Einschreibung in die Entwurfsklassen des D-ARCH


 

Details Entwurfsprogramm – Herbst Semester 2025

 

 

 

Angaben zur Professur

 

 

Lehrstuhl 

Gastdozentur O. Lütjens / T. Padmanabhan

 

 

Typ 

Gastdozentur Entwurf

 

 

Standort 

HIL

 

 

Webseite 

arch.ethz.ch/departement/faculty/visiting-faculty.html

 

 

Assistierende 

Jacob Höppner, Shehrie Islamaj

 

 

Kontakt E-Mail 

hoeppner@arch.ethz.ch

 

 

 

 

Angaben zur Entwurfsklasse

 

 

Typ 

Entwurf V-IX

 

 

Thema 

OUR HOUSE (2)

 

 

Beschreibung
des Entwurfs-programmes 

In a time of polarisation and conflict, we want to open our house to continue the conversation. A Swiss Embassy is many things. It is the ambassador’s private home and as such, it belongs to the world of housing. It is also a government building that serves as a tool to represent Switzerland’s values and interests, a building for official meetings and events. An embassy expresses the respect and appreciation for its host country. Today, with the old rule-based world order coming to an end, and democracy in worldwide retreat, Switzerland will need to make hard choices. Is Switzerland simply going to accept the new transactional logic of international relations or should the country use its soft power to advance values of democracy, equality and freedom of speech? How do we reconcile the embassy’s double role as a public building and as a private home? How can we move beyond conventional forms of representation that are typically based on the display of power and luxury? What does this mean for architectural form and expression? Who are we? How do we want to be seen? What is our voice? What is our language of architecture? In the design studio OUR HOUSE (2) we will work on the transformation and rebuilding of Swiss embassies on three continents.

 

 

Thematische und methodische Schwerpunkte 

Entwurf, Konstruktion, Staedtebau, Landschaftsarchitektur, Handwerk, Visualisierungen, Wohnungsbau, Modellbau, Fotografie

 

 

Lernziele 

In a time of polarisation and conflict, we want to open our house to continue the conversation. A Swiss Embassy is many things. It is the ambassador’s private home and as such, it belongs to the world of housing. It is also a government building that serves as a tool to represent Switzerland’s values and interests, a building for official meetings and events. An embassy expresses the respect and appreciation for its host country. Today, with the old rule-based world order coming to an end, and democracy in worldwide retreat, Switzerland will need to make hard choices. Is Switzerland simply going to accept the new transactional logic of international relations or should the country use its soft power to advance values of democracy, equality and freedom of speech? How do we reconcile the embassy’s double role as a public building and as a private home? How can we move beyond conventional forms of representation that are typically based on the display of power and luxury? What does this mean for architectural form and expression? Who are we? How do we want to be seen? What is our voice? What is our language of architecture? In the design studio OUR HOUSE (2) we will work on the transformation and rebuilding of Swiss embassies on three continents.

 

 

LV-Nr. des Entwurfs 

052-1103-25

 

 

Unterrichts-sprache 

Englisch

 

 

Arbeitsweise 

Nur Gruppenarbeit

 

 

Daten Zwischenkritiken 

 

 

Datum Schlusskritik 

17.12.2025

 

 

Einführungs-veranstaltung 

Dienstag, 16.09.2025, 9:30 (HIL)

 

 

Zusätzliche Kosten 

CHF 200 (Schätzung, ohne allfällige Kosten für Modellbau und Seminarwoche)

 

 

Verfügbare Plätze 

26

 

 

Plakat des Entwurfs-programmes 

Plakat ansehen (PDF Datei)

 

 

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