ABOUT
Claudia Sinatra is an architect, urban designer, and researcher currently based in Zürich.
She situates her work in the overlap of art, urbanism, and sociology, investigating territories from the lens of everyday interactions between people and places. In her approach, visual narratives and urban research are integrally connected to design, within the pursuit of a critical debate around communities and places.
Claudia currently teaches at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich, while also practicing urban design and spatial planning. Parallel to this, she works on independent illustration and photography projects.
Talks and Teaching
2023 (recurring). Lecturer, Urban Design Studio for Planners ︎︎︎ Institute of Spatial and Landscape Development, Spatial Development and Urban Policy ETHZ
2023. Moderator, Marginal Urbanities. The hidden face of planetary urbanisation ︎︎︎ USI
2023. Guest Critic, Design Studio and Diploma Final Review ︎︎︎ Chair of Urban Design TU Munich
2023. Invited Speaker, Roundtable ‘Climate, cities and Postcolonialism’ ︎︎︎ ZEROCEM
2023. Invited Speaker, Panel Discussion ‘Future of the City, City of the Future’ ︎︎︎ ZETHNO
2022. Moderator, Film Architecture and Urban Practice ︎︎︎ International Symposium on Film Architecture and Urban Studies ETHZ
2022. Guest Critic, Design Studio Interim Review ︎︎︎ Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation ETHZ
2021. Guest Critic, Design Studio Final Review ︎︎︎ Chair of Affective Architecture ETHZ
2020 (recurring). Guest Lecturer, Urban Stories: London ︎︎︎ Chair of Architecture and Urban Design ETHZ
2012. Guest Talk, Design Studio ︎︎︎ Architecture and Urban Design Lab University of Ferrara
Exhibitions
2023. Activism. Feminism. Care. Two games for alternative city-making ︎︎︎ Parity Talks VIII ETHZ
2023. LOOP Jam Entropocity ︎︎︎ LOOP Zurich
2022. Does the Blue Sky Lie? Testimonies of Air’s Toxicities ︎︎︎ KHOJ Studios, Delhi
2023 (recurring). Lecturer, Urban Design Studio for Planners ︎︎︎ Institute of Spatial and Landscape Development, Spatial Development and Urban Policy ETHZ
2023. Moderator, Marginal Urbanities. The hidden face of planetary urbanisation ︎︎︎ USI
2023. Guest Critic, Design Studio and Diploma Final Review ︎︎︎ Chair of Urban Design TU Munich
2023. Invited Speaker, Roundtable ‘Climate, cities and Postcolonialism’ ︎︎︎ ZEROCEM
2023. Invited Speaker, Panel Discussion ‘Future of the City, City of the Future’ ︎︎︎ ZETHNO
2022. Moderator, Film Architecture and Urban Practice ︎︎︎ International Symposium on Film Architecture and Urban Studies ETHZ
2022. Guest Critic, Design Studio Interim Review ︎︎︎ Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation ETHZ
2021. Guest Critic, Design Studio Final Review ︎︎︎ Chair of Affective Architecture ETHZ
2020 (recurring). Guest Lecturer, Urban Stories: London ︎︎︎ Chair of Architecture and Urban Design ETHZ
2012. Guest Talk, Design Studio ︎︎︎ Architecture and Urban Design Lab University of Ferrara
Exhibitions
2023. Activism. Feminism. Care. Two games for alternative city-making ︎︎︎ Parity Talks VIII ETHZ
2023. LOOP Jam Entropocity ︎︎︎ LOOP Zurich
2022. Does the Blue Sky Lie? Testimonies of Air’s Toxicities ︎︎︎ KHOJ Studios, Delhi