Scientific Collaborator / Scientific Collaboratoress

Join Our Team as a Scientific Collaborator / Teaching Assistant at ETH Zürich

We are seeking a dedicated Scientific Collaborator / Teaching Assistant to join our dynamic team at ETH Zürich starting from July 2026, or as mutually agreed.

About Studio Maria Conen

The Chair of Architecture and Housing approaches architecture as an ecological, social, and material practice shaping forms of living together. Our focus includes climate adaptation, resource cycles, and housing as a relational system embedded within landscape, water, and infrastructure.

We develop architecture as a mediating discipline where spatial, material, and environmental logics converge. Housing is perceived as an interconnected, multi-scalar construct, integrating regenerative design, circular processes, and the interplay between natural and built systems. Special emphasis is placed on water as a spatial and formative driver, along with a continuous exploration of form as a means to address these questions.

Through teaching, research, and collaboration, the Chair fosters experimental design practices grounded in observation, making, and critical reflection, aiming to produce precise and impactful designs for contemporary habitation.

Position Overview

For our Bachelor’s and Master’s design studio, we are looking for a part-time Teaching Assistant (50%).

• Teaching days: Tuesday and Wednesday
• Additional workload: 10% distributed throughout the week

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to teaching and course preparation, including inputs, tutorials, lectures, and discussions.
• Prepare and support seminar weeks and study trips, including organizational and content-related tasks.
• Assist in writing and editing academic and teaching-related texts.

We Are Looking For Candidates With:

• A strong interest in reuse and circular thinking.
• Knowledge of biodiversity and ecology.
• An understanding of landscape architecture.
• Skills in architectural representation (drawings, photography, models).
• An interest in housing.

Qualifications

• A degree in Architecture with 2–3 years of professional experience.
• Strong design and technical skills.
• An interest in academic teaching and research.
• A high level of initiative, strong communication skills, and a collaborative yet independent working style.
• Fluency in English and German.
• Preferably pursuing or planning to establish an independent practice.

Your Impactful Role

Join ETH Zürich, where you will not only enhance your professional development but also actively contribute to positive societal change. Expect numerous benefits, such as public transport season tickets, car sharing options, a wide range of sports activities offered by ASVZ, childcare support, and attractive pension benefits.

Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

For more information, visit our website. For inquiries regarding the position, please contact Maria Conen at conenm@ethz.ch.