ASL in the IJAC

Our paper entitled "Adaptive Distributed Robotics for Environmental Performance, Occupant Comfort and Architectural Expression" has been selected for publication in the International Journal of Architectural Computing IJAC special issue on Architectural Robotics.

> More at the Adaptive Systems Lab

SuAT receives 'Award of Excellence' at the competition 'Next Generation Sustainable House'

After having been selected as one the three finalist teams, the SuAT student team presented the project ‘Transient Boundaries’ for the international university architectural competition 'Next Generation Sustainable House, Taiki-Cho' on April 27 at the United Nations University, Tokyo. Following the presentation and a challenging question and answer session by the jury headed by Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma, the project was ranked 1st, tied with the project from Keio University (Co+labo, Prof. Radovic), Tokyo and ahead of teams from renowned universities such as the Tshingua University, China Academy of Art, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Architectural Association (AA), Aalto University, Technische Universität München, Politecnico di Milano, Universitetet i Oslo and Tohoku University.

Adaptive Solar Envelope featured in ETH Annual Report

The Adaptive Solar Envelope (ASE) has been featured in the 2011 ETH Zürich Annual Report. English and German version of the report can be found here.

Next Generation Sustainable House Competition - SuAT Students invited to Japan

Selected as one of the three selected finalists, the SuAT Student Competition team and Prof. Schlueter are invited to Japan to present their revolutionary design for the "Next Generation Sustainable House - Taiki Cho". Among the international universities invited for the initial design competition were the MIT, Architectural Association (AA), TU Munich, Columbia University, Polytechnic of Milan and Tsinghua University. The final review, headed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma will take part on April 27, Tokyo.

> More on the Competition Website

SuAT team students are: Severin Ritter, Flavio Schnelli, Susanne Büchi, Janine Erzinger

Future Cities Lab Inauguration, Singapore

"The Singapore-ETH Centre was officially inaugurated at a ceremony on Friday 16 March. The ceremony featured keynote speeches from Dr Alain Berset, Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Home, and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and WaterResources.

Vortrag 'Spielräume: auf dem Weg zur postfossilen Stadt"

Vortrag von Arno Schlueter im Architekturforum Zürich auf Einladung des BSA: 
'Spielräume: auf dem Weg zur postfossilen Stadt'
26.01.2012 / 18.00 Uhr

BubbleZERO Launch Event, Singapore

On January 19th the Future Cities Laboratory Module 1: Low Exergy will host a launch event for its new high performance building system laboratory, BubbleZERO – Zero Emission Research Operation. Prof Hansjürg Leibundgut from our partners from the Building Systems Group will deliver a keynote followed by tours of the Bubble with the Low Exergy Module Team and an Apero.

> More info at the BubbleZERO page.

Seminarweek Spring 2012: "Adaptive Solar Facade Workshop"

The Adaptive Solar Facade Workshop will introduce students to concepts of adaptive systems and their potential in sustainable facade design. Buildings, while often thought of as static objects, have the capacity to respond to and influence their environments. During the workshop we will explore the design of dynamic facade systems with the capacity to respond to changes in both internal and external environmental factors such as the sun and user behaviour.

ASL @ PerCom 2012

Our paper entitled "Sustainable Architecture and Human Comfort through Adaptive Distributed Systems" has been selected for publication at the IEEE Pervasive Computing (PerCom) Conference 2012.

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PoSiP - New SNF Project

SuAT obtains a SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) grant for the PoSiP project (Potentials of Site and Proximity for Sustainable Buildings and Neighborhoods).