Chair Günther Vogt

Graduated from the Gartenbauschule Oeschberg and studied landscape architecture at the Interkantonale Technikum in Rapperswil. Since 2000 Günther Vogt has been the owner of Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten Zürich with branch offices in Berlin, London and Paris and since 2005 professor at the ETH Zurich, emeritus since July 2022. From 2007 to 2011 he was director of the Network City and Landscape (NSL). In 2010 he opened the Case Studio Vogt in Zurich, which operates as a platform for research and exhibitions at the interface between academy and practice. In 2012, he was a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and in the same year he received the Prix Meret Oppenheim from the Federal Office of Culture. In 2018 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Liechtenstein.

Joël Berger (*1994, CH) studied architecture at ETH Zurich. He graduated in January 2022 with Prof. Tom Emerson in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung. In the process, he developed a scalable, cross-zonal landscape strategy for the Swiss Mittelland, mediating between nuclear power plants, residential areas, and constantly recurring flood events.

Amalia Bonsack (* 1991, CH) studied architecture at the EPF Lausanne, UP Valencia and the ETH Zürich, where she graduated with a free diploma focusing on urban regeneration potentials in the city of Porto. At the chair, she teaches the elective course «Territory of the City», dealing with the development of multi-scale design strategies in European metropolitan landscapes. As a scientific assistant, she was also in charge of the editorial management of the book Mutation and Morphosis, which was published in 2020 by Lars Müller Publishers.

Rune Frandsen (* 1989, CH) studied architecture at the EPFL Lausanne where he graduated in 2015. Between 2016 and 2019, he worked in various architectural firms in Geneva, with a focus on wood construction. Parallel to his architectural practice, he followed a Master of Advanced Studies in architectural theory and history at the gta, ETH Zurich, between 2017 and 2019. In 2020, he joined the chair of Günther Vogt as a doctoral student, for a Swiss national research fund project titled: Industrialization in the Alps. Next to this academic practice, he contributes to architectural magazines (TEC21, Tracé) with articles on housing and social housing policies in Switzerland.

Alejandra Fries (*1964, CH) has been working at ETH Zurich since 2011, as an administrative assistant for various chairs. At Günther Vogt's chair she is responsible for finances.

Fabiana Frisullo (*1994, CH), studied political science at the University of Zurich and architecture at the ETH Zurich. She graduated in January 2022 with Prof. Dr. Elli Mosayebi in collaboration with Prof. Dr. h.c. Günther Vogt and Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert. Her research focused on the transformation of Switzerland's water balance against the backdrop of climate change and the changing alpine myth. Since then, she has been working as a scientific assistant at the chair of Günther Vogt, where she deals with the transformation processes of the Swiss alpine landscape.

Claudia Gebert (* 1973, CH) completed a commercial apprenticeship with Berufsmatura, obtained a British Matura degree (A- and O-Levels) in Zurich and studied media studies with a focus on science communication, film studies and popular literature at the University of Zurich. At the ETH Zurich, she coordinates the department-spanning Network City and Landscape (NSL), which also includes the chair of Günther Vogt. At the chair, she is responsible for website, editing and personnel.

David Jung (* 1985, CH) studied architecture at the ZHAW Winterthur from 2006 to 2009, and from 2010 to 2013 at the ETH Zurich after completing his apprenticeship as a draughtsman specialised in building construction. In 2013, together with Markus Berger, he founded «Jung Berger Architekten» in St. Gallen. Since 2017 he has been working as a research assistant at the chair of Günther Vogt, where he is supervising the design semester together with Andreas Klein.

Thomas Kissling (* 1980, CH) completed an apprenticeship as draughtsman specialised in interior design. He studied architecture at ETH Zurich and graduated in 2010 with Prof. Wolfgang Schett. From 2010 he worked as a scientific or research assistant and is involved in the content and structure of the chair of Günther Vogt. In teaching and research, he focuses on the transformation processes of the alpine landscape. 2020 - 2021 lecturer at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Department of Architecture and Urban Design. Since 2021 working for VOGT Landscape Architects. 2022 - 2023 lecturer at the ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture.

Andreas Klein (DE) studied architecture at the ETH Zurich, University of Stuttgart and FADU Buenos Aires. After graduating with Prof. Tom Emerson in 2013, he worked in various architectural firms and undertook various study trips. In 2016 he started as a research assistant at the chair of Günther Vogt, where he currently supervises the design course and accompanies the Summer School. In addition, he works on architectural projects in various scales, which are mainly in an alpine context.

Dr. Seraina Renz (* 1981, CH) is an art historian and curator. She studied in Zurich, Vienna and Innsbruck and graduated in 2015 at the University of Zurich. In 2018 she co-curated the République Géniale at the Kunstmuseum Bern. She is a lecturer at the Université de Friborg, the Zurich University of the Arts and the University of Zurich. In her research and teaching, she deals with the art and architecture of the 20th century, with the connections between aesthetics and society at the centre of her interests. At the chair of Günther Vogt, she is mentoring doctoral students.

Pascal Steinemann (* 1992, CH) studied Human Geography at the University of Zurich and Spatial Planning and Landscape Development at the ETH Zürich. After an exchange semester at Université Grenoble Alpes in 2019, he pursued his Master Thesis on processes of socio-ecological transformation in the Alpine Space in 2021 with Prof. Dr. Hanna Hilbrandt (UZH) und Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid (ETH Zürich). With it, he characterized the urbanization process of the Region Lower Engadine / Val Müstair (CH) based on the development of the cultural institutions. Since 2022, Pascal Steinemann works as a scientific assistant at the Chair of Günther Vogt in the project to profile the Alpine Space.

Sarem Sunderland (* 1990, CH) studied architecture at EPFL in Lausanne and landscape architecture at TU Delft, graduating cum laude with a master’s thesis on Alpine hydropower. He worked as a landscape archi-tect in firms in Zürich and Winterthur and conducted independent works of research in parallel. He is also a co-founding member of the architecture collective la-clique and a board member of the Swiss Federation of Landscape Architects for the regional group of Zurich. Sarem joined the chair of Günther Vogt in 2019 and is writing a doctoral thesis on hydroelectric landscapes in Switzerland, in the context of an SNSF project on industrialisation in the Alps.