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Built Different: The Cities We Need
- Starts
- Location
- Performance Space New York
- Price
- Free
ETH Zurich-trained urban researcher Markus Schläpfer joins a Swissnex discussion on turning low-carbon building ideas, retrofits and infrastructure innovations into real city projects.
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- Ends
- Format
- In person
- Location
- Performance Space New York, 150 First Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10009, East Village, Manhattan
- Organizer
- Swissnex and ETH Alumni Association
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About this event
Swissnex and the ETH Alumni Association bring researchers, architects, engineers and technology businesses together to ask how low-carbon urban ideas can become real projects. The conversation spans efficient building materials, retrofits, sustainable infrastructure and the planning barriers that can prevent innovations from being used at scale. Short presentations lead into a panel, audience questions and networking. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; the program begins at 6 p.m.
German, Austrian or Swiss connection
Speaker Markus Schläpfer earned his master's degree and doctorate at ETH Zurich. Before joining Columbia University, he worked at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory and held a position at the University of Bern. These are substantial Swiss educational and professional connections. He is described here as ETH Zurich-trained; the cited biography does not establish Swiss nationality.
Admission
Free, with registration through the organizer's Luma page. Networking follows the discussion; the event ends at 8 p.m.
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- Time zone
- America/New_York
Why it belongs on GermanEvents
Markus Schläpfer has master's and doctoral degrees from ETH Zurich and professional ties to the ETH Future Cities Laboratory and University of Bern; this is a Swiss research connection, not verified nationality.