Material 18: Future Cities Lab Indicia, Vol. 3
Publication series collecting the research outcomes of the FCL programme.
Publication series collecting the research outcomes of the FCL programme.
This third and final volume in the Indicia book series presents the results of the Future Cities Laboratory research program in the form of actions for sustainable city-making. It complements the first and second volumes of the series that respectively documented the research challenges and approaches that prefigured these results. Read together, the three volumes chart the full arc and many productive eddies of the five-year program and its mission to shape sustainable future cities.
Research results are presented as condensed actions that take the form of general principles, recommendations and practical guidelines. The actions are neither technical standards nor prescriptive checklists but invitations to explore, test and refine research insights within the context in which the reader lives, works and acts. The credibility, salience and legitimacy of each action is underpinned by scientific publications (journal articles, books and exhibitions) presented in extensive footnotes and suggestions for further reading.
Artisans from Anku have built yurts and cabins through several participatory architecture projects and reuse research and teaching exercises, in collaboration with researchers from the Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA) lab. After building a yurt with natural and reclaimed materials as well as building a dome for teaching circular construction to ETH Zurich students, there was some waste material left which was too small to be used in a full-scale structure. The materials originally are from the disassembly of buildings set for demolition, such as the Music Pavillion of a Psychiatric Clinic in Zurich. These elements were integrated in the design of this stool.
Sustainable Development Goals
