VSDS – Platform for Spatial Design
VSDS is the Swiss association for Spatial Design, supporting professional exchange, research, education and the quality of public space.
Current
Association
VSDS as a professional association
VSDS connects professionals and institutions across practice, research and education and provides a nationwide framework for professional exchange and spatial quality.
Network
Multilingual perspectives
VSDS works multilingually and incorporates German, French, Italian and English across its public services.
Education
Learning and professional development
Future formats should make knowledge from practice, teaching and research accessible.
Research
Making research visible
Contributions on space, use, design and social impact should be documented and discussed.
Guidance and positions
Working basis
Quality in collaboration
Future orientation on roles, processes and responsibility.
Context
The professional field in development
Notes on a field between design, planning, research and mediation.
Topic
Public spatial quality
A focus for future contributions on use, access and long-term impact.
Focus
Foundations
What Spatial Design can contribute
Terms, roles and quality questions should be clarified carefully and made useful for practice.
Exchange
Dialogue between practice and research
VSDS connects professionals, universities and institutions across language regions.
Association
VSDS as a professional association
VSDS connects professionals and institutions across practice, research and education and provides a nationwide framework for professional exchange and spatial quality.
Agenda
In planning
Spatial Design Forum
Location openForum
In preparation
Workshop spatial transformation
Format openWorkshop
In preparation
Exchange between research and practice
Location openResearch
Open
Spatial Design Dialogue
Format openDialogue
Open
Public lecture
Location openLecture
In planning
Procurement and quality in spatial design
Location openSeminar
Open
Exchange in French-speaking Switzerland
Location openNetwork
In preparation
Working group professional profile
Format openWorking group
In planning
Education and knowledge transfer
Format openEducation
Available
Membership
OnlineAssociation