This is what I do.
I am an architect and photographer based in Zürich, Switzerland.
Born in Basel to a Swiss mother and a Greek father, I traveled extensively, living in London, Caracas, Tunis and Athens. I returned to Switzerland and studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, graduating in 1997. I set up my own architecture practice, working on various small and medium-sized projects and participating in architecture competitions.
In 2003 I moved to Zurich to pursue a postgraduate course in CAAD processes at the ETH and worked until 2012 as a research assistant at the Institute for Landscape Architecture, teaching design processes to master-level students. In parallel I have collaborated with various studios and companies in Switzerland, France and Belgium.
Today, I navigate between architecture and photography. As an architect, I collaborate with designer and architects, helping them develop and communicate their designs. As a photographer, I work on both personal projects and commercial work in architecture.
I have travelled extensively to Mumbai, Saigon, Jakarta, Phnom Penh and Havana but more recently my work has focused on my homeland, Greece and the Balkan region.
For a detailed CV, please do not hesitate to contact me directly
"I don't pretend to be an intellectual or a philosopher. I just look."
Josef Koudelka
Clients
PBI Event Architecture / Studio Vacchini / MCH Messe Schweiz / waldner partner / ILA ETH Zürich / Kesura AG / Xpace Architects / Atelier ESA / Manor AG / Jolli Allestimenti / Studio Anna Jach / ROD by waldner partner
Exhibitions
PhotoSCHWEIZ 2014, Zurich / PhotoSCHWEIZ 2016, Zurich / PhotoSCHWEIZ 2018, Zurich / PhotoSCHWEIZ 2020, Zurich / Black Art Matters, Zurich / PhotoSCHWEIZ 2021, Zurich / Portfolio Projection, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne