REPAIR : keep in place Elective course Fall Semester 2022 Complex constructions that are difficult to maintain and industrial manufacturing processes decrease the lifespan of objects not only in product design but also in architecture. Repairability is becoming less of a concern – replacement seems to be the norm. We need to rethink the way […]
Keep Reading →Vortragsreihe Städtebau Frankfurt University of Applied Science Gemeinsam für den Pfauen. Zur Erhaltung des historischen Theatersaals im Schauspielhaus Zürich, Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Lydia Trüb (Schweizer Heimatschutz), Heinz Kriesi (ehem. Szenograf, Bühnenbildner und Ausstattungsleiter Schauspielhaus Zürich), Matthias Ackeret (Komitee «Rettet den Pfauen») Vortrag im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe Städtebau Professur für Städtebau und Entwerfen, Frankfurt UAS28. Juni 2022, […]
Keep Reading →FUTURE MONUMENTS HS22 Lecture series in the fall semester 2022 The responsible reconstruction and further development of the existing building stock requires knowledge and an understanding of the theoretical positions on conservation and the basics of preservation in practice. This core course conveys this knowledge to students with the help of selected writings and discusses […]
Keep Reading →EMPTINESS Master’s thesis FS22 In collaboration with Prof. Jan de Vylder, Prof. Dr. Maarten Delbeke What’s actually empty in this city? In Zürich, 0.33%* of all built surface is empty. Emptiness is a scarcity. But in an over-regulated city like Zürich, Emptiness is no coincidence. It has to be on purpose – or useless, unwanted, […]
Keep Reading →MOCK-UPS Master’s thesis HS21 In collaboration with Prof. Jan de Vylder, Prof. Dr. Maarten Delbeke Construction sites, building pits and Baugespanne are scattered around Zürich, telling of a near future to come. On many of these construction sites, the first real impression of what is yet to be constructed is a 1:1 model—a MOCK-UP. What Baugespanne indicate on […]
Keep Reading →LIGHT TOUCH, MARRIOTT Master’s thesis HS21 In collaboration with Prof. Adam Caruso Programmatic, performative and urbanistic inadequacies are the most common excuses for demolishing buildings. Interiors are too dark, too noisy, too cold, too hot. Façades are insufficiently insulated. Apartment plans are too old fashioned, they will never rent or sell. The quarter is simply […]
Keep Reading →RE-FORM Master’s thesis FS22 In collaboration with Prof. Adam Caruso Most of Zurich’s 49 protestant churches are underused, some of the largest like those at Enge and Wollishofen only used during Easter and Christmas. Many of these churches are spatially generous and full of special qualities in their architecture and in their furnishing. The churches […]
Keep Reading →Archiviertes Konstruktionserbe Der Viadotto della BiaschinaEin spätes Beispiel für Schweizer Autobahnbrücken aus VorspannbetonFocus Work Spring Semester 2022Student: Marija Petruljevic Die Schweiz besitzt 4548 Autobahnbrücken auf 1840 Kilometern Nationalstrasse. Ihre Mehrheit wurde in den 1960er bis 1980er Jahren gebaut. Die letzten Lücken im Autobahnnetz sollen bis 2025 geschlossen werden. Eine dieser Brücken ist der Viadotto della […]
Keep Reading →RELICS Master’s thesis HS22 In collaboration with Prof. Jan De Vylder, Prof. Dr. Maarten Delbeke Zürich is an evolving city. Changed over and over again. With every change, some buildings, objects, ideas and regulations are left behind. They leave traces of a past future and become visible and tangible through memory, heritage and materiality. The […]
Keep Reading →A Future for whose Past? Projects within A Future for whose Past?Minor(s’) Heritage, Maria KouvariShadow Territory and Secondary Infrastructures, Rune Frandsen (completed) The Heritage of Minorities, Fringe Groups and People without a LobbyResearch and Mediation Project 2025 for the 50th Anniversary of the European Architectural Heritage Year denkmalschutzjahr2025.ethz.ch The motto of the European Architectural Heritage […]
Keep Reading →DURABILITY AND/OR CHANGE? COMMITMENT TO THE LONG TERM Masterarbeit HS22 In Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Annette Gigon, Dr. Marcel Bächtiger Unser Thema ist ein zweifaches – «Dauerhaftigkeit und/oder Veränderung?» Wie können bestehende Gebäude erhalten und gleichzeitig umgenutzt und erweitert werden? Diese Frage ist besonders relevant im Hinblick auf die aktuelle Situation, wo ein Grossteil der bestehenden Gebäude […]
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