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How does one teach architecture and construction in the first year of studies; and how does one handle pre-existing experience and the different potential of the prospective architects? Annette Spiro, architect and at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, has dealt intensively with these questions over many years. As a passionate teacher it has been a constant concern of hers to introduce her students to the subject with adept expertise but also with her own great curiosity, to spark the students' enthusiasm for designing and their delight for good projects.
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Annette Spiro ist seit Mai 2007 ordentliche Professorin für Architektur und Konstruktion an der ETH Zürich. Geboren 1957 in Winterthur/Thusis. Studium an der Hochschule für Gestaltung in Zürich, Vorkurs und Fachklasse für Schmuck und Gerät. Architekturstudium an der ETH Zürich, Diplom bei Flora Ruchat-Roncati. 1991 eigenes Architekturbüro zusammen mit Stephan Gantenbein in Zürich.
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How does one teach architecture and construction in the first year of studies; and how does one handle pre-existing experience and the different potential of the prospective architects? Annette Spiro, architect and at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, has dealt intensively with these questions over many years. As a passionate teacher it has been a constant concern of hers to introduce her students to the subject with adept expertise but also with her own great curiosity, to spark the students’ enthusiasm for designing and their delight for good projects.
