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FCL Global organises Future Cities Symposium & Exhibition Singapore 2025

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FCL Global organises Future Cities Symposium & Exhibition Singapore 2025

by Joshua VARGAS, Programme Coordinator (Communications & Research) FCL Global Singapore 

Read more Published 23. October 2025

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Integration and Strategies

Explore how innovative cyber-physical design processes – enabled by artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and complexity science – can inform the future of urban practice, with the [ACP], [EFF], and [SUE] modules.

Read more Published 22. October 2025
Integration and Strategies

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Infrastructures and Ecologies

Explore the connective tissue of city-regions – networks, patterns, and relationships – and how they can be transformed across scales, with the [AMIL], [CEC], and [SEA] modules.

Read more Published 22. October 2025
Infrastructures and Ecologies

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Food and Territories

Explore the future of resilient food and infrastructure systems in emergent edge-city and hinterland regions with the [RES], [AGR], and [NEW] modules.

Read more Published 22. October 2025 (Updated 1 week ago)
Food and Territories

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Cycles and Districts

Explore how sustainable construction, design, energy generation, and reuse can enable liveable and resilient futures with the [CFC], [DEN], [POW], and [BIO] modules.

Read more Published 22. October 2025
Cycles and Districts

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Opening Address

This session built on the previous day’s insights, connecting global urban research with actionable policy, design, and data-driven innovation. Speakers revisited key themes from governance and sustainability to the human dimensions of urban life. The focus then shifted to the Future Cities Laboratory’s Engagement Platform, highlighting its role in fostering collaboration, tracking research impact, and evolving toward an Urban Data Hub that integrates tools, models, and knowledge across Singapore and Zurich.

Read more Published 22. October 2025
Opening Address

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Closing Keynote: Dr Vo Trong Nghia

This session examines how urban design and architecture can respond to the twin crises of climate change and mental health. Drawing from Vietnam’s dense, polluted cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the speaker highlights the urgent need for greener, more livable environments through passive design, rooftop farming, and biophilic architecture. Showcasing projects that merge sustainability with human-centered design, the talk explores how thoughtful spaces can improve both environmental and emotional well-being.

Read more Published 22. October 2025
Closing Keynote: Dr Vo Trong Nghia

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Bridging the Divide

This session explores the evolution of urban governance and planning through the lens of Seoul’s transformation—from centralized planning to citizen-led urban innovation. Speakers discuss the emergence of micro cities and neighborhood-scale initiatives that prioritize local governance, community engagement, and human-centered design. Drawing lessons from Seoul’s decades of urban transitions, the discussion highlights the importance of participatory planning, data ethics, and preserving community identity amidst rapid change.

Read more Published 22. October 2025 (Updated 1 week ago)
Bridging the Divide

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Policy Innovation for Urban Transitions

This session brings together experts in governance, regulation, and urban policy to explore how cities can radically reframe institutional incentives and frameworks to enable sustainable transitions. Through panel discussions, keynote insights, and case studies, the focus is on designing regulatory tools, experimentation platforms, and incentive structures that support cross-sector collaboration and systems change.

Read more Published 22. October 2025 (Updated 1 week ago)
Policy Innovation for Urban Transitions

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Opening of Symposium

The Opening Session of the Future Cities Symposium 2025 set the stage for two days of discussions on science, design, and policy for urban transitions. The session introduced the symposium’s core themes and the call for a new urban paradigm. Part of Singapore Urban Science Week 2025, the event explored systemic, net-zero urban change through the Future Cities Laboratory Global’s settlement systems approach.

Read more Published 22. October 2025
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ETH PhD researchers at Materials Today conference in Singapore

Read more Published 19. September 2025
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TEC21 releases FCL Global Special Issue

21 May | The Swiss architecture and engineering magazine TEC21 has released a special issue dedicated entirely to the Future Cities Laboratory Global programme.

Visit Link Published 21. May 2025
TEC21 releases FCL Global Special Issue

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FCL Global and Smart City Zürich Organise Networking Event

25 Mar | The event brought together 30 representatives from the City of Zurich and 20 leading professors and researchers from the FCL Global programme.

Visit Link Published 25. March 2025
FCL Global and Smart City Zürich Organise Networking Event

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Visit to FCL by the Urban Greenery Systems team, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

FCL Global Singapore hub welcomed a delegation from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) Department of Landscape Planning and Design, Poland.

Visit Link Published 19. March 2025
Visit to FCL by the Urban Greenery Systems team, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

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FCL Global, SUTD, NUS, bioSEA, and Arup Launch ‘Urban Ecological Corridors’ Research Project

Launch of ‘Urban Ecological Corridors’ research project

Visit Link Published 17. March 2025
FCL Global, SUTD, NUS, bioSEA, and Arup Launch ‘Urban Ecological Corridors’ Research Project

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Building Breathable Cities: Bio-Centric Urban Design

FCL Global Director Prof Dr Thomas Schroepfer and Associate Director (Research) Dr Srilalitha Gopalakrishnan will be part of the lecture “Building Breathable Cities,” hosted by the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.

Visit Link Published 18. February 2025
Building Breathable Cities: Bio-Centric Urban Design

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A better designed Singapore, from bicycle paths to sustainability

A Business Insider story on Singapore quotes Prof. Dr Thomas Schroepfer, Director, FCL Global, on improving the city with bicycle paths and future-proofing Singapore from future challenges.

Visit Link Published 03. August 2024
A better designed Singapore, from bicycle paths to sustainability

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Prof. Dr Stefanie Hellweg Receives SETAC Lifetime Achievement Award

Prof. Dr Stefanie Hellweg, Future Cities Laboratory's PI for CFC, has been awarded the SETAC Europe Award for Lifetime Achievement in Life Cycle Assessment.

Visit Link Published 05. July 2024
Prof. Dr Stefanie Hellweg Receives SETAC Lifetime Achievement Award

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Dr Julio Paulos elected to the Swiss Young Academy

Dr Julio Paulos will serve a five-year term at the Swiss Young Academy, which gives a voice to young academics in Switzerland.  

Visit Link Published 05. June 2024
Dr Julio Paulos elected to the Swiss Young Academy

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FCL Global meets Dr Alfonso Vegara in Zurich

FCL Global gave Dr Alfonso Vegara a tour of the Arch-Tech lab and introduced him to programme's research activities.

Visit Link Published 21. May 2024

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