Doctoral Thesises completed 2015-2016

Schrems, Maximilian Johannes 2016
Zur Erweiterung der „grafischen Statik “ in die dritte Dimension
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Joseph Schwartz
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, D-BAUG ETHZ;
ETHZ E-Collection
Borgonovi e Silva, Lara 2016
Heavy Lightness: The Poetics of Conflict in the Structural Design of João Vilanova Artigas and Carlos Cascaldi
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Joseph Schwartz
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Toni Kotnik, Aalto University FIN; Dr. Olivia De Oliveira, Butikofer & De Oliveira (CH)
ETHZ E-Collection
Harbusch, Gregor 2016
Ludwig Leo, Architekt im West-Berlin der langen 1960er Jahre
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Co-examiner: Prof Dr. Adrian von Buttlar, TU Berlin; Prof. Dr. Ita Heinze-Greenberg, ETH Zürich
ETHZ E-Collection
Felkner, Juliana Marie 2016
Heuristic Structural Design with Environmental and Aesthetic Constraints
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Joseph Schwartz
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Eleni Chatzi, D-BAUG ETH Zurich
ETHZ E-Collection
Bocchio, Ivan 2016
Architektur im Dienste des Faschismus. Gio Ponti und der Hotelbau in den Südtiroler Alpen
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Co-examiner: Dr. Ita Heinze-Greenberg, Institut gta, ETHZ; Prof. Dr. Paul Naredi-Rainer, Uni Innsbruck
ETHZ E-Collection
Dillenburger, Benjamin 2016
Raumindex. Ein datenbasiertes Entwurfsinstrument
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt
Co-examiner: Matthias Castorph
ETHZ E-Collection
Drofiak, Nicholas Stefan 2016
Irúsan or, Canting for Architects Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2017!
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Co-examiner: Dr. Rainer Guldin, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana
ETHZ E-Collection
Schützeichel, Rainer 2016
Die "Theorie der Baukunst" von Herman Sörgel. Fragmente einer Wissenschaft der Architektur
Examiner: Prof. em. Dr. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
Co-examiner: Prof. em. Dr. Ákos Moravánszky
ETHZ E-Collection
Hanakata, Naomi 2016
The Production of Differences in the Tokyo Metropolitan Complex
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid
Co-examiner: Prof. Kees Christiaanse, ETHZ; Prof. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Prof. Dr. Kazushi Tamano, Tokyo Metropolitan University
ETHZ E-Collection
Lim Teck Chye, Jason 2016
Your: Robot programming tools for architectural education
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Mathias Kohler
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Robert Aish, Autodesk Research; Prof. Fabio Gramazio, ETHZ
ETHZ E-Collection
Mirjan, Ammar 2016
Aerial Construction. Robotic Fabrication of Tensile Structures with Flying Machines
Examiner: Prof. Matthias Kohler
Co-examiner: Prof. Fabio Gramazio; Prof. Dr. Raffaello D'Andrea, D-MAVT; Prof. Dr. Axel Kilian, Princeton University
ETHZ E-Collection
Herres, Uli Matthias 2016
Spuren des Handwerks. Der Einfluss handwerklicher Herstellung auf die Architektur. Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2017!
Examiner: Prof. Annette Spiro
Co-examiner: Prof. Dieter Geissbühler, Hochschule Luzern; Prof. Tina Unruh, Hochschule Luzern
ETHZ E-Collection
Schaad, Gabrielle Isabelle 2016
Performing Environmental Textures - Intersected Bodies of Gutai and Metabolism (Japan, 1955-1972)
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Toshino Iguchi, Saitama University, Saitama (JP)
ETHZ E-Collection
Henni, Samia with distinction 2016
Architecture of Counterrevolution. The French Army in Algeria, 1954-1962
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete, Delft University of Technology; Prof. Dr. Jean Louis Cohen, Institute of Fine Arts New York;
ETHZ E-Collection
Akbarzadeh, Masoud 2016
3D Graphical Statics - Using 3D Reciprocal Diagrams
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Philippe Block
Co-examiner: Mr. William F. Baker, Structural Engineering Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merril, LLP (SOM)
ETHZ E-Collection
Lloret Kristensen, Ena 2016
Smart Dynamic Casting. A digital fabrication method for non-standard concrete structures
Examiner: Prof. Matthias Kohler
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Robert J. Flatt, D-BAUG ETHZ
ETHZ E-Collection
Dechmann, Anna Nele 2016
Costa Smeralda. Ein internationales Quartier
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
Co-examiner: Prof. Marcel Meili
ETHZ E-Collection
Walter, Matthias Samuel 2016
Inszenierung des Heimischen in der sakralen Reformarchitektur der Deutschschweiz 1900-1920 (Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2016)
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Á. Moravánszky
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Bernd Nicolai, Uni Bern
ETHZ E-Collection
Streule Ulloa Nieto, Monika 2016
Ethnografie urbaner Territorien. Eine transdisziplinäre Analyse metropolitaner Urbanisierungsprozesse von Mexiko-Stadt (Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2016)
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Wildner, HafenCity Universität Hamburg (D); Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil, ETHZ
ETHZ E-Collection
Carneiro Leao De Mesquita, Hugo 2016
Popular Urbanization in São Paulo 1970-2014: A Morpho-Typological Field Study of Selected Inner-City Squatter Settlements
Examiner: Prof. Christian Kerez
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid; Dr. Liebentritt de Almeida Braga, Milton, FAU USP - University of Sao Paulo
ETHZ E-Collection
An, Mihye 2016
Media Architecture and Categories of Spatialization.
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Gerhard M. Buurman, ZHDK
ETHZ E-Collection
Althaus, Eveline 2016
Sozialraum Hochhaus – Nachbarschaften von Grossüberbauungen aus den 1960er und 1970er Jahren in der Schweiz“
Examiner: Prof. D. Eberle
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Sybille Frank, TU Berlin
ETHZ E-Collection
Fonseca Alvarado, Jimeno Andres 2016
Energy Efficiency Strategies in Urban Communities: Modeling, Analysis and Assessment
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. François Maréchal, EPFL
ETHZ E-Collection
Li, Li 2016
Frequent Episode Mining for Smart Home Wireless Sensor Network
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Li Biao The School of Architecture of Southeast University R.P.China
ETHZ E-Collection
Rippmann, Matthias with distinction 2016
Funicular Shell Design. Geometric Approaches to form Finding and Fabrication of discrete Funicular Structures
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Philippe Block
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Werner Sobek, Uni Stuttgart
ETHZ E-Collection
Rossano, Frédéric Lucien Marcel 2016
Flood Scapes. Contemporary Landscape Strategies in Times of Climate Change
Examiner: Prof. Christophe Girot
Co-examiner: Prof. Dirk Sijmons, TU Delft, NL
ETHZ E-Collection
Lin, Shengwei Ervine 2016
Point Clouds as a Representative and Performative Format for Landscape Architecture – A Case Study of the Ciliwung River in Jakarta, Indonesia
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Christophe Girot
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Tan Puay Yok
ETHZ E-Collection
Moll Simon, Claudia Beatrice 2016
An den Wurzeln der Profession. Die Zürcher Kunst- und Handelsgärtner Theodor Froebel (1810-93) und Otto Froebel (1844-1906)
Examiner: Prof. Christophe Girot
Co-examiner: Dr. Eeva Ruoff, Aalto University; Dr. Johannes Stoffler, Zürich
ETHZ E-Collection
Delz, Sascha Roman 2016
Development Cooperation at all Costs. How global Actors and Concepts influence Urban and Rural Transformation: Case Studies from Ethiopia (Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2016)
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil
Co-examiner: Prof. em. Dr. Dieter Läpple, HCU Hamburg
ETHZ E-Collection
Leclair-Paquet, Benjamin Julien 2016
The Baltimore Ghetto. An Urban History of Housing and Politics, 1920-1968.
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil
Co-examiner: Dr. Camillo Boano, University College London UCL
ETHZ E-Collection
Gasco, Anna 2016
The Airport and the Territory: Cross-Border Urbanism in the Singapore-Johor-Riau Tri-National Region
Examiner: Prof. Kees Christiaanse
Co-examiner: Prof. Mark Michaeli, TU München
ETHZ E-Collection
Daniel, Magdalena Elisabeth 2016
Haustechnik im 19. Jahrhundert: Das Beispiel der Heizungs- und Ventilationstechnik im Krankenhausbau
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hänseroth, TU Dresden; Dr. Torsten Meyer, ETH Zürich/Berlin
ETHZ E-Collection
Kretzer, Manuel Tilo Alexander 2016
Information Materials. Emerging Materials for Adaptive Architecture and a Didactic Model for their Architectural Education Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2016!
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt
Co-examiner: Prof. Philip Beesely, University of Waterloo, Cambridge (CAN); Dr. Joakim Reuteler, D-MATL, ETHZ
ETHZ E-Collection
Stockhammer, Daniel Andreas 2016
Schweizer Holzbautradition: Ernst Gladbachs Konstruktion eines ländlichen Nationalstils
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Ing. Manfred Schuller, TU München
ETHZ E-Collection
Jansen, Johann Jacob 2016
„Wie man auf dem Land baut – Der Schweizer Holzstil im 19. Jahrhundert“
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Irmler, Hochschule Augsburg
ETHZ E-Collection
Jost, Kilian Matthias 2016
Felsenlandschaften. Eine Bauaufgabe des 19. Jahrhunderts
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Uni Hannover
ETHZ E-Collection
Huang, Xusheng 2015
Contested Beijing. The Modernization of Urban Space, 1900-1937
Examiner: Prof. em. Josep Lluis Mateo, Barcelona
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung, gta D-ARCH
ETHZ E-Collection
Bonwetsch, Tobias 2015
Robotically assembled brickwork. Manipulating assembly processes of discrete elements Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2015!
Examiner: Prof. Fabio Gramazio
Co-examiner: Matthias Kohler; Branko Kolarevic, University of Calgary, USA
ETHZ E-Collection
Sandoval Vargas, Diego Alexander 2015
Decentralized Electricity Storage Scenarios in LowExergy ZeroEmission Buildings and Communities (Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2015)
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Hansjürg Leibundgut
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Boulouchos, ETHZ
ETHZ E-Collection
Shin, Dong-Youn 2015
Lightweight Crowdsourcing: Monitoring Urban Travel Behavior Using Mobile-Based Sensing
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt
Co-examiner: Prof. Moira Norrie, ETHZ; Sung Ah Kim, Sungkyunkwa University, Südkorea;
ETHZ E-Collection
Chen, Ting 2015
A State beyond the State.
Examiner: Prof. Kees Christiaanse
Co-examiner: Ass.Prof. Milica Topalovic
ETHZ E-Collection
Zhou, Ying 2015
Urban Loopholes. Cases of Contemporary Urban Transformation 1992-2012
Examiner: Prof. Kees Christiaanse
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil
ETHZ E-Collection
Chen, Kian Wee 2015
Architectural Design Exploration of Low-Exergy (LowEx) Building in the Tropics.
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter
Co-examiner: Dr. Patrick Janssen, Assistant D-ARCH, National University of Singapore NUS
ETHZ E-Collection
Frank, Susanne 2015
Stadtdichte und Stadtraum. Determiniert die Dichtefestlegung den Stadtraum? Über den Zusammenhang zwischen städtebaulicher Dichte und Gestalt der Stadt.
Examiner: Prof. Andrea Deplazes
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Inst. gta D-ARCH; apl. Prof. Dr. Matthias Castorph, TU Kaiserslautern
ETHZ E-Collection
Qin, Rongjun 2015
3D Change Detection in an Urban Environment with Multi-temporal Data
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt
Co-examiner: Prof. em. Dr. Armin Gruen, ETH Zürich; Prof. Dr. P. Reinartz, DLR München
ETHZ E-Collection
Schumacher, Susanne 2015
Ordnungen schaffen? Daten in der Kunstgeschichte - am Beispiel von Säulenordnungen
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt
Co-examiner: Prof. em. Dr. Hubertus Günther, Uni Zürich; Prof. Dr. Martin Warnke, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (D);
ETHZ E-Collection
Lachauer, Lorenz Selim 2015
Interactive Equilibrium Modelling. A new approach to the computer-aided exploration of structures in architecture.
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Joseph Schwartz
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, ETHZ; Prof. Dr. Mike Schlaich, TU Berlin;
ETHZ E-Collection
Moosavi, Seyedvahid 2015
Pre-Specific Modeling. Computational Machines in Coexistence with Urban Data Streams
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Barbara Hammer, Bielefeld University, Germany
ETHZ E-Collection
Haller, Niklaus with distinction 2015
Das hybride Dach. Architektonische Untersuchungen zur Integration von PVT Hybridkollektoren in ZeroEmission-2Sol-Gebäuden
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Hansjürg Leibundgut
Co-examiner: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Hegger, TU Darmstadt
ETHZ E-Collection
Putz, Andreas Willy 2015
Der Bestand der Stadt. Leitbilder und Praktiken der Erhaltung der Zürcher Altstadt 1940 - 1970 (Vorschlag zur Auszeichnung 2015)
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Norbert Nussbaum, Uni Köln
ETHZ E-Collection
Kolokotroni, Martha 2015
The Politics of Dharavi. On the Relation between Discourse and territorial Production.
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Geeta Mehta, GSAPP, Columbia University
ETHZ E-Collection
Grämiger, Gregory Anselm Alexander 2015
Verortungen von Wissen. Die Räume und Sammlungen der Universität Leiden 1575-1700“
Examiner: PD Dr. Lothar Schmitt, Privatdozent ETH Zürich
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Eric Jorink, Huygens ING, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW); Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung (ETHZ)
ETHZ E-Collection
Rauhut, Christoph Joachim Ulrich 2015
Die Praxis der Baustelle um 1900: Das Zürcher Stadthaus Fraumünsteramt
Examiner: Hassler, U.
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Santiago Huerta, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
ETHZ E-Collection
Aschwanden, Gideon Daniel Philipp Alfred 2015
Health and Place: an analysis of the built environment's impact on walking behavior and health
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Kay Axhausen D-BAUG, IVT
ETHZ E-Collection
Dariz, Petra 2015
Industrielle Bauornamentik in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Schweiz unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Herstellung und Verwendung aus hochhydraulischen Gussmassen
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler
Co-examiner: Prof. Erwin Emmerling, TU München
ETHZ E-Collection
Leidi, Michele 2015
Volumetric Site Analysis for the Conceptualization of Architecture in the Urban Context
Examiner: Ass.Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter
Co-examiner: Markus Schaefer, Hosoya Schaefer Architects
ETHZ E-Collection
Schmidt, Michaela 2015
Im Inneren der Bauverwaltung. Eigenlogik und Wirkmacht administrativer Praktiken auf Bauprojekte
Examiner: Prof. Dietmar Eberle
Co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheffer, Goethe Universität Frankfurt
ETHZ E-Collection
Zhong, Chen 2015
Urban Transformation towards Polycentricity. Detecting Functional Urban Changes in Singapore from Transportation Data
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt
Co-examiner: Dr. Stefan Mueller Arisona, FCL Singapore; Prof. Dr. Michael Batty, Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London
ETHZ E-Collection
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