Assistenz für Baumaterialien im Studio Foundations (m/w/d) — ETH Zürich

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chevron left Overview chevron left Overview Assistance for building materials in the Studio Foundations (m/w/d) 40%-60%, Zurich, limited print Print For the first-year course «Studio Foundations» we are looking at 1. June 2026 or by agreement a:n Architect:in as a scientific:r Assistent:r for the management of the department of building materials. The "Studio Foundations" was first taught in the autumn semester 2025 as a first year course in the revised Bachelor curriculum in Architecture at ETH Zurich. The course lays the foundation of the architectural design for about 400 D-ARCH students and is jointly developed by a collective of eight professors: ins, who teaches the areas of design (Roger Boltshauser), Computational Design (Fabio Gramazio), construction (Daniel Mettler), building materials (Jacqueline Pauli), structure (Philippe Block), energy and climate systems (Arno Schlüter Delke) The didactic concept of the course is based on the integration of various disciplines within the design teaching. This competence-oriented approach promotes a complex and systemic understanding of architecture and enables students to address architectural challenges from different perspectives and to address current issues. The focus is on the simple, sustainable construction in a contemporary architectural language. The "Studio Foundations" focuses on students and orchestrates the application of disciplinary knowledge and skills in the design over two semesters. Through direct and sensual access, students acquire basic concepts such as context and landscape, climate and energy, light and space, meaning and form as well as material and structure and understand their influence on architectural design. The course emphasizes interdisciplinary and thus critical thinking by combining abstract concepts with real experiences in different standards – from living spaces to urban landscapes. Jacqueline Pauli's chair is responsible for providing basic knowledge to the entire range of building materials. This takes place over 2-3 weeks of focus in the autumn semester as well as a direct transfer to the design projects. In the focus weeks, students develop content for a specific material on the subject areas of technical material properties, as well as raw material extraction, manufacturing processes, circulatory capacity and ecological footprint. Job description

• As a scientific assistant:in the field of construction materials, you are responsible for the content and formal preparation and mediation.
• They conduct the exchange with the other disciplines and establish the relationships and interfaces.
• On the presence days at Hönggerberg (Mondays to Wednesdays), you are part of the overall structure "Studio Foundations". During the autumn ensemster you support the workshop leaders:in the subject-specific questions of students, especially in the material focus weeks.
• They help prepare input lectures on building materials and carry out further work on the first-year course from the professorship or the direction of Studio Foundations.
• In the summer and winter, you prepare the digital examination of the former lecture "Construction Materials 1", which students of the old regulations still have to take off and correct them. Profile
• They have a successfully completed study of architecture.