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Forestscapes and the plantation. The ‚longue-durée‘ of Swiss coloniality shaping Brazilian and Swiss land

Denise Bertschi

How can artistic practices trace, unearth and reveal long lasting intrusion into landscapes and ecosystems through colonial infrastructure? This talk compares the romantizised visual language in travelogues of european „scientific“ explorers in the forests ...

2023

Modern Schools in Angola, 1961-1975: Design with Climate and Heritage

Maria Margarida Gonçalves Quintã

The architectural production of Angola between 1961 and 1975 forms the basis of the current study. Taking into consideration that buildings' environmental performance is, at one time, one of the most central aspects of the Modern Movement legacy and a pres ...

EPFL2020

10 anos de Porto Maravilha: Do projeto de renovação à construção de um novo espaço de exclusão

Mariana Fernandes Mendes

This book is a ten-year review of the Porto Maravilha project and the result of ten years of research on Rio de Janeiro conducted under the direction of Professor Anne- Marie Broudehoux from the School of Design of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM ...

Letra Capital2019

Transport à câble aérien en milieu urbain: pertinence et pratique

Fernando Anisio De Oliveira Simas

The intense urbanization of cities has left few options when it comes to insert large mobility infrastructure they need to move their inhabitants. A surface rail network, a dedicated roadway bus line or any other mobility infrastructure such as a tramway a ...

EPFL2019

Urban transportation is currently experiencing major changes, namely because of disruptive innovations driven by the information and communication technologies (ICTs). During the past few years, ride-booking has emerged in many cities around the world as o ...

WIT PRESS2018

A integração de redes sociais e espaciais é fundamental para novas abordagens a cidades como sistemas de interacção. Neste artigo, propomos uma maneira de analisar as condições espaciais e temporais do encontro como condição da formação de redes sociais. R ...

2017

Technological innovation has become central to the development of nations. The OECD countries and developing countries have created systems to encourage innovation and dissemination of technological innovation. In macroeconomic terms, companies already rec ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Depuis le début du vingtième siècle, l'hétérogénéité, la diversité ou la mixité et leurs conséquences en termes de vivre-ensemble sont au centre de l'attention des sociologues prenant la ville pour objet ou pour terrain. Cette enquête, menée par des étudia ...

Université de Genève2016

This introduction reviews the experience of the water and sanitation sector since the 1990 New Delhi Statement Some for All Rather than More for Some. It explores the policy pathways and contested politics that took place as a result of three key years in ...

2012

"VitaHôtel" – Un pôle d'attraction pour la ville de sport de Davos (GR).

Carol Hutmacher

La ville de Davos présente à l'état actuel un centre-ville linéaire sur la Promenade. Suite à l'analyse, une stratégie de développement urbain envisage une extension surfacique du centre. Il se situe entre la Promenade et la rue parallèle, la Talstrasse, e ...

2008