Neuenschwander, Noemi

ETH Zürich Noemi Neuenschwander Inst. f. Raum- u. Landschaftsentwicklung HIL H 52.1 Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15 8093 Zürich Phone: +41 44 633 66 67 E-Mail:

Research

Current Research Projects:

• NFP 65 - SUPat - Sustainable Urban Patterns, www.nfp65.ch (PDF deutsch) (PDF english)

PhD Project

Generic 3D Modeling and Visualization Tool for Urban Development Evaluation - Integrating ecological and socioeconomic dimensions into procedural urban 3D modeling for participatory evaluation and optimization of urban design
While urban areas expand, green spaces are disappearing in dense urban areas, coming along with negative eects on the wellbeing of urban people. Particularly services of the urban ecosystem such as access to open space for recreation, appropriation and social interaction, habitat provision for species, water retention or climate regulation are degrading in quality. There is a need for new tools supporting a better integration of environmental aspects into urban development planning, raising the awareness of the urban ecosystem's services, and enabling an eective trade-o decision-making between the amount and distribution of open space and built environment. Therefore, the goal of this thesis is to develop an interactive procedural 3D visualisazion and evaluation model to facilitate participative processes on urban development taking into account the values of urban ecosystem services.
To this end, a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is linked to a procedural urban 3D modeling approach. The resulting interactive 3D visualization tool enables stakeholders to analyze resulting urban patterns in participative workshops and evaluate alternative scenarios of urban development. Stakeholders' preferences and priorities with regard to the desired level of urban ecosystem services are integrated into the modeling framework through a trade-o model. This interactive modeling and 3D visualization process will allow iterative analysis of dierent desires' and decisions' consequences. It provides a valuable information and negotiation basis for architects, planners, investors and further stakeholders in planning the densication of the built environment while ensuring sucient urban green space there where they are actually needed.

Past Research Projects:

• Fokusstudie Landschaft >>
  NFP54 Synthesis

• COST E45
  Visualization of possible scenarios to the avalanche protection above Andermatt

Teaching

• Supervision of master and semester theses in spatial and environmental planning.

• Teaching assistant of the lecture Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Education

Professional Experience

Publications

• Grêt-Regamey, A., Neuenschwander, N., Bakhaus, N., Wissen Hayek, U., Tobias, S. (2011): Fokusstudie Landschaft. Synthesebericht des Nationalen Forschungsprogrammes NFP 54 "Nachhaltige Siedlungs- und Infrastrukturentwicklung, SNF, Bern.

• Neuenschwander, N., Wissen Hayek, U., Grêt-Regamey, A.
  Interactive Procedural 3D Urban Visualization and Evaluation Model for effective trade-off decision-making between built-up and open space.
  IFLA World Congress 2011 “Scales of Nature”, Zurich.

• Neuenschwander, N., Wissen Hayek, U., Grêt-Regamey, A.
  Participatory modelling platform for generating procedural 3D urban development patterns taking into account the value of ecosystem services.
  In: Schrenk, M: Peer-reviewed Proceedings/Tagungsband, REAL CORP 2011 „Change for Stability: Lifecycles of Cities and Regions“, Essen, Germany.

• Wissen Hayek, U., Meslom, J., Neuenschwander, N., Girot, C., Grêt-Regamey, A. (2011): Interdisciplinary studio for teaching 3d landscape visualization: lessons form the LVML, In: Buhmann/Pietsch/Kretzler (eds.), Peer-reviewed Proceedings Digital Landscape Architecture, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Wichmann Verlag, Offenbach.

• Wissen Hayek, U., Neuenschwander, N., Halatsch, J., Grêt-Regamey, A. (2010)
  Procedural modeling of urban green space pattern designs taking into account ecological parameters
  Peer-reviewed Proceedings of FUTURE CITIES 28th eCAADe Conference, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), 339-347. (PDF, 0.3 MB)