Major Course: NEWSIM
NEW METHODS IN URBAN SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Course number: 063-1358-12L
The course is structured into nine lectures, including one guest lecture, nine exercises, individual coaching hours every Thursday and independent work. Working in groups is a core part of the didactic concept. The course is coordinated with Simulating Urban Design Futures
Lecture, Mo 9:00-10:30, HIT F22 - Value Lab: Jan Halatsch, Lukas Treyer
Exercises, Mo 10:45-13:00, HIT H12: Jan Halatsch, Julia Dyllong
Graded oral examination at the end of semester.
Successful participation in exercise course and semester project thesis.
Further Information from Kanton ZH for your project works, future scenarios of Altstetten, Zurich:
Informationsveranstaltung: Neues Verkehrskonzept Altstetten
Arbeitsgebiet Bahnhof Altstetten
Projekte in Planung und realisierte Vorhaben
Räumliche Entwicklungsstrategie
Richtplanung | Siedlung und Landschaft
Richtplanung | Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen
If you have any questions or support requests please let us know by writing to
iaurbansim@arch.ethz.ch
L01 | INTRODUCTION | 12/02/27
First lecture with an introduction of the Chair of Information Architecture and overview on course outline and semester exercises.
Lecturer: Jan Halatsch Video
Download slides: L01_Introduction (ca. 90 MB)
E01 – City Engine Tutorials Part 1
In this tutorial you learn to deal with the City Engine basics. More
Submission: Thursday, March 8th 2012, 18:00
L02 | THE ART OF PROCEDURAL MODELLING | 12/03/05
This lecture is about rule-based modelling and its applications.
Lecturer: Jan Halatsch Video
Download slides: L02_TheArtOfProceduralModelling
E02 – City Engine Tutorials Part 2
In these tutorials you enhance your skills using City Engine on an urban scale. More
Submission: Thursday, March 8th 2012, 18:00
L03 | COLLABORATIVE CITY DESIGN AND SMART CODE | 12/03/12
This lecture is about Modes of participation in urban planning.
Lecturer: Jan Halatsch Video
Download slides: L03_1_Collaborative city design
Download slides: L03_2_SmartCode
E03 – Collaborative City Design
Specification of sustainable urban scenarios for Altstetten with Architectural Programming – a participatory technology for the development of urban requirement specifications.
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Submission: Thursday, March 15th 2012, 18:00
L04 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR CITY MODELING | 12/03/26
This lecture gives an introduction to GIS and its applications in urban planning and urban design.
Lecturer: Jan Halatsch Video
Download slides: L04_Geographic Information Systems for City Modeling
E04 – ECOTECT
In this exercise you will get to know a comprehensive concept-to-detail sustainable building design tool, Autodesk Ecotect.
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Submission: Thursday, March 29th 2012, 18:00
L05 | URBANISM, SYSTEMS AND MODELS | 12/04/02
A primer for an understanding of urban systems and their use in urban planning and urban design.
Lecturer: Jan Halatsch Video
Download slides: L05 Urban models as think tools
MID – TERM CRIT | 12/04/16
Presentation of the results of the analysis phase and first conceptideas.
Video
Download slides:
Character_city_presentation
Smart_City
Pure_Dynamics
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L06 | METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF URBAN PERFORMANCE | 12/04/23 !!CANCELLED!!
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L07 | VISUALIZATION OF LARGE-SCALE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS | 12/04/30
Realistic city models and revealed information as interactive as they can be.
Lecturer: Lukas Treyer Video
E06 – WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE MODEL
Creating a web-based interactive model of the future scenarios of Altstetten.
And advancing creative possibilities with the fastest possible rendering workflows.
FINAL PRESENTATION | 12/05/11
Final presentation of student works and the virtual model of Altstetten. Video
Download slides:
Charming Valley
Pure Dynamic
Smart City
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