Team

Professor of Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems at ETH Zürich since 2008 and co-founder of the Landscape Virtualization and Modeling Lab. Her research links land system science with cognitive-psychological methods to understand how landscape change affects people.

Biologist; he directed the Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz from 1992 to 2024 and holds an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Basel. He lectures on landscape aesthetics at ETH Zürich.

Natural scientist and owner of steiger texte konzepte beratung in Lucerne. He led knowledge transfer for National Research Programmes 48, 54 and 68, initiated the Charta Vierwaldstättersee and served nine years on Horw’s municipal executive.

Architect and professor at the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio, and co-founder of the practice Obras. He received the Grand Prix national de l’urbanisme in 2014 and curated the French pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Researcher and lecturer at the ZHAW Institute of Natural Resource Sciences in Wädenswil, specialising in the relationship between nature and health: garden therapy, therapeutic green spaces and health-promoting landscapes. She co-edited the standard German-language textbook on garden therapy.

Professor of Physical Geography at the Université de Lausanne and director of its Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research from 2018 to 2024. He works on geomorphological heritage, water management and landscape services.

Landscape architect, lecturer at USI Mendrisio and ETH Zürich. Founder of Topostudio, Office of Topographic Architecture. His work establishes point-cloud modelling as a site-specific design method.

Geographer and senior SNSF researcher at the Institute of Geography and Sustainability of the Université de Lausanne. His doctorate examined the heritage value and tourist use of geomorphological landscapes.

Engineer and artist currently pursuing doctoral research at ETH Zürich. He has contributed to the design of public spaces internationally, with a background in landscape architecture and computational design. His research critically examines and develops computational approaches to embodied perception and planetary systems.

Research assistant in the Green and Health Research Group at ZHAW, researching how nature-rich environments support health, well-being and social inclusion. She is interested in designing inclusive living spaces that reconnect people with nature.

Master’s student in Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems at ETH Zürich, working as a research assistant at the PLUS chair and a teaching assistant at the IM chair. He holds a BSc in Urban Planning from the Politecnico di Milano, where he contributed to research in urban and landscape planning.

Senior researcher and lecturer at the Department of Geography of the University of Zürich, specialising in landscape services and human-landscape relationships.