Prof. em. Dr. Bernd Scholl | Spatial Development
Professor Scholl’s Foci are the Planning, Development and Design of our Living Spaces
Land, the central resource for living space, is limited and cannot be expanded. This basic fact and the diversity of the demands and interest in its use have created challenging, but also fascinating, situations and problems.
In teaching and research, as well as cooperative projects, the Chair is dedicated to the solving the difficult and significant tasks of spatial development, future as well as present. Some of the focal points are the avoidance of additional sprawl, the use of syngergies between infrastructures and spatial development, and transnational cooperation. To clarify and solve such tasks, the establishment of and training in adequate planning methods, processes and instruments is indispensable.
Spatial and Transport Development in European Corridors: Example Corridor 22, Hamburg-Athens
The Hamburg–Athens Corridor (also called the Orient/East Mediterranean Corridor) is one of Europe's central north–south transport corridors. It connects the harbours of northern Germany with the Balkan states, the Adriatic harbours, Danube
The Future of Spatial Development in the Limmat Valley
In the final report of the Idea Competition, Perspective for the Spatial Development of the Limmat Valley (PeRL), the participating communities, regions, cantons, Federal representatives and external experts formulated recommendations for possible
Spatial Development of Small and Mid-sized Communities
Small and mid-sized communities are facing particularly large challenges under the policy of developing existing settlements before expanding into undeveloped or agricultural land. The Chair of Spatial Development is currently working with
Planning Process Studies «Spatial Development of the Lower Reuss Valley»
As part of the development goals of the government programme of 2004-2008 for the Canton of Uri, a broadly applied test planning process was conducted in the Lower Reuss Valley in 2006.
Test planning for the Borregaard industrial site
The closing of the Borregaard wood processing plant in 2008 left almost 110 hectares, one of the largest industrial brownfields in Switzerland, east of the city of Solothurn available for use. For
CH-Eva
Observations and Proposals of the International Experts Group – Commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Spatial Development At the request of the Swiss Federal Office of Spatial Development(ARE), an international group
CODE PELOPONNESE
The Peloponnese Peninsula offers countless attractions for all manner of tourists and travellers: landscapes of exceptional beauty, significant archaeological sites, historical sites and monuments, important cultural events and, especially, agricultural products of
Public Housing Construction as an Opportunity for Inward Development
In 2015, a comprehensive analysis of the public housing inventory in Switzerland was conducted and its potential for a denser internal structure estimated. Starting point was placing public housing apartment buildings in
Options for Handling Existing Buildings outside the Building Zones – A Chance for Inward Development?
About every fourth building in Switzerland is outside of the official building zones. Based on changes in the agricultural structure, more and more of these buildings have lost their purpose, which poses
Capacity of Railway Infrastructure and Possible Density Increases for Future Settlement Development in Central Switzerland
A considerable part of the existing settlement area reserves of around 60% are located in the small and mid-sized communities of Switzerland. The research investigates whether the existing formal and informal planning
Raum+
Raum+ wurde von der Professur für Raumentwicklung der ETH Zürich entwickelt und stellt nach langjähriger Weiterentwicklung und Anwendung in verschiedenen Kantonen und Regionen der Schweiz (AI, BL, FR, GR, OW, SG, SH,