Preserving the FutureLe Case Popolari del ’48 as a Cultural Resource Focus Work HS24Student: Elke SguanciSupervisor: Maria Kouvari In August 1945 the City Hall of Lugano launched a competition for the design of a “public housing model” (casa popolare tipo). This public housing model was aimed at the population that had been evicted following demolitions […]
Keep Reading →Solaris #01-09 – Eine lustvolle Trauerfeier Event with lecture by Silke Langenberg When: 16. January 2025, 18:00 hWhere: Schweizer Baumuster Centrale Zürich, Weberstrasse 4 Veranstaltungstext von Hochparterrre: «Die Solarbranche ist technokratisch, die Architekten sind ignorant. Wie bringt man beide zusammen?» Das war die Frage, die Hochparterre mit Solaris beantworten wollte. Im Januar 2018 starteten wir, […]
Keep Reading →Johann de Gravas Klostergründung in Santa Maria (1230) Rehm, Robin. 2024. “Johann de Gravas Klostergründung in Santa Maria (1230) Und Das Hostienmirakel von St. Johann. Kleine Literaturhistorie.” Wege Und Geschichte / Les Chemins et l’histoire / Strade e Storia 2024 (2): 24–29.
Keep Reading →Stummes Erbe: Queerfeministische Bestandspflege Tabuisierter Räume Lecture by Silke Langenberg on the topic of “A Future for Whose Past?” When: Wednesday, 22.01.2024, 6:30 pmWhere: TU Wien, Seminarraum AA03-1, Stiege 01, Etage 03
Keep Reading →Call for Papers“Architecture & Patents”International Conference Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)June 18–20, 2025 Extended Deadline: January 20, 2025Abstracts (500 words max.) and a short CV (one PDF file) should be sent to patents@arch.ethz.ch At the dawn of the 19th century, the invention of new materials, structures, and machinery gradually began to transform the […]
Keep Reading →Z’mittag kompakt Lecture by Silke Langenberg for ecobau on the topic of Repair and Maintenance When: 30. October 2024, 12:00 hWhere: Zoom Im Lunch-Webinar von ecobau beleuchtet Prof. Silke Langenberg (ETH Zürich) zentrale Themen rund um Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Bauwerken. Das Seminar richtet sich an Auftraggebende sowie Expert*innen aus Architektur, Planung und Bau. Die […]
Keep Reading →International Conference – The Architecture of Need: Collective-Use Facilities and Community Service in the Twentieth Century Conference presentation by Maria KouvariTitle: Collective Life, Collective Memory: Children’s Institutions in Twentieth Century Switzerland DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, CIDEHUS-University of Évora, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon & Évora, 29–31 October 2024 Program: https://www.architectureneed.com/programme
Keep Reading →AHRA International Conference 2024 BODY MATTERS Conference presentation by Maria KouvariTitle: Children’s Bodies in Buildings: Narratives of (Dis)embodiment Architectural Humanities Research Association, Norwich University of the Arts, 21–23 November 2024 Program https://ahra2024.org/programme/
Keep Reading →Symposium: 03 goes 30tie Panel discussion on the topic achtung : das Denkmal with Silke Langenberg, Max Otto Zitzelsberger, and Leila Unland When: Friday, 18.10.2024, 13:30h – 17:00hWhere: Aula, Hochschule München, Karlstraße 6, 80333 Munich Die Idee des Denkmalschutzes, begründet im 19. Jahrhundert und am besten verkörpert von Eugène Viollet le Duc, könnte man als […]
Keep Reading →Exchange: A Lecture Series on Challenging Academic Constructs Lecture by Silke Langenberg When: Thursday, 17.10.2024, 18:00hWhere: IFA Foyer, Architekturgebäude TU Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin
Keep Reading →Structural Reuse of Decommissioned Ski Lift Steel Trusses for Load-Bearing Applications Kiesel, Adrian, Guido Brandi, Jael Schlatter, Andri Gerber, and Silke Langenberg. 2024. “Structural Reuse of Decommissioned Ski Lift Steel Trusses for Load-Bearing Applications” Architecture 4, no. 4: 835-853. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture4040044 The ongoing effects of climate change have led to a rise in global temperature, significantly […]
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