A Future for whose Past? Elective course Fall Semester 2022 Team: Silke Langenberg, Regine Hess, Orkun Kasap A Future for whose Past? The focus lies on the heritage of minorities, marginalised groups and people without a lobby. This rarely considered heritage will be explored theoretically and practically through excursions, meetings and readings. The aim is […]
Keep Reading →High-Tech High-Tech: Reverse Engineered Focus Work Spring Semester 2022 Student: Clément Estreicher Das Gebäude an der Clausiusstrasse «CLA» der ETH Zürich wurde 1986 von Benno Fosco, Jacqueline Fosco-Oppenheim und Klaus Vogt entworfen und in zwei Etappen bis 1998 fertiggestellt. Die ausdrucksstarke Sonnenschutzkonstruktion der Süd- und Westfassade verleiht der Gebäudehülle ihre maschinelle Ästhetik. Dieses beispielhafte Objekt […]
Keep Reading →REPAIR: Keep in Place Elective course Fall Semester 2022 Teaching Team: Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Matthias Brenner, Salome Schepers Complex constructions that are difficult to maintain and industrial manufacturing processes decrease the lifespan of objects not only in product design but also in architecture. Repairability is becoming less of a concern – replacement seems to be […]
Keep Reading →Vortragsreihe Städtebau Frankfurt University of Applied Science Gemeinsam für den Pfauen. Zur Erhaltung des historischen Theatersaals im Schauspielhaus Zürich, Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Lydia Trüb (Schweizer Heimatschutz), Heinz Kriesi (ehem. Szenograf, Bühnenbildner und Ausstattungsleiter Schauspielhaus Zürich), Matthias Ackeret (Komitee «Rettet den Pfauen») Vortrag im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe Städtebau Professur für Städtebau und Entwerfen, Frankfurt UAS28. Juni 2022, […]
Keep Reading →FUTURE MONUMENTS HS22 Lecture series in the fall semester 2022 Teaching Team: Silke Langenberg, Salome Schepers, Reto Wasser The responsible reconstruction and further development of the existing building stock requires knowledge and an understanding of the theoretical positions on conservation and the basics of preservation in practice. This core course conveys this knowledge to students with the help […]
Keep Reading →EMPTINESS Master’s thesis FS22 In collaboration with Prof. Jan de Vylder, Prof. Dr. Maarten Delbeke Teaching Team: Silke Langenberg, Maarten Delbeke, Jan de Vylder, Reto Wasser What’s actually empty in this city? In Zürich, 0.33%* of all built surface is empty. Emptiness is a scarcity. But in an over-regulated city like Zürich, Emptiness is no coincidence. […]
Keep Reading →MOCK-UPS Master’s thesis HS21 In collaboration with Prof. Jan de Vylder, Prof. Dr. Maarten Delbeke Teaching Team: Silke Langenberg, Maarten Delbeke, Jan de Vylder, Reto Wasser Construction sites, building pits and Baugespanne are scattered around Zürich, telling of a near future to come. On many of these construction sites, the first real impression of what is yet to […]
Keep Reading →LIGHT TOUCH, MARRIOTT Master’s thesis HS21 In collaboration with Prof. Adam Caruso Teaching Team: Silke Langenberg, Adam Caruso, Orkun Kasap, Reto Wasser Programmatic, performative and urbanistic inadequacies are the most common excuses for demolishing buildings. Interiors are too dark, too noisy, too cold, too hot. Façades are insufficiently insulated. Apartment plans are too old fashioned, they will […]
Keep Reading →RE-FORM Master’s thesis FS22 In collaboration with Prof. Adam Caruso Teaching Team: Silke Langenberg, Adam Caruso, Reto Wasser Most of Zurich’s 49 protestant churches are underused, some of the largest like those at Enge and Wollishofen only used during Easter and Christmas. Many of these churches are spatially generous and full of special qualities in their […]
Keep Reading →Archiviertes Konstruktionserbe Der Viadotto della BiaschinaEin spätes Beispiel für Schweizer Autobahnbrücken aus VorspannbetonFocus Work Spring Semester 2022Student: Marija Petruljevic Die Schweiz besitzt 4548 Autobahnbrücken auf 1840 Kilometern Nationalstrasse. Ihre Mehrheit wurde in den 1960er bis 1980er Jahren gebaut. Die letzten Lücken im Autobahnnetz sollen bis 2025 geschlossen werden. Eine dieser Brücken ist der Viadotto della […]
Keep Reading →RELICS Master’s thesis HS22 In collaboration with Prof. Jan De Vylder, Prof. Dr. Maarten Delbeke Teaching Team: Silke Langenberg, Maarten Delbeke, Jan de Vylder, Reto Wasser Zürich is an evolving city. Changed over and over again. With every change, some buildings, objects, ideas and regulations are left behind. They leave traces of a past future and […]
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