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Doctoral fellow Andrea Shin Ling leads collective to represent Canada at the Biennale di Venezia 2025
The Living Room Collective was selected amongst a group of five shortlisted candidates. The pavilion utilizes materials embedded with living cells to create a biological architecture.
Student works exhibited in Lugano
The exhibition "Anatomy of Change" at i2a in Lugano features student works from the chair of Elli Mosayebi, that explored the temporal dimension in architecture in the canton of Ticino during the last three semesters.
Obituary for René Furer
Furer was a lecturer in architectural theory at ETH Zurich from 1968 to 1994. He has died at the age of 91.
“The term ‘Alpine fallow lands’ was a provocation”
Sociology professor Christian Schmid will retire this year. In the interview, he looks back on his time at the ETH Studio Basel, which sparked discussions with the book “Switzerland: An Urban Portrait” and whose publications will be freely available online as Open Access from May.
“The image of Heidi's Switzerland will change and there will be new natures”
Climate change leads to more landslides and flooding. ETH professor Martina Voser is investigating how landscape architecture can respond to this in the sandbox, on the computer and in dialogue with the population.
The first universal history of architecture
In 1721 the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach published a book that brought together the architectures of different cultures from Egypt to Japan. Three centuries later ETH professor Maarten Delbeke has issued a re-print of the influential publication.
Building with cork, reed and eelgrass
An exhibition at the ETH Materials Hub features eight 1:1 scale mockups that illustrate plantbased constructions. They were built by students from the guest studio of the architecture practice Material Cultures.
Statement of the Executive Board of ETH Zurich
After intensive discussions with all parties involved, the Executive Board of ETH Zurich has decided to cancel the lecture of the author Léopold Lambert at D-ARCH. In a statement the Board explains the decision in detail.
Students build spatial interventions at HSG
A university building in St. Gallen is enlivened with a wooden shelf and a kiosk. The project by the professor Momoyo Kaijima and the sociologist Niklaus Reichle combines analysis, design and self-construction. And brings together architecture and economics students from ETH and HSG.
Grant for fungal art project
ETH PhD researcher Tiziano Derme and ETH sound architect Nadine Schütz receive the ArTS Production Grant 2024, which is awarded by Ars Electronica together with Pro Helvetia. Their installation combines sound and fungal growth and will be on displayed in Linz in September.