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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.
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Construction IV Lectures: Radical Logic in Construction
Prof. Débora Mesa Molina

HIL E1 8:00 - 10:00 CET

18.02.2026 On The De-Construction of The Landscape
25.02.2026 On The Soul of Materials
04.03.2026 On The Prototype as Design Tool
11.03.2026 On The Process of Construction
25.03.2026 On The Role of The Architect

Model: Grosse Windgällen, Scale 1:2000, Prof. Ed. Imhof

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We are pleased to welcome you on 18 February 2026 for the inaugural lecture of Professor Débora Mesa Molina at ETH Zurich.

Inaugural Lecture:
Making Space for Experimentation by Prof. D. Mesa Molina
18 February 2026, 17.15 – 18.30
ETH Zurich, Zentrum, HG F 30
More information: events.arch.ethz.ch

See you there!

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HS 2025
2nd year BA

What does it mean to inhabit the Earth today? How can architecture respond to the urgency of building more with less.
Less material, less energy, less space while offering more meaning, more connection and more possibility?

 work by:
 img_001_Florence Kummer, Mea Quint, Elia Mele, Marla Brunner
img_002_Melanie Frei, Fabio Insalaco, Sébastien Napierala, Anouk Widmer
img_003_Leo Baumeler, Sebastian Junger, Eunice Trinidad, David Phuoc Dat Vo
img_004_Sofie Heinzl, Daphne Nicolakis, Carmen Scherer
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MESA Workbench

The MESA Workbench is a sturdy table designed to provide a stable surface for a wide range of manual and collaborative activities—such as cutting, measuring, casting, discussing, reviewing, drilling, presenting, celebrating, assembling, prototyping, testing, thinking, sketching, drawing, constructing, modeling, writing, and reflecting.

The concept is based on a simple, modular plug-in system in which the elements interlock without the need for screws, glue, or nails. Each component is precisely cut, ensuring that no leftover material is generated. This allows the table to be assembled and disassembled easily, without the use of tools.
The modular system enables multiple uses and configurations, allowing different table setups to be created in just a few seconds.

We would like to thank @martizuerich , whose generous support through the provision of formwork panels made it possible to develop this table system and provide a flexible workspace for our students.