Angelus Eisinger

Angelus Eisinger (* 1964 ) is a Swiss historian of urban development and planning. He lives and works in Zurich and Hamburg .

Career

Angelus Eisinger is a qualified urban development and planning historian with a background in social and economic history. Eisinger worked as a private lecturer in the GESS and ARCH departments of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). Between 2005 and 2008 he was professor for urban and spatial development at the University of Liechtenstein . From 2008 to 2013 he was professor for the history and culture of the metropolis at the HafenCity University Hamburg . It was there that he set up the bachelor's degree in Metropolitan Culture . Since April 1, 2013 Angelus Eisinger has also been Director of Regional Planning for Zurich and the Surrounding Area (RZU).

At the center of his research, teaching and practical work are historical studies of architecture, urban and spatial development. He has published numerous texts on urbanity , the problem of retranslation in planning practice and the role of architects and planners in spatial development processes. He is also active in the consultation and evaluation of planning processes and participates in conceptual work in urban planning competitions and planning studies.

Publications

As an author

Essays

• Architecture as a world laboratory. A renaissance . In: Marion Sauter (Reg.): The ecological city. Drafts by students of the University of Liechtenstein, master course "Design Theory" . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, pp. 40–44, ISBN 978-3-86568-336-6 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, German Architecture Museum , December 7, 2007 to February 3, 2008).
• Waterfront Development in Port Cities . In: Angeli Sachs (Ed.): Global Design. International perspectives and individual concepts . Lars Müller, Zurich 2010, pp. 140-141, ISBN 978-3-03778-154-8 .
• Not a beautiful country? In: Karton , No. 17, January 2010, pp. 37–41.
• The Open City and Its Historical Context . In: Tim Rieniets, Jennifer Sigler, Kees Christiaanse : Open City. Designing coexistence . SUN, Amsterdam 2009, pp. 37-49, ISBN 978-90-8506-783-2 .
• Hans Marti and the question of the city. Diagnoses, positional references, accents and manifestations . In: Claude Ruedin, Michael Hanak (eds.): Hans Marti. Spatial planning pioneer . GTA-Verlag, Zurich 2008, pp. 207–215, ISBN 978-3-85676-236-0 .
• Stop making sense . In: Reto Geiser (Ed.): Explorations in Architecture. Teaching Design Research . Birkhäuser, Basel 2008, pp. 14-25, ISBN 978-3-7643-8921-5 .
• From Périph to boulevard central. Notes from an urban laboratory for the city of the 21st century . In: Archithese , Vol. 3 (2009), ISBN 978-3-721-20707-1 (together with Nina Brodowski and Jörg Seifert).
• Over the borders. Approach to everyday business and everyday life in the Alpine Rhine Valley . In: Mario Broggi (Ed.): Alpenrheintal. A region under renovation; Analyzes and perspectives of spatial development (series of publications by the Rheticus Society ; Vol. 47). Verlag der LAG, Vaduz 2006, pp. 28–37, ISBN 978-3-7211-1066-1 (together with Stefan Kurath ).
• The emergent role of architects . In: Emerging Realities ( Grazer Architektur Magazin ; Vol. 4). Springer, Vienna 2007, pp. 154–175, ISBN 978-3-211-48860-7 (together with Stefan Kurath).
• Now the future. Inscription processes of socio-technical urban landscapes . In: Urbanity not Energy (Grazer Architektur Magazin; Vol. 5). Springer, Vienna 2009, pp. 80–91, ISBN 978-3-211-79203-2 (together with Stefan Kurath).

Monographs

• Build cities. Urban planning and urban development in Switzerland 1940-1970 . gta Verlag, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-85676-148-9 (plus habilitation thesis, Technical University of Zurich 2003).
• The city of architects. Anatomy of a self-disassembly (Bauwelt-Fundamente; Vol. 131). Birkhäuser, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7643-7064-0 .
• Zurich is building. Conceptual urban development . Birkhäuser, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-7643-7996-4 (together with Iris Reuter).

As editor

• urbanRESET. Uncovering the immanent potential of urban spaces Birkhäuser, Basel 2012, ISBN 978-3-03-460776-6 (together with Jörg Seifert).
• City country Switzerland. Investigations and case studies on spatial structure and development in Switzerland . Birkhäuser, Basel 2003, ISBN 978-3-7643-7354-2 (together with Michel Schneider).

Web links

• Angelus Eisinger on the HafenCity University Hamburg website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Parallel title: City instead of energy (texts in German and English).
2. ↑ Parallel title: How to Activate Immanent Potential of Urban Spaces (texts in German and English).