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Forestscapes and the plantation. The ‚longue-durée‘ of Swiss coloniality shaping Brazilian and Swiss land
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 ...
2023Modern 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 ...
EPFL202010 anos de Porto Maravilha: Do projeto de renovação à construção de um novo espaço de exclusão
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 Capital2019Transport 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 ...
EPFL2019Public policy for innovation and urban environment
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, PSI2017Connivences et antagonismes. Enquête sociologique dans six rues de Genève
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 Genève2016Introduction: 'Some for All Rather than More for Some'? Contested Pathways and Politics since the 1990 New Delhi Statement
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).
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 ...
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