VSDS – Platform for Spatial Design
An emerging Swiss association for professional exchange, research, education and public spatial quality.
Development
Association
VSDS in development
The platform is being developed step by step as a place for exchange, orientation and professional collaboration.
Network
Multilingual perspectives
The development should consider German, French, Italian and English from the beginning.
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 aims to bring professionals, universities and institutions into conversation across language regions.
Association
VSDS in development
The platform is being developed step by step as a place for exchange, orientation and professional collaboration.
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
Not yet set
Membership information
Online/openAssociation