Einschreibung in die Entwurfsklassen des D-ARCH
Details Entwurfsprogramm – Herbst Semester 2025
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Angaben zur Professur |
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Lehrstuhl |
Professur A. Comte / A. Meuwly |
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Professur für Architektur und Konstruktion |
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Standort |
HIL |
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Webseite |
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Assistierende |
Marina Medic, Nina Guyot, Samuel Fuchs, Artai Sánchez Keller, Johanna Lorch, Davide Morgillo, Carolina Catarino |
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Kontakt E-Mail |
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Angaben zur Entwurfsklasse |
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Typ |
Entwurf III+IV |
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Thema |
ONE TO ONE TO ONE TO TEN THOUSAND |
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Beschreibung |
This year, the studio explores transformation strategies emerging from a specific and precise understanding of a place and its connections to broader conditions. We will work across scales: revealing opportunities, from hands-on construction to the complexities of the contemporary city. Through observation we will trace layers and fragments that connect the detail to its territory. By looking for what is there, we highlight the potentials of what it could become. HANDS-ON We will spend the first five weeks of the semester at a former agricultural facility in Rümlang, in the proximity to Hönggerberg Campus. Unused today, since farming activities ceased over a year ago, we will test the site’s potential for transformation, revealing its exceptional qualities with one-to-one interventions. Group projects will emerge from close interaction with the existing structure. Instead of imposing form upon matter, we begin with matter itself, so that form may emerge from it. This method asks for understanding specifically of what is already there, to then identify what can be amplified. The conditions of the existing place – natural ventilation and lighting, accessibility, water management, among others – will be improved, with the aim of triggering possible future appropriations of the spaces. LES LIBELLULES The back and forth of one-to-one with broader scales will happen in Les Libellules, in Geneva. This area embodies the complexity of the city and its scattered urban condition. It appears as a palimpsest made of many layers of activities and uses that accumulated over time. Its richness lies in its difficulty to be described or classified, in the diversity of uses and the in-between spaces that mapping often fails to capture. Currently left on the margins of urban development, Les Libellules offers an opportunity to develop and test concrete transformation strategies. The work ranges from collective making to personal observation. Put together, these subjective readings form an inventory of potentials, a collective exploration and a way of protecting what would otherwise disappear without being recognized. The projects will aim to support diversity, hybridity and coexistence, moving beyond rigid zoning to explore the encounters between housing, work and the activities that make up the contemporary city. |
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Thematische und methodische Schwerpunkte |
Entwurf, Konstruktion, Staedtebau, Handwerk |
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Lernziele |
METHODOLOGY Throughout the year, we will explore strategies of transformation at multiple scales: from one-to-one constructions and detailed site explorations to critical architectural proposals. Our approach will move fluidly between territory and detail, combining hands-on making with precise understanding of existing structures. The first semester is dedicated to exploring possibilities. Understanding and testing different tools and methods, the goal is to develop critical approaches to a place and its potential transformations. In the second semester, work develops in groups, testing how to keep and enhance the existing qualities of a place. At the end of the year, all the material will come together as a shared proposal of concrete strategies for transformation of the contemporary city. The process is as important as the result. We work towards an end, but not necessarily a completion. SHARING KNOWLEDGE The studio is a common gathering of knowledge. Throughout the year, we will regularly share and discuss work in different formats, exchanging perspectives with diploma students and invited guests. These encounters will broaden our understanding and enrich the projects with expert insights. The first five weeks will take place in Rümlang at Chätschstrasse 8, 8153. We will start there on the 16th of September at 11:00. Bring safety shoes. They will be mandatory for the first weeks. The rest of the year, the studio location will be in HIL. Site visit in Geneva : 04.11.2025 |
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Unterrichts-sprache |
English |
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Arbeitsweise |
Nur Gruppenarbeit |
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Daten Zwischenkritiken |
15.10.2025 & 19.11.2025 |
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Datum Schlusskritik |
17.12.2025 |
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Einführungs-veranstaltung |
16.09.2025, 11:00, Chätschstrasse 8, 8153 Rümlang |
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Zusätzliche Kosten |
CHF 100 (Schätzung, ohne allfällige Kosten für Modellbau und Seminarwoche) |
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Verfügbare Plätze |
Nach Bedarf |
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Plakat des Entwurfs-programmes |
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