Emilie Appercé

Emilie Appercé (Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup is a Paris–Zurich based architect and researcher working across spatial design, digital innovation, and editorial strategy. She leads a practice that includes built architecture projects, product design, as well as curatorial work and writing.
Her work applies architectural thinking to define spatial strategies and guide a coherent overall vision. She believes in well-crafted architecture, with a strong commitment to reuse as a responsible way to shape the future built environment. This is complemented by an interest in how technology can inform both working methodology and tools.
Recently, she has collaborated with architect Leo Bettini on the transformation of university canteens, bringing together stakeholders such as ETH, ZFV-Genossenschaft, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and Roots; as well as two renovations for Swiss artists combining cultural and residential programs.
She has a strong interest in contemporary art and has been invited to write on artists’ works, including Thomas Demand and Lars Tunbjörk, to design exhibitions for international galleries and institutions such as Yangshuo Sugar House in China, and to participate in a summer residency at The Watermill Center, in New York. Art continuously informs her approach to architecture and the physical qualities of buildings.
Since 2019, Emilie has been teaching as a Senior Scientific Collaborator at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich. Her academic research is complemented by her role in the development and editing of womenwritingarchitecture.org, a global digital network and annotated bibliography. This partnership with Helen Thomas led to the founding of wwa (publishing) and Tisch Zwei Verein, a platform for discussion on architectural discourse and its dissemination.
Previously, Emilie worked as a project-leading architect and BIM manager at Caruso St John Architects. She contributed to large-scale housing projects and complex competitions, including the Universitätsspital Zürich and the Museum for a Roman Villa in Pully.