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Exhibition
05.12.2025-20.02.2026
MIRRORWORLDS Imagine: A Space of Us All. By Paula Strunden
Space for Contemporary Architecture. Rembrandtstrasse 14/1A A-1020 Vienna.

Lecture
25.11.2025
Coding architecture and talking with robots
Jour Fixe Architektur „Digital“. Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste: Campus Weissenhof, Neubau 2, Vortragssaal. Lecturer: Dr. Petrus Aejmelaeus-Lindström.

Exhibition
20.11.2025-18.10.2026
I’m Not a Robot: Design and Architecture Between Human and Machine. With Gramazio Kohler Architecture and Research
Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark.

Lecture
13.11.2025
Generative AI, style transfer, and the reuse of precedent in the arts and design
Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich / BSc Architecture. ETH Zürich Hönggerberg HIL E 4. Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mario Carpo.

Lecture
11.11.2025
Intelligenza Costruttiva. Artificial and Manual Perspectives in the Making and Unmaking of the Planet
Swiss Talks #1. Istituto Svizzero. Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi Campo S. Agnese, Dorsoduro 810 Venezia. Free entrance. Lecturer: Fabio Gramazio, Martino Pedrozzi. With Michel Carlana Moderated by Francesca Chiorino. Introduction by Ilyas Azouzi.

Lecture
22.10.2025
Digital Materiality in Architecture
Tuesday Talks. Grimshaw Architects LLP. Lecturer: Fabio Gramazio.

Research - Miscellaneous
01.10.2025
Renovation and extension of the HIL Building
The HIL building on ETH Zurich’s Hönggerberg campus is set to become a living laboratory for innovative planning and sustainable construction.

Teaching - Miscellaneous
01.10.2025
Studio Foundations - ein integrierter Entwurfskurs
The new first-year course for the revised Bachelor Curriculum in Architecture at ETH Zurich.

Symposium
25.09.2025-26.09.2025
Modelling the Unseen—The Future of Spatial Experiences in Extended Reality
XXII. Conference on Culture and Computer Science - Remixing Analog and Digital. HTW – University of Applied Sciences Berlin. Berlin, Germany. Lecturer: Dr. Paula Strunden.

Lecture
25.09.2025
Augmented Carpentry: Integration of Manual Fabrication into the Digital Value Chain
HIB Open Space 2, ITA. Lecturer: Dr. Andrea Settimi.

Lecture
18.09.2025
Design exploration with AIXD and ARA
The Future of Timber – Rhino User Meeting 2025. Blumer Lehmann. Lecturer: Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska.

Symposium
17.09.2025
Startup Architecture – Venture as a new mode of practice
ITA Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich. Lecturer: Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Dr. Selen Ercan Jenny, Eliott Sounigo, Dr. Ryan Luke Johns, Dr. Lauren Vasey, Kunaljit Chadha.

Research - Completion
08.09.2025
Schatzalp Balustraden, Davos. Computergestütztes Design für die Balustraden eines historischen Bauwerks.
Davos, Switzerland.

Workshop
10.07.2025
Compas XR Day
Robotic Fabrication Lab, ETH Zurich. Lecturer: Gramazio Kohler Research, Design++, XAIA Lab at Princeton University, Prof. Dr. Daniela Mitterberger.

Lecture - Symposium
22.05.2025
Digital Materiality in Architecture
Towards Integrative Design: Bio-Inspired and Digitally Fabricated. Institut für Experimentelle Architektur, Universität Innsbruck. Universität Innsbruck, Fakultät für Architektur, TECH Campus. Lecturer: Fabio Gramazio.

Exhibition
10.05.2025-23.11.2025
We are happy to share that we have been invited to the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Carlo Ratti / CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati

Exhibition
10.05.2025-23.11.2025
A Robot's Dream
Installation, Arsenale / Corderie. Artificial Section. Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Lecturer: Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich & MESH AG.

Lecture
30.04.2025
Between Research and Practice
HIB E Open Space 2, ETH Zurich, Campus Hönggerberg. Lecturer: Koki Akiyoshi (CEO, Vuild).

Lecture
15.04.2025
Digital Architecture’s Skeletons
HIB E Open Space 2, ETH Zurich, Campus Hönggerberg. Lecturer: Theodora Vardouli, Associate Professor at McGill University, Montreal.

Lecture
03.04.2025
Everything but Immersion: On Sound and Other Media
Design++ Seminar Series. Lecturer: Carlotta Darò.

Miscellaneous
20.02.2025
Compas Dev Exchange
ETH Hönggerberg, HIB Building, Institute for Technology in Architecture.
At this meetup, we’ll showcase some updates to the COMPAS framework, including Full Python 3.x support in Rhino 8 & Streamlined installation via the Rhino Package Manager

Award
11.12.2024
Impact Print wins STARTUP CAMPUS Switzerland Prize

Award
01.12.2024
#caschlatsch wins the 2024 Norman Blank Prize

Software
26.11.2024
Compas cadwork
Make use of COMPAS’ extensive geometry kernel, data structures, and algorithms to create, manipulate, and analyze your 3d models in cadwork. Gain access to the COMPAS ecosystem which includes a wide range of tools and libraries engineered for the AEC industry.

Github repository

Symposium
23.11.2024
Material Acts: A Symposium
Craft Contemporary. Los Angeles, USA. Lecturer: Matthias Kohler.
Material Acts: A Symposium brings together artists, designers, and architects experimenting with material processes and systems. Understanding materials as process-based events with human actors, rather than artifacts found in stasis, this symposium on new materials explores the rich milieu of ideas that accompany their making, including practices in bioregional design, waste economies, and living systems, alongside perspectives of care, constraint, and regeneration.

Publication
22.11.2024
Material Acts: Book Launch
An evening celebrating the the publication Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design, conceived as a companion piece to the exhibition on view at Craft Contemporary. Craft Contemporary. Los Angeles, USA. Lecturer: Kate Yeh Chiu and Jia Yi Gu,Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Anupama Kundoo, Matthias Kohler, Ben Loescher, Katie MacDonald, Meredith Miller.

Lecture
20.11.2024
Digital Materiality in Architecture
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). W.M. Keck Lecture Hall. Lecturer: Matthias Kohler.

Teaching
28.10.2024
Final Presentations GKR Seminar Weeks with Vernissage and Apéro “Sand Deposition” and “Dirty Computer – EXHIBITING DIGITAL MATERIALITY”
HIB Open Space 2 / HIL GTA Exhibitions Foyer. Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Nina Zschocke, Prof. Isabel Seiffert, Prof. Armin Linke, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias KohlerJesus Medina, Prof. Dr. Volker Pantenburg.

Lecture
28.10.2024
Generative AI and the (Unexpected) Return of Imitation and Styles
Gramazio Kohler Research. ETH Zurich. Lecturer: Prof. Mario Carpo, Carlotta Daro.

Lecture
10.10.2024
Digital Materiality in Architecture
Keynote Lecture, EKA Arh Conference, Tallin Architecture Biennale . Tallinn, Estonia. Lecturer: Fabio Gramazio.

Lecture - Symposium
13.07.2024
Disruptions in Architecture
HASEKO KUMA HALL at the University of Tokyo. Lecturer: Matthias Kohler.
“Disruptions in Architecture" is a symposium that discusses the disruptive changes in architecture that are being brought about by technologies that have been rapidly developing and spreading in recent years. Focusing on generative AI, gaming, and robotics, the symposium will explore trends in each technology in Japan and around the world through lectures and panel discussions.

Lecture
12.07.2024
Architectural Entanglements between Humans and Machines
Discussions on the future roles of humans and machines in architectural design and production. Kyoto Institute of Technology. Lecturer: Matthias Kohler.

Publication
27.06.2024
Compas XR Launch
Design++, Gramazio Kohler Research at ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture, Princeton University.. HIB E Open Space 2, ETH Zurich, Campus Hönggerberg.
COMPAS XR is an open-source tool dedicated to exploring the innovative intersections of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sectors. Developed within the Compas framework, COMPAS XR aims to transform the construction industry by providing a streamlined approach to integrating immersive technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), into AEC workflows. This integration enables enhanced visualization, human-machine collaboration, and decision-making processes, ultimately leading to increased efficiency, reduced errors, and improved project outcomes. Please RSVP by clicking on the image on the left.

Symposium
21.05.2024-25.05.2024
RobArch 2024 Conference
Toronto, Canada.
We will be attending with the following papers: - "Lost and Bound: Adaptive Detailing with Robotic Additive Joining for Reclaimed Steel." Authors: Inés Ariza, Romana Rust, Vlad Silvestru, Andreas Taras, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, Catherine de Wolf. - "Planning Non-repetitive Robotic Assembly Processes with Task and Motion Planning." Authors: Yijiang Huang, Pok Yin Victor Leung, Caelan Garrett, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler.

Jobs
20.03.2024
Coordinator and tutor of the MAS ETH Architecture and Digital Fabrication
Exhibition
19.03.2015-16.05.2014
Iridescence Print
L’usage des formes – Artisans d’art et artistes. Palais de Tokyo.
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