This semester cycle, we will focus on the most urgent issue as a global community and therefore one of the main responsibilities for the architectural practice: the climate. We will transform recent architectural landmarks along the railway yard - Zurich’s heat island - into resilient, sustainable, low-tech buildings for the climate scenarios expected in 50 years.

The shift from ‘Ersatzneubau’ as the status quo to an intelligent approach to our existing building stock has just begun. This transition demands new roles, new knowledge, and new ways of action. The course examines, through lectures and discussions with guests,the fields of action that open up for architects to actively shape a changing building culture.

The shift from ‘Ersatzneubau’ as the status quo to an intelligent approach to our existing building stock has just begun. This transition demands new roles, new knowledge, and new ways of action. The course examines, through lectures and discussions with guests,the fields of action that open up for architects to actively shape a changing building culture.