EHRL BIELICKY
Ehrl Bielicky is a Zurich-based architecture practice, founded in 2022, focusing on cultural, historical, environmental, and spatial transformations that are shaping the discipline of architecture today and in the future. Working both for clients and on self-initiated projects, the practice concentrates on the contextual conditions of existing structures and new developments, as well as on innovative design solutions and processes informed by transdisciplinary collaborations and the experimental work with visual and multi-media outcomes and strategies. Ehrl Bielicky is working with a wide and multidisciplinary network of external partners.
Since 2014, Ellena Ehrl and Tibor Bielicky have collaborated on various projects bridging different scales and media in the fields of architecture, urbanism, design, publication, exhibition, and research. As part of that, they initiated Recording America, a research platform on American architecture, urbanism, and subculture. Between 2010 and 2019 they edited and published architecture magazine Planphase. They co-founded Superposition, a periodical investigating the human side of architecture in 2020. Since 2022 they are editors at large of Capsule, an international review of Radical Design & Desire Theory. They are founding members of the collective design space Zurich International, have been adjunct professors at Politecnico di Milano (MInDS, 2025), and both teach at the architecture department at ETH Zurich since 2022.
Ellena Ehrl, Dipl.-Ing. Arch. TUM /SIA obtained her degree in architecture at Technical University Munich in 2014. After graduating, she co-edited the documentary film “Im Windschatten von Olympia“ as part of a research on the urban development of Munich in the 1960s and 70s. Between 2015 and 2017 she has worked for Graber Pulver Architekten in Zurich and between 2017 and 2021 for Christ & Gantenbein in Basel on competitions and project planning. In 2021 she joined the NEWROPE Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation at ETH Zurich as studio lead. Ellena was an invited crit at Princeton University School of Architecture, Cornell University AAP, SoA University of Miami, Melbourne School of Design and ETH Zurich.
Tibor Bielicky, M.A. Arch. TUM /SIA obtained his degree in architecture at Technical University Munich in 2015. Between 2011 and 2012, he studied at Università Iuav in Venice. He worked at Caruso St John Architect in Zurich mainly on the SwissLife Arena project and several competitions between 2016 and 2022. Since 2021 he has been a teaching assistant at Studio Adam Caruso at the ETH Zurich. He contributed reviews, essays, and photographs to Kaleidoscope, FlashArt and Fondazione Prada. He was an invited crit at ETH Zurich, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Technical University Munich, Princeton University School of Architecture, Cornell University AAP, SoA University of Miami, Melbourne School of Design and Cal Poly Pomona, Los Angeles
recent team:
Tibor Bielicky
Ellena Ehrl
Armand Zanota
previous collaborators:
Florian Jaritz
Felix Röttger
EHRL BIELICKY
architects gmbh
Würzgrabenstrasse 6
8048 Zurich
Switzerland
contact@ehrlbielicky.com
@ehrlbielicky
ASSOCIATED PROJECTS
www.recordingamerica.site
www.superposition.global
www.capsule.global
Ehrl Bielicky is a Zurich-based architecture practice, founded in 2022, focusing on cultural, historical, environmental, and spatial transformations that are shaping the discipline of architecture today and in the future. Working both for clients and on self-initiated projects, the practice concentrates on the contextual conditions of existing structures and new developments, as well as on innovative design solutions and processes informed by transdisciplinary collaborations and the experimental work with visual and multi-media outcomes and strategies. Ehrl Bielicky is working with a wide and multidisciplinary network of external partners.
Since 2014, Ellena Ehrl and Tibor Bielicky have collaborated on various projects bridging different scales and media in the fields of architecture, urbanism, design, publication, exhibition, and research. As part of that, they initiated Recording America, a research platform on American architecture, urbanism, and subculture. Between 2010 and 2019 they edited and published architecture magazine Planphase. They co-founded Superposition, a periodical investigating the human side of architecture in 2020. Since 2022 they are editors at large of Capsule, an international review of Radical Design & Desire Theory. They are founding members of the collective design space Zurich International, have been adjunct professors at Politecnico di Milano (MInDS, 2025), and both teach at the architecture department at ETH Zurich since 2022.
Ellena Ehrl, Dipl.-Ing. Arch. TUM /SIA obtained her degree in architecture at Technical University Munich in 2014. After graduating, she co-edited the documentary film “Im Windschatten von Olympia“ as part of a research on the urban development of Munich in the 1960s and 70s. Between 2015 and 2017 she has worked for Graber Pulver Architekten in Zurich and between 2017 and 2021 for Christ & Gantenbein in Basel on competitions and project planning. In 2021 she joined the NEWROPE Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation at ETH Zurich as studio lead. Ellena was an invited crit at Princeton University School of Architecture, Cornell University AAP, SoA University of Miami, Melbourne School of Design and ETH Zurich.
Tibor Bielicky, M.A. Arch. TUM /SIA obtained his degree in architecture at Technical University Munich in 2015. Between 2011 and 2012, he studied at Università Iuav in Venice. He worked at Caruso St John Architect in Zurich mainly on the SwissLife Arena project and several competitions between 2016 and 2022. Since 2021 he has been a teaching assistant at Studio Adam Caruso at the ETH Zurich. He contributed reviews, essays, and photographs to Kaleidoscope, FlashArt and Fondazione Prada. He was an invited crit at ETH Zurich, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Technical University Munich, Princeton University School of Architecture, Cornell University AAP, SoA University of Miami, Melbourne School of Design and Cal Poly Pomona, Los Angeles
recent team:
Tibor Bielicky
Ellena Ehrl
Armand Zanota
previous collaborators:
Florian Jaritz
Felix Röttger
EHRL BIELICKY
architects gmbh
Würzgrabenstrasse 6
8048 Zurich
Switzerland
contact@ehrlbielicky.com
@ehrlbielicky
ASSOCIATED PROJECTS
www.recordingamerica.site
www.superposition.global
www.capsule.global
SELECTED PROJECTS
2025 / Pavel Reisenauer at Museum Kampa
exhibition design, Prague, CZ, completed
2024 / LOS1
transformation + extension, Zurich, CH / Planerwahl im selektiven Verfahren, with Schneider Türtscher
2024 / Vowels
installation, New York, US, completed, with ANY, completed
2024 / Office Munich
transformation, Munich, DE, completed
2023 -25 / House in Appenzell
refurbishment + extension, Reute, CH / ongoing
2023 / House of Switzerland Milan 2024, finalist
Milan, IT / exhibition design compeition for Pro Helvetia, with 00Island, Emilie Appercé, HOMI
2022 / Kirche Wipkingen
transformation, Zurich, CH / competition with pre qualification, 5th prize, with Schneider Türtscher
2022 / Ortszentrum Davos Dorf
urban masterplan/infrastructure, Davos , CH / competition with Armature Globale
2022 / Salon Art+Design
booth, New York, US / completed
2022 / Zurich International office
transformation and adaptive re-use, Zurich, CH, 2022 / completed
2022 / Haus M3
residential / Landshut, DE, 2022 / study
2021 / Salon Art+Design
booth, New York, US / completed
2021 / BRCCH
office, Basel, CH / competition with Armature Globale
2020 / Klerturm Pavilion
hybrid, Greding, DE / design development
2020 / Freyjastrasse
residential, Nuremberg, DE / commissioned study
2020 / Glebe Farm
masterplan, Somerset, UK / commissioned study
2020 / Retti-Palais
museum /gallery, Ansbach, DE / commissioned study
2020 / Ravel
Restaurant, Regensburg, DE / commissioned study
2019 / Salon Art+Design
booth, New York, US / completed
2019 / Haus S
residential, Meerbusch, DE / commissioned study
2019 / Achmühle
masterplan, Greding, DE / design development
2019 / Interior Schloss Greding
museum /gallery, Greding, DE / design development
2019 / Conversion
residential, Bizerte, TN, 2019 / commissioned study
2017 / Gallery space
museum /gallery, Litomyšl, CZ / commissioned study
2017 / Le Corbusier, Klaviatur der Farben
exhibition design /restauration, Greding, DE /completed
2025 / Pavel Reisenauer at Museum Kampa
exhibition design, Prague, CZ, completed
2024 / LOS1
transformation + extension, Zurich, CH / Planerwahl im selektiven Verfahren, with Schneider Türtscher
2024 / Vowels
installation, New York, US, completed, with ANY, completed
2024 / Office Munich
transformation, Munich, DE, completed
2023 -25 / House in Appenzell
refurbishment + extension, Reute, CH / ongoing
2023 / House of Switzerland Milan 2024, finalist
Milan, IT / exhibition design compeition for Pro Helvetia, with 00Island, Emilie Appercé, HOMI
2022 / Kirche Wipkingen
transformation, Zurich, CH / competition with pre qualification, 5th prize, with Schneider Türtscher
2022 / Ortszentrum Davos Dorf
urban masterplan/infrastructure, Davos , CH / competition with Armature Globale
2022 / Salon Art+Design
booth, New York, US / completed
2022 / Zurich International office
transformation and adaptive re-use, Zurich, CH, 2022 / completed
2022 / Haus M3
residential / Landshut, DE, 2022 / study
2021 / Salon Art+Design
booth, New York, US / completed
2021 / BRCCH
office, Basel, CH / competition with Armature Globale
2020 / Klerturm Pavilion
hybrid, Greding, DE / design development
2020 / Freyjastrasse
residential, Nuremberg, DE / commissioned study
2020 / Glebe Farm
masterplan, Somerset, UK / commissioned study
2020 / Retti-Palais
museum /gallery, Ansbach, DE / commissioned study
2020 / Ravel
Restaurant, Regensburg, DE / commissioned study
2019 / Salon Art+Design
booth, New York, US / completed
2019 / Haus S
residential, Meerbusch, DE / commissioned study
2019 / Achmühle
masterplan, Greding, DE / design development
2019 / Interior Schloss Greding
museum /gallery, Greding, DE / design development
2019 / Conversion
residential, Bizerte, TN, 2019 / commissioned study
2017 / Gallery space
museum /gallery, Litomyšl, CZ / commissioned study
2017 / Le Corbusier, Klaviatur der Farben
exhibition design /restauration, Greding, DE /completed
RESEARCH /LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2025. / Sample Breakdown MInDS 2025
workshop, Politecnico di Mialno, Milan, IT
2025 / Ehrl Bielicky Works
lecture, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, IT
2025 / Die Erfindung der Wirklichkeit
lecture, RPTU fatuk, Kaiserslauern, DE
2024 / Ehrl Bielicky - Works
lecture, Vowels, New York USA
2024 / BaukunstLECTURES - Ehrl Bielicky / Summacumfemmer
lecture, Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, DE
2023 / Ehrl Bielicky - Works
lecture, OSA - USI Accademia, Mendrisio, CH
2023 / Ehrl Bielicky - Extended Spatial Practice
lecture, Harvard GSD X ChinaGSD, Cambridge, US/online
2023 / Ehrl Bielicky - Extended Spatial Practice
lecture, nova space - Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
2023 / Capsule Plaza Talks with Konstantin Grcic and Sabine Marcelis, talk, Milan, IT
2022 / Research-Works-Teaching
lecture, UMPRUM, Prague, CZ
2021 / Storefront Displays Windows
workshop, TU Graz, AT
2021 / Diskursiv n°1 - 'Das Modell'
lecture, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AT
2021 / In Conversation with artist David K. Ross at BALTS Project, online lecture
2021 / F /A FakeAuthentic - Life of the others
online lecture
2020 / Architecture Foundation London
online lecture
2019 / News from Delphi IV
panel discussion, Zurich, CH
2019 / 'Recording America'
lecture, TUM Munich, DE
2019 / Print & Periodicity, Publishing in Architecture, symposium, ETH, Zurich, CH
2017 / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the American High Rise, lecture, ETH, Zurich, CH
2014 / Im Windschatten von Olympia (00:41:47)
with Muck Petzet & Mathieu Wellner / research, Munich, DE
2014 / Recording America
research, digital, ongoing
2025. / Sample Breakdown MInDS 2025
workshop, Politecnico di Mialno, Milan, IT
2025 / Ehrl Bielicky Works
lecture, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, IT
2025 / Die Erfindung der Wirklichkeit
lecture, RPTU fatuk, Kaiserslauern, DE
2024 / Ehrl Bielicky - Works
lecture, Vowels, New York USA
2024 / BaukunstLECTURES - Ehrl Bielicky / Summacumfemmer
lecture, Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, DE
2023 / Ehrl Bielicky - Works
lecture, OSA - USI Accademia, Mendrisio, CH
2023 / Ehrl Bielicky - Extended Spatial Practice
lecture, Harvard GSD X ChinaGSD, Cambridge, US/online
2023 / Ehrl Bielicky - Extended Spatial Practice
lecture, nova space - Bauhaus Universität Weimar, DE
2023 / Capsule Plaza Talks with Konstantin Grcic and Sabine Marcelis, talk, Milan, IT
2022 / Research-Works-Teaching
lecture, UMPRUM, Prague, CZ
2021 / Storefront Displays Windows
workshop, TU Graz, AT
2021 / Diskursiv n°1 - 'Das Modell'
lecture, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AT
2021 / In Conversation with artist David K. Ross at BALTS Project, online lecture
2021 / F /A FakeAuthentic - Life of the others
online lecture
2020 / Architecture Foundation London
online lecture
2019 / News from Delphi IV
panel discussion, Zurich, CH
2019 / 'Recording America'
lecture, TUM Munich, DE
2019 / Print & Periodicity, Publishing in Architecture, symposium, ETH, Zurich, CH
2017 / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the American High Rise, lecture, ETH, Zurich, CH
2014 / Im Windschatten von Olympia (00:41:47)
with Muck Petzet & Mathieu Wellner / research, Munich, DE
2014 / Recording America
research, digital, ongoing
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS /CONTRIBUTIONS /EXHIBITIONS
2025 / Neoliberal Apparel An exchange with Daniel Paul, Ellena Ehrl and Tibor Bielicky, Corporate Skincare
contribution, print
2024 / Capsule Issue #03
publication, print
2023 / Cite 104 – Recroding American
contribution, print, Rice RDA, Houston, US
2023 / Superposition 02 - WORKOUT, guest edited by Freek Persyn
publication, print
2023 / Daisuke Hirabayashi - Koechlin House,
Mack Books / publication, print
2023 / Capsule Issue #02
publication, print
2023 / Diskursiv n°2 - ‘Colors’
exhibition contribution + book contribution, Graz, AT
2022 / Architekturikonen neu gesehen, Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/21 / contribution, print
2022 / Capsule Issue #01
publication, print
2021 / REPLICANTS by Armature Globale, FlashArt Winter, 21/22, contribution, print
2021 /MOSHPIT by Armature Globale, Corss Monograph,
contribution, print
2021 / Atlantis (00:22:34) with Alexander Schöpfel / Diskursiv n°1 - Das Model, exhibition contribution + book contribution, Graz, AT
2021 / OMA NY search term, KALEIDOSCOPE Sp/Su
contribution, print
2021 / Sturm&Drang by Armature Globale, Fredi Fischli & Niels Olsen at Fondazione Prada / exhibition review / takeover, online
2021 / Superposition 01 - HARDCORE HOME, guest edited by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, publication, print
2020 / Parkhaus P West with F.A.T and Bessire Winter
Installation, Zurich, CH
2020 / Netzwerke der Jungen, Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1 /2 - 20 / contribution, print
2019 / Desired Landscapes 03 - Mobile Immobile
cotribution, print
2018 / Planphase No 7 – LEARNING FROM
zine, print
2018 / American Icons / OfHouses
guest curator, online
2018 / American Icons / Architekturegalerie
exhibition contribution, Munich, DE
2017 / Palm Springs Mall / 2min ago
exhibition contribution, Dusseldorf, DE
2017 / Planphase No 6 – BEST BEFORE
publication, print
2016 / Planphase No 5 – DEBÜT
publication, print
2025 / Neoliberal Apparel An exchange with Daniel Paul, Ellena Ehrl and Tibor Bielicky, Corporate Skincare
contribution, print
2024 / Capsule Issue #03
publication, print
2023 / Cite 104 – Recroding American
contribution, print, Rice RDA, Houston, US
2023 / Superposition 02 - WORKOUT, guest edited by Freek Persyn
publication, print
2023 / Daisuke Hirabayashi - Koechlin House,
Mack Books / publication, print
2023 / Capsule Issue #02
publication, print
2023 / Diskursiv n°2 - ‘Colors’
exhibition contribution + book contribution, Graz, AT
2022 / Architekturikonen neu gesehen, Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/21 / contribution, print
2022 / Capsule Issue #01
publication, print
2021 / REPLICANTS by Armature Globale, FlashArt Winter, 21/22, contribution, print
2021 /MOSHPIT by Armature Globale, Corss Monograph,
contribution, print
2021 / Atlantis (00:22:34) with Alexander Schöpfel / Diskursiv n°1 - Das Model, exhibition contribution + book contribution, Graz, AT
2021 / OMA NY search term, KALEIDOSCOPE Sp/Su
contribution, print
2021 / Sturm&Drang by Armature Globale, Fredi Fischli & Niels Olsen at Fondazione Prada / exhibition review / takeover, online
2021 / Superposition 01 - HARDCORE HOME, guest edited by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, publication, print
2020 / Parkhaus P West with F.A.T and Bessire Winter
Installation, Zurich, CH
2020 / Netzwerke der Jungen, Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1 /2 - 20 / contribution, print
2019 / Desired Landscapes 03 - Mobile Immobile
cotribution, print
2018 / Planphase No 7 – LEARNING FROM
zine, print
2018 / American Icons / OfHouses
guest curator, online
2018 / American Icons / Architekturegalerie
exhibition contribution, Munich, DE
2017 / Palm Springs Mall / 2min ago
exhibition contribution, Dusseldorf, DE
2017 / Planphase No 6 – BEST BEFORE
publication, print
2016 / Planphase No 5 – DEBÜT
publication, print