Hans-Christian Rufer is an architect living in Zurich. Currently he works in the urban space team at the city planning office of the city of Zurich on projects focusing on interdisciplinary street design (Lebenswerte Stadtachsen 2040), photovoltaics (Solardächer auf Stadtautobahnen), the urban model of Zurich, urban strategies (Velostrategie 2030) as well as building design guidelines for main street buildings (Leitfaden Bauen an Stadtachsen und Plätzen). Furthermore he serves on the board of Casafair Zurich and is a member of Architects for future zurich, Countdown2030 and Architecture for refugees SCHWEIZ. He studied architecture in Zurich and Tokyo and holds a master's degree in architecture from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) , where he also taught and researched at the chair of Prof. Dirk Hebel, Urban-Think Tank and Atelier Bow-Wow from 2014 to 2018. He worked on academic studios and project work in asia, africa and latin america and has been invited as guest lecturer, panelist, expert and jury member to various platforms including: ETH Zurich, Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Antwerp, Universidade da Coruna, Luis Seoane Foundation, Peter Behrens School of Arts, ZHAW, Lund University and Kunsthaus Langenthal.

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