About Us

Gunz & Künzle Architects is an architectural office in Zurich with around 15 employees, founded in 2012 by Michael Künzle and Mathias Gunz.


Spatial ideas are at the heart of our work. They arise from urban planning conditions, the needs of users, and the possibilities and limitations of the construction process. Our ideas help to distinguish the essential from the non-essential.


We see them as openly accessible approaches – comprehensible, critically questionable, and capable of further development through dialogue. In close exchange with experts and stakeholders, they are constantly reviewed, refined, and made more robust.
Our goal is to design sustainable living spaces that not only meet current requirements but also open up new perspectives and leave room for future uses.

Gunz & Künzle
Schweiz, Zürich
Architekt*innen ETH SIA

Team

MK

Michael Künzle

MG

Mathias Gunz

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Sandro Christen

Anton Ecke

GG

Gilles Gasser

DK

Daria Kaczmarzewska

Daria joined Gunz & Künzle in 2023 as an intern, later becoming an architect. She studied architecture at the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland, where her master's thesis explored loneliness in architecture and its impact on mental health. Before moving to Switzerland, she worked on large-scale residential projects in Szczecin.
To Daria, architecture is never just about the building — it's about creating a harmonious and cohesive environment. She is particularly passionate about the effect that colours, textures and materials have on the way people experience a space.

Tel. +41 44 442 15 29 E-Mail
CK

Carmen Kempf

KM

Kazutaka Miwa

LP

Lilian Pala

MR2

Miguel Ruano

AS

Ariane Senn

CZ

Cristiano Zan

Cristiano studied architecture at the Fine Arts School of São Paulo in Brazil and at FAUP in Porto, Portugal. He worked in different architecture offices in São Paulo before moving abroad, where he joined Arrigoni Architects in London and later Caruso St John Architects in Zurich.

Since 2022 he has been part of the team, first working on the project Bezirksanlage Winterthur and now on the project Sekundarschule Allschwil.

Usually, Tuna (his dog) keeps him company at the office.

Tel. +41 44 442 15 26 E-Mail
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Noëmi Zengaffinen