10 km lakeshore, 10 km forest edge and in between the steep Jura mountain slope with a less than 1 km wide, 10 km long city. Neuchâtel is unique in urbanistic terms, for which we have developed a very city-specific urban development concept together with Team+.

The synthesis for the Seetalstrasse in Emmen is available! Traffic is seen here as an urban planning opportunity. The vision is not a utopian, traffic-free place, but a dynamic, highly frequented, representative urban space.

How do you run a second tram line corridor through a Unesco World Heritage Site? From an urban planning point of view, this is an extremely interesting but difficult question. The interim result with 3 possible variants now goes into public participation.

Everything solved! The Masterplan shows the importance of creativity, design, thinking and an integral approach to urban development. This is the only way to create sustainable solutions!

Our 10m2 working model is the starting point for constructive, active participation; good inputs from the population and great media echo!

Back to pragmatism: shared instead of separated space, Swiss instead of Dutch bicycle solutions, lane stops instead of bus bays, wide multifunctional walking areas for pedestrian traffic, appropriation, greening and retention.

Building culture in local planning: the city of Zug is breaking new ground with the guide "Baukultur in den Quartieren". With different, integral design criteria, it lays the foundation for a qualitative, sustainable, specific further development of the city's 21 residential and mixed-use neighborhoods.

We have won the tender to develop the agglomeration programme of Rivelac (Montreux - Vevey), one of the most scenically spectacular urban regions in Switzerland. Collaboration with Güller Güller (lead), mrs, Linkfabric, ADR a.o.

VDW was one of the selected teams for the 2nd stage of the test study "Zurich Central Station". With Basler Hofmann, Hager and Albprojekte, we developped an ambitious, visionary, but realistic and feasible concept for the most frequented urban area in Switzerland.

Urban design for a sustainable, high-quality business district for SME, collaboration with Grand Paysage. We are very much looking forward to working on the project!

More dwellings, more open space, more community: based on our test planning design, the ABZ housing cooperative is densifying the Im Herrlig housing district in Zurich

The regional development concept (REK) for theUrserntal tourism region (Göschenen, Andermatt, Realp, Hospental) has been completed. More information on this website!

Participation and completion of the test study: more information on this website !

Our Team has been selected for the 2nd stage!

Half-metro ring line, S-Bahn districts, strong trolley bus axes: our ideas - developed on the basis of customer wishes - will be pursued! These new elements will fundamentally change the public transport system of the city of Zurich. Collaboration with Metron Transport Planning.

The team Infraconsult, Planax and VDW have been selected to develop the intercommunal structure plan for the Pfyn-Finges Nature Park!

The new central train station of Lucerne is a project of the century, the results of the test study have been published. VDW led one of the three selected teams, more information on this website.

The dialogue process is over, the official motorway project is abandoned. The recommendations represent a major paradigm shift in urban and mobility planning: a source of inspiration for other cities. Read more in the expert report on this website!

The city council approved the guideline plans for the 3 village centers of Buchthalen, Hemmental and Herblingen!

VDW is one of the selected teams! Collaboration with Studio Bürgi, Mateo Arquitectura, Emch+Berger and Anastasi+ Partners.

VDW has been selected to develop a spatial vision for the rural region of All-Gäu!

The integral reconstruction of the main station of Lucerne (180'000 passengers / day) and its station district is one the largest and most complex traffic infrastructure and urban development projects of Switzerland. VDW won the tender and is one of the selected test-study teams!

The municipal council approved the spatial development strategy!

Public participation agglomeration program 4th generation for the region of Berne-Mittelland. With Ecoptima, Metron and Ecoplan we developed the integral regional vision and development strategies.

The participation process for the spatial development concept of Horw has started!

Test study Urserntal 2040: VDW is one of the 3 selected teams to develop an urban vision for the alpine touristic region Urserntal.

Public participation and conference (2.12.) concerning the high-rise building strategy and the development concept for the city center.

VDW is one of the invited teams!

Approval by the municipal council!

As part of the revision of the zoning plan we have developed the masterplan for the Luzernerstrasse, the most important access road of the town along the shores of Lake Sempach.

The municipal council approved the spatial development strategy!

As part of the new communal structure plan and planning revision, the city of Zug developed the "Stadtraumkonzept". It defines the guidelines for a qualitative, contextual urban development.

VDW will develop the masterplan for the new town center and station district of Kehrsatz!

Participation process for the urban development project "Town center and station district of Niederwangen" in Köniz.

Presentation of the urban development visions for the region of Cologne-Bonn (4 Mio. Inhabitants), 13th of september 2018 at the Max Ernst Museum in Brühl.

Together with Bogner Knoll we develop the urban design masterplan for the Kirchenfeld Museum District in Berne, one of the largest and most visited cultural hubs of Switzerland.

Together with Basler & Hofmann and Burkhard Horn we have won the tender for the development of a mobility strategy for the ukrainian city of Lviv!

We have won the competition for the urban development vision for the community of Emmen! (collaboration with mrs, Fahrni and HSLU).

Public participation for the future of the Kotsyubinskoho Prospect: exposition of the results of the first test study in Ukraine!

Presentation of our integral urban development and mobility study (collaboration with Kontextplan and Rapp) for the tri-national district 3Land. More information on our website!