to practitioners in planning, thus supporting a more sustainable building design.  ...

The project will develop a digital framework for fusing, analysing, forecasting, and visualising dataflows to promote informed sustainable and occupant-centric building operation decisions, and sustainable behavioural changes of the occupants. To this aim, it is created a detailed energy model (EM) of the Haus ...

This project proposes a novel mobile panel cooling solution for buildings in response to the increasing demand for space cooling. By using phase change materials for thermal energy storage the cooling panels are no fixed installation but can actually be moved freely in the space and used on demand only. Conventional ...

This research project proposes the development of bio-based, carbon negative building insula-tion material building upon a successful previous feasibility study. The material development is based on the use of organic waste material which is further processed using natural binders and a subsequent carbonization ...

The Swiss IPD project proposes a practical method for Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) specific to the Swiss construction market and its legal, regulatory and cultural environment to significantly improve the efficiency, quality and sustainability of construction projects in Switzerland. Traditional project ...

An innovative video game aims to help refugee children from Ukraine integrate and feel at home in Zurich. They can playfully explore the city of Zurich in a virtual way and at the same time establish local references to their hometown. In a 3D model of the city of Zurich, defining buildings are modeled, e.g. the ...

The research project TCology is addressing the novel topic of thermochemical networks (TCN) for heat and cold generation, distribution and storage and aims at identifying suitability and applicability to the Swiss context. In comparison to classical hydronic district heating and cooling networks (DHCN), TCNs show a ...

From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, architecture in Italy and in particular in Milan was strongly bound and motivated by political conviction. In history books, though, all that is left of this intense period of intellectual and professional activity seems to be the sole figure of Aldo Rossi, especially in ...

Initial situation: Increasing building density is putting pressure on green spaces and thus on the living conditions for flora, fauna and people. However, the sixth IPPC report and the Covid 19 pandemic clearly demonstrate this: Green spaces that enable recreation and the experience of nature in the immediate ...

In a global context characterised by the governmental withdrawal from the housing sector, the commodification of housing, and the inability of the private sector to cater to the needs of low-?income people, housing cooperatives are being rediscovered as a third way in the provision of affordable housing. However, ...

The research project pursues one fundamental question: “how do architects think about space?” It builds upon the (yet unproven) assumption that architects have high spatial abilities and spatial knowledge, and asks what the nature of these abilities is. To answer this, we will study spatial abilities among ...