About

Lectures & Talks

Lectureships

  • since 2014: Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering ENAC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Master courses: "Unité d’Enseignement UE L and UE N: Art et Architecture, Constructing the View" and course AR 495 "Apparent Realities - Constructing the View".
  • since 2011: Lectureship at the Joint Master of Architecture, Western Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg. Master courses: "Image and Architecture I and II".
  • 2011-2016: Lectureship at Zurich University of Applied Science ZHAW, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Zurich. Course: "Bildräume". 
  • 2012-2014: Lectureship at Joint Master of Architecture, Bern University of Applied Science BFH, Burgdorf. Lecture Series "Bildgestaltung".
  • 2003-2007: Supervision of the Postgraduate Studies in Architecture MAS ETH ARCH CAAD, Chair for Computer Aided Design, Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt, ETH Zurich, Course: MAS Specialization in Computer Aided Architectural Design.

Invited Lectures, Talks & Workshops

  • Built Images [Online lecture: within the Cornell Seminar "The Back Wall"]. November 6, 2024. Cornell University, Architecture, Art, & Planning; Department of Architecture, USA.
  • Artist Talk [On the occasion of the exhibition "Philipp Schaerer: Crossbreeds - Imaginary Still Lifes"]. September 27, 2024. Loop, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Artist Talk with Philipp Schaerer [Lecture on the occasion of the members' assembly and artwork acquisition by the 'Förderverein Kunstmuseum Thun']. April 23, 20247 pm. Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland.
  • Built Images [Lecture: within the studio of Mariabruna Fabrizi & Fosco Lucarelli (Microcities / Socks-Studio)]. April 4, 2024. École d'architecture de la ville & des territoires Paris-Est (ENSA), Paris, France.
  • Reconfigured Realities [Online lecture: within the studio of Prof. Thordis Arrhenius]. February 20, 2024. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Blick in die Feuilletons mit Philipp Schaerer [Talk with Florian Hauser]. January 4, 2024, 8 am. Radio SRF 2 Kultur.
  • Depicting domesticity, a discourse through images [Presentation and discussion with Pier Vittorio Aureli, Nicola Braghieri and Filippo Fanciotti - on the occasion of the exhibition "The Sky in a Room, Domestic Landscape and Synthetic Fine Arts"]. November 21, 2023. SG 294.22. Faculty of Architecture,  ENAC,  EPFL,  Lausanne/CH.
  • Built Images [Online lecture: As part of the lecture series: Before and After Building]. November 22, 2023. School of Architecture - Master Studio. Chalmers University of Technology. Gothenburg, Sweden. 
  • Color Composites - Philipp Schaerer [Keynote Lecture]. School of Architecture - Master. FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). May 26. 2023. Campus Muttenz, Basle/CH.
  • Blauer Montag: Philipp Schaerer [Lecture: As part of the lecture series: Unvernünftige Maschinen, oder was wird aus der (digitalen) Architektur?]. March 27, 2023. 6 pm. ZHAW, Blauer Saal, Tössfeldstrasse 11, 8401 Winterthur. ZHAW.
  • Gebaute Bilder / Virtual Worlds. [Lecture within the Diamond Speech series of the Digital Festival Olten]. September 24, 2022. Theatersaal Olten, Switzerland.
  • Artist Talk: Philipp Schaerer. On the occasion of the exhibition Dissected Nature. September 13, 2022. Kunstmuseum Olten.
  • Philipp Schaerer and Rosario Marquardt (R&R Studios, Miami) in conversation with Sauter von Moos and the curators. [Colloquium, on the occasion of the exhibition Some Fragments - Sauter von Moos]. March 31, 2022. 3 p.m. Sign up: Museum im Bellpark.
  • NFTs: Connecting Communities, Connecting The World. [Talk and discussion with Nadieh Bremer, Rudolf Budja, Philipp Schaerer and Bill Tai], CFC Crypto Conference St. Moritz, January 13, 2022, 3.15 pm. Suvretta House, St. Moritz. CFC St. Moritz.
  • Reconfigured Realities - Built images. [Online lecture]. July 19, 2021, 6 pm. Summer Design Institute Lecture, University of Virginia.  
  • Archizoom: 20x20x20 Talk [Online: Presentation and talk with Pablo Martinez Diez and Mar Santamaria Varas, moderated by Alexandors Fotakis]. March 23, 2021. Faculty of Architecture,  ENAC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland.
  • Reconfigured Realities [Online lecture: Within the studio Roger Boltshauser]. February 23, 2021. Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ETHZ, Switzerland.
  • Built Images [Online lecture: Within the studio Prof. Jeanette Kuo]. September 22, 2020. Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA.
  • Images and Dreams [Lecture & conversation]. February 26, 2020. Architektura. Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ETHZ, Switzerland.
  • About the confluence of image, architecture and place [Lecture & conversation]. February 13, 2020. Yale School of Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, USA. 
  • Constructing The View [Artist talk]. October 1, 2019. MBAL Museum of Fine Arts Le Locle, Switzerland. 
  • Gapado - Work in Progress [Lecture]. August 22, 2019. Art & Design Department, Hyundai Card, Seoul. 
  • The Unobtrusive Beauty of the Banal [Lecture: Oganized by COAVN Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro]. March 14, 2019. Palacio del Condestable, Pamplona, Spain. 
  • Image and Architecture [Lecture]. December 10, 2018. HEIA School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg , Switzerland. 
  • Learning from [Lecture]. November 19, 2018. OSA, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland. 
  • Teaching and Learning [Lecture: As part of the exhibtion: République Géniale]. October 16, 2018. Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland. 
  • Apparent Realities [Lecture & conversation: Within the conference: The Architectonics of Virtual Space, organized by the Institute Urban Landscape, ZHAW Winterthur]. June 9, 2018. Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Einsiedeln, Switzerland. 
  • Images and Books [Conversation: With Jesus Vassallo, moderated by Reto Geiser]. September 15, 2017. Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017, USA. 
  • Imaging Architecture [Lecture & conversation: With Florian Idenburg and Simon Castets]. June 14, 2017. Design Miami Basel 2017, Switzerland. 
  • 3D Artifacts [Lecture & Workshop: With Viola Diehl]. May 9, 2017 - May 24, 2017. Visual Communication Institute, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basle, Switzerland. 
  • Built Images [Lecture: Within: The Colin Rowe Lecture Series]. May 30, 2017. RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects, London, United Kingdom. 
  • On the visual aestheticization of today's architecture [Lecture]. March 14, 2017. Forum d'Architecture Fribourg, Switzerland. 
  • Konstruierter Blick [Lecture: Within the Tomorrow Talks Serie]. January 20, 2017. AFF Architekten, Berlin, Germany. 
  • Utopias: Constructed Realities [Lecture & workshop]. December 5, 2016 - December 8, 2016. Urbanism and Societal Change, School of Architecture, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark. 
  • Konzept: Digitale Materie [Lecture]. December 15, 2016. Schweizer Baumuster-Centrale, Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • Bilderbauen [Lecture]. November 3, 2016. Visual Communication Institute, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basle, Switzerland. 
  • On the visual aestheticization of today's architecture [Lecture]. November 21, 2016. Archizoom, ENAC, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. 
  • Mythen und Materie [Lecture]. November 23, 2016. Architektura, Department of Architecture, ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • The Digital [Lecture: Within the 4th international conference: On the surface: Photography and Architecture - Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries]. September 30, 2016. FAUP Architecture School of Porto University, Portugal. 
  • Bilderbauen [Lecture]. July 7, 2016. Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany. 
  • Constructed Realities: Zum Verhältnis von medialen Praktiken und der Konzeption von Architektur [Lecture: Organized by Kunstgeschichtliches Institut an der Goethe-Universität]. February 16, 2016. Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany. 
  • Objets Trouvés - Projects [Lecture: Within the workshop: Smoke on the Water: Lac Léman - Visions et Utopies]. September 3, 2015. Laboratoire des Arts pour les Sciences, ENAC, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. 
  • Digital Gestaltung [Lecture & conversation: Within the lecture series: The New How]. November 3, 2014. Princeton University School of Architecture, New Jersey, USA. 
  • Digitale Bilder [Lecture]. November 25, 2014. Architekturforum Bern, Switzerland. 
  • The New Real [Lecture]. June 2, 2014. Chair of Architecture & Media, Technical University of Berlin, Germany. 
  • On Immediacy [Lecture]. February 5, 2014. Rice Design Alliance, Rice School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, USA. 
  • Constructing the View [Lecture & conversation]. November 2, 2013. IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. 
  • Digitales Gestalten [Lecture]. July 30, 2013. Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. 
  • Built Images [Lecture]. June 20, 2013. DASTU Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Polytechnic University of Milan, Iatly. 
  • Analog Digital [Lecture]. May 2, 2013. Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. 
  • About Architectural Representation [Lecture]. March 12, 2013. OSA, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland. 
  • Realism versus Fiction [Lecture: Within the cycle of conferences: Voluptas]. November 16, 2012. Maison de l'Architecture de Genève, Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland. 
  • Built Images [Artist talk]. April 9, 2012. Department Art & Media, ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland. 
  • Grundlagen der Gestaltung [Lecture]. April 20, 2012. Faculty of Architecture, TUM Technical University of Munich, Germany.
  • Objets Trouvés [Lecture]. November 11, 2011. Atelier Kuo, ENAC, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. 
  • Projektionen [Lecture & workshop: Within the seminar: Bilder der Stadt]. October 24, 2011. Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Department of Architecture, ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • Architecture and Image [Lecture & conversation: With François Charbonnet]. September 20, 2011. Architekturdialoge, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. 
  • Architecture without Objects [Lecture: Within the seminar: Architecture without Objects]. April 6, 2011. Jointmaster of Architecture Geneva-Fribourg-Burgdorf, Fribourg, Switzerland. 
  • Schöne neue Schweiz [Workshop]. February 9, 2011 - February 12, 2011. ZHAW School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • Architectural Visualization [Lecture]. December 12, 2010. Joint Master of Architecture, Bern University of Applied Science, Burgdorf, Switzerland. 
  • Architekturdarstellung [Lecture]. May 10, 2010. Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland. 
  • Bildkonstruktionen [Lecture]. April 7, 2010. ZHAW School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • Architekturdarstellung [Workshop]. April 21, 2010. ZHAW School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • The architect's archive [Lecture: Within the seminar: Beyond Patterns - Vision of the Archive]. March 10, 2010. Joint Master of Architecture, Bern University of Applied Science, Burgdorf, Switzerland. 
  • Architekturdarstellung und Medien [Lecture]. June 30, 2009. Faculty of Architecture, TU Dortmund University, Germany. 
  • Built Images [Artist talk]. May 16, 2009. New York Photo Festival 2009, New York City, USA. 
  • Model & Reality [Lecture & workshop]. November 10, 2008 - December 12, 2008. Department Art & Media, ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland. 
  • Constructed Images [Lecture]. October 10, 2008. Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Basle, Switzerland. 
  • Bilderbauen [Lecture: Within the lecture series: VFG-Bildersoirées]. April 15, 2008. Vereinigung Fotografischer GestalterInnen, Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • Virtual versus real: what is the impact on design [Lecture]. March 5, 2008. Smart Geometry Conference , BMW Welt, Munich, Germany. 
  • Projektvisualisierung [Lecture]. May 31, 2007. Laboratoire de l’expression, ENAC, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. 
  • Knowledge Management [Lecture: Within the seminar: Information, Communication & Space]. November 6, 2007. Joint Master of Architecture, Bern University of Applied Science, Burgdorf, Switzerland. 
  • Visualizing Architecture [Lecture]. June 7, 2006. Joint Master of Architecture, Bern University of Applied Sciencem Burgdorf, Switzerland. 
  • Architectural Scene Development [Lecture]. June 8, 2006. Laboratoire de la production d'architecture, ENAC, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. 
  • Wissensmanagement in der Architektur: Ein Fallbeispiel [Lecture: Within the semester course: Memory Palaces]. May 12, 2006. Scenographical Design SGD, ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland. 
  • Architekturvisualisierung [Lecture]. April 26, 2006. Insitute of Architecture and Planning, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 
  • Die Bildmontage [Lecture]. January 19, 2006. Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture, Switzerland. 
  • Bilderbauen [Lecture & workshop]. December 4, 2004. Insitute of Architecture and Planning, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 
  • Mediendatenbanken & Architektur [Lecture: Within the semester course: Replay]. November 1, 2004. Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design, Department of Architecture, ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • Digitale Bildwelten [Lecture]. November 5, 2004. Network City and Landscape NSL, Department of Architecture, ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. 
  • Fassade als Informationsträger [Lecture: Within the semester course: Interfaces]. April 1, 2004. Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design, Department of Architecture, ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. 
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