This issue of Pamphlet deals with the perception visualization and representation of distinct
parts of Zurich and offers different ways of representing the city - both above ground and
underground - by analyzing five unique sites each of which represents a multifaceted layered
and spatially complex system: the ETH main building Zurich main station the Jelmoli
department store the Sihl River and the Schanzengraben and adjacent Old Botanical Garden.
Each site is approached from two perspectives: the visual aesthetic perspective of student
works that accurately visualize the site through point cloud modelling and the perspective of
experts who have a special relation to the site or knowledge of the applied methods and
technologies thus contributing insights from urban history city planning architecture and
landscape architecture.
