Johannes Tovatt held a lecture at the symposium for the professorship in Architecture and Urban Planning at ETH in Zürich. Other candidates for the chair that participated at the event were Adam Caruso and Peter St John, London, Xaveer de Geyter, Brüssel, Winy Maas, Rotterdam, Deborah Saunt, London, Urs Primas, Zürich, Alfred Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner (Urban Think Tank).