Students: Abdulghani Aljajah, Lea Johanna Beck, Hannah Berner, Rebecca Raphaela Elke Gisela Brandmayer,
Maximiliano Chappuzeau Munoz, Rasmus Michel Ehlers, Noah Simon Ehlers, Mersede Eyni, Seida
Lucia Charlotte Feldheim, Amelie Bente Gadow, Lorenz Nikolaus Hahnheiser, Leon Jacob Hidalgo
Alberca, Teresa Pauline Immler, Wiktor Korol, Sarah Sophia Kramer, Leandra Leipold, Leon
Robin Lohrer, Tsvetelina Markova, Hui Miao, Julius Morgenstern, Sarah Möller, Stephanie Rachel
Pyalanda, Lia Reimann, Gökce Senol, Rebecca Jane Sharp, Ferdinand Storjohann, Ala Talebian, Joseph
Michael Tuegel, Anne Sophie Wilhelm, Theresa Zöllner, and Merve Özyalin.
Across natural and cultivated spaces, but also in inhabited areas, soils form a thin,
fragile and dynamic layer at the interface of the geo-, bio- and atmospheres. By infiltrating water, acting as carbon sink, growing food and supporting biodiversity,
they provide crucial ecosystem services for global mitigation and local adaptation
to climate change. The new Chair of Urban Transitioning Ecosystems is therefore
committed to develop design strategies for URBAN SOIL preservation and
regeneration through the ecological transition and sustainable requalification of
metropolitan areas.
This design studio contributes to a transdisciplinary and research-by-design project supported by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. An experimental/participative workshop in Lausanne and Zurich will give students the opportunity to interact with stakeholders, research partners, and local actors, while a series of design assignments during the semester will help them to gradually engage with the fundamental concepts of urban ecology. By performing cross-scalar mapping and conceiving novel typologies of urban habitats, the objective is to build up various
spatial and metabolic scenarios targeting the sequestration of organic carbon in Swiss urban soils.