Prof. Dr. Habil Andri Gerber

Projects

• GRAVICON - a fully disassemblable load- bearing system for re-use concrete slabs / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Winterthur Re-Use / Co-project leader / ongoing
• History of “eco-architecture” in Switzerland, 196X-199X. An architectural-historical, corpuslinguistic and gender-theoretical analysis / Project leader / ongoing
• Pilot project for flat glass recycling in Winterthur / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• CIRCBUILT: Circular bio-based products for the built environment / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Yurt 2.0: New cycles for sheep's wool as insulation material and felt facade in Kyrgyzstan / Project leader / ongoing
• Walz 4.0 – Crafts and universities shape the future of construction together / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• New circular processes for in-situ cast concrete structures / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Emission Zero: A sustainable construction simulation game, 1990-2050 / Project leader / ongoing
• Windows Of Opportunities / Deputy project leader / completed
• REUSE Yards: Harvest the Urban for the Circulare Re-Construction / Deputy project leader / completed
• Re-use strategy for window sashes / Deputy project leader / completed
• Concrete Structural Reusability / Deputy project leader / completed
• Spatial Abilities / Project leader / completed
• Where am I? A video game about building culture integration and mourning for Ukrainian children and young people in Zurich / Project leader / completed
• Challenging or Reproducing the Status Quo? / Project leader / completed
• How do architects think and design space / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Kiesel, A. et al. (2024) 'Structural reuse of decommissioned ski lift Steel trusses for load-bearing applications', Architecture, 4(4), pp. 835–853. doi: 10.3390/architecture4040044.
• Gerber, A. (2023) 'Playing energy landscapes : reconnecting architecture, data, and scales', Ardeth, (13), pp. 121–139. doi: 10.17454/ARDETH13.08.
• Gerber, A. (2023) 'Architektozän – oder : vom Rückgang der Verhältnisgrößen in Werkvorträgen von 75% auf 40%', GAM. Architecture Magazine, 19, pp. 65–71. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-27861.
• Gerber, A. (2015) 'Independent or bureaucratic? : the early career choice of an architect at the turn of the twentieth century in Germany, France and England', Footprint, 9(2), pp. 47–68. doi: 10.7480/footprint.9.2.860.

Books, peer-reviewed

• Gerber, A., Atalay Franck, O. and Mieskes, M. (eds) (2025) Architectural intelligence in the age of artificial intelligence. Bielefeld: transcript. doi: 10.14361/9783839430699.
• Bideau, A. et al. (2021) The morphology of urban landscapes. Edited by A. Gerber et al. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
• Bideau, A. et al. (2021) Morphologie von Stadtlandschaften. Edited by A. Gerber et al. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
• Gerber, A. (2014) Metageschichte der Architektur : ein Lehrbuch für angehende Architekten und Architekturhistoriker. Bielefeld: Transcript.
• Gerber, A. (2012) Theorie der Städtebaumetaphern : Peter Eisenman und die Stadt als Text. Zürich: Chronos.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Gerber, A. (2022) 'Videogames als performative Architektur- und Städtebaugeschichtslehre', in Furrer, P., Jud, A., and Kurath, S. (eds) Digitalisierung und Architektur in Lehre und Praxis. Zürich: Triest, pp. 98–104.
• Gerber, A. (2022) 'The mirror chiasm : problematizing embeddedness in video games through mirrors', in Vahdat, V., Gottwald, D., and Turner-Rahman, G. (eds) Virtual interiorities book two: the myth of total virtuality. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press, pp. 43–59. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-26795.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Kiesel, A. et al. (2026) 'CON : a case study on a structural system utilizing reused concrete slabs', in Podleisek, A. et al. (eds). Cham: Springer, pp. 197–215. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-21547-5_14.
• Gerber, A. et al. (2018) 'Does space matter? : a cross-disciplinary investigation upon spatial abilities and spatial knowledge of architects', in RCA 2018: research culture in architecture : international conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration. Faculty of Architecture, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (fatuk), pp. 78–81.
• Gerber, A. and Patterson, B. (eds) (2013) Metaphors in architecture and urbanism : an introduction, International Conference «Metaphors in/on Architecture and Urbanism», Paris, France, 26-28 November 2009. Bielefeld: Transcript. doi: 10.14361/transcript.9783839423721.

Other publications

• Gerber, A. (2026) 'Wie viel Optimismus ist angemessen? Chancen und Grenzen der künstlichen Intelligenz', Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 113(1/2), pp. 37–38.
• Gerber, A. (2024) 'Worst-case scenario', in Moura Veiga, F. and Ornstein, L. (eds) Scenario. Zurich: Department of Architecture ETH Zurich, pp. 8–9. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31601.
• Gerber, A. and Furrer, P. (2024) 'Déjà-vu : Lernen von der Öko-Architekturbewegung von gestern', Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 2024(5), pp. 41–43.
• Gerber, A. (2023) 'Game over : manifesto for speedrunning architecture', in Charbonnet, F. et al. (eds) Ludic Surveys of Nowadays. Zurich: Department of Architecture ETH Zurich, pp. 6–8. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-28643.
• Gerber, A. and Schelling, A. (2022) Zürich. 2000 edn. Bielefeld: DOM Publishers.
• Gerber, A. and Tschanz, M. (eds) (2022) Sprengkraft Raum : Architektur um 1970 von Pierre Zoelly, Rudolf und Esther Guyer, Manuel Pauli und Fritz Schwarz. 1. Auflage. Zürich: Park Books.
• Emo, B., Gerber, A. and Hölscher, C. (2021) 'User-centred spatial thinking in architectural design with mixed reality', in Stojakovic, V. and Tepavcevic, B. (eds) Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference. CumInCAD, pp. 115–122. doi: 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.115.
• Gerber, A. (2020) 'What is so spatial about architecture?', in Training spatial abilities : a workbook for students of architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser, pp. 10–17.
• Gerber, A. (ed.) (2020) Training spatial abilities : a workbook for students of architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser.
• Gerber, A. and Kurath, S. (2020) 'Vom Spiegelei zum Rührei', Du - das Kulturmagazin, (904), pp. 18–21.
• Gerber, A. (2020) '', in Kammasch, T. (ed.) Betrachtungen der Architektur : Versuche in Ekphrasis. Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 66–75. doi: 10.14361/9783839449943.
• Gerber, A. (2020) 'Über den Schultern von Aldo Rossi schauen : das Schreiben über Architektur als performativer Akt', Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 2020(6), pp. 44–45.
• Gerber, A. and Götz, U. (eds) (2019) The architectonics of game spaces : the spatial logic of the virtual and its meaning for the real. Bielefeld: transcript. doi: 10.14361/9783839448021.
• Gerber, A. et al. (2018) Handbook of methods for architecture and urban design. Zürich: Triest.
• Jenatsch, G.-M. et al. (2018) Kompendium zu Stadt und Architektur : ausgewählte und kommentierte Literatur. Edited by G.-M. Jenatsch. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Gerber, A. et al. (2017) Methodenhandbuch für das Entwerfen in Architektur und Städtebau. 2. Auflage. Zürich: Triest.
• Gerber, A., Joanelly, T. and Atalay Franck, O. (eds) (2017) Proportionen und Wahrnehmung in Architektur und Städtebau. Berlin: Reimer.
• Gerber, A. and Koch, P. (2017) 'Architektur muss als Ruine gedacht werden', Archithese, 2017(4), pp. 8–16.
• Gerber, A. and Kurath, S. (eds) (2016) Stadt gibt es nicht! : Unbestimmtheit als Programm in Architektur und Städtebau. Berlin: DOM publishers.
• Gerber, A. (2015) 'Der Architekt und die saine horreur de la monotonie', Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 2015(10), pp. 41–43. Available at: https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=wbw-004%3A2015%3A102%3A%3A662#662.
• Gerber, A. (2015) 'A life less ordinary', AA Files, 2015(71), pp. 574–581.
• Gerber, A. et al. (eds) (2013) Methodenhandbuch für Lehre, Forschung und Praxis in Architektur und Städtebau. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Gerber, A., Unruh, T. and Geissbühler, D. (2010) Forschende Architektur. Luzern: Quart.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Gerber, A. (2018) 'Fast konvergierende Fluchtpunkte : eine Einführung zu Saverio Muratori (1910-1973) und die Nachkriegszeit in Italien', in Tagung «Für eine Geschichte der gebauten Stadt», Winterthur, 27. Oktober 2018. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Emo, B. et al. (2018) 'Development of a novel test to measure spatial abilities of architecture students : preliminary findings', in Cognitive Processing. Springer.

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