Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail: brenner@arch.ethz.ch
Construction Heritage & Architectural Conservation, Repair, Digital Fabrication, Innovative Constructions & High-Tech Architecture
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Construction Heritage and Preservation at ETH Zurich (since 2025) and Program Coordinator of the MAS & CAS programs. Current research focus on preservation challenges of late 20th-century architecture through the exploration of advanced technological solutions within collaborative and transdisciplinary frameworks.
During his doctorate at the professorship (2020–2025), Matthias pursued the interdisciplinary research project “High-Tech for High-Tech“ investigating the potential of digital fabrication for the repair of 1980s high-tech architecture. Bridging the gap between architectural conservation, repair, and advanced manufacturing, the project was part of the NCCR Digital Fabrication.
Previously, he was a Junior Consultant at PD in Berlin (2019-2020) and Student Architect at Diamond Schmitt Architects in Toronto (2018). Matthias studied architecture at TU Munich, Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ and Toronto Metropolitan University. Master thesis with Prof. Dr. Rainer Barthel: “Stadium for Toronto based on principles of lightweight construction”. Bachelor thesis at Studio Max Dudler: “New Central Library Berlin”. Postgraduate studies at the School of Design Thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute Berlin (2019–2020).
Study-accompanying work in various architectural offices in Munich as well as employment as a research assistant at the Chair of Building History, Historical Building Research and Monument Preservation at the Technical University of Munich (2013-14) and at the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University of Munich (2018-19).
Certified Associate in Project Management (PMI) since 2020.
President of the AAA (Association of Assistants at the Department of Architecture, ETHZ)