ETH Zürich
Chair of Being Alive

Different types of knowledge that inform us.
Rigorously drawing what we see and learn.
Our suggestions.
What we share with the world.
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ETH Master of Science in Landscape Architecture. Apply now for Autumn 2022! style=

ETH Master of Science in Landscape Architecture. Apply now for Autumn 2022!

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17.06.2022 | Cuidar i descuidar: el jardí del segle XXI. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Marimurtra Botanical Garden, Blanes. style=

17.06.2022 | Cuidar i descuidar: el jardí del segle XXI. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Marimurtra Botanical Garden, Blanes.

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03.05.2022 | BK Talks 'Landscape Architecture - Here, there and everywhere'. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, TU Delft. style=

03.05.2022 | BK Talks 'Landscape Architecture - Here, there and everywhere'. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, TU Delft.

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Arrival of horses and ponies to the Garden of the XXI century in Senan! style=

Arrival of horses and ponies to the Garden of the XXI century in Senan!

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Les Racines. Christophe Drénou, 2006. style=

Les Racines. Christophe Drénou, 2006.

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La racine et le système racinaire des arbres. Claire Atger, 2011. style=

La racine et le système racinaire des arbres. Claire Atger, 2011.

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Scientists’ egos are key barrier to progress, says Covid vaccine pioneer Prof. Katalin Karikó style=

Scientists’ egos are key barrier to progress, says Covid vaccine pioneer Prof. Katalin Karikó

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05.05.2022 | Agriculture de Non-Agir. François Léger, Teresa Galí-Izard. style=

05.05.2022 | Agriculture de Non-Agir. François Léger, Teresa Galí-Izard.

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17.03.2022 | Keep it Living. Tessa Peters, Bonnie-Kate Walker. style=

17.03.2022 | Keep it Living. Tessa Peters, Bonnie-Kate Walker.

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The day trees flew over Hönggerberg. style=

The day trees flew over Hönggerberg.

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We, the roots among you. Teresa Galí-Izard, Bonnie-Kate Walker, Cara Turett, Luke Harris. OASE #110, 2022. style=

We, the roots among you. Teresa Galí-Izard, Bonnie-Kate Walker, Cara Turett, Luke Harris. OASE #110, 2022.

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Waters of Roman Soil: MScLA Foundation Studio II FS22 style=

Waters of Roman Soil: MScLA Foundation Studio II FS22

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28.03.2022 | Honeyland. More Than Human Cinema FS22 style=

28.03.2022 | Honeyland. More Than Human Cinema FS22

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Regenerative Landscapes: Rule-Based Design FS22 style=

Regenerative Landscapes: Rule-Based Design FS22

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Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, president of the Jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022 style=

Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, president of the Jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022

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L'homme qui plantait des arbres, Jean Giono, 1953 style=

L'homme qui plantait des arbres, Jean Giono, 1953

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26-29.06.2022 | Symposium Under the Landscape. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Therasia and Santorini, Greece. style=

26-29.06.2022 | Symposium Under the Landscape. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Therasia and Santorini, Greece.

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14.02.2022 | Opening Day. Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design. ETHZ-EPFL style=

14.02.2022 | Opening Day. Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design. ETHZ-EPFL

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27.01.2022 | LUS Research Colloquium: Tracing Common Ground style=

27.01.2022 | LUS Research Colloquium: Tracing Common Ground

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Cartographies of Living Systems: Rome's Aqueducts style=

Cartographies of Living Systems: Rome's Aqueducts

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Perennials style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Perennials

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Geological Map of the Roman Countryside. Ponzi, G., 1880 style=

Geological Map of the Roman Countryside. Ponzi, G., 1880

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Rome Gaussen style=

Rome Gaussen

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Waters of Rome. Katherine Wentworth Rinne style=

Waters of Rome. Katherine Wentworth Rinne

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Jacques Simon style=

Jacques Simon

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08.11.2021 | Connecting Dots. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Texas at Austin style=

08.11.2021 | Connecting Dots. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Texas at Austin

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FAO State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity, 2020 style=

FAO State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity, 2020

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LIFE Polyfarming Planeses style=

LIFE Polyfarming Planeses

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Plant Life Forms. C, Raunkiaer, 1937 style=

Plant Life Forms. C, Raunkiaer, 1937

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The gardeners of the XXI century. Seminar HS21. style=

The gardeners of the XXI century. Seminar HS21.

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22.10.2021 | Lucerne Talks: Drawing in Architecture Education and Research. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Hochschule Luzern style=

22.10.2021 | Lucerne Talks: Drawing in Architecture Education and Research. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Hochschule Luzern

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Gaussen Language style=

Gaussen Language

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La vegetació dels Països Catalans, Folch i Guillèn, 1981 style=

La vegetació dels Països Catalans, Folch i Guillèn, 1981

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Senan Gaussen style=

Senan Gaussen

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The garden of the XXI century: Senan style=

The garden of the XXI century: Senan

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Drawing Languages style=

Drawing Languages

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Evolution of the forest in Senan style=

Evolution of the forest in Senan

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04.07.2021 | The garden of the XXI century Senan: Presentation to the municipality. style=

04.07.2021 | The garden of the XXI century Senan: Presentation to the municipality.

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The garden of the XXI century style=

The garden of the XXI century

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Planting, Watering and Waiting. style=

Planting, Watering and Waiting.

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Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard style=

Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard

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Tree Language v2: Algorithmic Translation style=

Tree Language v2: Algorithmic Translation

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04.06.2021 | The garden of the XXI century. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Università Roma Tre style=

04.06.2021 | The garden of the XXI century. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Università Roma Tre

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Productive Partnerships Exercise 1: Applying Arles in Zurich style=

Productive Partnerships Exercise 1: Applying Arles in Zurich

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Productive Partnerships Exercise 2: Drawing Strategies from Regenerative Agriculture style=

Productive Partnerships Exercise 2: Drawing Strategies from Regenerative Agriculture

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03.06.2021 | Productive Partnerships: Final Review FS21 style=

03.06.2021 | Productive Partnerships: Final Review FS21

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Productive Partnerships: Student Projects style=

Productive Partnerships: Student Projects

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Productive Partnerships: Research Dossiers style=

Productive Partnerships: Research Dossiers

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Johanna Just style=

Johanna Just

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Reading a Forest, Documenting the Existing, NSL style=

Reading a Forest, Documenting the Existing, NSL

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Roots Language v2: Algorithmic Translation style=

Roots Language v2: Algorithmic Translation

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Roots style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Roots

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Drawing Trees style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Drawing Trees

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Braun-Blanquet method style=

Braun-Blanquet method

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The gardener of the XXI century, CCCB Public Space style=

The gardener of the XXI century, CCCB Public Space

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13.05.2021 | Charting the Alive. Chair of Being Alive, Università Roma Tre style=

13.05.2021 | Charting the Alive. Chair of Being Alive, Università Roma Tre

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Modified Trees style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Modified Trees

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Soil Language v2: Algorithmic Translation style=

Soil Language v2: Algorithmic Translation

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Carolina Acevedo style=

Carolina Acevedo

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Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, member of the Oberlander Prize Jury style=

Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, member of the Oberlander Prize Jury

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MScLA Foundation Studio II FS21: Productive Partnerships. style=

MScLA Foundation Studio II FS21: Productive Partnerships.

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23.04.2021 | ETH-SEU PhD Workshop and Forum. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard style=

23.04.2021 | ETH-SEU PhD Workshop and Forum. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard

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Watershed Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Watershed Language v1: Manual Translation

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Watersheds style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Watersheds

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Gaussen diagram style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Gaussen diagram

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The Dry Gardening Handbook: Plants and practices for a changing climate. Olivier Filippi, 2019 style=

The Dry Gardening Handbook: Plants and practices for a changing climate. Olivier Filippi, 2019

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12.03.2021 | Complex Resurgences. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Rapperswiler Tag 2021 style=

12.03.2021 | Complex Resurgences. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Rapperswiler Tag 2021

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Cartographies of Living Systems: A critical approach. style=

Cartographies of Living Systems: A critical approach.

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Perennials Language v1: Manual translation style=

Perennials Language v1: Manual translation

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Wurzelatlas. Lore Kutschera, Erwin Lichtenegger, 2002. style=

Wurzelatlas. Lore Kutschera, Erwin Lichtenegger, 2002.

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Urban Systems 21FS style=

Urban Systems 21FS

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Tree Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Tree Language v1: Manual Translation

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Roots Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Roots Language v1: Manual Translation

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Stefan Breit style=

Stefan Breit

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Zhao Ma style=

Zhao Ma

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23.11.2020 | Landscape Landscape Urbanism. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Toronto style=

23.11.2020 | Landscape Landscape Urbanism. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Toronto

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Being Tree. Seminar HS20 style=

Being Tree. Seminar HS20

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Uxía Varela style=

Uxía Varela

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Arles Studio: Landscape Landscape Urbanism style=

Arles Studio: Landscape Landscape Urbanism

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Soil Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Soil Language v1: Manual Translation

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Francis Hallé style=

Francis Hallé

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Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil style=

Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil

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Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil. Student Drawings style=

Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil. Student Drawings

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Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Soil References style=

Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Soil References

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Foundation Studio I Modules 4 & 5 HS20: Ecology and Plant Sciences style=

Foundation Studio I Modules 4 & 5 HS20: Ecology and Plant Sciences

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Bonnie-Kate Walker style=

Bonnie-Kate Walker

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Shen He style=

Shen He

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Cara Turett style=

Cara Turett

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Luke Harris style=

Luke Harris

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Claudia Janz style=

Claudia Janz

We seek to translate the hidden potential of places and pursue a new relationship between living creatures, humans among them. This methodology seeks to understand climate and geology — their performance, constraints and gifts — as the foundation for learning from the primary matter of landscapes over time, and generate new potentials for more alive, integrated and evolving landscapes in the present and future.

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