Doctoral research asks for a different kind of support than coursework — sustained, over years, and oriented toward an original contribution rather than a finished assignment.
PhD Advice offers guidance for doctoral candidates and prospective applicants working at the intersection of architecture, design research, and spatial theory. This draws on a doctoral degree from ETH Zürich, using actor-network theory to study informal urbanism in Brazil, together with years of leading advanced research programs — directing the Master of Advanced Architecture at ETH Zürich, the collective housing research unit at Yokohama National University's Y-GSA, and design-build research at Hong Kong University — and on the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded research project Housing the Co-op, conducted from 2015 to 2018.
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WHO THIS IS FOR
Doctoral candidates seeking supervision or advisory support, and prospective applicants developing a research proposal, particularly in areas touching design research methodology, spatial theory, and cross-cultural or cosmological approaches to architecture.
APPROAC
1 — Research Design
Shaping a research question so it can be investigated rigorously — clarifying method, scope, and the specific contribution the work is positioned to make.
2 — Writing Support
Structured feedback on writing at any stage, from proposal through individual chapters to the completed dissertation.
3 — Positioning
Situating the research within its field — its theoretical lineage, its relevant precedents, and the gap in existing scholarship it is actually addressing.
RATES Single session (1 hr) — €150 Subscription (monthly deep session — €240/month, one 90–120 minute session plus written feedback
Subscription (biweekly, 2 sessions/month) — €325/month, including written feedback between sessions
