Studies in Munich and Berkeley. Formerly: Visiting Professor, Harvard GSD; 1994-96, Dean of Architecture; 1998-2008, Vice-President, Planning, ETH Zurich; 2000, initiated the virtual campus ETH World and 2003, the concept for ETH Science City. Since 1988, develops information architecture on the urban and the territorial scale at ETH Zurich. Since 2006, co-develops the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore. Currently, Professor for Information Architecture, ETH Zurich; Founding Director, Singapore-ETH Centre; Senior Vice-President, ETH Global.