Marc Angélil

Marc M. Angélil has been Full Professor of Architecture and Design at the Institute for Urban Design at ETH Zurich since April 1st, 1997 and is responsible for first-year design classes in the Department of Architecture.

Born in 1954, Prof. Angélil studied architecture at the ETH Zurich. His doctoral dissertation on the subject of technic and form in the theory of architecture was awarded the ETH silver medal. From 1982 to 1987 he was assistant professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and from 1987 to 1994 associate professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In 1994 he was named assistant professor of Architecture and Design at the ETH Zurich. His research activities deal with the contemporary developments in urban design. Using various case studies from Europe, Asia and the USA, metropolitan areas are investigated in view of their physical structures. Major emphasis is placed on working out strategies to support sustainable urban development processes, with attention given to the dynamic forces involved in the formation and transformation of a city.

In addition to his academic activities, Marc M. Angélil is a practicing architect. With his partners, Sarah Graham, Reto Pfenninger and Manuel Scholl, he has architectural offices in Los Angeles and Zurich. One of their latest projects - together with Martin Spöhler - involves the Midfield Docks as part of the fifth expansion phase at the Zurich Airport.