Research Overture 4 | Dense and Green Cities
Channel: (FCL) Future Cities Laboratory
Date: 2021-10-05

Research Overture
This series of talks focuses on new research topics being developed at Future Cities Lab (FCL) Global. Each seminar is an opportunity for the team leading the research to articulate their aims and aspirations, as well as the challenges they expect to face. It is also an occasion for participants to help shape the research through dialogue.

4 | Dense and Green Cities
Presented on 29 Sep, 2021

Contemporary urban planning and design practice is increasingly exploring the development of sustainable integrated districts (SIDs) as a model for high-density, high-liveability future cities. SIDs aim to fully realise the potential of urban innovations, transformation and systems solutions by deploying and integrating them at the district scale. Density and sustainability in SIDs are seen as mutually dependent and synergistic. In addition, SIDs often serve as a test bed for examining a place-based approach to governance arrangements. The place-based approach focuses on strengthening local human capacity among the diverse stakeholders that are involved in planning and implementing the SIDs.This talk will introduce important aspects of the urban planning and design, architectural, social, environmental, economic and governance systems performance of SIDs through interdisciplinary work packages. These work packages allow for an evaluation, comparison, and mutual learning regarding how SIDs are planned and realised in different settlement systems and different climate zones. The emphasis of the research is on Zurich and Singapore, two cities that rank highly on liveability indices and that are both characterised by a world-class vibrant urban research and design culture resulting from different governance approaches. Building on the results of the previous two FCL phases, the research will expand the knowledge on SIDs as an effective model for future urban development.

Presenters
Prof. Sacha Menz
Principal Investigator & Professor, Chair of Architecture and Building Process, ETH Zürich
Prof. Dr Thomas Schröpfer
Principal Investigator & Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Future Cities Laboratory
Singapore-ETH Centre

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