Publications associées à Urban renaissance

The optimum is not the goal: Capturing the decision space for the planning of new neighborhoods

François Maréchal, Jessen Page, Nils Christian Schüler, Sébastien Cajot

This article presents the development and application of a methodology that employs optimization not to seek the single or few optimal plan(s) but to provide planners with a systematic overview of their decision space. As urban development projects are not ...

2018

Fostering sustainable urban renewal at the neighborhood scale with a spatial decision support system

Martine Laprise, Maria Gracia Riera Perez, Emmanuel Rey

Sustainable urban densification is one of the main challenges of European post-industrial cities. In Switzerland, a recent adaptation of the federal law on spatial planning reinforces the limitation of urban sprawl. Hence, public authorities are confronted ...

2018

Logement de masse : Vienne et Francfort

Alessandro Porotto

This research has investigated the urban policies about mass housing at the beginning of 20th century. This was a unifying and crucial issue of several modern experiences to which many European cities developed adequate answers showing a wide range of dist ...

EPFL2018

Méthodologie multicritère d'aide à la décision pour le renouvellement urbain à l'échelle du quartier

Maria Gracia Riera Perez

The present work develops a new methodology for assessing urban renewal scenarios at the neighborhood scale. Entitled URBIUS, this methodology seeks to meet the needs of municipalities in terms of planning for the development of their urban built fabric. I ...

EPFL2016

Made by China: the transformation of an African city : a visual exploration of the Light Rail Transit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Alexandra Belinesh Thorer

Over the past two decades China has become increasingly involved in Africa. From rising trade and investment capital to a rapid climb in industrial and construction activity, a new foundation has been laid for Africaâ s development. While Africaâ s econo ...

EPFL2015

Sustainability assessment of an urban neighborhood revitalization project in Bogotá by transposition of European indicator systems to the Colombian context

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey

With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America is one of the most urbanized regions in the planet. Its urban areas are characterized by rapid transformations that entail urban sprawl and the subsequent environmental impacts, social segregation ...

2015

Concevoir à grande échelle : modèles d'interfaces de mobilité et stratégies de transformations urbaines

Mathieu Louis Pierre Mercuriali

Large-scale design - Mobility interface models and urban transformation strategies This research project is based on the hypothesis that the urban transformations generated by mobility interfaces constitute a key component of successful sustainable urban ...

EPFL2015

Estimated reduction of energy consumption related to mobility in urban renewal projects

Maria Gracia Riera Perez, Emmanuel Rey

The urban sprawl that characterizes most European cities relies highly on the use of private motor vehicle. As a result, there is a prominent increase in the energy consumption of the built environment. Therefore, the densification of existing urban areas ...

2013

Comparative multi-criteria assessment of urban renewal scenarios for existing neighborhoods

Maria Gracia Riera Perez, Emmanuel Rey

The growth of European cities in recent decades, mainly characterized by a decreasing density and a functional segregation, has tendentially increased mobility, soil consumption, urban sprawl, social disparities and infrastructural costs. Hence, most Europ ...

2012