Event

STUDIO ZURICH FOODSCAPESFinal Showcase ETH Zürich

We were happy to host the Final Showcase of the research and design studio ZURICH FOODSCAPES: Design for an Agroecological region that concluded the spring semester of the MAS in Urban and Territorial Design 2025-2026 on Friday, the 19th of June at the large greenhouse of the Areal Dunkelhölzli.

The MAS participants presented the results of four months of research and design work. A small exhibition accompanied the presentations, where key elements of each group’s work and the studio’s common vision were on display. It was a day full of interesting discussions, hopeful visions and critical reflections.

We were delighted to be joined by our guests and reviewers Marc Angélil, ETHZ, professir emiritus, architect, and urban designer; Andjelka Badnjar Gojnić, TUM, architect, curator, and researcher; Gianna Ledermann, EPFL, architect, doctoral candidate, and writer; Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, EPFL, professor, architect, and urban designer; Adrian Müller, FiBL, physicist and researcher; and Judith Riedel, Institut für Agrarökologie, co-founder, director, and ecologist.

Thanks again to all the participants of the MAS UTD of 2025-2026. We congratulate them for their works and we wish them all the best in their future!

  1. ZURICH FOODSCAPES: Welcome & Introduction
    Milica Topalović, Meike Stender, Jan Westerheide

  2. LANDSCAPES OF THE METROPOLITAN CORES
    Virginia Chavarria Elvir, Spyridon Karakostas, Maria Tsigka

  3. PASTURE LANDS
    Mingxin Chen, Grégoire Jadoul, Jo Schmiz

  4. Coffee Break

  5. Forests, Trees and Canopies
    Alexey Mityaev

  6. Lunch Break

  7. Crop Rotation Plains
    Mai Joseph, Adèle Kremer, Evangelos Stampelos

  8. Mosaic Midheights
    Catherine Cibeira Lachmann, Eunsol Jo, Iliade Sakr

  9. Drained Valley Floors
    Manuela Silva Orozco, Bartosz Wojcik

  10. TOWARDS AN AGROECOLOGICAL REGION: Final Discussion

ETH Zürich D-ARCH

Programme Director
Milica Topalović, Assoc. Professor
Chair of Architecture and Territorial Planinng

Programme Co-ordinator
Dr. Nancy Couling

EPFL ENAC

Programme Director
Paola Viganò, Professor
Habitat Research Center

Programme Co-ordinator
Dr. Tommaso Pietropolli