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A list of recent ETH Research Collection publications by members of Future Cities Laboratory Global, its modules and projects

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Exhibitions

Exhibition FCLG Conference 2023

Exhibition FCLG Conference 2023

The exhibition held during Future Cities Laboratory Global Conference October 2023 hosted at ETH Zürich showcases the results of the ongoing research activities. Bringing together science, design, engineering and governance, FCL Global actively promotes the development of more sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities, setting the stage for a more liveable urban future.
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Venice Biennale Architettura 2023

Venice Biennale Architettura 2023

20 May - 26 Nov | FCL Global presented their research at the exhibition titled `By Science. By Design. In Place. Over Time at the Biennale Architettura. As part of the exhibition titled TIME SPACE EXISTENCE, organised by the European Cultural Centre (ECC), FCL Global presented the results of its research into the sustainable future development of cities at Palazzo Mora in Venice.
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Articles, updates and posts from Future Cities Laboratory Global and its various projects and modules

FCL official news

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 href="/network/thomas-schroepfer" title="Thomas Schroepfer">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 href="/network/thomas-schroepfer" title="Thomas Schroepfer">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

Tools

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Software developed at Future Cities Laboratory Global as part of our scientific work and its results

City Energy Analyst (CEA)

City Energy Analyst (CEA)

City Energy Analyst helps you to analyse the effects of building retrofits, land-use planning, district heating and cooling and renewable energy on the future costs, emissions and energy consumption of neighbourhoods and districts.

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Natcap Tool

Natcap Tool

The NatCap Tool is an Singapore-oriented 3D platform that allows users to easily show and modify different types of raster-based landcovers and to calculate several different ecosystem services on top of those landcovers.

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Bike To The Future

Bike To The Future

A cycling simulator tool to understand and evaluate behavioural reactions of cyclists to street design interventions.

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IÖ App

IÖ App

The IÖ app furnish students with a hands-​on tool for appraising real estate parameters in real-​world settings, visibly reinforcing for them the direct link between the built environment and its surrounding economic context.

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BOMBYX

BOMBYX

The goal of Bombyx is to allow for simplified whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of buildings during early design stages.

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ur-scape

ur-scape

ur-scape is a visual and interactive planning support tool. It integrates data at multiple scales to support efforts to make more sustainable and resilient cities and regions. It is designed for rapidly urbanising areas where data is often difficult to access and uneven in quality, and where development needs are especially urgent and challenging.

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Singapore Views

Singapore Views

Singapore Views is an interactive visualization and presentation platform in 3D-​4D

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Hive

Hive

Hive helps to understand performative consequences of architectural design decisions on energy efficiency, comfort, cost and emissions.

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GlobalViews

GlobalViews

FCL GlobalViews is an interactive 3D model of Zurich that allows users to design urban planning scenarios by modifying the land cover.

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Datasets

Contribute, federate and collaborate - Join the Future Cities Laboratory Dataverse on our Instances in Switzerland and Singapore.

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