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Cooperative Robotic Fabrication of Timber Dowel Assemblies
(2020)Research Culture in Architecture: Cross-Disciplinary CollaborationThis research is developed within the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication program at ETH Zurich. This paper presents a novel constructive system made solely of wood, enabled by a cooperative robotic fabrication process. The constructive system builds on recent developments in dowel-laminated timber (DLT) as well as advances made in the field of digital fabrication. The paper demonstrates through three ...Book Chapter -
Internationales Projekt zur Zukunft der (nuklearen) Rüstungskontrolle
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikIn the final contribution to the Bulletin 2020, CSS Head of Thinktank Oliver Thränert announces that, in the coming years, the CSS will be thinking about how arms control could be redesigned and adapted in the course of the project "Redesigning Arms Control for New Realities" so that it can contribute to preventing nuclear wars in the 21st century. Given the complexity of this endeavor, the CSS has assembled a core group of scientists ...Book Chapter -
Schweizer Krisenmanagement: Die Coronavirus-Pandemie als fachliche und politische Lernchance
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikIn the most comprehensive article of the Bulletin 2020, Andreas Wenger, Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler, Benjamin Scharte and Jan Thiel discuss the Swiss crisis management. They see the coronavirus pandemic as a professional and political learning opportunity. The article focuses on the content dimension – early detection, risk assessment and strategy adaptation as well as crisis communication and digitalization – and on the practical dimension ...Book Chapter -
Pandemievorbereitung in der Schweiz: Krisenvorsorge als laufender Lernprozess
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikIn this contribution to the Bulletin 2020, Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler, Benjamin Scharte and Andreas Wenger focus on pandemic preparedness in Switzerland. They describe Switzerland's pandemic preparedness planning as a step-by-step learning process alongside international coordination efforts. A snapshot describes the status of preparations before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. At that time, according to the authors, there were ...Book Chapter -
Chronologie des nationalen und internationalen Krisenmanagements in der ersten Phase der Coronavirus-Pandemie
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikThis part of the Bulletin 2020 serves as a chronology of the national and international crisis management in the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin Kohler, Andrin Hauri, Benjamin Scharte, Jan Thiel and Andreas Wenger describe the chain of events and measures taken from the outbreak of Covid-19 in China to the return to the "special situation" (besondere Lage) in Switzerland on 19 June. This overview serves as a guide across ...Book Chapter -
«Versuchen, auch das Undenkbare zu denken»
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikIn this interview for the Bulletin 2020 (in German), Chief of the Armed Forces Thomas Süssli comments on the role of the armed forces in Switzerland's coronavirus crisis management during the first wave in the first half of 2020. He assesses its mobilization and cooperation with various partners and elaborates on how the cooperation and preparation for the next crisis can be improved. a pandemic however is only one of the scenarios in ...Book Chapter -
Die Schweizer Armee im Corona-Einsatz: Ein relevantes Szenario für die Streitkräfteentwicklung?
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikIn this part of the Bulletin 2020, Michael Haas and Annabelle Vuille examine the contribution of the Swiss Armed Forces in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity in crisis management. They put this deployment into context of the current state of Switzerland's armed forces development. Finally, Haas and Vuille assess what effects the corona crisis could have on the further development, planning and role of the Swiss Armed Forces.Book Chapter -
Die Schweiz im europäischen Krisenmanagement
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikJulian Kamasa and Jan Thiel’s contribution to the Bulletin 2020 deals with Switzerland in the context of the European crisis management. The authors argue that, as an economically and socially strongly interconnected state, Switzerland cannot be isolated, but can only be placed in a European context. In particular, the authors examine the Schengen association and the resulting border management as well as Switzerland's cooperation with ...Book Chapter -
Recommandations sous forme de questions clés pour le développement du cadre légal et du plan de lutte contre les pandémies
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikThis article of the Bulletin 2020 contains a summary of the various teachings and results of the analysis throughout the entire Bulletin issue (in French). These are formulated as recommendations covering all chapters in the form of guiding questions that the authors consider important for the development of the legal and planning framework for coping with pandemics. The essence of the findings refers in each case to the specific passages ...Book Chapter -
Empfehlungen in der Form von Leitfragen für eine Weiterentwicklung des gesetzlichen und planerischen Rahmens der Bewältigung von Pandemien
(2020)Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik ~ Bulletin 2020 zur schweizerischen SicherheitspolitikThis article of the Bulletin 2020 contains a summary of the various teachings and results of the analysis throughout the entire Bulletin issue (in German). These are formulated as recommendations covering all chapters in the form of guiding questions that the authors consider important for the development of the legal and planning framework for coping with pandemics. The essence of the findings refers in each case to the specific passages ...Book Chapter