professional

since 2011
lecturer for "architectural criticism", Departement of Architecture, ETH Zürich

since 2008
PhD studies "Resounding Buildings: Space, Sound, Architecture 1920-1970", Institute for History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zürich (supported by the Swiss National Research Council)

since 2004
studio diaphan-arch for architecture and text for temporary and permanent use

since 1994
essays and texts for different media, i.e. "werk, bauen und wohnen", „Bauwelt“, „Archithese“, „Neue Zürcher Zeitung“, "Deutsche Bauzeitung“; literary writing published in „Entwürfe“, „Züricher Studentin“, „Bolero“, "Der Rabe“, „Another Chicago Magazine“, etc.

2004 - 2008
editor for werk, bauen und wohnen

2006 - 2008
Institute of Technology in Architecture of ETH Zürich, editor for Neue Monte-Rosa-Hütte

2002 - 2004
design courses in architecture and design at ETH Zürich with Prof. Dr. Josep Lluis Mateo

1998 – 2003
founder and owner of "Normal Group for Architecture" in New York: art and non-profit spaces, Rubber Bar at Swiss Institute, stage design, exhibitions, competition projects

1998 - 2001
project architect and collaborator in architecture firms in New York City

1994 – 1998
internships and competition collaborator in architecture firms in Zürich

1990 - 1991
assistant at the Winkelwiese theatre, Zürich



educational

2001 - 2003
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York

1991 - 1997
studies in architecture, ETH Zürich
exchange programs with Rhode Island School of Design, Providence/ USA (1994) und Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge/ USA (1996)

1989 – 1990
art foundation course at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Zürich



awards

2010
collection research grant recipient am Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal

2004 - 2005
studio stipend at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

2004
Federal Prize for Art in the discipline of architecture

2001
stipends of SATW, IKEA- and Geisendorf-foundations for research studies at Columbia University, New York City

2001
literary prize in short story competition launched by Bolero Magazine

1999
Schindler travel stipend of ETH Zürich: Alvar Aalto / Finland

1997
Friedrich travel stipend of ETH Zürich: Lina Bo Bardi / Brasil