You are here

Retail Summit

Philip Norman Peterson joins an experts’ panel about retail architecture in Tbilisi. In this summit that is hosted by information platform Heinze, he presents retail projects such as Westside shopping mall, shopping and business center INSIDE, Swisscom Business Campus and leisure hub Colorful Zone, and discusses with other professionals.

Modular Building

Submitted by Melissa Caflisch on Thu, 05/24/2018 - 11:08

Modular building is still a hot topic. Philip Norman Peterson gives a follow-up of his talk from last year at materialForum, focusing on the by now nearly finished container student housing project Frankie & Johnny (in German).

Gentiana Punctata L. from Galtür

The permanent exhibition at Alpinarium Galtür "At The Very Top —  Stories About Galtür and the World" is expanded by the history of Gentiana Punctata L. in Galtür; occasion of the expansion is the recognition of Galtür's tradition of collecting and processing of spotted gentian as UNESCO cultural heritage. Special topic sections such as "The Plant and the Medicine" and "History and Tradition" shed light on the significance and value of the rare plant. Content and design carry on the current exhibition's style.

From Vision to Building

Submitted by Debora Suter on Tue, 05/22/2018 - 11:53

At paläon, Research and Experience Center Schöningen Spears, this architectural landmark’s making of is displayed. Starting from May 24th, 2018, a special exhibition shows plans, models, and concepts that have been submitted to the competition in 2012.

The Added Value of Art and Architecture

Tristan Kobler is invited to the panel discussion "The Added Value of Art and Architecture". The event celebrates also the release of a book about the same topic, published by competition commission for art and architecture WEKO of visarte Zentralschweiz.

The panel assembles people from various fields: Art, art collecting, politics, urban planning, and architecture. Apart from professional attitudes, participants in the panel are asked to express personal opinions.

Parasite Building ELLI?

Tristan Kobler is invited as a speaker to Creative Zurich Wednesday to talk about parasite architecture, and its respective challenges and opportunities, and how they shape society. Redensification project ELLI will be examined more closely as an example of a special kind of parasite architecture.

Following the speeches, Tristan Kobler and the other invited speakers, Tanja Trampe, Gudrun Ongania, and Ueli Ansorge, discuss in a panel how high quality growth is possible that is also sustainable.

Pages