24/1/2025, 6 PM
The Future of Swiss Architecture Competition - Part 1: Lectures and discussion
In cooperation with SIA Basel & BSA Basel
The culture of the Swiss architecture competition is legendary and is considered exemplary in many countries. At the same time, many Swiss architects experience that the conditions in competition practice have become tougher. On the occasion of the current exhibition 'Soft Power: The Brussels Way of Making the City', which focuses on the alternative Belgian open call system, the S AM, the BSA Basel and the SIA Basel are initiating a discussion on the future of the Swiss competition.
Welcome: Andreas Ruby, S AM
Introduction: Simon Frommenwiler, BSA Basel
Moderation: Regula Lüscher
Presentations:
Mike Guyer, Gigon Guyer Partner Architects; Christine Binswanger, Herzog & de Meuron; Kristiaan Borret, Brussels Bouwmeester BMA
Discussion:
Ursula Hürzeler, Rahbaran Hürzeler Architects; Claudio Meletta, Stereo Architects, Basel/Zurich; Anne Marie Wagner, Bachelard Wagner Architects; Annette Helle, konkurado
Location: S AM / Kunsthalle Basel, Steinenberg 7, Basel
Free admission
Outlook: Part 2 Workshop - date and location to be announced
23/1/2025, 6 PM, French
Guided Tour through the exhibition 'Soft Power: The Brussels Way of Making the City'
The exhibition ‘Soft Power – The Brussels Way of Making the City’ traces Belgium‘s journey to becoming an internationally renowned hotspot for contemporary architecture and urban planning. The show sheds light on the framework conditions that have given rise to a high-quality building culture in Brussels and encouraged a new generation of architects to participate in its urban development.
Admission: CHF 12.–, red. CHF 8.–19/10/2024 – 16/3/2025
'Soft Power: The Brussels Way of Making the City'
The exhibition 'Soft Power: The Brussels Way of Making the City' traces Belgium's journey to becoming an internationally renowned hotspot for contemporary architecture and urban planning. The show sheds light on the framework conditions that have given rise to a high-quality building culture in Brussels and encouraged a new generation of architects to participate in its urban development.
Curators: Roxane Le Grelle, Andreas Kofler (S AM)
An exhibition of S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in cooperation with the Bouwmeester Maître Architecte (BMA) and with support of Brussels Capital Region.SAY at Consulate of Switzerland, Swissnex in Japan, Osaka, Exhibition duration 24/1/ – 21/2/2025
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SAY at Kornhausforum in Bern, Exhibition duration: 19/2/ — 22/3/2025SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook - Travelling Exhibition
24/1/ – 21/2/2025 Consulate of Switzerland, Swissnex in Japan, Osaka shows the exhibition 'SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook'.
19/2/ – 22/3/2025 Kornhausforum in Bern dshows the exhibition 'SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook'.LINA platform
LINA, the European architecture platform, is a network connecting prominent cultural players with emerging practitioners and thinkers in architecture. Its goal is to steer the architectural sector towards sustainable, circular and clean practices, to link the existing efforts into a united LINA Architecture Programme, and highlight new and emerging voices, giving them an international platform.
Members
Architectuul*, Atelier LUMA Arles, Architekturos Fondas Vilnius*, Barleti University Tirana, BETA Timișoara Architecture Biennial*, BINA Društvo arhitekata Beograda*, Copenhagen Architecture Festival*, Dani arhitekture Sarajevo*, Design Academy Eindhoven, dpr-barcelona*, Društvo arhitekata Istre*, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum Tallinn*, ETSAM UPM Madrid, Fakulteta za arhitekturo Univerze v Ljubljani, FAAD Notre Dame University-Louaize, Fondazione MAXXI Roma*, Forecast Berlin*, Fundacio Mies van den Rohe Barcelona, HDA Haus der Architektur Graz*, Irish Architecture Foundation, Kosovo Architecture Foundation*, Oslo Architecture Triennale*, S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum*, Tbilisi Architecture Biennale*, TU Wien Gebäudelehre und Entwerfen, Theatrum Mundi Paris*, Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa*, VI PER Gallery Praha*
*Previously members of the Future Architecture platform
