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 interdisciplinary street design, building design guidelines for main street buildings (Leitfaden Bauen an Stadtachsen und Plätzen), photovoltaics (Solardächer auf Stadtautobahnen), urban strategies (Velostrategie 2030) as well as the urban model of Zurich. Furthermore he works in various interdisciplinary collaborations with building engineers, sociologists, community activists, architects and urban planners and is a member of Architects for future zurich, Countdown2030 or 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, ZAZ and Lund University.

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