Franziska Singer
Franziska Singer works as an architect in practice, research, and teaching. In her projects, she explores issues of social, cultural, and structural transformation. She addresses these issues across various scales and contexts characterized by differences. She views buildings as adaptable infrastructures and, through her designs, explores the creative potential of aesthetic and technical disruptions. This approach is shaped by precise scientific observations and speculative fiction.
Franziska Singer grew up in the Allgäu region and studied architecture at ETH Zurich and the University of Tokyo. She gained professional experience at HildundK in Munich, OMA/AMO in Rotterdam, and at BS+EMI Architektenpartner and raumbureau in Zurich. Since 2017, her firm, Franziska Singer Architektur, has been working on renovation and expansion projects in Zurich and the Allgäu region. At ETH Zurich, she served as a design assistant in the Meili Vogt Conzett studio in 2017–2018 and, from 2021 to 2026, as a scientist in teaching and research at Elli Mosayebi’s Chair of Architecture and Design.
In addition to her architectural practice and teaching, she is a co-founder of the interdisciplinary platform Atelier Werkstatt in Marktoberdorf and regularly organizes exhibitions, talks, workshops, and networking events. Since late 2025, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf and is actively involved on the Board of the BDA Bavaria, advocating for change in support of emerging talent and gender equality.
Selected Projects
since 2026 Adaptation and conversion of a single-family home into a multi-family residence, Marktoberdorf
2025 4th Award, open two-phase design-build competition for Grafrath Train Station, in collaboration with CARMENWOLF and Ottl.la
since 2024 Langes Haus, new construction of a multigenerational home, Marktoberdorf
2024–25 Two-Family Home, conversion and expansion of a single-family home in Marktoberdorf, 2023/24
Waschen, conversion of communal spaces, Kaufbeuren
, 2023 Doppel, conversion and expansion of a semi-detached house, Kempten
2022 Dr. Geiger House, renovation of an old artists’ house in Marktoberdorf
2021 House in the Garden, New construction of a solid-wood house, Marktoberdorf
2019 Middle building, addition of a new story and expansion of a commercial building, Marktoberdorf
2017–18 Berta Fendt House, renovation and transformation of a historic building, Marktoberdorf
Publications
V. Graf-Müller, G. Graf, F. Singer, *Designing Resilience: Infrastructuring Eco-Social Futures in Rural Allgäu, Germany, by Design or by Disaster* (2026).
F. Singer, N. Pilz, E. Mosayebi, “Forgotten Resource, Untapped Potential—Rediscovering Swiss Natural Stone as a Load-Bearing Building Material,” Archit. Struct. Constr. 5, 26 (2025).
E. Mosayebi, V. Burckhardt, J. Meier, M. Phillips, N. Pilz, F. Singer (eds.), *Anatomy of Change. Architecture and Time in Ticino*, Zurich, 2025.
A. Meier, F. Singer, “Speculative Spolia,” *trans magazin* 42 (2023).
