Vorstand

Raffaella Endrizzi

Communication on Events |

Raffaella Endrizzi works on architecture, publishing and photographic projects.

She holds a Master’s Degree in architecture from ETH and has been studying photography with the world-renowned photographer Hélène Binet in London. She is the co-author of Lochergut – Ein Portrait (Quart, 2019), a social and urbanistic study of the housing block Lochergut in Zurich, with which she won the DAM Architectural Book Award in 2019.

In her current engagement as a Deputy Project Manager for the National Swimming Center in Tenero (CH), she works on the winning competition entry for the Swiss confederation. She has been commissioned for various photographic projects.

Alexander Luedi

Communication with Swiss Associations and companies |

Semi-retired, Mechanical Engineer ETHZ (IIIA, 1976) with and MBA from IMI Geneva (1985, now IMD Lausanne).
Global career in up-stream Oil- and Gas Developments (Shell), Project Financing (UBS), Power Generation (China Light & Power, HK), and Waste Management(Arlanco Power Limited HK).

Driving force behind a fashion accessories manufacturer and exporter from China, and various other start-ups based in Hong Kong.
Worked for over 35 years as an expat in the Netherlands, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, and China.

Corrado Signorotti

Communication with ETHZ Alumni Association in Zurich |

Architect Corrado Domenico Signorotti was born and raised in the Italian speaking region of Ticino, Switzerland where he still has a strong connection. After receiving a classical high school diploma in his hometown Locarno, he enrolled for university at the prestigious ETH-Z (Swiss Polytechnic in Zurich) where, after first completing and receiving a degree in Natural Science ( direction "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" ), he went on to study at the world top ETH architecture faculty with a Master degree.

After completing his studies, extensive travels and an experience as a professor teaching assistant at the ETH ( prof. architects: Mario Campi, Lugano Alberto Campo Baeza, Madrid and arch. Eduardo Souto de Moura, Porto ) he moved to Berlin Germany where, after a collaboration with Swiss architect Max Dudler, he started his own career as an independent architect.

In 2004, invited by the Shanghai Tongji University he moved to China and since then he is living and working in the Asia region. After a collaboration with Kerry Hill architects and teaching at the NUS architecture faculty both in Singapore (2006-2013), he moved back to Shanghai in 2013. Since 2017 he is based in Hong kong.

Through his curiosity to the world, openness in working and teaching experience he has developed an ability to apply a contemporary yet culturally deep approach to architecture, with technical know-how to create perfect solutions for wide range of clients in culturally different locations. Having alternatively taught and worked both independently and in association with world-renown designers, he is versatile and polyvalent in projects at different scales. He has accomplished projects in architecture, interior design and furniture design with highest quality and results.

A cosmopolitan and polyglott at heart, he is fluent, other than native Italian, in English, German, French and Spanish, even some basic Mandarin with strong understanding of Western and Asian cultures. His teaching is highly appreciated by students, employees and fellow teachers, as he provides knowledge but also stimulates critical thinking.

Currently Corrado Domenico Signorotti lives in Hong Kong and is working between Hong Kong, South East Asia and Europe.

Hendrik Tieben

Communication with Hong Kong and Macau Chapter members |

Hendrik TIEBEN is an architect, researcher and educator committed to the creation of healthy and inclusive cities. He is a Professor and Director of the School of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and serves as the Chairman of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU), a network which fosters international collaboration in the field of urbanism. Hendrik Tieben received his architecture education in Germany, Italy and Switzerland and holds a Postgraduate and Doctor of Science degree from the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich. In his research at CUHK, Hendrik Tieben focuses on public space and the relationship between urban forms, health, and wellbeing. Most recently, he curated with Sarah Lee and Yutaka Yano the exhibition “Transformative Hong Kong”, the territory’s contribution to the 18th Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Venice.