• About
  • Team
    • Prof. Dr. Sascha Roesler
    • Dr. Lorenzo Stieger (Affiliated)
    • Dr. Noa Levin
    • Dr. des. Silvia Balzan

    • Julian Raffetseder

      Julian Raffetseder is an architect interested in the design of urban climates. In his PhD research at the chair of Prof. Sascha Roesler he investigates the potential of architectural ventilation for a collective cooling strategy in a “subtropical Vienna”. The design research project builds upon his master thesis developed at Studio Kazuyo Sejima at the University of applied Arts Vienna. Before joining the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio, Julian was teaching as a university assistant at the Institute of Architecture and Landscape at TU Graz and worked for architectural practices in Vienna, Hamburg, and London. Besides his PhD research, Julian is currently involved in architectural and urban design competitions in Zürich and Bern as a consultant for urban climate simulation.

       

    • Maria Trombetta (Student Assistant)
    • Former Team Members
  • PhD
Public talk on KLIMA POLIS Vol. 1 & 2, with Tom Avermaete, Fabio Gramazio, Milica Topalović and Martina Voser, ITA, ETH Zurich, Oct. 12, 2022. Public talk on KLIMA POLIS Vol. 1 & 2, with Tom Avermaete, Fabio Gramazio, Milica Topalović and Martina Voser, ITA, ETH Zurich, Oct. 12, 2022.
KLIMA POLIS Vol. 2, Birkhäuser 2022. KLIMA POLIS Vol. 2, Birkhäuser 2022.
KLIMA POLIS Vol. 1, Birkhäuser 2022. KLIMA POLIS Vol. 1, Birkhäuser 2022.
"Exploring Energy Ecologies,” lecture at ETH Zurich, October 13, 2022.
Microclimatic walk through Vienna (Austria), with an intervention by artist Katja Jug, presenting her artist book “Frozen Unfrozen”. Microclimatic walk through Vienna (Austria), with an intervention by artist Katja Jug, presenting her artist book “Frozen Unfrozen”.
Seminar SS2022, “City, Climate, and Architecture”, Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland). Heliomorphic design study by undergraduates. Seminar SS2022, “City, Climate, and Architecture”, Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland). Heliomorphic design study by undergraduates.
Arriving solar radiation in December; simulation in the frame of the competition Bern Ausserholligen (Switzerland), 2021. Rendering: Julian Raffetseder, Associate Professorship Arriving solar radiation in December; simulation in the frame of the competition Bern Ausserholligen (Switzerland), 2021. Rendering: Julian Raffetseder, Associate Professorship
Seminar SS21, Seminar SS21, "The City as Energy Landscape", Accademia di Architettura, Università della Svizzera Italiana
Lecture on “Energy-Synergy” by Sascha Roesler, invited by Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer, Habitat-Unit, TU Berlin, January 21, 2022 Lecture on “Energy-Synergy” by Sascha Roesler, invited by Prof. Dr. Elke Beyer, Habitat-Unit, TU Berlin, January 21, 2022
The City as Energy Landscape, exhibition curated by Sascha Roesler and Lorenzo Stieger, Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland), Sep. 14-Oct. 31, 2020. Photo: Katja Jug The City as Energy Landscape, exhibition curated by Sascha Roesler and Lorenzo Stieger, Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland), Sep. 14-Oct. 31, 2020. Photo: Katja Jug
Architectura y Etnografia. Conference in Santiago de Chile. Architectura y Etnografia. Conference in Santiago de Chile.
Symposium on research in Swiss architecture, moderated by Sascha Roesler Symposium on research in Swiss architecture, moderated by Sascha Roesler
Cairo (Egypt) in 1940 Cairo (Egypt) in 1940
Lecture in the frame of Studio Roger Boltshauser, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Lecture in the frame of Studio Roger Boltshauser, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Seminar SS2020, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland) Seminar SS2020, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland)
Apartment in the industrial zone of the Carouge district in Geneva (2020). Photo: Dr. Lorenzo Stieger. Apartment in the industrial zone of the Carouge district in Geneva (2020). Photo: Dr. Lorenzo Stieger.
Keynote Lecture by Sascha Roesler at the INUAS conference 2019, Vienna (Austria) Keynote Lecture by Sascha Roesler at the INUAS conference 2019, Vienna (Austria)
Seminar FS2019, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland) Seminar FS2019, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland)
Warming legs with a radiator in a Chinese high-rise building Warming legs with a radiator in a Chinese high-rise building
Wu Song’s Apartment, Chongqing (China). Layout: Dr. Madlen Kobi, SNSF Professorship Wu Song’s Apartment, Chongqing (China). Layout: Dr. Madlen Kobi, SNSF Professorship
Om Rania insulating her rooftop in a popular historical neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Dalila Ghodbane, SNSF Professorship Om Rania insulating her rooftop in a popular historical neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Dalila Ghodbane, SNSF Professorship
Construction site of New Gourna (Egypt). Architect: Hassan Fathy Construction site of New Gourna (Egypt). Architect: Hassan Fathy
Lunch Talk at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, D-ARCH, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), 2019 Lunch Talk at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, D-ARCH, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), 2019
Intermediate Diploma Critique, Cagliari Continuità, Studio Jonathan Sergision, Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland), April 3, 2019. Intermediate Diploma Critique, Cagliari Continuità, Studio Jonathan Sergision, Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio (Switzerland), April 3, 2019.
Keynote lecture at the University of Applied Sciences, Luzern (Switzerland) Keynote lecture at the University of Applied Sciences, Luzern (Switzerland)
Santiago de Chile in 1973 (National Geographic, Vol.144, n°4, October 1973) Santiago de Chile in 1973 (National Geographic, Vol.144, n°4, October 1973)
Lecture in the frame of Studio Elli Mosayebi, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Lecture in the frame of Studio Elli Mosayebi, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Publication Publication "The Urban Microclimate as Artifact", Birkhäuser, 2018
Conference organised by the SNSF Professorship, Oct. 31, 2017 Conference organised by the SNSF Professorship, Oct. 31, 2017
Proposal for a new city centre of Berlin by Ludwig Hilberseimer (1930). Proposal for a new city centre of Berlin by Ludwig Hilberseimer (1930).
LEED-certified high-rises in Santiago de Chile LEED-certified high-rises in Santiago de Chile
Presentation at the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Architects and Artists and the Gesellschaft Schweiz China, Zürich, 2018 Presentation at the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Architects and Artists and the Gesellschaft Schweiz China, Zürich, 2018
Peter Behrens (1930), Aus mehr- und vielgeschossigen Einzelhäusern bestehender Baublock, Patent No. 578 164, Berlin Peter Behrens (1930), Aus mehr- und vielgeschossigen Einzelhäusern bestehender Baublock, Patent No. 578 164, Berlin
Exhibition “A Monument for Hermann Burger” at the Art Museum Bern (Switzerland), in the frame of the Arts Festival “République Géniale,” August 2018 Exhibition “A Monument for Hermann Burger” at the Art Museum Bern (Switzerland), in the frame of the Arts Festival “République Géniale,” August 2018
Case Study Locations of the Research Project Case Study Locations of the Research Project "The City as Indoors. Architecture and Urban Climates" (SNSF-funded, project no.187203)
Conference organised by the SNSF Professorship, Oct. 31, 2016 Conference organised by the SNSF Professorship, Oct. 31, 2016
Villa Olímpica, Santiago de Chile (1964) Villa Olímpica, Santiago de Chile (1964)
Publication Publication "Habitat Marocain Documents", Park Books, 2015
Lecture in the frame of Studio Walter Agonese, Mendrisio (Switzerland) Lecture in the frame of Studio Walter Agonese, Mendrisio (Switzerland)
Central park of a city in the making (Glatt Valley, Switzerland), architecture group Krokodil, 2012 Central park of a city in the making (Glatt Valley, Switzerland), architecture group Krokodil, 2012
Publication Publication "Weltkonstruktion. Der aussereuropäische Hausbau und die moderne Architektur – ein Wissensinventar," Gebrüder Mann Verlag, 2013
Special Issue on “Natural Ventilation” in Southeast Asia, edited by Sascha Roesler. Special Issue on “Natural Ventilation” in Southeast Asia, edited by Sascha Roesler.

Università della Svizzera italiana
Accademia di architettura
largo Bernasconi 2
6850 Mendrisio
Switzerland

sascha.roesler@usi.ch