Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and Swiss University ETH Zurich inaugurated the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC), on 16 March 2012, in the new Campus for Research And Technological Enterprise (CREATE). To read more, please download our press release.
Inauguration Press Release
Media coverage of SEC inauguration
A number of media outlets in Singapore and Switzerland covered the Inauguration events at SEC. Click to read more …
Robotics Laboratory in Action
The robotic fabrication equipment was demonstrated to visiting dignitaries and around 150 guests on Friday.
Inauguration: Lion Dance, Ribbon Cutting and Exhibition
The Singapore-ETH Centre was officially inaugurated at a ceremony on Friday 16 March. The ceremony featured keynote speeches from Dr Alain Berset, Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Home, and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and WaterResources.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Demonstration at Inauguration
Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, Dr Alain Berset, and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in conversation with Prof Dr Armin Gruen of the Future Cities Laboratory at the inauguration of the Singapore-ETH Centre.
Book Launch: Belgrade. Formal / Informal
A new book on the urban transformation of the city of Belgrade was launched this week. Titled Belgrade. Formal / Informal: A Study on Urban Transformation, the book features the work of Milica Topalovic (Assistant Professor at Future Cities …
Singapore-ETH Centre Inauguration
Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and Swiss University ETH Zurich will inaugurate the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC), in the new Campus for Research And Technological Enterprise (CREATE) on 16 March 2012. The inauguration will showcase the first …
MATSim Singapore Workshop
Agent-based transport demand modelling in practice
The workshop provides comprehensive insights into the framework of MATSim and the implementation for the case of Singapore. The diverse modelling practice of which MATSim Singapore is composed is explained by the respective leading …
FCL Conference “Planetary Urbanization – Comparative Perspectives”
Planetary Urbanization conference proceeds from Henri Lefebvre’s hypothesis of the complete urbanization of society to explore appropriate ways of studying urbanization as a planetary process of social and spatial transformation. It seeks new theoretical categories to investigate the contemporary production of urban spaces across scales and territories, and new methodological strategies to facilitate empirical inquiry into planetary urbanization.
BubbleZERO Launch Event
FROM A PLAN TO REALITY
Future Cities Laboratory’s Module 1: Low Exergy, formally launched its new high performance building system laboratory, BubbleZERO – Zero Emission Research Operation – on January 19th, 4PM, at the NUSS Graduate Club Guild House. Prof …
