Guest Lecturer for TEACH A DESIGN STUDIO — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- fixed-term
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Guest Lecturer for TEACH A DESIGN STUDIO
70%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
For the third time the Department of Architecture (D-Arch) of ETH Zurich is looking for innovative approaches for studio teaching in architectural design.
- Guest Lecturer for TEACH A DESIGN STUDIO
- 70%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
Application process
- to teach your vision for the future of architecture and construction in a new experimental design studio. Job description
- The existing 25 design studios for Bachelor and Master students in Architecture present a variety of positions and methods that aim at synthesizing the evolving conditions of the world around us, into thought, action, proposals for buildings and environments that are, in themselves, new forms of knowledge.
- Each of these positions contributes the specific expertise to our schools’ focus on: Answering the Challenges of Climate Change Fostering Digital Forms of Craftsmanship Shaping Future Environments Making the Past Productive Empowering Design and Construction
- The D-ARCH is looking for upcoming, speculative, and innovative positions engaging with the challenges facing the future of the built environment.
- Send us your teaching statement on maximum one page describing how you want to engage with pressing topics, such as re-use, aesthetics, climate emergency, composition, housing shortage, tactility, parity, construction, inclusivity, space, care, expression, etc. and how they will shape the architecture of tomorrow.
- The statement should also include a teaching methodology to engage with the students and prepare them to be responsible actors in the future of the discipline of architecture.
- One independent architect or architectural collective will be selected to teach a design studio with ca. 25 students on campus for two days a week as Guest Lecturers for the duration of two semesters between Fall 2027 and Spring 2029.
- Additionally, regular intermediate reviews as well as public final presentations with external guests should promote an exchange between the different students and faculty members and contribute to the dynamic, interdisciplinary and multi-faceted teaching environment at the Department of Architecture. Profile
Contacts
- Please send applications or questions about the position by e-mail to [email protected] .
- Further information about the lEA Institute can be found on our website iea
Additional details
- 70%, Zurich, fixed-term
- Apply to teach your vision for the future of architecture and construction in a new experimental design studio.
- Each of these positions contributes the specific expertise to our schools’ focus on: Answering the Challenges of Climate Change Fostering Digital Forms of Craftsmanship Shaping Future Environments Making the Past Productive Empowering Design and Construction
- Additionally, regular intermediate reviews as well as public final presentations with external guests should promote an exchange between the different students and faculty members and contribute to the dynamic, interdisciplinary and multi-faceted teaching environment at the Department of Architecture.
- Applicants that have a working contract with ETH during the application period will not be considered for the position.
- Your career with impact: Become part of ETH Zurich, which not only supports your professional development, but also actively contributes to positive change in society.
- Working, teaching and research at ETH Zurich We value diversity and sustainability
- Submit your application until August 28rd 2026. The application should contain
Notes and original content
- Job description
- Each of these positions contributes the specific expertise to our schools’ focus on:
- Answering the Challenges of Climate Change
- Fostering Digital Forms of Craftsmanship
- Shaping Future Environments
- Making the Past Productive
- Empowering Design and Construction
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- Working, teaching and research at ETH Zurich
- We value diversity and sustainability
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