Ground is the primary infrastructural project of humanity. Design creativity intertwined with scientific knowledge can draw from digital and hydrological models to access this biophysical reality. In the peri-urban landscape of Antananarivo, Madagascar, iterative science-design loops unite experts and stakeholders to transform critical infrastructures for flood mitigation and socioecological well-being.
Participants
ADRIENNE GRÊT-REGAMEY, PHILIPP URECH, NICOLAS SALLIOU, AND CHRISTOPHE GIROT ZURICH, SWITZERLAND; PARIS, FRANCE Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Bern Switzerland, 1973. Lives in Bern, works in Zurich, Switzerland. Philipp Urech, Vevey, Switzerland, 1982. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. Nicolas Salliou, Rennes, France, 1982. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. Christophe Girot, Paris, France, 1957. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland, and Paris, France.
Authorial Collaborators
ETH Zurich: Julian Fischbacher, Luisa Overath, Matteo Cadei, Josephine West, Audrey Würges, Qianer Zhu, Alan von Arx Carrascal, Manon Amsler, Catherine Alexandra Goy, Pascal Hiestand, Laura Klinnert Vlachopoulou, Noemi Koch, Sofia Nava, Samuel Varrin, Sarah von Steiger, Aline Vonderwahl
Team
Fabrizia Fappiano (Chair of Urban Water Systems, ETH Zurich), Joao Leitao (Chair of Urban Water Systems, ETH Zurich), Perrine Burnod (CIRAD / Malagasy Land Observatory, Madagascar), Constance Brouillet (Chair of Landscape and Urban Systems, ETH Zurich), Bruno Salomon Ramamonjisoa (School of Agronomy, University of Antananarivo), Ntsiva Andriatsitohaina (School of Agronomy, University of Antananarivo), Nary Andriamanjatovo (School of Agronomy, University of Antananarivo), Valérie Andoniaina Andriamanga (School of Agronomy, University of Antananarivo), Peter Messerli (Chair of Sustainable Development, University of Bern), Fanny Voélin (Chair of Sustainable Development, University of Bern), Hoby Nambinintsoa, Michiel van Breugel (Yale-NUS College, Singapore), Luc Schmid (Future Cities Lab Singapore), Max Maurer (Chair of Urban Water Systems, ETH Zurich)
Thanks
Aerial images: @drones.mg
Supporters
Future Cities Lab Global, ETH Zurich; National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore; Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme; ETH Zurich; National University of Singapore (NUS); Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore; Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
