2024

This year's ETH Forum Wohnungsbau conference on Friday, 24 May 2024 provides a platform for discussing pressing questions of our time. Under the title ‘MORE HOUSING IN CITIES – How to achieve urban densification?,’ experts discuss the opportunities and challenges related to housing and spatial planning in rapidly growing communities.

The recently launched EU Horizon project "ReHousIn: Contextualized pathways to Reduce Housing Inequalities in the green and digital transition" aims to develop measures and recommendations for better interaction between environmentally sustainable initiatives and socially inclusive housing.

MAS ETH in Housing, in collaboration with our partners at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, recently concluded a transformative Seminar Week in Bogotá, Colombia. Over the course of two immersive weeks, we explored the potential of housing cooperatives in addressing the pressing challenges faced by communities in Bogota´s city center.

Are you concerned about the global conflicts and natural disasters, and interested to learn more about career opportunities in international humanitarian aid, and explore a possible career path in this domain? Join us for an open exchange event with reconstruction experts!

Prof. Maria Conen was appointed as a full professor of Architecture & Housing at ETH Zurich in 2022 and serves on the Board of Directors at ETH Wohnforum. In her inaugural lecture, Prof. Maria Conen emphasizes the significance of 'Spaces & Cycles'. We look forward to this significant moment and wish Prof. Maria Conen every success!

We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, Director of the ETH Wohnforum, will be participating in the Symposium "The Future of Housing Standards" in London 19 March 2024.