Departement Architektur, ETH Zürich

D-ARCH welcomes Dafni Retzepi, Philippe Buchs, Thierry Buache, and Charline Dayer from the architecture practice Sujets Objets, who will lead a visiting studio at the Institute of Design and Architecture.

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Photos: Sujets Objets, Sven Hogger, Normal map, Charly Jolliet

Student works from the course "Digital Theory and Culture" were on display at ETH Zurich. They explore how digital methods can be used creatively and critically in architectural design.

Team: Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Bernd Bickel, Anton Savov, Bharath Seshadri, Mathias Bernhard, Angela Yoo, Victoria Roznowski, Dr. Patrick Bedarf , Dominik Stoll, Pengbin Tang

Tutors: Dominik Reisach, Ming Yang Wang, Hang Zhang, Qiming Sun, Nik Eftekhar Olivo , Jiaqian Wu, Karen Antorveza, Zain Karsan, Ariel Lim, Jeremy Chew, Anna Maria Eggler, Desmond Liu, Yuhan Zhang

Assistants: Fapratan Jasmine Bucher, Yiping Chen, Marie Wanzki, Dalia Schilling, Johannes Pollmann, Roberto Innocenti, Nicola Picciolo, Francesco Niederhauser, Polina Liechti

Photos: Digital Building Technologies, ETH Zurich; Computational Design Laboratory, ETH Zurich

Master's Thesis "Weaving Spaces - Albisrieden" by Till Nuesch, Autumn Semester 2025, supervised by the chair of Professor Maria Conen, Rui Filipe Pinto

Check out the Works website featuring selected Master's Theses: works.arch.ethz.ch

D-ARCH welcomes Laurent Didier, Mathieu Le Ny and Louis Leger from the Bureau Architectures Sans Titre BAST, who will lead a visiting studio at the Institute of Design and Architecture.

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Photos: BAST

How can landscape be designed in a future shaped by increasing uncertainty? The NSL Colloquium in September explores new approaches for responding to climatic and hydrological challenges.

Hosted by Professor Martina Voser, the two-day event at Architektur Forum Zürich features speakers Bradley Cantrell, Pia Fricker, Johann Gaume, Marco Rampini, Alexander Robinson, Philipp Urech, Esther Vonplon, Rolf Weingartner, and others.

NSL Colloquium Dynamic Landscapes: Designing with Uncertainties
10–11 September 2026, Architektur Forum Zürich
Register here until 2 September: https://www.nsl.ethz.ch/dynamic_landscapes/

Images: ETH Zurich, Professor Voser, Dennis Häusler

Reuse on a small scale: During a holiday workshop organised by the City of Zurich at ZAZ Bellerive, children built a fantasy city using old models from D‑ARCH students and various architecture offices.

More information: https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/sport-portal/angebot/26435/Wir_bauen_neu_-_mit_alten_Sachen!

Workshop and photos: Le-Wan Tran

Master's Thesis "Hardturm as Social Infrastructure" by Eleni Werder, Autumn Semester 2025, supervised by the chair of Professor Anna Puigjaner, BUK

Check out the Works website featuring selected Master's Theses: works.arch.ethz.ch

On 24 September 2026, the second edition of the Startup Architecture Symposium is taking place at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich.

Register now and join us, for a full day of discussions, ideas, and exchange around automation and innovation in the built environment.

Startup Architecture Symposium: Big Ideas for the Physical World
24 September 2026, 09:00–17:00
HIB Building, Hönggerberg Campus, ETH Zurich
More information and registration: startups.arch.ethz.ch

D-ARCH welcomes three guests at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta).

Mercedes Volait joins ETH Zurich as a visiting professor; Eiermann Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient Alistair Cartwright and Fatma Serra İnan will work as visiting lecturers.

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Photo: Alice Sidoli

The students in the studio of ETH Professor Francisco Cifuentes Utrero have designed projects for the cultural foundation Origen in Switzerland.

An exhibition in Riom features the works of the students who used local materials such as timber, stone, earth, and straw to design new cultural spaces for the village.

Working across scales, from the landscape to the building detail, the students explored how architecture can contribute to the future of alpine communities in transition.

Exhibition of student projects
Until 22 August 2026
Sängersaal, Riom
Origen and Studio Cifuentes

Images: Student projects by Abigail Connolly, Yaramila Frey; Livio Giuliani, Gian Luca Muheim, Kira Van Woudenberg; Jennifer Braghetti, Sofia Ortelli, Olivia Pfister; Giacome Botteon, Aris Marzanich, Mattia Nizzola