"Both and" vs "either or":The slogan put forward by the initiate: “Either a field for all or for a privileged few” was populist precisely in what was excluded from the discussion: A dialogical understanding of interests. Instead of creating the dichotomy of “either – or” we suggest using “both – and” asking: who builds where for whom?

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We are continuing to explore the theme of cohabitation: the interplay of human and nonhuman systems in our built environment. We are focusing on a given ecosystem, as the context for our architectural proposals. Further, we are expanding our toolbox: storytelling and film continue to play an overarching role, but we are opening up the studio to other media and forms of architectural exploration.

Mäusebunker, the former animal testing laboratory in Berlin, survived its almost inevitable demolition, thanks to the joined forces of architects, politicians and citizens. Now that the building got a second chance the question is: What is the future of Mäusebunker?Together we will answer this question by proposing an architectural design for re-using the iconic brutalist building.

“Architecture is a temporary answer to a temporary need.” reads the plaque at the foot of the tower. Few people know the inscription, which is surprising, since every stone of the Swissmill tower has been a topic for debate since its construction in 2016. Since then, the project has been the subject of as much controversy as of myths and conspiracies.

This course offers students the opportunity to understand and navigate the process of conceptualizing and designing an entire exhibition, from initial ideas to final implementation. Beyond practical exhibition design, the course also delves into the theoretical considerations that shape the impact of architectural representation.

This studio allows students to be part of an international movement while learning how to communicate their message effectively, expanding their reach outside the architecture world. Beyond time-based content production and dissemination, the studio delves into the theoretical considerations of the agency of architects. It treats design as a medium of knowledge transfer on architecture beyond the

The design studio will be dedicated to HouseEurope! a political initiative with the goal of implementing a legislation on a European level. HouseEurope! addresses the challenges of the existing building stock, which currently contributes to financial speculation and neglects its potential to support the social-ecological transformation.

Today, we are confronted with a new reality, characterized by a radical change that is happening — now. But how do we, as individuals and a profession, face the challenges of the current environmental crisis within the “given” economical, political and social system? How to manage climate change and take care of landscape and nature while our cities are still growing?

Looking around you realize that the built environment has changed our ecosystem forever. What is being discussed in various disciplines as the consequences of the Anthropocene, has long arrived in the architectural discourse as well. Because we, as architects, contribute significantly to these changes by designing our built, and therefore shaping the unbuilt environment.

Every building is the result of a competitive system. This semester we are embracing Mutual Aid! It will offer students the chance to deepen their storytelling and visual production skills while gaining a comprehensive understanding of the systemic preconditions of architecture.

In support of constructing fewer costly and resource-extensive buildings, we celebrate the potential of new technologies and propose a design studio that brings together virtual and physical space. Students are asked to speculate about a program, the corresponding typology and a specific space that shall be digitized in the future. In groups of two, they will imagine and design the virtual space i

In times where our homes have become the toys ofinternational real estate speculators, where profitis seen as the only value a building can bring andwhere the realisation of virtual potential shapes oureveryday lives - we have to become active to fight theongoing commodification of our own apartments andneighborhoods. If we don‘t act now we are risking a futurewhere housing becomes.

Focus works are executed in the fields of expertise of the institures of D-ARCH. The content can be proposed by the students; it will be set bey the professors of the institutes in consultation with the students. The content of a focus work can refer to an elective course or be freely chosen.

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.

Self dependent thesis under the supervision of the tutor. It serves to continue the discussion with the themes of the elective course. The subject of the elective thesis is tied to the correspondent elective subject.

Self dependent thesis under the supervision of the tutor. It serves to continue the discussion with the themes of the elective course. The subject of the elective thesis is tied to the correspondent elective subject.

Self dependent thesis under the supervision of the tutor. It serves to continue the discussion with the themes of the elective course. The subject of the elective thesis is tied to the correspondent elective subject.

People have always been fascinated by myths, they live with stories and want to feel emotionally involved. With stories we win the hearts and minds of those who are not already our friends.Nobel Prize winner Robert J Shiller says stories drive economic events, Pritzker Prize winner BV Doshi says architecture is storytelling. But what is a story?

Architecture is often communicated through precise drawings and models, books and exhibitions. However, architecture is more than an object to be mediated on—it should be told through stories, characters, and what-if-scenarios that can disseminate to much wider audiences, giving architecture the opportunity to be understood as an argumentative, discursive practice. Fiction is a shared language.