Aerial Spatial Revolution


2024–2027


Aerovision axis
Prof. Emmanuel Alloa (UNIFR)
Dr. Lilian Kroth (UNIFR)
Dr. Alessandro De Cesaris (UNIFR)
Emanuel Tandler (UNIFR)




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Post-Doc Position as part of “Aerial Spatial Revolution. Research project on the conquest of the air and its impact on city, architecture and territory from the origins of aviation to present time” (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation), organized and coordinated around three axis:

  • Aeropolitics 
    (coord. by Prof. Matteo Vegetti, Academy of Architecture Mendrisio/SUPSI)
    Aeropolitics examines the political and ethical stakes of flight. It traces how aerial dominance, from early aviation to satellites and drones, redefines sovereignty, conflict, and spatial rights. This approach reveals the transformative reach of governance from above.

  • Aerovision 
    (coord. by Prof. Emmanuel Alloa, University of Fribourg)
    Aeroplanning investigates how aerial photography and planning tools reshape urban design. By examining large-scale surveys and spatial data, it reveals how flight catalyzes new approaches to structuring architecture, territories, and infrastructural networks for modern living.

  • Aeroplanning 
    (coord. by Prof. Katrin Albrecht, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences OST)
    Aerovision explores how flight expands perception, shaping modern views on architecture, city space, and technology. Through philosophical lenses, it analyzes the influence of aerial imagery on collective awareness and the urban environment, unveiling new forms of spatial experience.



Related publications:

Kroth, Lilian, and Amelia Urry. ‘Edges of the Ice: Aerial Views and Frontier Imaginaries’. In The Aerial Turn. On the Conquest of the Air and Its Impact on the City, the Territory and the Planet, edited by Matteo Vegetti, 133–51. Mendrisio Academy Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48686/8kym-7z38.

Kroth, Lilian. ‘Remote Sensing and Feminist Critique: Reappropriations of Sensing across Distance’. Environment and Planning F 4, no. 1 (2025): 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/26349825241283838.

Kroth, Lilian, and Amelia Urry. ‘Remote Sensing as Method and Material’. Environment and Planning F, no. Special Issue: Remote Sensing as Method and Material (forthcoming 2026).