Care. is a research and educational project launched in 2023 at the ETH Zürich Department of Architecture, Chair of Architecture and Care, Prof. Anna Puigjaner. It explores how architecture can foster interdependent care, focusing on non-conforming bodies through theory and design.
The project challenges spatial norms shaped by assumptions of "normality" and aims to dismantle unequal care regimes. By recognizing diverse body dispositions, such as ageing, neurodivergence, gender, and race,
Care. rethinks the built environment beyond heteronormative and ableist frameworks.
It promotes a form of architecture that dissolves binaries like caregiver/care receiver and ability/disability, advocating for spatial practices rooted in mutual care, interdependence, and intersectionality.
Project backgroundFor our upcoming bachelor and master's design studio, we are looking for a teaching assistant to join our team part-time (40%, teaching days Tuesday and Wednesday) as soon as possible (latest beginning of October), for a fixed term of 5 months, with a possibility of extension. The course language is English.
Under the title "Public House", we will be working on communal domestic care infrastructures within an under-used parking space in Zurich. We will deconstruct and rethink the conventional rooms of a housing building, from bedroom to toilet, as public and shared, and build 1:1 floorplans and spatial fragments into the parking itself.
As part of a team you will be responsible for teaching and course preparation; giving inputs and tutorials, organising lectures, and facilitating discussions.
Job description - Prepare teaching materials for the design studio
- Assist students in developing their projects (concept, structure, details)
- Provide technical and architectural expertise on re-use and circular construction
- Fixed-term contract (one semester)
- Work primarily on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Profile - Architect 2-3 year experience
- Preferably starting their own practice
- Fluent in English
- Expertise in re-use, circular construction and the ecological aspects of building
- Experience in construction planing and detail design
- Interest in gender and how it intersects with architecture and the built environment
We offerBecome part of ETH Zurich, which not only supports your professional development, but also actively contributes to positive change in society. We are actively committed to a sustainable and climate-neutral university.
You can expect numerous benefits, such as public transport season tickets and car sharing, a wide range of sports offered by the ASVZ, childcare and attractive pension benefits.
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