Sabine von Fischer
former senior assistant
Curriculum Vitae

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, spring 2015.

Summer School “Media of the Urban: In/Visible Cities." (with Mechtild Widrich) Institute Eikones, University of Basel, August 24–29, 2014.

PhD studies "Hellhörige Häuser: Akustik als Funktion der Architektur, 1920-1970", (dissertation in German) "Proof of Sound. Acoustics as a Function in Architecture, 1920–1970", Institute for History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zürich, 2008 – 2013.

lecturer for architectural criticism, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich, 2011–2013.

editor for werk, bauen und wohnen, 2004–2008.

tutor for architectural design, with J.L.Mateo, Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich, 2002–2004.

architect (Swiss Society of Architects and Engineers, SIA) / completion of IDP program, ARE eligibility, since 2002.

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, 1998–2003.

project architect and collaborator in architecture firms in New York City, 1998–2001.

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

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

internships and competition collaborator in architecture firms in Zürich, 1990–1998.

'Vorkurs' (artistic foundation) at Hochschule für Gestaltung (today: ZHdK), Zürich, 1989 – 1990.


awards and stipends

Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA), Montréal, collection research grant recipient, 2010.
Swiss National Research Council, dissertation research stipend, 2008-2011.
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, residency stipend, 2004 – 2005.
Ikea foundation, exhibition project stipend, 2004.
Swiss Culture Ministry Prize for Art in the discipline of architecture, 2004.
Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, research stipend, 2001-2002.
Ikea foundation, postgraduate studies fund, 2001.
Geisendorf foundation, postgraduate studies fund, 2001.
literary prize for short story, Bolero Magazine, 2001.
Anna Elisabeth-Ochs stipend for women in the Arts, 1991 / 2001.
Schindler travel stipend of ETH Zürich: Alvar Aalto in Finland, 1999.
Friedrich travel stipend of ETH Zürich: Lina Bo Bardi in Brazil, 1997.