Institutes

Architectural research at D-ARCH is inherently interdisciplinary. Depending on the perspective and research question, methods from the social sciences, humanities, engineering, material sciences, and spatial sciences are applied—either specifically or complementarily.

These broad competencies are primarily located within the institutes of D-ARCH: The Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (GTA), the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), the Institute for Preservation and Construction History (IDB), and the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) are closely linked to the design studios at the Institute of Design and Architecture (IEA) due to the interdisciplinary nature of their tasks.

Their findings feed into architectural education. This knowledge is further enriched through collaboration with other areas of expertise at ETH Zurich, such as the humanities, social and political sciences, as well as material, environmental, and engineering sciences.

The Network City and Landscape (NSL) brings together institutes affiliated with either the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) or the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG).