Organizers

ETH Zürich, Insitute for Urban Design

True to its status of one of the leading universities of technology, the ETH Zurich has developed the vision of Science City as a contemporary expression of its traditional qualities. Science City is not only a physical concept for the reorganization of the ETH complexes ETH-Zentrum and ETH-Hoenggerberg, but even more a concept of how the university activities integrate, interact and communicate with the city of Zurich and related institutions elsewhere. Essentially, Science City is a networking concept between the ETH, other universities and society.

In the light of this concept, the ETH-Hoenggerberg, a campus of the 1960s, is transformed from a mono-functional university compound into an urban quarter, where teaching, research, spin-off activities, living, amenities and sport will create a complementary environment. The transformation and planning of Science City is a participatory process, involving all possible stakeholders, from local residents in adjacent neighbourhoods to politicians. One of the key-goals of the operation is a sustainability concept to turn the whole ETH into a low-energy institution. To exchange ideas about such a concept, the ETH engages actively in activities in the field of university transformation around the world. In May 2006, ETH’s Network City and Landscape hosted an international symposium on ‘Campus Design’, which has a follow up with the conference ‘Competitive Campuses’ at NTNU in Trondheim.

Science City

Campus Design

NSL - Network City and Landscape




ETH, Zurich
Kees Christiaanse, Professor
Kerstin Höger, Lecturer and Senior Researcher

Sasaki Associates, Boston

Sasaki Associates is an international inter-disciplinary design firm that is actively engaged in virtually every aspect of the built environment – Planning and Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Interior Design, Civil Engineering, Graphic Design, and Strategic Planning. Sasaki has particular expertise in planning and design for college and university campuses, having worked with more than 400 institutions within the United States and around the world. Our institutional practice creates physical planning and design solutions that succeed through intentional integration with strategic academic planning initiatives. Our integrated institutional planning experience encompasses campus master plans and designs for sports facilities, residences, student unions, performing art centers, and academic facilities. Our offices are located in Watertown, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California.

Sasaki Associates

Sasaki Associates Inc., Boston, USA
Janne Corneil, Principal
Phillip Parsons, Sasaki Strategies
Phillip Perlin, Senior Associate
Dana Ragouzeos, Research Coordinator

NTNU, Trondheim
Tore I. Haugen, Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Fine art, NTNU
Fredrik Shetelig, Vice Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Fine art, NTNU
Inge Fottland, Project Director, Campusdevelopment NTNU
Lisa Sagdahl, Assistant Director, Campusdevelopment NTNU

Conference Secretariat, NTNU
Tuva Hansen
Marte Løvik
Bendik Manum