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Standard Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
(2022)Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic SurgeryThe introduction of the transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedure has revolutionized the standards of care in patients with aortic valve pathologies and has significantly increased the quality of the medical treatment provided. The durability and constant technical improvements in the modern transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedure have broadened the indications towards younger patient groups with low-risk profiles. ...Educational Material -
Power to the People
(2022)Studio Series New EcologiesWho owns and controls the energy we use? The energy crisis looming over Europe this fall as a consequence of the Ukraine war has made it clear that European geopolitics and power asymmetries have been built on fossil fuels. Yet the discussions around energy transition usually revolve around reducing carbon emissions through technofix solutions, without questioning the broader politics of energy. The promise of energy transition, that ...Educational Material -
Healthification, a short animation about what can we do to lower the socioeconomic inequalities in health
(2022)Academic GIFtNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) impose enormous health burdens on individuals and lead to substantial health economic challenges. NCDs’ risk factors relate primarily to a lifestyle characterized by tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, or an unbalanced diet. This lifestyle can lead to obesity, hypertension, and other cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Unfortunately, individuals with lower socioeconomic ...Educational Material -
Roots
(2022)Thematic and Methodological Emphasis Urban Tool Box: Analogue and Digitial Tool Development, Architecture and Urban Design, Representation (Digital and Physical 3D-Modeling, in combination Film, and Graphic Design) Learning Objectives Students will emerge in our Chair’s “method-design” to step by step develop their individual prototypical design projects. They will address both architectural urban scales and will be guided to ...Educational Material -
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Village Life
(2022)Studio Series New EcologiesVillages have lost most of their historic features. Peasant populations and traditional farming no longer exist. In Switzerland the share of people working in agriculture has plunged from around 60 % in 1800 to 2.5 % today, and to only 1.1 % in the Canton of Zurich. Non-agrarian economies and ways of life have spread across former rural areas. It appears that the urban-rural dichotomy has collapsed and that villages are becoming more and ...Educational Material -
WasteX
(2022)The pace of technological change makes much of our model of urbanization socially, economically, and environmentally unsus-tainable. Paradoxically today, the amount of waste produced, en-ergy consumed, surface sealed, and water consumed per capita is considered an indicator of our junk society’s wealth. Linked to the dynamics of ongoing globalization, economic growth pressures, in-creasing living standards, ...Educational Material -
Praxisbeispiele von Erdbebenüberprüfung und Erdbebenertüchtigung von bestehenden Brücken nach Norm SIA 269/8
(2022)Educational Material