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Architecture today is, to a large extent, about controlling water, whether in the atmosphere, in the soil, or in a building. Condensation, rainwater penetration and unwanted moisture can damage a building and impact on its longevity. An architect’s response to the durability of a construction and its materiality generally consists of designing resistance against weathering caused by water.

It all comes down to this: stone is a piece of rock made usable for men – a portion of rock used as building material.Rocks can be defined as extensive mineral bodies, composed of one or more minerals in varying proportions. Minerals are the building stones of the earth’s crust. They are stony mixtures of one or more elements (from copper, to iron, sulphur, gypsum and carbon).

In times of constant and unpredictable change, we look at textile as one of the most adaptive and comforting materials.

In this studio, we will work in a workshop and laboratory-like setting where you will research, design and test the proposed material. The material and the ways of making are not a presentation outcome of the design studio but rather, an integral part of a process of working, researching and designing. You are required to work individually in the design studio.

The focus of this semester is to challenge the possibility of glass as a building material, questioning its predominant architectural use as a pictorial frame. Miesian architecture can be understood as the merging of the modernist constructional logic of the frame with the romantic pictorial instrument of framing; expanding the gaze on the exterior site and allowing a connection to the landscape.

In this studio you will work in a workshop setting where you will research, design and experiment with the actual materials of your project. The material and the ways of making are not a representative outcome of the design studio, but an integral part of a process of working, researching and designing.

This is the last semester of our six years of artistic research titled MATERIAL GESTURE. The research on material gesture wishes to shift the focus towards the processes of working with a material and its resulting gestures in order to define a specific expression and spatial formation of architecture.

The lecture series of the Institute of Design and Architecture - in the FS21 provides students with an overview of the various positions of the teachers within the IEA (Institute Design in Architecture).

The lecture series of the Institute of Design and Architecture - in the FS20 provides students with an overview of the various positions of the teachers within the IEA (Institute Design in Architecture).Further information is available atwww.iea.arch.ethz.ch.

We invite the students to dive into our material research archive to formulate their own project synopsis and elaborate on existing researches. Our archive consists of the following topics (and its associated experts and places of production): GYSPUM, SITE: KYUSHU (and its geology), WEAVING AND BONDING, STONE, TEXTILE, CHANGE, GLASS.

We invite the students to dive into our material research archive to formulate their own project synopsis and elaborate on existing researches. Our archive consists of the following topics (and its associated experts and places of production): GYSPUM, SITE: KYUSHU (and its geology), WEAVING AND BONDING, STONE, TEXTILE, CHANGE, GLASS.