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Future Cities Laboratory (FCL)

FCL was established by ETH Zurich and Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF). It is run under the auspices of the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC). Collaborating academic partners include the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

The Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) is a transdisciplinary research centre focused on urban sustainability in a global frame.

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INFORMALIZE! Essays on the political economy of urban form

Just published is a book edited by Angélil, M. and Hehl, R.

The book is the first volume in a forthcoming series developed in conjunction with the Urban Mutations on the Edge seminar at the ETH, Zurich. The collection of …

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François Roche Lecture

François Roche, principal of R&Sie(n) architects, visited Future Cities Laboratory this week. He worked with FCL’s research Module II – led by Prof. Matthias Kohler and Prof. Fabio Gramazio – reviewing current large-scaled studies on digitally assembled high-rise structures in Singapore, and …

Module II, Review with François Roche and Christophe Girot, Tuedsay 8 May 2012

Jo Santoso Seminar on Jakarta

Prof. Jo Santoso delivered a seminar at FCL on the history and fortunes of urban development in Jakarta titled ‘The Fifth Layer of Jakarta: The Importance of Local-Based Knowledge for the Sustainable Future of Cities’. Jo is Head of the Graduate …

Straw Panel Workshop in Addis Ababa

The EiABC Addis Ababa together with the Bauhaus University Weimar and the Chair of Architecture and Construction at FCL Singapore completed successfully the first construction of a double storey dwelling unit out of straw panels world wide. The so-called Sustainable …

Sustainable Emerging City Unit (SECU)

Tropical Town Project Launched at Rotterdam Biennale

The Tropical Town project on the island of Batam, Indonesia, was launched at the fifth International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam last week. The Tropical Town is a model sustainable settlement for rapidly urbanising contexts in Southeast Asia. At the centre of this project is an …

Tropical Town installation at the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, 'Making City'

FCL EXHIBITION AT ETH ZURICH, 18 April 2012

The FCL Exhibition at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, which will run till October, showcases the ongoing research that is carried out at the Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore. The aim of the exhibition is to inform students, staff and the general public …

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SEC researchers win top award in sustainable construction

The Holcim Innovation 1st prize 2012 went to SEC researchers Gramazio & Kohler, Architektur und Digitale Fabrikation at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). Click to read more …

Swiss Foundation Sponsors Sustainable Rural Housing Research in Ethiopia

The Arthur Waser Foundation, based in Lucerene Switzerland, recently agreed to sponsor a continuous research project called SRDU (Sustainable Rural Dwelling Unit) in Ethiopia to the tune of 460,000 Swiss Francs over the next three years. Click to read more …

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