Bio
Frances Hsu teaches design studio and seminars on modern and
contemporary history and theory, urbanism and architecture. Her work as
an educator, designer and writer focuses on the intersection between
practical application of architectural knowledge and larger historical
and theoretical principles driving the design of buildings. Previously,
she was Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois
Chicago, Design Instructor at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
Zürich, and Assistant and Instructor in the Institut für Geschichte und
Theorie der Architektur at the ETH. Her design projects include a
winning design in collaboration with the architecture office Blu for the
Europan Competition for new architecture on the theme of urbanism and
housing. She previously worked with the Office for Metropolitan
Architecture in Rotterdam, Holland, where she was a principle designer
on the competition for the extension to the Stedelijk Museum in
Amsterdam. She has also worked for Ben van Berkel in The Netherlands and
Peter Eisenman in New York City. She is currently completing a
manuscript on the influences of French theory on the work of Rem
Koolhaas.
Hsu received a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia,
Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of
Design, and Ph.D. from the ETH Zürich.
