NRP 65 New Urban Quality

The National Research Programme "New Urban Quality" (NRP 65) studied the role and importance of urban centres in Switzerland in 5 research projects. As a result, NRP 65 has developed ideas and strategies for extensive planning of the built environment.

Two synthesis reports present the scientific results of the research projects, draw conclusions for strategic approaches in spatial planning, urban planning and architecture, and show how sustainable urban devel-opment can be strengthened.

• Call for proposals NRP 65 (PDF)
• Portrait of NRP 65 (German) (PDF)

Results and final products

Syntheses

• Urbanisation of suburban areas. Synthesis Sulzer and Desax (in German) (PDF)
• Urban quality for cities and rural areas. Synthesis Wehrli (in German) (PDF)

Project results

Project Angelil: Urban Potentials and Strategies in Metropolitan Territories

• Urbane Qualitäten. Handbook Project Angélil (in German) (PDF)
• Project Angelil - Stakeholder Summary (in German) (PDF)
• Project website
• Publication list of the project (PDF)

Project Arnaboldi: Designing cities and landscapes - public spaces in the "Città Ticino" of the future

• Project Arnaboldi - Stakeholder Summary (in Italien) (PDF)
• Project website
• Publications of project (in Italien) (PDF)

Project Schmitt: Sustainable Urban Patterns

• Project Schmitt - Stakeholder Summary (in German) (PDF)
• Project website
• Publications of project (in German) (PDF)

Project Van Wezemael: Urban ruptures, local interventions

• Project Van Wezemael - Stakeholder Summary (in German) (PDF)
• Final Report of the Project (in German) (PDF)
• Publications of project (in German) (PDF)

Project Verzone: The Food Urbanism Initiative

• Project Verzone - Stakeholder Summary (in French) (PDF)
• Project website
• Publications of project (PDF)