Open call: teach a design studio

For the third time the Department of Architecture (D-Arch) of ETH Zurich is looking for innovative approaches for studio teaching in architectural design. This call is open to independent architects. Apply to teach your vision for the future of architecture and construction in a new experimental design studio.

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 of 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.

Submit your application until August 28, 2026 to iea@arch.ethz.ch.

Conditions
–Each applicant can only apply with one team.
–The team contains at least one independently practicing architect.
–The applicants do not have more than two years of teaching experience in independently leading a design studio at any other faculty for architecture.
–Weekly presence on campus is required.
–Applicants that have a working contract with ETH during the application period will not be considered for the position.

The application should contain:
–One A4 Teaching Statement
–One A4 CVs of all involved persons applying
–Two A4 Reference projects that engage with the topics covered in the teaching statement. Both reference projects should illustrate a leading role of the applicant.
–International applicants must submit a proposal for sustainable travelling.