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We are delighted to present Materials in Transit: 28 Tables, From Discarded to Designed at Genoa Design Week 2026.
The exhibition showcases the work and approach of our chair through the projects developed in our second-year Bachelor Studio. It reflects our commitment to an ecological and creative approach to architecture—one that seeks to do more with less, works intelligently with what is already available, and uncovers value in materials and resources that are often overlooked, discarded, or considered waste. Through design, experimentation, and making, students explore how creativity can transform constraints into opportunities.
We are especially grateful to @stef_agostini of F/A for inviting us to participate in this remarkable event and for giving our students the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. For many of them, this is their first public exhibition—an important milestone in their architectural education.
We invite you to visit us at Santa Maria di Castello, in the Vico dei Castagna District, and discover the projects, ideas, and processes on display.
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Bachelor 2nd Year Final Reviews. FS2026  With Guest Reviewers Andrea Faraguna, Jon Garbizu Etxaide, and Romina Grillo.
Thank you for the stimulating discussions, and congratulations to our students for their excellent work this semester.
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Our Master Thesis Reviews are happening on Tuesday 26th of May on the E Floor in HIL. We warmly invite you to come by!
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Future of Construction:
Building the Future

20–23 May 2026, Zurich
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Symposium — Day 1

Session 3, 15:30
ETH Zentrum HG
Industrialising Construction

Prof. Débora Mesa Molina
Daniel Hall
Marc Beermann
Birgitta Schock

Industrial construction is not only about producing buildings faster, it changes how projects are coordinated, how component parts are delivered, how digital standards are used, and how organisations adapt. The session explores work in prefabrication, BIM and data coordination, digitally supported workflows, AI platforms, new delivery models, and how novel construction practices can be engaged to advance efficiency and creativity.
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FOCUS WORK 1:1 LABORATORY Comte/Meuwly × Débora Mesa Molina

A joint Focus Work exploring the potential of the new Workshop HIL C 45.1 at ETH Zurich.
We approach architecture through 1:1 experimentation, material testing, and full-scale making—treating prototyping as research rather than final form. Students are invited to work hands-on with materials, embrace failure as part of the process, and develop open-ended architectural propositions grounded in construction.
Across a shared framework with Comte/Meuwly and Mesa, projects evolve through collective reviews, iterative making, and cross-media exploration (physical, digital, audiovisual).

📍 Focus: architecture as making, testing, and transformation. 🛠 Workshop-based, hands-on, experimental. 🌱 Ecological and material intelligence at the core.
📅 June 2026 – January 2027 📍 HIL C45.1 Workshop, ETH Zurich 📩 Application deadline: 8 May 2026
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3XN, Orestad Gymnasium, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005, Mario Sergi – ALA Architects, Oodi Central Library, Helsinki, Finland, 2018, Eleonora Brocal – Aldo Van Eyck, Burgerweeshuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1960, Ali Karim Maziad – Anna Heringer, Eike Rosewag, METI School, Runanput, Bangladesh, 2006, Carlo Benucci – Bertrand Goldberg, Marina City, Chicago, USA, 1967, Elias Bühlmann – Boltshauser Architekten AG, GLC Research Building, Zurich, Switzerland, 2010 - 2023, Nicolas Rutz – Case Design, Avasara Academy, Lavale, India 2019, Ece Babucoglu – Čertov, Winkler + Ruck, Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria 2023, Daphne Nicolakis – Civic Architects, Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside, Mecanco Architecten, LocHal, Tilburg, Netherlands, 2018, David Gnehm – Frank Lloyd Wright, Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, USA, 1939, Nderim Dakaj – Gottfried Semper, Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria 1874-77, Carmen Scherer – Hernán Ruiz, Catedral-Mezquita, Córdoba, Spain, 785, Analisa Zwahlen – Herzog & de Meuron, REHAB Basel CH 2002, Susanne Klauzer – Herzog & De Meuron, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom, 2000, Stefan Stojcevski – Lacaton & Vassal, Ecole d’architecture Nantes, France 2009, Flurin Job – Mies van der Rohe, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany, 1968, Sofie Heinzl – Norman Foster, Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon, United Kingdom, 1982, Fidel Romer – Ricardo Bofill, La Fabrica, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, 1973, Matteo Meier – Sou Fujimoto, Square, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2022, Megan Jigme Knoch – EM_N, noArchitecten and Sergison Bates, Centre Pompidou, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2026, Idlir Begalla – Vilanova Artigas, FAU USP, São Paulo, Brazil, 1961-69, Larissa Meister – Wilkinson Eyre, Battersea Power Station, London, United Kingom 2022, Tibor Weber
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HS 2025 - 2nd year BA - Ready-Unmade HIL

This first semester at ETH was centered on the act of doing - and undoing. Whether it’s our chair and teaching practice, our studio space in HIL G65, or the HIL building itself, everything is in a state of construction and reconsideration. We explore the potential of overlooked materials, repurpose standard elements to create nonstandard structures, and find beauty in the imperfect objects that surround us.
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FS 2026 - Master Thesis - Permanent Construction

And this is how the makerspace comes to life again…

Yesterday we had our first master thesis review in C45.1. Here are some impressions of the improvised exhibition.