Jesus Medina studied architecture at ETSAS, HTWG, and ETSAM. During his studies, he was an ARQUIA Foundation fellow at Abalos+Sentkiewicz in Madrid. After gaining professional experience working as an architect in Switzerland, he joined the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication program at ETHZ, which fostered his interest in computational design, robotics, and 3D printing. He has worked as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Digital Building Technologies (ETHZ), focusing on additive manufacturing for integrative building components. In 2017, he joined as a researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication – Gramazio Kohler Research, where he taught foundational courses on computational design and robotic fabrication at MSc. & BSc. programmes, as well as design studios at D-ARCH. He led the basic course Computational Design III-IV (BSc.), with over 270 students, integrating computational competencies into the department's curriculum. Since Fall Semester 2024 he teaches at BFH.

2025

Gestaltung 3: Digitale Entwurfsmethoden - Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)

Gestaltung 1: Modellbau Digital / Analog - Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)

Gestaltung 2: Modellbau Digital / VR - Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)

2024

Gestaltung 1: Modellbau Digital / Analog - Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)

Guest Crit: Modul STUDIO 2 Digital Construction Mid Crit - Hochschule Luzern. Technik & Architektur (HSLU)

Guest Crit: Dirty Computer, Seminar Week - ETH Zurich

Guest Crit: Sand Deposition, Seminar Week - ETH Zurich

Coding Architecture II - ETH Zurich

2023

Computational Design III-IV - ETH Zurich Coding Architecture I - ETH Zurich

2022

Computational Design III-IV - ETH Zurich The Digital in Architecture II - ETH Zurich The Digital in Architecture I - ETH Zurich New Ways of Worldmaking IV. Augmented Realities - ETH Zurich

2021

The Digital in Architecture II - ETH Zurich The Digital in Architecture I - ETH Zurich Robotic Sand Dropping. MAS DFAB T3 - ETH Zurich Ground Truth: data-driven robotic sand excavation. MAS DFAB T3 - ETH Zurich

2020

The Digital in Architecture II - ETH Zurich The Digital in Architecture I - ETH Zurich Design Studio Reduce Reuse Recycle (RRR). Article - Accademia di architettura USI Mendrisio

2019

Up Sticks. V&A Museum Dundee - ETH Zurich The Digital in Architecture II - ETH Zurich The Digital in Architecture I - ETH Zurich Robotic Landscapes III. Design Studio - ETH Zurich Computational Clay Coral City (CCCC). MAS DFAB T3 - ETH Zurich

2018

Robotic Landscapes II - Design Studio The Digital in Architecture II - ETH Zurich The Digital in Architecture I - ETH Zurich Mini-jammed. MAS DFAB - ETH Zurich Rock Print Pavilion - ETH Zurich

2017

Jammed Architectural Structures - ETH Zurich

2016

Smart Slab. NEST-EMPA Robotic Pavilion. MAS DFAB - ETH Zurich

2025

M-ZERO. Building & Architecture Institute BAI. Pamplona, Spain

PLAY-CLAY. Robotic Sculpting of Clay Tiles. Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste ABK. Stuttgart, Germany

Bachelor Thesis Workshop. Digital and Parametric Design Strategies - Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)

2018

Robotics Atelier - Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid

2017

MuseoMIX - Museum of Digital Art (MuDA), Zurich ETH x MUDA - Zurich Design Biennale