Teresa Galí-Izard: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

Name Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard
FieldLandscape Architecture
Address
Professur Landschaftsarchitektur
ETH Zürich, ONA J 25
Neunbrunnenstr. 50
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 62 40
E-mailgali-izard@arch.ethz.ch
DepartmentArchitecture
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
061-0104-00LUrban Systems Information Restricted registration - show details 2 credits2VT. Galí-Izard
AbstractA combination of lectures and excursions will provide the tools to understand the landscape systems that structure and support the urban condition. Lectures will present global examples of systems of water supply and drainage, soil, urban forests, wilds and production. Through a series of excursions and exercises the students will discover and document the urban systems of Zurich.
ObjectiveStudents will learn how the territory, climate and geology create potentials and constraints for the development of cities around the world, and students will also engage with the field Urban Ecology. By looking closely at the condition of the city, students will produce knowledge about the state of landscape systems close to home. Lastly, students will understand how this methodology informs the design process.
ContentThe course is organized around core landscape systems, including water supply, water drainage, soil, urban forests, wilds and production.

There are three types of lectures. The first category consists of several introductory lectures that give an overview of the topics and methodology. These lectures will provide a coherent series of examples of urban systems throughout the world. The second category of lectures are presentations from experts in each specific topic covered in the course. The third category consists of excursions around Zurich that will reveal the landscape systems of our region.
Lecture notesCourse material will be provided.
LiteratureThe course material includes a reading list.
Prerequisites / NoticeIt is also highly recommended to visit the
lecture series D-ARCH, LV-063-0502-00 (no credits).
061-0142-21LFoundation Studio II Information Restricted registration - show details
Only for Landscape Architecture MSc.
12 credits16UG. Vogt, T. Galí-Izard
AbstractThe task in the 1st part consists in the redefining of the meaning and use of the landscape on a neuralgic point within the urban topography of Switzerland: The configuration Biel-Bern-Thun.

By looking at Zürich through the lens of water, climate, soil, and plants the second half of the studio develops a language for translating the landscape and discovering new opportunities for design.
ObjectiveThe first part of the course introduces landscape architecture design on a territorial scale. The students develop a project based on the perception of place, knowledge of landscape-architectonic typologies and conception of public space. We understand the design explicitly as a process that needs to be carefully documented.

The aim of the second part of the course is for students to develop a design proposal in Zürich that uncovers new potentials for the city through an analysis of the dynamics of water. Using drawing-based investigations, each project will identify a transformative potential in a living system and make a design proposal that augments that potential.
ContentThe task in the first part of the semester consists in the redefining of the meaning and use of the landscape within the urban configuration of Biel-Bern-Thun. At this junction of urbanized Switzerland, the three primary landscape types (Jura, Mittelland, Alps) come together. Their transformation is characterized by centralization and the expansion of urban sprawl (city network Bern), developments along the transit axes (Genève-St. Gallen / Bern-Thun), the partial withdrawal of use (Alpine fallow land) and simultaneous intensification of agriculture (Valleys and Mittelland). In a first step, we examine the large-scale relations. On a field trip we supplement the analytical view with a personal view of the place. From this the students develop an individual program as a basis for their design. With this approach we understand design not as an end product, but as a process, which is about making the individual steps visible and recording them.

In the second part of the semester, students will analyze the topography, drainage, soil, climate in the urban condition and territory of Zürich. They will produce maps of the city and its watershed, and this investigation will generate a more specific zone of intervention that will be analyzed in greater depth. By the end of the studio the students will produce a series of drawings that describe their design proposals.
Lecture notesCourse material will be provided
LiteratureThe course material includes a reading list.
Prerequisites / NoticeIt is also highly recommended to visit the
lecture series D-ARCH, LV-063-0502-00 (no credits).
063-0702-00LCartographies of Living Systems: A Critical Approach Information
This core course (ends with «00L») can only be passed once! Please check this before signing up.
2 credits2GT. Galí-Izard
AbstractThis course will be an introduction to essential aspects of designing with living systems. The lectures will cover a curated list of constructed landscapes that embody a high level of complexity in their composition, systems, and evolution.
ObjectiveIn class and through additional drawing exercises, the students will explore the components of the sites in great detail: their plant communities, infrastructure, management regimes, climatic and geologic contexts, and the larger systems and territories in which they are embedded.

Through this course architecture students will be introduced to meaningful landscape projects, and will learn a methodology for understanding the field of landscape architecture and its potential in relationship to the dynamic performance of living things. Through this knowledge, they will be able to work with landscape architects as collaborators and colleagues.
ContentIn the lectures, the students will learn about a selection of significant built landscapes that span a range of sizes, ages, and places of origin. The projects will be taught through an analytical framework that prioritizes key landscape elements that are often overlooked in traditional representations of projects. The students will contribute to the course by translating this complexity through a drawing exercise. Altogether, the work of the studio will be a critical and comparative study of significant landscape architecture projects, past and present.
Lecture notesCourse material will be provided.
LiteratureThe course material includes a reading list.
063-0702-01LCartographies of Living Systems: A Critical Approach Information
Registrations for this couse can only be made by the Student Administration Office D-ARCH.
2 credits2GT. Galí-Izard
AbstractThis course will be an introduction to essential aspects of designing with living systems. The lectures will cover a curated list of constructed landscapes that embody a high level of complexity in their composition, systems, and evolution.
ObjectiveIn class and through additional drawing exercises, the students will explore the components of the sites in great detail: their plant communities, infrastructure, management regimes, climatic and geologic contexts, and the larger systems and territories in which they are embedded.

Through this course architecture students will be introduced to meaningful landscape projects, and will learn a methodology for understanding the field of landscape architecture and its potential in relationship to the dynamic performance of living things. Through this knowledge, they will be able to work with landscape architects as collaborators and colleagues.
ContentIn the lectures, the students will learn about a selection of significant built landscapes that span a range of sizes, ages, and places of origin. The projects will be taught through an analytical framework that prioritizes key landscape elements that are often overlooked in traditional representations of projects. The students will contribute to the course by translating this complexity through a drawing exercise. Altogether, the work of the studio will be a critical and comparative study of significant landscape architecture projects, past and present.
Lecture notesCourse material will be provided.
LiteratureThe course material includes a reading list.
064-0018-21LResearch Methods in Landscape and Urban Studies Information Restricted registration - show details 3 credits2KG. Vogt, T. Avermaete, T. Galí-Izard, C. Girot, H. Klumpner, F. Persyn, C. Schmid
AbstractAs part of the ‘Doctoral Programme in Landscape and Urban Studies’, the ‘Research Methods in Landscape and Urban Studies' seminar offers PhD students at the D-Arch an application-oriented introduction into the variety of methodologies and tools available to conduct research on the (built) environment at the urban and territorial scale.
ObjectiveThe seminar's objective is to introduce PhD students to the multitude of research methodologies, tools, and techniques within the fields of urban studies, urban design, territorial planning and landscape architecture. Based on the conveyed knowledge, the seminar ultimately aims at enabling PhD candidates to critically assess existing methods and tools, and to refine and develop an academically sound research framework for their own studies.
ContentThe seminar is organised along four modules that are arranged according to the PhD classes' particular needs:

A: Methodology Module >>> Introduction of a research methodology/approach by an expert + exercise and discussion / moderated by doctoral programme coordinator. (3 per semester)

B: Framework Module >>> Sessions organised and conducted by doctoral programme coordinator and invited experts to develop a first overview of different theories on landscape and urban studies (with this semester a specific focus on the Anthropocene and living systems). (3 per semester).

C: Techniques Module >>> Introduction into research techniques and tools / organised by doctoral programme coordinator and respective experts. These modules will make students familiar with technical aspects such as academic writing, or the the use of GIS software and visual analysis (3 per semester)

D. Doctoral Reviews >>> Presentation and discussion of individual PhD projects organised by the doctoral program coordinator with external guests (2 per semester).
Prerequisites / NoticeThe online seminar is jointly organized by the coordinator of the Doctoral Programme in Landscape and Urban Studies, and the I-LUS faculty. Although located at the D-Arch, the seminar is open to all doctoral students (at ETH) who are involved or interested in research at the urban and territorial scale.

This seminar is complementing the gta doctoral colloquiums on Thursday afternoons.