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How to Begin? Architecture and Construction in Annette Spiro’s First-Year Course, ETH Zurich explores the questions of how one teaches architecture and construction in the first year of studies, and how one works with the previously gained experiences and the differing potential of prospective architects. Annette Spiro, architect and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, has dealt intensively with these questions over many years. As a passionate teacher, she had focused on introducing her students to the subject of architecture not only with adept expertise, but also with her own great curiosity, to spark the enthusiasm for design and delight in good projects.