In autumn 2024, two exhibitions take place in Zurich focusing on Switzerland and its colonial interdependencies. In the seminar, this topic will be addressed using the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich as an example. The students will research a selection of works from the collection, read specialized texts and discuss the jointly visited exhibitions.

The Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich owns over 150 prints by James Turrell. A selection of these will be shown in an exhibition in autumn 2024. In the seminar, the development of an exhibition is explained on the basis of this concrete project. The students learn about the artist's work, read specialist literature and conceive various forms of exhibition displays.

Since the 1990s, there is a vivid discourse on “Artistic Research” – an artistic approach, which is characterized by different interconnections to other fields of research. In the seminar, we will read a selection of texts and will – in artist’s studios or at the Graphische Sammlung – discuss with artists how they would define “Artistic Research” and what strategies they use.

This course is not offered in HS20.The seminar takes a closer look at different forms of presentations and various ways of depositing holdings behind the scenes, including those of Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich. Besides, the seminar will focus upon the impact of the specific character of a collection as well as of architecture.

This seminar will explore contemporary architecture through the lens of its ever expanding field, taking as a starting point the view that we "both do and do not know" what architecture is. Together we will discuss texts, visit workspaces and have conversations with practitioners who work at the interfaces of architecture, art and other disciplines.

This seminar will explore contemporary architecture through the lens of its ever expanding field, taking as a starting point the view that we "both do and do not know" what architecture is. Together we will discuss texts, visit workspaces and have conversations with practitioners who work at the interfaces of architecture, art and other disciplines.

How do we talk and write about food? What are criteria for good food? How does it relate to history, memory, money? In which spaces is food being produced?In this seminar, we will eat and speak about home-made food, discuss with invited guests and read texts from the fields of histoy, theory, poetry and fiction.

Using case studies and texts, the seminar introduces students to the topic of authorship before and after the advent of AI, and explores the concept of authorship in art and architecture.

The use of digital media is taken for granted today. And yet drawing, which has been regarded as an expression of thought since the Renaissance, has retained its place in art and architecture. In this seminar, we will discuss the relevance of drawing between observation and creation, view works of art and engage in conversation with artists.

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INHABIT EXHIBITA collective manifesto"But Grandmother! What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood. "The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.Since when are windows so big?Since when are exhibitions so real?How does the inside and the outside relate?Students are invited to give answers to these questions and develop them further.

Cities have always been places of common resources and practices. While designing and constructing the architecture of the city, architects, urban designers, builders, inhabitants have had to engage with a pool of common resources: inherited common-pool resources (water, nature, air); material common-pool resources (clay, brick, stone, wood) and immaterial common-pool resources (craft, knowledge).

In this subject semester titled ‘Building Local - Printing Global 1450-1850’ we examine the role locality plays in architecture and architectural theory in this period. Focussing on the relationship between books and architecture, we explore both local architecture in Switzerland and locality in buildings in major cities as Rome, Paris and London vs. the globality of early-modern print culture.

Grounded Theories: A Collective ManifestoOn the occasion of the project "University in the Rainforest: A Project with the Inga Community in Colombia", originally launched by Anne Lacaton, the students will produce their own writings and read theoretical text from a syllabus.

Neighborhood: A collective manifestoOn the occasion of the project "Neighborhood" for the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 by Karin Sander and Philip Ursprung, the students will produce their own writings and read theoretical text from a syllabus.

The subject semester (to choose out of two topics) includes the individual, independent processing of a specific task, whereby the relevance of the respective discipline is examined with regard to the specific architectural and design aspects of the task.

"Who Cares?" Architecture and Care: A collective ManifestoWhat is care? Therapy, prevention, maintenance, affection, empathy, monitoring, paying attention?Who takes care? Nurses, doctors, family members, scientists, shamans, architects?What is cared for? Children, melting glaciers, birds, decaying houses?Students are invited to give answers to these questions.

Housing Commons and the City: ZurichFocuses on the housing commons of Zurich, namely collectively owned, non-profit forms of housing ownership (e.g. cooperatives). In the ways that they have been produced, managed, used, maintained, and appropriated, housing commons offer new perspectives to think about contemporary urban challenges such as densification, housing demand, and sustainability.

The theme of this History Research Studio is ‘Female Agency in Architecture before 1850’. The Studio aims at exploring the crucial role women played in the birth, life and afterlife of buildings in the early modern period. We will study female patronage, authorship, and criticism in architecture.

The subject semester (to choose out of two topics) includes the individual, independent processing of a specific task, whereby the relevance of the respective discipline is examined with regard to the specific architectural and design aspects of the task.