Prof. Sacha Menz
Prof. Sacha Menz
Full Professor at the Department of Architecture
ETH Zürich
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Sacha Menz born on May 25th, 1963 in Vienna, has been a full professor for Archirecture and Building Process at ETH Zurich since October 2004.
| 1989 |
Architectural degree at ETH. Started collaboration with Prof. Dolf Schnebli, Tobias Ammann and Prof. Flora Ruchat-Roncati. |
| 1990 - 1997 |
Founded Architectural firm Sacha Menz and Kuno Schuhmacher Architects, Zurich. |
| 1991 - 1997 |
Founded Joran Sport Co. for design and production of High-End bicycles in Zurich, Hong Kong and Taiwan. |
| Since 1997 |
Co-Founder of SAM Architects and Partners in Zurich. Several architectural competitions and built projects in Switzerland and abroad. www.samarch.ch |
| Since 1997 |
Co-establishes the real estate firm Staub Holding Inc. in Switzerland, several developments follow. |
| Since 2001 |
Member of numerous architectural juries, member of the Architectural Board of Consultants for the city of Ostfildern, Germany and member of several foundations in Switzerland. |
| 2002 - 2011 |
Member of the Board, from 2005-2011 President of the SIA (Swiss Engineers and Architects Association), Section-Zurich. |
| Since 2004 |
Member of the FSA (Federation of Swiss Architects). |
| 2008 |
Published Three Books on the Building Process, VDF Editors, English edition in March 2010. New edition published in 2014. |
| 2008 - 2011 |
Member of the Board Platform Future Buildings, a Research Platform for Sustainable Building Technologies. |
| 2009 |
Established MAS (Master of Advanced Studies) and CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) at ETH-Zurich, currently running. |
| Since 2009 |
Head/Co-founder of Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), ETH Zurich. |
| 2011 - 2015 |
Dean and Vice-Dean at the Department of Architecture, ETH-Zurich. |
| 2012 - 2014 |
Leader of Module X (Housing) at the Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore. |
| Since 2013 |
Established spin-off Arch-Tec-Lab Inc. in Zurich. http://www.ita.arch.ethz.ch/archteclab.html |
| 2014 - 2015 |
Vice Director of the NCCR (National Centre of Competence in Research) in Digital Fabrication. |
| 2015 -2020 |
Co-Principal Investigator of Dense and Green Building Typologies at the Future Cities Laboratory 2.0, Singapore-ETH Centre, in Singapore. |
| 2015 - 2018 |
Member of the Board of Directors of SIA (Swiss Engineers and Architects Association). |
| 2016 |
Established IÖ App, a website application on building economics. www.ioe-app.ethz.ch |
| 2018 |
Established MAP, a methodology website for architectural and building process. https://map.arch.ethz.ch |
| Since 2018 |
Member of the Strategy Commission of ETH-Zurich |
| Since 2020 |
Director of Future Cities Lab (FCL) Global programme in ETH Zurich. https://fcl.ethz.ch |
A selection of publication and research activities can be found here:
http://www.ita.arch.ethz.ch/index.php/de/arch-tec-lab
A selection of executed architecture projects can be found here:
Course Catalogue
Autumn Semester 2024
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 052-0651-00L | Building Process I |
| 052-0653-24L | Future Cities Laboratory Indicia 03: Actions and Evidence for Future Settlements |
| 066-0427-00L | Design and Building Process MIBS |
| 067-0101-00L | Involved Parties |
| 067-0103-00L | Interests |
| 072-0001-00L | Construction Industry and Real Estate Market |
| 072-0003-00L | Methodology |
| 072-0101-00L | Module 1: Foundations of Digitalisation |
| 072-0102-00L | Module 2: Collaboration |
| 072-0103-00L | Module 3: Foundation of Automation |
| 072-0104-00L | Module 4: Foundation of Value Creation |
| 072-0105-00L | Module 5: New Business Models |
| 072-0201-00L | Module 1: Understanding of Roles |
| 072-0202-00L | Module 2: Collaboration |
| 072-0203-00L | Module 3: Services |
| 072-0204-00L | Module 4: Guiding/Steering/Leading |
| 072-0205-00L | Module 5: Project |
| 072-0301-00L | Module 1: Perception of Demand |
| 072-0302-00L | Module 2: State of the Art |
| 072-0303-00L | Module 3: Economic Interest |
| 072-0304-00L | Module 4: Course of Action |
| 072-0305-00L | Module 5: Life Cycle and Resources |