SVIZERRA ARCHITEKTUR
Back to Switzerland - twice in a year - no doubt the capital of Architecture... in theory and in practice. There seems to be no divide between the thinking, drawing and the making of buildings. Why is that the anglo world came up with such a myriad of professions? Perhaps a class divide in the UK, a cultural divide in Australia, a pragmatic one in the US.... perhaps the always increasing technical demands to design and erect our buildings! What ever this might be, it is for sure that Swiss architecture seems to remain "integral" from conception to delivery - blurring the boundaries between mind and action, design and construction. Perhaps that is why the evocative volumes that I recently experienced work well from the distance (in an urban / landscape setting), to the proximity (the building quality materiality) and as you walk immersing into spaces with great attention to detail (the spatial and ethereal)... There is no doubt it is that swiss architects and