Dunja Kovari spoke at the symposium "Heat Reduction on Buildings" on the topic of urban climate as a cross-cutting issue as part of the City of Zurich's Cool Down Initiative.

sa_partners was interviewed by the Dutch public TV channel VPRO about its international projects in the field of urban development.

What opportunities does the transformation of space and society offer and what demands does it place on future planning? Dunja Kovari discussed this question with around 40 interested architecture students using the example of current plans and projects in Germany and abroad.

In its new publication, which was published in February, sa_partners argues for an urban development that consistently puts people at the centre. "12 Steps to the City of People" is both a vision and a guide to action for the design of liveable cities in the 21st century. The recommendations are also based on interviews with academics and practitioners, administration and business sectors.

Dunja Kovari-Binggeli was elected as climate envoy to the City Council of Zurich to promote a good urban climate and ensure green and liveable city development.

As part of the UN Habitat initiative, two Green City Master Plans by sa_partners were approved in Azerbaijan. This is an important step towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As part of a national task force on nature-based solutions sa_partners brings in the Agency's international expertise on strategic Sponge City concepts in a pilotproject conducted by the National Agency for Waterwastemanagement.

Dunja Kovari was keynote speaker at this year's UN-Habitat National Urban Forum in Baku, which took place on October 5-6, 2022. Her contribution focused on carbon-neutral approaches for more inclusive, resilient, smart and sustainable urbanization using the example of international urban development projects by sa_partners.

Following the growth of the agency in Zurich, Angela Wiest was appointed to senior associate. Angela joined the team in 2016 and rapidly developed extensive urban planning skills. As sa_p’s youngest cadre member, she was trained at ETH Zurich and brings a diverse background from urban policy to architecture. She strengthens the company's multidisciplinary profile and fosters the development of sa_p's future strategy

It‘s time for action! As part of the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum #WUF11 our city laboratory on the ecological transformation is presented in Katowice, Poland. We could not be prouder that Swiss innovation is shared with top representatives of national governments, NGOs as well as multinational companies and academics

Notre documentation sur le climat urbain est désormais également disponible en français! L’intérêt suscité par la publication de « 12 Regeln für ein gutes Stadtklima » en Suisse allemande nous a encouragé à publier une nouvelle version de la brochure en français et à élargir notre champ d’action à la Suisse romande

In collaboration with various representatives of the Federal Office for Spatial Development, the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, the Paul Scherrer Institute, Avenir Suisse and the University of Zurich, sa_partners conducted a Future Lab as part of the federal government's model project for digital transformation in rural areas. The ideas from the Future Lab form the foundation for the digitalization strategy of the peripherally located region around Bad Zurzach

Dunja Kovari is a keynote speaker and panelist at the Low Tech - No Tech symposium on Nov 18 2021, organized by the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, Switzerland's leading professional association for construction, technology and environment > to the event

sa_p has been awarded the contract for the development of a Life Science Campus in Basel. In an exclusive location, an ecologically oriented master plan is to be created that will create the conditions for an dynamic and mixed-used development.

As a member of an international team, sa_p is appointed by the State of Qatar to develop a regional eco-master plan for specific districts of the emirate. The team is asked to develop strategies and proposals for action for sustainable urban and landscape development.

As part of the exchange of experience between 'EspaceSuisse' and the 'Swiss Cities Association, Dunja Kovari gave an keynote speech on the topic of "Urban climate as cross-cutting task"

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sa_p and Karres en Brands (NL) develop the Neighbourhood 7 model quarter in the Leningradskaya region

sa_p wins together with TAMassociati (Venice), Studio Giorgetta (Milan) and Golder (Toronto) the competitive procedure for the transformation of the central industrial area into an ecology oriented innovation district !

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sa_p is commissioned to develop the citywide high-rise concept for the fast growing city of Winterthur. This involves the elaboration of strategic frameworks, quality guidlines and the Municipal General Plan for Switzerland's #5 largest town.

Dunja Kovari gives an interview to the urgent topic of "Climate Adaptation" for the Swiss Chamber of Engineers and Architects in the run-up to the congress "Low-Tech / No-Tech"

Dunja Kovari is giving a speech to "Climate Adaptive Urban Development" at the ARCHITECTURE FORUM WINTERTHUR.

Thomas Kovari is giving a keynote speech at the WinterCity Baikal Conference in Russia that takes place within the international membership program of the WinterCity Association. The main topic was climate change and the new challenges facing cities and entire regions.

Our high-rise concept for Karlsruhe has been approved unanimously by the city council. It has been developed by sa_partners in a two-year long participative process.

The Federal pilot schemes supports innovations in urban planning. sa_partners bid for two projects on Digitalization and Intergral development strategies was accepted for the 2020-2024 funding period!

sa_p takes part in the international e-Future of Cities Conference ISOCARP in Belgrade with a keynote lecture on the post-digital city

At 12 th september sa_p opened her spacelab, to share - and more importantly develop further - their research around digitalisation, connectivity as well as social and climate change - "Between Digitalization and Omline". Up to sixty representatives from the public administration and the industry joined the event.

Thomas Kovari is a member of the international panel of experts for the positioning and redesign of the National Technical University (ISTU), an educational campus with 30'000 students and researchers in the university town

sa_partners is appointed to develop a citywide high-rise concept for City of Karlsruhe [GER]

Commission for a study to transform a railway site into a mixed-use development in the city-center of the Lausanne, Switzerland

sa_partners is appointed to contribute to the development of new system of urban planning standards for the Russian Federation.

sa_partners is appointed to develop a citywide high-rise concept for City of Karlsruhe (GER)

sa_p von air for the Riverside Grossacher by Swiss National Broadcaster (Link)