Revisiting Density

The CIAM Study for the Redevelopment of Zürich’s Langstrassen Quarter, 1935-1937 and its Impact

Abstract (2021)

Authors

T. Herdt Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
Sibylle Wälty ETH Zürich
Research Group
Urban Design (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Urban Design

Abstract

With the revision of the Swiss Spatial Planning Act in 2012 and its implementation 2014, inward settlement development became the main objective of urban design and planning in Switzerland. As Zürich has to cope with a 25% increase in population by 2040, the revision of the city’s building and zoning laws requires a revision of urban densification strategies and the instruments for controlling density and land use. Furthermore, the turn towards inward settlement development opens up a discussion on the social vision of urban design and the ecological and socio-economic consequences of spatial interventions on future quality of life and the inclusiveness of cities.

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