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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

Symposium & Exhibition Singapore. Future Cities: Science, Design, & Policy for Urban Transitions

Symposium & Exhibition Singapore. Future Cities: Science, Design, & Policy for Urban Transitions

On September 4-5, 2025, FCL Global researchers and experts gathered in Singapore at the National Design Centre and CREATE Campus in Singapore for this event, which documented five years of research, demonstrating how science, design, and policy can drive systemic change in urban environments.
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Venice Biennale Architettura 2025

Venice Biennale Architettura 2025

FCL Global is part of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, which will open to the public on 10 May and run until 23 November. FCL will be exhibiting “PERSPECTIVES” and “Designing resilient blue-green infrastructures” at the Arsenale. Moreover FCL will participate in the “Time Space Existence” exhibition of the European Cultural Center at Palazzo Mora.
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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

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[RES] Resilient Blue-Green Infrastructures - Constance | Video Series

How can serious games facilitate participatory governance and decision-making for complex urban challenges?

Read more Published 08. January 2026 (Updated 2 weeks ago)
[RES] Resilient Blue-Green Infrastructures - Constance | Video Series

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[AMI] Adaptive Mobility, Infrastructure and Land Use - Qiming | Video Series

How can AI help cities plan future charging infrastructure of electric vehicles?

Read more Published 06. January 2026 (Updated 2 weeks ago)
[AMI] Adaptive Mobility, Infrastructure and Land Use - Qiming | Video Series

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[ACP] Architectural Cognition in Practice - Lara | Video Series

How do people perceive the built environment? And can we use this knowledge to design better places for people?

Read more Published 05. January 2026 (Updated 2 weeks ago)
[ACP] Architectural Cognition in Practice - Lara | Video Series

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[RES] Resilient Blue-Green Infrastructures - Philipp | Video Series

How can we build resilient physical, landscape, and social infrastructures in the context of Madagascar?

Read more Published 05. January 2026 (Updated 2 weeks ago)
[RES] Resilient Blue-Green Infrastructures - Philipp | Video Series

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[CFC] Circular Future Cities - Shuyan | Video Series

How can we maximise the reuse of existing buildings and building materials?

Read more Published 05. January 2026 (Updated 2 weeks ago)
[CFC] Circular Future Cities - Shuyan | Video Series

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[SUE] Semantic Urban Elements - Matias | Video Series

What is it like to be part of one of the world's largest interdisciplinary research programmes tackling the complex challenges of urbanisation?

Read more Published 05. January 2026 (Updated 2 weeks ago)
[SUE] Semantic Urban Elements - Matias | Video Series

FCL official news

FCL Global organises Future Cities Symposium & Exhibition Singapore 2025

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

Visit Link Published 23. October 2025
FCL Global organises Future Cities Symposium & Exhibition Singapore 2025

FCL official news

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

FCL official news

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

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 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

Tools

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As part of our scientific work and its results we develop and maintain a suite of software tools ranging from desktop applications to web services, addons, plugins and processing pipelines.

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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