DIALOG DER KONSTRUKTEURE // Constructor`s Dialogue
About the collaboration of civil engineer and architect in Switzerland
04. März 2010
Exhibition at the DAZ_Scharoun Saal
Opening: 04.03.2010, 7.00 pm
Speakers:
Dr. Daniela Stoffel Delprete, Counsellor of Embassy, Embassy of Switzerland in Germany
Elisabeth Boesch, Architect, Vice President Association of Swiss Architects BSA
Doris Gruber, Vice President Association of German Architects BDA
Jürg Conzett, Civil Engineer, President Society for the Art of Civil Engineering, Chur
Ueli Brauen, Architect, Lausanne
Aita Flury, Curator, Architect, Zurich
Followed by panel discussion, presented by:
Prof. Adolf Krischanitz, Architect, Berlin University of the Arts, Wien/Zürich/Berlin
CONSTRUCTOR’S DIALOGUE. Not only the profession of the Architect and Master Builder developed as a result of industrial revolution, but that of the Building Engineer as well. During the collaboration of these disciplines there arose a tradition of long, controversial debate between their conflicting priorities.Today’s architectural tendencies are evidence of a form generated design that show little regard for structural realities. In Switzerland however, remarkable buildings and projects have been realized within the last 20 years that point to a multidisciplinary collaboration with a strong dialogue of debate. The exhibition CONSTRUCTOR’S DIALOGUE searches for traces on the conditions, possibilities and limits of this dialogue.
With contributions by: Von Ballmoos Krucker Architekten / Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten / Jürg Conzett Ingenieur / Jüngling und Hagmann Architekten / Dr. Schwartz Consulting / Christian Kerez Architekt / Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer Ingenieure / Knapkiewicz & Fickert Architekten / agps.architecture / WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure / Fürst Laffranchi Ingenieure / Walt + Galmarini Ingenieure / Christian Penzel, Architect / Christoph Baumberger, Philosopher / Christoph Wieser, Architektural Theorist / Aita Flury, Architect
DIALOG DER KONSTRUKTEURE (Constructor`s Dialogue ) is a exhibiton by Architekturforum Zürich (2006), extended and new edited by Bund Schweizer Architekten BSA (2010). Exhibition curator is Aita Flury. The exhibition and the accompanying program are part of the event series BAUKUNST IM DIALOG, initiated by the Embassy of Switzerland un Germany, in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology Zurich (ETH), the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), the Association of Swiss Architects (BSA), the Swiss society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) and the Swiss Universities of Applied Science.
We kindly thank:
Baukunst im Dialog / Bund Schweizer Architekten BSA / Gesellschaft für Ingenieurbaukunst / Schweizer Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia / Gerold-und-Niklaus-Schnitter-Fonds für Technikgeschichte der ETH Zürich / SIA Fachgruppe für Brückenbau und Hochbau / D-BAUG Departement Bau, Umwelt, Geomatik der ETH Zürich / Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften ZHAW / Università della Svizzera Italiana USI / Amt für Hochbauten der Stadt Zürich / Voglauer hotel concept / Luxo GmbH / Hotel Hyatt Berlin
Photo: Frank Lloyd Wright demonstrates several constructions with his hands. Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1997
