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In the last 25 years, China’s housing policy has led to rapid growth and urbanization. Are the days of standardized mass production over?

This year's Athena Lecture will take place on Tuesday evening, March 4, 2025, at 6:15 PM and will be given by architect and researcher Christina Varvia from Forensic Architecture on the topic "Across the Border." We look forward to an exciting lecture in HIL E 4.

Metaxia is an architect, urban researcher, and educator holding a PhD from ETH Zurich in Landscape and Urban Studies. In her dissertation «ARCADIA Politics of Land and Nature - From peripheralisation to extended citizenship» she explores processes of extended urbanisation at the depopulating mountainous regions of Arcadia in Greece.

On Friday, May 9, 2025, this year's ETH Forum Wohnungsbau conference on "ARCHITECTURES OF THE FAMILY – Dynamics of Living Together and Demands on the Housing Market" will take place. The registration is open!

After the no to the highway expansion, alternatives are needed to reduce traffic. Sibylle Wälty from ETH Zurich sees the 10-minute neighborhood as a solution for reducing congestion. She explains why, in the Aargauer Zeitung.  

In the article with the Tagesanzeiger and in the Tele Z report, Sibylle Wälty calls for Zurich's building regulations to be questioned so that more affordable living space can be created in central locations – just as the concept of «10-Minuten-Nachbarschaften» demands.