Born in Göttingen (DE), he studied at ETH Zurich and CEPT in Ahmadabad (India). Worked for Morger Degelo Architekten in Basel, HPP Hentrich Petschnigg Partner in Berlin. Assistant to Meinrad Morger and Martin Boesch at ETHZ and EPFL, then editor of the magazine 'werk, bauen+wohnen'. He has taught at HSLU and at ZHAW Winterthur. Since 2008, together with Stephan Sintzel, he has managed the Esch Sintzel Architekten. Admission to the FAS in 2008. Since 2021 invited professor at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio. Partner at SERA – Studio Esch Rickenbacher Architektur since 2024. Member of the Basel Cityscape Commission since 2025.

Born in Bad Tölz (DE), he studied at the University of Sheffield (UK) and TU Munich, where he graduated in 2017 with Prof Dietrich Fink. Prior to joining Esch Sintzel Architekten in 2019, he worked for Adam Khan Architects in London. Several years of teaching freehand drawing at TU Munich and the establishment of publication series „Logbook Munich" on the matter of freehand drawing reflect his interest in art.

She completed her bachelor’s degree at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2020, during which she spent an exchange semester at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Working for Esch Sintzel Architekten in Zurich, she collaborated on the conversion project «Weinlager» in Basel. Before joining Atelier Esch as an assistant in 2025, she completed her master’s degree in Mendrisio, where she also worked as a student assistant at Prof. Sascha Roesler’s chair.