Explorations in Architecture
Teaching, Design, Research
Initiated and published in conjunction with the official Swiss contribution to the 11th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy 2008 (September 14th to November 23rd). Symposia and events are planned in Venice, Zurich, Basel and Hamburg.
Geiser, Reto; Bundesamt für Kultur (Eds.)
Jointly published with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Berne
2008, 216 p. 251 illus., 145 in color., Softcover
ISBN: 978-3-7643-8921-5
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- A discussion book and handbook that offers a clear and understandable introduction to the topic
- A topic of burning interest that will continue to gain importance internationally thanks to the Bologna Process at the universities
- Symposia and other events in Switzerland, Italy, Germany and the United States will continue to pursue the theses of this publication and the issues it raises beyond the Biennale
The job description of the architect has fundamentally changed with the emergence of a globalized society, and it will continue to do so in the future. Already today, the demands of the job no longer correspond to the profile on which classical architectural training is based.
In this context, the question that arises is no longer that of the building alone, but also that of a changed approach to building and new pathways within design itself.
This is where Explorations comes in: internationally celebrated authors, all of whom are professors as well and hence directly involved in the processes they describe, address the principal topics of contemporary architectural research. Taking the works of their own design studios as examples (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule [ETH] Zürich [Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich]: Marc Angélil, Fabio Gramazio/Matthias Kohler; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne [EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne]: Harry Gugger, Dieter Dietz), they offer concrete discussions of those topics and place them in the context of applied research and practice. Short and accessible essays on the most important architectural movements of the twentieth century clarify the relationship between the subjects discussed and canonical architectural research.
The exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion of the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale is merely intended as a springboard for further study of the subject.
Content Level » Research
Keywords » Architectural theory - Architecture - Architecture education - Architektur - Architekturausbildung - Architekturforschung - Architekturtheorie - Biennale - Design research - EPF Lausanne - ETH Zurich - Lehre - Teaching
Related subjects » Architecture & Design
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