About DDM

The contents of the three-semester series include basic techniques of data collection, transformation and modelling as well as methods for visualisation and verification of designs. It covers the essential digital tools for contemporary landscape architects.

The first semester focuses on the basic and advanced knowledge of the Rhino-Grasshopper system and the QGIS tool. The former is a platform that has been universally accepted by the design community for its parametric modelling and programming capacities, while the latter serves as a common approach to accquire public available geographic data for design use.

Lecturer & Website Developer

• Zhao Ma / ma[AT]arch.ethz.ch / Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard / ETH Zurich

Student Assistant

• Zhi Wang / zhiwang[AT]student.ethz.ch / Hilfsassistenz

Alumni

Lecturers

• Benedikt Kowalewski / kowalewski[AT]arch.ethz.ch / Prof. Christophe Girot / ETH Zurich
• Dennis Häusler / haeusler[AT]arch.ethz.ch / Prof. Christophe Girot / ETH Zurich
• Ilmar Hurkxkens / hurkxkens[AT]arch.ethz.ch / Prof. Christophe Girot / ETH Zurich

Assistants

• Philip Meile / phmeile[AT]student.ethz.ch / Hilfsassistenz
• Michael Zuber / mzuber[AT]student.ethz.ch / Hilfsassistenz

Legacy

In 2023, DDM-I course is fully updated and revised for new MscLA students with various international background.

The previous offerred course under the same name is archived at the previous DDM site.