PARTNERSHIPS

SBB – Co-creating Mobility Hubs 

Launched by the Swiss Federal Railways, this transdisciplinary project aims to provide methods and design solutions for the future transformation of the more than 300 regional railway stations in Switzerland into mobility hubs, places featuring a wide range of services for travelers and non-travelers alike, as well as offering qualitative spaces and integration with the surrounding neighborhoods.

https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/habitat/co-creating-mobility-hubs/ 

 

La mobiliÚre 

Following a public-private partnership signed in October 2023 and supported by the City of Lausanne, Lausanne Jardins and La MobiliĂšre are joining forces to develop this sponge city project; the HRC team is involved in scientific coordination and design development.

https://memento.epfl.ch/event/lausanne-jardins-circulation-garden-project-hrc/ 

 

State of France 

Following an action-oriented partnership signed in October 2022 and supported by the State of France, this atlas serves as a practical guide for public action and all stakeholders to better consider and integrate landscapes in the urban development of Paris.

https://www.drieat.ile-de-france.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/l-atlas-de-paysages-de-paris-est-en-ligne-a13070.html

City of Paris 

Following an action-oriented partnership signed in October 2022 and supported by the City of Paris, this atlas serves as a practical guide for public action and all stakeholders to better consider and integrate landscapes in the urban development of Paris.

https://www.paris.fr/pages/redecouvrez-votre-ville-grace-a-l-atlas-de-paysages-de-paris-30748

 

Braillard Foundation

HRC collaborates since the beginning of its foundation (2017) with the Braillard Fondation in Geneva. To date, the most important collaborations have been: The Bernardo Secchi Days initiative and the Consultation Greater Geneva.

Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva

The collaboration with the Institute of Global Health, which is part of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva, is one of the highlights of this initial period of the Habitat Research Center. The collaboration is concentrated on the Division of environmental health, led by Jean Simos, PhD, and Nicola Cantoreggi, PhD. Both are highly skilled at urban health, especially the interconnections between environmental health and health promotion at the urban level. The Institute of Global Health is a strategic partner and there are plans for the collaboration to be pursued and reinforced in the coming years. Apart from research, there is a strong potential for a collaboration to be set up for teaching. Indeed, Dr Simos and Dr Cantoreggi are already involved in extensive teaching activities at the University of Geneva, across two faculties, for the Master’s degree in public health and the Master’s degree in environmental science (MUSE).

City of Lausanne

The collaboration with the City of Lausanne has been launched in occasion of the Borde-Bellevaux Workshop for which the City mandated the Habitat Research Center to conduct a site analysis in the form of a Workshop in order to define a strategy to improve public space and mobility in a specific area. The collaboration has been pursued in occasion of other initiatives as the New Climates in… initiative.

Department of Architecture (D-ARCH), ETH Zurich

A strong collaboration with the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) at ETH Zurich has been launched in 2019 in occasion of the conceptualisation and organisation of the Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design.

 

In addition, HRC has developed fruitful collaborative relationships with:

LCAU (Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT), the Ecole Urbaine of Lyon, the AMS (Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitam Solutions), the Metrolab in Brussels, the Future Cities Lab at the ETHZ, ITN network (Universiteit Antwerpen, École des Ponts Paris Tech, Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l’AmĂ©nagement et des Reseaux, Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sveriges Lantbruks-Universitet, Technische UniversitĂ€t Berlin, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Antwerp Management School, Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme, AREP, European Passengers’ Federation, BMW Group/Institute for Mobility Research, Institut d’AmĂ©nagement et d’Urbanisme Ile-de-France, IQ, SamhĂ€llsbyggnad, Provincie Noord-Holland, Studio Paola ViganĂČ, UUM | Unlimited Urban Management, Vlaamse Vereniging Voor Ruimte en Planning, WSP SVERIGE AB, SociĂ©tĂ© du Grand Paris).