Sacha Menz
Partnerdipl. Architekt ETH/SIA/BSA/REG A Prof. ETH
Sacha Menz, born 25 May 1963 in Vienna, has been Full Professor for Architecture and Building Process at ETH Zurich since October 2004.
www.bauprozess.arch.ethz.ch
1989: Architectural degree at ETH. Starts profession with Prof. Dolf Schnebli, Tobias Ammann and Prof. Flora Ruchat- Roncati.
1990-1997: Establishes architectural firm Sacha Menz and Kuno Schuhmacher Architects, Zurich.
1991-1997: Establishes Joran Sport Co. for design and production of High-End bicycles in Zurich, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Since 1997: Co-Founder of sam architects and partners inc. in Zurich. Several architectural competitions and built projects in Switzerland and abroad.
www.samarch.ch
Since 1997: Co-establishes the real estate firm Staub Holding Inc. in Switzerland. Several developments.
Since 2001: Member of numerous architectural juries, member of the Architectural Board of Consultants for the city of Ostfildern, Germany and member of several foundations in Switzerland.
2002: Member of the Board, from 2005-2011 President of the SIA (Swiss Engineers and Architects Association), Section- Zurich.
Since 2004: Member of the FSA (Federation of Swiss Architects).
2008-2011: Member of the Board «Platform Future Buildings», a Research Platform for Sustainable Building Technologies.
2008: Public release of »Three Books on the Building Process«, VDF Editors, English edition in March 2010. New edition published in 2014.
Since 2009: Establishes MAS (Master of Advanced Studies) and CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) at ETH-Zurich
2009 - 2017: Head of the newly established Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) ETH-Zurich. 2011-2015: Dean and Vice-Dean at the Department of Architecture, ETH-Zurich.
2012-2014: Leader of Module X (Housing) at the Future-Cities-Lab 1 in Singapore.
Since 2013: Establishes spin-off Arch_Tec_Lab Inc. in Zurich.
2014-2015: Deputy Director of the NCCR (National Centre of Competence in Research) in Digital Fabrication.
Since 2015: Co-Principal Investigator at Scenario 1 (Dense and Green Building Typologies) at the Future-Cities-Lab 2 in Singapore, presented at the Biennale in Venice.
2015: Publication of «Public Space Evolution in High-Density Living in Singapore».
Since 2015: Development of the MAP, a methodological application and platform for (future) architects at ETH Zurich: https://map.arch.ethz.ch
2015-2018: Member of the Board of Directors of SIA (Swiss Engineers and Architects Association).
2016: Founder «digital_network_switzerland».
https://netzwerk-digital.ch
2017-2019: Member of Reviewing Board for Clusters of Excellence, DFG (German Research Foundation)
Since 2018: Member of the Strategy Commission at ETH-Zurich
Since 2019: Director and Co-Founder of the multidisciplinary ETH research program, Future-Cities-Lab Global – Zurich/Singapore,
https://fclg-ep.ethz.ch/
https://fclg-ep.ethz.ch/dashboard
Since 2020: Services Evaluation App (Value-App) development for architects and engineers at ETH-Zurich,
https://value-app.ethz.ch/de
A selected list of publications and research activities is available under:
https://bauprozess.arch.ethz.ch/
https://fclg-ep.ethz.ch/
https://ita.arch.ethz.ch/
A selected list of projects and studio activities is available under:
https://www.samarch.ch/
