Après-Ski “Erst-Wohnungs-Initiative” Master’s Thesis HS24In Collaboration with Chair of Architecture and Design, Prof. Alexandre TheriotTeam: Adrien Comte, Eva Ruof, Reto Wasser What comes after the snow? The Alps are no longer—and probably have never been—a savage natural dream. These territories are a major economic force, a refuge for global capital, a place for isolated political […]
Keep Reading →Window Research Institute Interview by Momoyo Kaijima and Simona Ferrari with Silke Langenberg Published on 25 July 2024 in English and Japanese.
Keep Reading →Denkmalpflege: Ausstellen und Vermitteln Elective course Fall Semester 2024 In Collaboration with S AM Swiss Architecture Museum Team: Silke Langenberg, Andreas Kofler, Andreas Ruby, Yuma Shinohara At a time when the maintenance of existing buildings is seen as an essential element of the building revolution, the theory and practice of heritage conservation is taking on […]
Keep Reading →Symposium: Expanding Range of 3D Scanning Application: Transformation, Repair and Reuse in Architecture and Urban Landscape Lecture by Matthias BrennerTitle: Advanced Building Survey for the Repair of Complex Metal Facades: Case Studies in Swiss High-Tech Architecture When: Friday, July 26 2024, 5:30–8:00 pm JSTWhere: 2F, KYOTO Design Lab, Kyoto Institute of Technology For further information, […]
Keep Reading →REPAIR : Keep in Place Elective course Fall Semester 2024 In the Fall Semester 2024, the elective „Repair: Keep in Place“ will take place as part of a pilot teaching project with regard to the upcoming curiculum revision. The Innovedum Project “Maintanence and Repair ON SITE” integrates the teaching of preservation, construction, and sustainability with architectural […]
Keep Reading →FUTURE MONUMENTS HS24 Vorlesungsreihe im Herbstsemester 2024 Für den verantwortungsbewussten Um- und Weiterbau des Bestandes ist die Kenntnis denkmaltheoretischer Positionen und Grundlagen der praktischen Denkmalpflege notwendig. Diese werden im Rahmen des Kernfaches anhand ausgewählter Schriften vermittelt und im Zusammenhang mit verschiedenen Gastbeiträgen diskutiert. Neben dem Umgang mit historischen Bauten widmet sich die Lehrveranstaltung auch jüngeren […]
Keep Reading →ETH Industry Day 2024Repairable buildings for a sustainable future When: 21 November 2024Where: Zurich Convention Center Emissions from the construction industry can only be reduced if there is a shift in mindset from replacing to repairing. However, many buildings are not designed to be repaired. Together with industry partners such as Basler & Hofmann, ETH […]
Keep Reading →Kathedralen der WegwerfgesellschaftSchweizer Kehrichtverbrennungsanlagen als Denkmal? Focus Work FS23Student: Elischa BischofSupervisors: Salome Schepers & Reto Wasser Waste incineration plants are an integral part of today’s consumer society. They close the linear material economy, starting from extraction through production and consumption, all the way to incineration. While heritage preservation has long engaged with the relics of […]
Keep Reading →Kathedralen der Wegwerfgesellschaft: Zum Denkmalwert Schweizer Kehrichtverbrennungsanlagen Bischof, Elischa, and Silke Langenberg. 2024. “Kathedralen Der Wegwerfgesellschaft: Zum Denkmalwert Schweizer Kehrichtverbrennungsanlagen.” Die Denkmalpflege 82 (1): 20–27. https://doi.org/10.1515/dkp-2024-1005. Waste incineration plants are an integral part of today’s consumer society. They close the linear material economy, starting from extraction through production and consumption, all the way to incineration. […]
Keep Reading →Learning from the 20th Century Langenberg, Silke. 2024. “Learning from the 20th Century: (Re)Building Large Quantities in a Short Amount of Time.” In Architecture After War: A Reader, edited by Bohdan Kryzhanovsky. London: MACK. https://mackbooks.co.uk/products/post-war-reconstruction-a-reader-br-bohdan-kryzhanovsky-ed. Book Launch: Architecture After War: A Reader When: Friday, 22. November 2024, 19:00 hWhere: Hochparterre Bücher, Buchhandlung für Architektur, Schöneggstrasse […]
Keep Reading →Symposium: Broken World Buidling Keynote by Silke Langenberg When: Thursday, 30. May 2024, 2:35 – 2:55 pmWhere: Designmuseum Danmark, Bredgade 68, 1260 Copenhagen K, Denmark Further information is available on the symposium website.
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