77 Questions About Architectural Space distils eight years of teaching at ETH Zurich into a compact but searching examination of how spatial design is understood, questioned, and communicated from first principles.
About This Book
Developed across two-part Design Construction courses at ETH Zurich between 2017 and 2025, this publication draws directly from Andrea Deplazes's studio practice and pedagogical method. Rather than a conventional textbook, it assembles the essential questions, hand-drawn sketches, physical models, and notebook excerpts that shaped a generation of architecture students. The result is both a record of one architect-educator's intellectual life and a portable framework for thinking about the fundamentals of architectural space. For students and practitioners alike, the book's intimacy — its willingness to dwell on the question rather than rush to the answer — makes it a rare pedagogical document.
Key Features
- 72 pages of questions, sketches, models, and seminar imagery drawn from live teaching sessions
- Authored by Andrea Deplazes, professor and practicing architect at ETH Zurich
- Includes excerpts from Deplazes's personal notebook
- Published by Everyedition, 2025
What You'll Discover
- The core questions Deplazes used to frame spatial design education across eight years of ETH Zurich studio teaching
- How sketches and physical models function as instruments of inquiry rather than finished representations
- The relationship between personal practice and architectural pedagogy, illuminated through notebook excerpts
- A synthesis of one architect's career-long thinking on the fundamentals of spatial design, assembled on the eve of his retirement
About the Author
Andrea Deplazes is a professor and practicing architect who taught Design Construction at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich. This publication marks the conclusion of his academic career and stands as a synthesis of his pedagogical approach developed over the final eight years of his tenure.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 72
- Dimensions: 240 x 330 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783907384220
- Publisher: Everyedition
- Publication Date: 2025
Perfect For: Architecture students, design educators, and practitioners interested in spatial theory, pedagogical method, and the intellectual habits behind architectural thinking.