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., Brandi, G., Schlatter, J., Gerber, A., & Langenberg, S. (2024). Structural reuse of decommissioned ski lift Steel trusses for load-bearing applications. Architecture, 4(4), 835–853. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture4040044
• Gerber, A. (2023). Playing energy landscapes : reconnecting architecture, data, and scales. Ardeth, 13, 121–139. https://doi.org/10.17454/ARDETH13.08
• Gerber, A. (2023). Architektozän – oder : vom Rückgang der Verhältnisgrößen in Werkvorträgen von 75% auf 40%. GAM. Architecture Magazine, 19, 65–71. https://doi.org/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), 47–68. https://doi.org/10.7480/footprint.9.2.860

Books, peer-reviewed

• Gerber, A., Atalay Franck, O., & Mieskes, M. (2025). Architectural intelligence in the age of artificial intelligence. transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839430699
• Bideau, A., Blain, C., Bosshard, M., Gerber, A., Ghorayeb, M., Iseli, R., Komossa, S., Kropf, K., Kurath, S., Ley, K., Malfroy, S., Marcus, L., Marzot, N., Ortelli, L., Primas, U., Raith, E., Schöbel-Rutschmann, S., Viganò, P., & Zierau, F. (2021). The morphology of urban landscapes (A. Gerber, R. Iseli, S. Kurath, & U. Primas, Eds.). Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
• Bideau, A., Blain, C., Bosshard, M., Gerber, A., Ghorayeb, M., Iseli, R., Komossa, S., Kropf, K., Kurath, S., Ley, K., Malfroy, S., Marcus, L., Marzot, N., Ortelli, L., Primas, U., Raith, E., Schöbel-Rutschmann, S., Viganò, P., & Zierau, F. (2021). Morphologie von Stadtlandschaften (A. Gerber, R. Iseli, S. Kurath, & U. Primas, eds.). Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
• Gerber, A. (2014). Metageschichte der Architektur : ein Lehrbuch für angehende Architekten und Architekturhistoriker (Vol. 26). Transcript.
• Gerber, A. (2012). Theorie der Städtebaumetaphern : Peter Eisenman und die Stadt als Text. Chronos.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

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

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Gerber, A., Berkowitz, M., Emo, B., Hölscher, C., Kurath, S., & Stern, E. (2018). Does space matter? : a cross-disciplinary investigation upon spatial abilities and spatial knowledge of architects [Conference paper]. RCA 2018: Research Culture in Architecture : International Conference on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration, 78–81.
• Metaphors in architecture and urbanism : an introduction. (2013). In A. Gerber & B. Patterson (Eds.), International Conference «Metaphors in/on Architecture and Urbanism», Paris, France, 26-28 November 2009. Transcript. https://doi.org/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), 37–38.
• Gerber, A. (2024). Worst-case scenario. In F. Moura Veiga & L. Ornstein (Eds.), Scenario (pp. 8–9). Department of Architecture ETH Zurich. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31601
• Gerber, A., & Furrer, P. (2024). Déjà-vu : Lernen von der Öko-Architekturbewegung von gestern. Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 2024(5), 41–43.
• Gerber, A. (2023). Game over : manifesto for speedrunning architecture. In F. Charbonnet, P. Heiz, F. Moura Veiga, & V. Grünig (Eds.), Ludic Surveys of Nowadays (pp. 6–8). Department of Architecture ETH Zurich. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28643
• Gerber, A., & Schelling, A. (2022). Zürich (2000 ed.). DOM Publishers.
• Gerber, A., & Tschanz, M. (2022). Sprengkraft Raum : Architektur um 1970 von Pierre Zoelly, Rudolf und Esther Guyer, Manuel Pauli und Fritz Schwarz (1. Auflage). Park Books.
• Emo, B., Gerber, A., & Hölscher, C. (2021). User-centred spatial thinking in architectural design with mixed reality [Conference paper]. In V. Stojakovic & B. Tepavcevic (Eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference (Vol. 2, pp. 115–122). CumInCAD. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.115
• Gerber, A. (2020). Training spatial abilities : a workbook for students of architecture. Birkhäuser.
• Gerber, A. (2020). What is so spatial about architecture? In Training spatial abilities : a workbook for students of architecture (pp. 10–17). Birkhäuser.
• Gerber, A., & Kurath, S. (2020). Vom Spiegelei zum Rührei. Du - das Kulturmagazin, 904, 18–21.
• Gerber, A. (2020). Haus Faraday, Bern : „Se non e vero, e ben trovato”. In T. Kammasch (ed.), Betrachtungen der Architektur : Versuche in Ekphrasis (pp. 66–75). transcript. https://doi.org/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), 44–45.
• Gerber, A., & Götz, U. (2019). The architectonics of game spaces : the spatial logic of the virtual and its meaning for the real. transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839448021
• Jenatsch, G.-M., Iseli, R., Gerber, A., & Züger, R. (2018). Kompendium zu Stadt und Architektur : ausgewählte und kommentierte Literatur (G.-M. Jenatsch, ed.). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Gerber, A., Kurath, S., Schurk, H., & Züger, R. (2018). Handbook of methods for architecture and urban design. Triest.
• Gerber, A., Kurath, S., Schurk, H., & Züger, R. (2017). Methodenhandbuch für das Entwerfen in Architektur und Städtebau (2. Auflage). Triest.
• Gerber, A., Joanelly, T., & Atalay Franck, O. (2017). Proportionen und Wahrnehmung in Architektur und Städtebau. Reimer.
• Gerber, A., & Koch, P. (2017). Architektur muss als Ruine gedacht werden. Archithese, 2017(4), 8–16.
• Gerber, A., & Kurath, S. (2016). Stadt gibt es nicht! : Unbestimmtheit als Programm in Architektur und Städtebau. DOM publishers.
• Gerber, A. (2015). Der Architekt und die saine horreur de la monotonie. Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 2015(10), 41–43. 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), 574–581.
• Gerber, A., Kurath, S., Schurk, H., & Züger, R. (2013). Methodenhandbuch für Lehre, Forschung und Praxis in Architektur und Städtebau. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Gerber, A., Unruh, T., & Geissbühler, D. (2010). Forschende Architektur (Vol. 2). Quart.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Gerber, A. (2018). Fast konvergierende Fluchtpunkte : eine Einführung zu Saverio Muratori (1910-1973) und die Nachkriegszeit in Italien. Tagung «Für eine Geschichte der gebauten Stadt», Winterthur, 27. Oktober 2018.
• Emo, B., Gerber, A., Berkowitz, M., Hölscher, C., Kurath, S., & Stern, E. (2018). Development of a novel test to measure spatial abilities of architecture students : preliminary findings [Conference presentation]. Cognitive Processing, Volume 19(1 Supp.).

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