Wake A path

wardsbetter

architecture

Salon Suisse

Leïla el-WakilSalonnière up!

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Welcome to the 2016 Salon Suisse, which I have the great pleasure to host as your Salonnière on the invitation of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

This year, the Salon has a two-fold aim: to re-evaluate fundamental ideas resulting from a balanced conception of modernity and to consider how these might be adapted to serve as guidelines for architecture in the twenty-first century.

Today, thanks to the global diffusion of ideas enabled through digital media, a multitude of innovative, effec- tive and cost-efficient architectural techniques and solutions – often based on lessons from the past – are proliferating worldwide, resulting in the users of archi-tecture themselves increasingly being empowered in its making. The Salon Suisse offers a space to reflect on this phenomenon: exploring reuse and recycling, bio-cli-matic techniques, self-build, the recentring of the human and human need in architecture, as well as providing a place to discuss and revisit ideas such as tradition-as- modernity, ‘small is beautiful’, and ‘Existenzminimum’: minimal dwelling standards for all. A host of Swiss and international architects, engineers, researchers, crafts- (wo)men, filmmakers and artists have been invited to participate and share their expertise and thoughts on the theme of ‘a better architecture for tomorrow’.

I am glad to invite all of you to the Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi in Venice for an inspiring series of discussions and events. Guest speakers and contributors fromdifferent countries and disciplines accepted to come to Venice to share their experience and perspective along the five Salons of the 2016 Biennale.

For those who cannot make it to Venice, the Swiss architectural magazine Hochparterre is reporting online from all Salons: hochparterre.ch/salonsuisse.

Leïla el-Wakil, Salonnière,Professor of Architecture History,Geneva University

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Temporary earth-block refugee shelter, Gaza, Palestine, 2009, photo & ©: Bill Bouldin, architecture: Bill Bouldin

Bamboo Hotels, Baoxi, China, 2014, photo & ©: Jenny Ji, architecture: Studio Anna Heringer

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Opening EveningSalon May

In order to open the Salon Suisse and get to the heart of the subject of Wake up! A path towards better architecture, what could be better than to hand over to Hassan Fathy. He is one of the architects who produced so much work for what he called ‘appropriate architecture’. Emmet, the theatre workshop of Geneva University, super-vised by Nicholas Weeks, will interpret for our great pleasure ‘The hell of reinforced concrete’.

We shall then have the honor to welcome among us three of the most important contemporary architects who have worked at rediscovering and popularizing traditional constructive tech- niques in developing countries as well as in the Western World. Anna Heringer, Martin Rauch and Simón Vélez will share with us their views on the future of architecture.

Thursday 26 May6.30 pm The hell of reinforced concrete. A play. This play by the great Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy is one of several he wrote: each intended as a didactic tool. Here he argues passionately for the continuity of the ancient vernacular architectural traditions of Upper Egypt, traditions developed over millennia in response to local climatic and environmental conditions but under threat from new modernist construction techniques – like reinforced concrete. This piece provides a fascinating and entertaining introduction to the themes of the Salon Suisse as a whole.

Nich

olas

Wee

ks, S

witz

erla

nd: d

ram

atur

ge.

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olas

Wee

ks h

olds

an

MA

in E

nglis

h Li

tera

ture

an

d a

CAS

in D

ram

atur

gy a

nd P

erfo

rman

ce.

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long

sta

ndin

g in

tere

st in

thea

tre,

per

for-

man

ce a

nd c

onte

mpo

rary

dan

ce h

as le

d hi

m to

ac

t as

cultu

ral m

edia

tor f

or th

e Th

eatr

e Fo

rum

M

eyrin

as

wel

l as

dram

atur

ge fo

r the

Sw

iss

thea

tre

dire

ctor

Dor

ian

Ross

el. E

mm

et –

sho

rt

for E

mbo

died

Met

apho

rs–

is th

e th

eatr

e

wor

ksho

p of

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Engl

ish

Depa

rtm

ent o

f the

Un

iver

sity

of G

enev

a.

Thursday 26 May7.15 pm An Introduction to the Salon Suisse: Leïla el-Wakil, Salon-nière. Opening Statements: Anna Heringer, Martin Rauch and Simón Vélez. These three important figures of contemporary vernacular archi-tecture have been given carte blanche to express their vision of what today’s architecture for tomorrow should be, and have very kindly agreed to provide their own personal introductions to this year’s Salon Suisse.

Leïls

el-

Wak

il, S

witz

erla

nd. L

eïla

el-

Wak

il w

as

born

in C

airo

and

cur

rent

ly li

ves

and

work

s in

Ge

neva

, Sw

itzer

land

. Pro

fess

or a

t the

Uni

vers

ity

of G

enev

a, Le

ïla e

l-W

akil

has

been

trai

ned

bo

th a

s an

arc

hite

ct (E

AUG)

and

as

a hi

stor

ian

of

art (

PhD

in H

uman

ities

, Gen

eva

Univ

ersi

ty).

Bene

fitin

g fr

om th

ese

two-

fold

com

pete

ncie

s,

she

has

deve

lope

d an

orig

inal

sci

entifi

c co

m-

pete

nce

in h

isto

ry o

f arc

hite

ctur

e, fo

cusi

ng o

n th

e 19

th a

nd 2

0th

cent

ury

cons

truc

tions

, he

ritag

e co

nser

vatio

n, E

gypt

ian

and

Arab

, as

wel

l as

vern

acul

ar a

rchi

tect

ure.

She

pub

lishe

d pl

enty

of a

rtic

les

and

book

s on

Sw

iss,

Eur

opea

n an

d Eg

yptia

n ar

chite

ctur

e, n

otab

ly H

assa

n Fa

thy

dans

son

tem

ps (G

ollio

n, P

aris

, InF

olio

, 201

3).

Besi

des

her a

cade

mic

car

eer,

Leïla

el-

Wak

il is

ac

tivel

y en

gage

d in

the

field

of h

erita

ge c

onse

r-va

tion.

Web

site

s: h

ttps

://w

ww.

unig

e.ch

/let

tres

/ar

mus

/ist

ar/c

orps

ense

igna

nt/a

rchi

tect

ure/

el-w

akil/

and

http

://le

lwak

il.blo

g.td

g.ch

/abo

ut.h

tml

Anna

Her

inge

r, Ge

rman

y: a

rchi

tect

. At t

he a

ge o

f 19

she

trav

elle

d to

Ban

glad

esh

and

had

the

chan

ce to

lear

n th

at th

e m

ost s

ucce

ssfu

l dev

e-

lopm

ent s

trat

egy

is to

trus

t in

the

exis

ting,

re

adily

ava

ilabl

e. S

ince

then

she

focu

ses

on th

e us

e of

nat

ural

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

. Her

Han

dmad

e Sc

hool

in R

udra

pur (

Bang

lade

sh),

rece

ived

the

Aga

Khan

Awa

rd fo

r Arc

hite

ctur

e (2

007)

, one

of

the

man

y ho

nors

she

rece

ived

. Ove

r the

yea

rs,

Herin

ger h

as re

aliz

ed fu

rthe

r pro

ject

s in

Asi

a (B

angl

ades

h, C

hina

), Af

rica

(Zim

babw

e, M

oroc

co)

and

Euro

pe a

nd te

ache

s in

man

y sc

hool

s an

d un

iver

sitie

s.

Mar

tin R

auch

, Aus

tria

: cer

amis

t, a

rchi

tect

. The

Au

stria

n ce

ram

ist a

nd a

rchi

tect

firs

t enc

oun-

tere

d hi

s fa

vorit

e m

ater

ial,

clay

, thr

ough

his

tr

aini

ng a

s a

cera

mis

t at t

he U

nive

rsity

of

Appl

ied

Arts

(Vie

nna)

. He

real

ized

the

build

ing

pote

ntia

l of e

arth

aft

er a

id v

olun

teer

ing

in A

fric

a an

d ha

s ne

ver s

topp

ed u

sing

it e

ver s

ince

. He

foun

ded

the

firm

Lehm

– To

n –

Erde

(199

9) fi

rst

in A

ustr

ia a

nd th

en in

Sw

itzer

land

(201

2). I

n 20

10, h

e be

cam

e UN

ESCO

Hon

orar

y Pr

ofes

sor i

n th

e Ch

air o

f Ear

then

Arc

hite

ctur

e. S

ince

201

4, h

e is

a g

uest

lect

urer

at t

he D

epar

tmen

t of A

rchi

-te

ctur

e ET

H Zu

rich,

toge

ther

with

Ann

a He

ringe

r.

Sim

ón V

élez

, Col

ombi

a: a

rchi

tect

. Bor

n in

Man

-iz

ales

, Sim

ón V

élez

is a

priz

e-w

inni

ng a

rchi

tect

fr

om C

olom

bia.

Ove

r the

cou

rse

of h

is o

ver

fort

y-ye

ar c

aree

r, Vé

lez

has

emer

ged

as o

ne o

f th

e m

ost e

min

ent p

ropo

nent

s of

bam

boo

as a

su

stai

nabl

e bu

ildin

g m

ater

ial.

He h

as c

reat

ed

join

ery

syst

ems

that

util

ize

bam

boo

as a

per

ma-

nent

str

uctu

re e

lem

ent f

or re

side

ntia

l, co

mm

er-

cial

and

inst

itutio

nal c

onst

ruct

ions

. To

date

, Si

món

Vél

ez h

as d

esig

ned

build

ings

in G

erm

any,

Fr

ance

, the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, B

razi

l, M

exic

o,

Chin

a, J

amai

ca, C

olom

bia,

Pan

ama,

Ecu

ador

and

In

dia.

He

was

reci

pien

t of t

he P

rinci

pal P

rince

Cl

aus

Awar

d in

200

9.

Thursday 16 June7 pm Terrabloc: The reinvented earth. Presenta-tion and discussion. Terrabloc is a young company based in Geneva that is completely passionate about sustainability and the economic use of re- sources. Made up of an architect and an engineer, together they developed a stabilized raw earth block using recycled soil excavated from construction sites. Made using a hand-powered mechanical press, the technique reinterpretes and revitalizes ancestral methods for shaping mudbricks and after several experiments, many projects are currently under development. Thanks to their systematic scientific approach in analyzing and combining different soils to optimize the final properties of the blocks, earth as a material has never been closer to meeting European standards for use in construction.

Let’s rediscoverSalon June

The thematic of the rediscovery of ancient techniques and material feeds today’s projects in many cir-cumstances: contemporary projects with an idea of recycling, restorations works or emergency dwellings. We will discuss particu-larly about the earth which is reused in different manners. Terrabloc is producing compact blocs of earth that anyone can press with a manual press reminding the way in which the Thousand Villages were constructed in Algeria in the sixties. Salma Samar Damluji restored and built according to ancestral techniques in Hadramut. Bill Bouldin planned in Gaza refugee dwellings in the manner of Hassan Fathy that will be echoed by the visit of the Pavilion for the Western Sahara set by Manuel Herz.

Sam

uel D

émat

raz,

Sw

itzer

land

: film

mak

er. A

fter

st

udyi

ng p

hilo

soph

y at

the

Univ

ersi

ty o

f Fri-

bour

g, D

émat

raz

purs

ued

his

educ

atio

n in

vis

ual

arts

at t

he E

cole

Can

tona

le d

’Art

du

Vala

is

(200

3–20

06).

Both

, vid

eo a

rtis

t and

film

mak

er,

Dém

atra

z ha

s m

ultip

lied

inte

rest

ing

Swis

s an

d in

tern

atio

nal c

olla

bora

tions

, nam

ely

with

Jea

n-Fr

anço

is A

mig

uet,

Cat

herin

e Be

augr

and,

and

the

Ecol

e Na

tiona

le S

upér

ieur

e de

s Be

aux-

Arts

in

Lyon

, als

o en

gagi

ng in

rese

arch

. He

has

won

m

any

awar

ds a

nd h

as c

ontr

ibut

ed to

num

erou

s ex

hibi

tions

. Dém

atra

z fo

unde

d Ec

liptic

Film

s (2

014)

in o

rder

to d

evel

op a

nd p

rodu

ce d

iffer

ent

film

pro

ject

s.

Rodr

igo

Fern

ande

z, S

witz

erla

nd: m

ater

ial

scie

ntis

t. B

orn

in M

onte

vide

o, h

e gr

adua

ted

from

EPF

L (2

003)

and

got

his

PhD

in 2

009.

Dur

ing

his

stud

ies

he e

xplo

red

the

pote

ntia

l of s

tabi

-liz

ed c

ompr

esse

d ea

rth

as w

ell a

s ca

lcin

ed c

lays

as

a p

oten

tial r

epla

cem

ent f

or c

emen

t in

deve

l-op

ing

coun

trie

s. H

e ha

s al

ways

bee

n in

tere

sted

in

alte

rnat

ive

cons

truc

tion

mat

eria

ls a

nd

lear

ned

from

all

the

sust

aina

ble

solu

tions

that

he

exp

lore

d du

ring

his

care

er to

dev

elop

the

ecol

ogic

al c

once

pt o

f Ter

rabl

oc (2

011)

with

his

pa

rtne

r, th

e ar

chite

ct L

aure

nt d

e W

urst

embe

rger

.

Laur

ent d

e W

urst

embe

rger

, Sw

itzer

land

: arc

hi-

tect

. Bor

n in

Gen

eva,

he

grad

uate

d in

200

2 fr

om

the

Acca

dem

ia d

i Arc

hite

ttur

a de

Men

dris

io. H

e pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

the

crea

tion

of A

r-te

r, at

elie

r d’

arch

itect

ure-

terr

itoire

(Gen

eva)

. Bei

ng p

as-

sion

ate

of e

arth

ern

arch

itect

ure,

he

part

icip

ated

in

the

cons

truc

tion

of a

ram

med

-ear

th w

all i

n 20

10 fo

r the

gar

den

of th

e to

wn

hall

of C

onfig

non

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

Mar

tin R

auch

. Sin

ce th

en,

he s

triv

es to

rein

trod

uce

eart

h as

a c

onte

mpo

-ra

ry a

nd s

usta

inab

le c

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

l and

fo

unde

d Te

rrab

loc

(201

1) to

geth

er w

ith h

is p

art-

ner,

the

engi

neer

Rod

rigo

Fern

ande

z.

10

Saturday 18 June4 pm Manuel Herz: The Pavilion for the Western Sahara. Guided tour. Manuel Herz conducts a guided tour of this pavilion for which he is the curator.

7 pm Bill Bouldin: About emergency dwellings. Presentation and discussion. Bill Bouldin, of Mechkat Bouldin architects and ARUP consult-ants, gives a presentation on the emergency shelters built in Gaza in 2009. Inspired by Hassan Fathy’s building methods, these minimal dwellings were built with support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), using multitier construction training programs implemented by the International Labour Organ-isation (ILO). The project created many new jobs and enabled numerous homeless families to be rehoused at low cost, using simple, economic technology.

9 pm Dominique Fleury: Hors-Champs d’Oliv-iers and Diary Under Siege. Films. The film-maker Dominique Fleury will present her docu-mentaries shot in Palestine and Syria, to inform and contextualize the discussion about the provision of refugee housing.

Salm

a Sa

mar

Dam

luji,

Leb

anon

: arc

hite

ct,

prof

esso

r. Br

itish

arc

hite

ct o

f Ira

qi a

nd Le

bane

se

desc

ent,

Dam

luji,

pro

fess

or a

t AUB

, gra

duat

ed

from

the

Arch

itect

ural

Ass

ocia

tion

Scho

ol

of A

rchi

tect

ure

and

The

Roya

l Col

lege

of A

rt in

Lo

ndon

. She

wor

ked

with

Egy

ptia

n ar

chite

ct

Hass

an F

athy

(197

5–19

76 a

nd 19

83–1

984)

. In

2008

she

est

ablis

hed

with

col

leag

ues

in Ye

men

th

e Da

w’a

n M

ud B

rick

Arch

itect

ure

Foun

datio

n in

Muk

alla

, Had

ram

ut a

nd h

as b

een

work

ing

ther

e on

ear

th c

onst

ruct

ion

and

reha

bilit

atio

n pr

ojec

ts. A

mon

g m

any

awar

ds, s

he re

ceiv

ed th

e Gl

obal

Awa

rd F

or S

usta

inab

le A

rchi

tect

ure

(201

2). Friday 17 June

7 pm Salma Samar Damluji: Inspired by ingenious design. Presentation and discussion. This is an evening devoted to questions around the preservation and renewal of living urban heritage and architectural culture: defending both the spirit and sense of place. The work undertaken in Hadramut, Yemen by architect Salma Samar Damluji since the early 1980s, most recently with the Daw’an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation (2005–2013), serves as the basis for a discussion about revitalizing vernacular architecture in rural, village and urban contexts. Central to this question is how to approach new design and construction which limits the damage to the relationship and balance between architecture and its environment, engaging with design principles and building techniques, whilst responding to residents’ emerging and future needs.

Man

uel H

erz,

Sw

itzer

land

: arc

hite

ct. B

ased

in

Base

l, he

has

wor

ked

exte

nsiv

ely

on th

e ar

chi-

tect

ure

and

urba

nism

of r

efug

ee c

amps

, with

a

regi

onal

focu

s on

Sah

aran

and

Sub

-Sah

aran

Af

rica.

His

boo

k Fr

om C

amp

to C

ity –

Ref

ugee

Ca

mps

of t

he W

este

rn S

ahar

a (L

ars

Mül

ler

Publ

ishe

rs, 2

013)

doc

umen

ts h

ow c

amps

can

be

spa

ces

of s

ocia

l em

anci

patio

n an

d ar

e us

ed

to p

refig

ure

the

inst

itutio

ns o

f a n

atio

n by

a

refu

gee

popu

latio

n liv

ing

in e

xile

. He

also

is th

e au

thor

of A

fric

an M

oder

nism

– A

rchi

tect

ure

of

Inde

pend

ence

(Par

k Bo

oks,

201

5).

Bill

Boul

din,

Sw

itzer

land

: arc

hite

ct, u

rban

and

la

ndsc

ape

desi

gner

. Bor

n in

the

US, t

he S

wis

s Bi

ll Bo

uldi

n di

vide

s hi

s tim

e be

twee

n M

echk

at

Boul

din

arch

itect

s in

Gen

eva

and

ARU-

advi

sors

, a

cons

ultin

g NG

O sp

ecia

lizin

g in

dis

aste

r res

ili-

ence

ass

essm

ents

and

con

stru

ctio

n tr

aini

ng in

po

st-c

risis

env

ironm

ents

. Thr

ough

ARU

-adv

isor

s an

d as

an

inde

pend

ent c

onsu

ltant

, Bou

ldin

has

wo

rked

with

the

Unite

d Na

tions

and

Inte

rnat

ion-

al N

GOs

to d

evel

op p

ost-

cris

is c

onst

ruct

ion,

vo

catio

nal t

rain

ing,

and

em

ploy

men

t pro

ject

s in

Al

geria

aft

er th

e Bo

umer

dès

eart

hqua

ke, i

n Ac

eh, I

ndon

esia

, fol

low

ing

the

2004

tsun

ami,

and

in G

aza

in 2

009

follo

win

g Op

erat

ion

Cast

Lead

.

Dom

iniq

ue F

leur

y, S

witz

erla

nd: fi

lmm

aker

. Bor

n in

Por

rent

ruy,

Fle

ury

is a

Sw

iss

artis

t with

sy

ro-l

eban

ese

root

s. P

layi

ng w

ith in

divi

dual

and

co

llect

ive

fictio

n, h

er w

ork

focu

ses

on s

ingu

lar

myt

holo

gies

in w

hich

eac

h on

e ev

olve

s. H

er

proj

ects

Onc

e Up

on U

topi

a (A

lexa

ndria

) (20

11)

and

Beth

Nah

rin b

etw

een

two

river

s (2

015)

wer

e in

spire

d by

issu

es re

lativ

e to

mem

ory

and

terr

itory

in re

latio

n w

ith th

e si

tuat

ion

of M

iddl

e Ea

st C

hris

tians

. Rec

ently

she

ani

mat

ed th

e vi

deo

work

shop

Les

réfu

giés

syr

iens

se

raco

n-te

nt w

ith S

yria

n re

fuge

es fr

om S

witz

erla

nd a

nd

publ

ishe

d th

e bo

ok S

tock

holm

Syn

drom

e.

Thursday 8 September7 pm Daniel Grataloup: The cement gun in self-build. Presentation and discussion. The technique of shotcrete employed by Daniel Grataloup from the 1960s onwards has made it possible to lower building costs whilst creating amazing structures that break free of any rationalization or standardization in the way they are built. His buildings, conceived around a metallic skeleton, adopt organic forms that adapt to users’ movements inside the space. This method was taken up by the self-build movement with the theory behind it explored by Joël Unal in his book Pratique du voile de béton en autoconstruction (1981).

Let’s buildSalon September

The theme of self-build, improvised and ‘sponta-neous’ architecture is central to this month’s Salon.

Attempts to give back the individual control over their own house construction – taking this back from building firms and construction companies – were made after the Second World War with movements such as Castors in France or the different communities established by the hippie generation at Christiania in Copen-hagen or Montredon in Larzac, for example. Today with the financial markets in control of the property market, more and more people from many different backgrounds are taking the opportunity to build for themselves at low cost, a process in which social media is playing an important part, encouraging and fostering the diffusion of inexpensive traditional and inno- vative building methods – and relatively easy do-it-yourself, from the Tiny Houses move-ment, to new takes on the primitive hut and the revisiting of traditional construction methods.

Dani

el G

rata

loup

, Sw

itzer

land

: ar

chite

ct, d

e-si

gner

. Fre

nch

and

Swis

s, G

rata

loup

stu

died

at

Lyon

’s Sc

hool

of F

ine

Arts

and

at t

he C

entr

e

d’Ar

t et d

e Te

chni

ques

Uni

on C

entr

ale

des

Arts

Dé

cora

tifs

in P

aris

. PhD

(Par

is I,

200

1), a

rchi

tect

SI

A Off

icie

r des

Art

s et

Lett

res,

he

is a

lso

an

inno

vativ

e de

sign

er. H

e fil

ed a

pat

ent (

1996

) for

hi

s ne

w s

hoot

con

cret

e bu

ildin

g te

chni

que.

He

real

ized

man

y re

side

ntia

l and

tour

ism

pro

ject

s in

Sw

itzer

land

, Alg

eria

and

now

Chi

na. S

aint

-Joh

n’s

tem

ple

in L

a Ch

aux-

de-F

ond

(Neu

chât

el) a

nd

his

villa

in C

onch

es (G

enev

a) a

re li

sted

as

clas

si-

fied

build

ings

; som

e of

his

dra

win

gs a

nd m

odel

s be

long

to th

e M

oMA’s

col

lect

ion

sinc

e 20

12.

12

Friday 9 September10 am Daniel Grataloup. Workshop. Daniel Grataloup leads a model workshop.

1 pm Architectural tour. Tour guided by Leïla el-Wakil, Salonnière. A visit to the Villa Foscari (Malcontenta) by Andrea Palladio. Meeting point: Vaporetto stop Zattere.

7 pm Ahmad Hamid: 2 Design = ½ Cost + Beautiful 2. Presentation and discussion. For seven years, during his early career, Ahmad Hamid collaborated with Hassan Fathy at the Institute for Appropriate Technology. Later he designed and developed several affordable housing typologies based on the vernacular of Egypt’s Fayoum region, constructing them in mudbrick. By utilizing these ancient building vocabularies, he reformulated alternative economies for construction, and reinvented an authentic relationship between masons, craftsmen and architects, putting the craftsmanship of the experienced mason back at centre stage in the building process. Hamid constantly transposed his mode d’emploi of immediacy and efficency to work processes across the entire design field, from sketch to execution, managing this without sacrificing his concern for reducing building and running costs – for both rich and poor, but nor compromising in the provision of beautiful, affordable social housing.

Ahm

ad H

amid

, Egy

pt: a

rchi

tect

, des

igne

r.

Egyp

tian

arch

itect

and

cre

ativ

e de

sign

er H

amid

st

udie

d in

Cai

ro, w

here

he

work

ed w

ith H

assa

n Fa

thy

at th

e In

stitu

te o

f App

ropr

iate

Tech

nolo

gy.

Afte

r fou

ndin

g hi

s ow

n in

terd

isci

plin

ary

de-

sign

offi

ce (1

984)

he

deve

lope

d se

vera

l pro

ject

s in

Egy

pt a

nd a

broa

d. H

e co

llabo

rate

d w

ith

SOM

(Wor

ld Tr

ade

Cent

er, C

airo

) and

act

ed a

s

a co

nsul

tant

in m

any

coun

trie

s. H

e ha

s de

sign

ed

and

exhi

bite

d se

vera

l ser

ies

of c

onte

mpo

rary

fu

rnitu

re, o

bjec

ts, t

extil

es, a

nd a

cces

sorie

s. H

e ha

s wo

n a

num

ber o

f gra

nts

and

awar

ds. H

amid

is

the

auth

or o

f Has

san

Fath

y. C

ontin

uity

in

Isla

mic

Art

& A

rchi

tect

ure:

The

Birt

h of

a N

ew

Mod

ern

(AUC

Pre

ss, 2

010)

.

Amm

ar A

bo B

akr,

Egyp

t: ar

tist.

The

youn

g Eg

yptia

n pa

inte

r Abo

Bak

r em

brac

es h

is c

ount

ry’s

an

cien

t and

folk

trad

ition

s of

pop

ular

art

istic

ex

pres

sion

. He

empl

oys

in h

is s

tree

t art

pra

ctic

es

from

pop

art

, nai

ve a

nd fo

lk a

rt, s

acre

d ar

t,

mur

alis

m a

nd g

raff

iti. H

is k

now

ledg

e ab

out

Anci

ent E

gypt

acq

uire

d as

a d

raft

sman

wor

king

w

ith e

stee

med

egy

ptol

ogis

ts in

fluen

ces

man

y

of th

e m

otifs

in h

is w

ork.

He

has

beco

me

mos

t re

now

ned

for h

is M

oham

ed M

ahm

oud

Stre

et

mur

als

just

off

Tahr

ir Sq

uare

(Cai

ro) p

aint

ed

durin

g th

e Re

volu

tion.

Sin

ce th

en h

e ha

s pa

inte

d m

ural

s wo

rldw

ide,

trav

ellin

g an

d sp

read

ing

hi

s ar

t in

Germ

any,

Lib

ya, I

taly,

Fra

nce,

Sw

eden

, Sw

itzer

land

and

man

y m

ore

plac

es.

Mar

iana

Cor

reia

, Por

tuga

l: ar

chite

ct, h

erita

ge

cons

erva

tion

cons

ulta

nt. T

he P

ortu

gues

e ar

chite

ct h

olds

an

Arch

itect

ure

degr

ee (F

AUTL

, Li

sbon

, Por

tuga

l), a

Mas

ter i

n Ea

rthe

n

Arch

itect

ure

(CRA

terr

e-EN

SAG,

Gre

nobl

e, F

ranc

e)

and

a Ph

D in

Her

itage

Con

serv

atio

n (O

BU, O

xfor

d,

UK).

She

is a

n in

tern

atio

nal c

onsu

ltant

for

ICOM

OS, r

egar

ding

ass

essm

ent o

f Wor

ld H

erita

ge

Site

s. S

he is

repr

esen

ting

the

UNES

CO-I

COM

OS

Join

t Rea

ctiv

e M

issi

on to

Arg

-E B

am, I

ran;

an

d to

San

aa, Y

emen

(mis

sion

sus

pend

ed) a

nd is

pr

esid

ent o

f the

Ste

erin

g Co

mm

ittee

of t

he

Eart

hen

Arch

itect

ure

Cent

re o

f Mop

ti, M

ali (

from

th

e Ag

a Kh

an Tr

ust f

or C

ultu

re).

Corr

eia

is

Pres

iden

t and

Pro

fess

or o

f ESG

/Gal

laec

ia (P

ortu

-gu

ese

Colle

ge) a

nd D

irect

or o

f Ci-

ESG

(Inte

rna-

tiona

l Res

earc

h Ce

nter

). Sh

e pu

blis

hed

se

vent

een

book

s as

an

auth

or o

r co-

edito

r.

Saturday 10 September10 am Daniel Grataloup. Workshop. Daniel Grataloup leads a model workshop.

7 pm Mariana Correia: Local knowledge and capacity building through community engagement. Presentation and discussion.Through the transfer of local know-how and intangible folk knowledge, community engagement contributes to integrating people into society, supporting traditional ways of life and keep-ing social balance: giving communities’ sustained local values and a sense of belonging. In Mali for instance, through self-organ-ised craftsmanship associations, local communities transfer their know-how, encouraging traditional values and respect for the empirical knowledge of the elder generation; whilst in Nicaragua, communities of working-women are addressing capacity building skills among younger generations. Local know-how, often con-sisting of an intangible heritage of handed-down knowledge, is therefore the essential basis for preserving vernacular environ-ments, where social and cultural cohesion are at the core of local sustainability. Safeguarding this cultural heritage through ca- pacitybuilding is therefore a fundamental element in maintaining both cultural diversity and human sustainability.

7—10 SeptemberAmmar Abo Bakr: Mural. During the Salon, the young Egyptian artist, Ammar Abo Bark will be painting a mural that makes use of some of the naive motifs common to the villages of Upper Egypt. Venue: Campo S. Agnese.

Let’s rediscoverSalon JuneThursday 16 June7 pm Terrabloc: The reinvented earth. Laurent de Wurstemberger and Rodrigo Fernandez; Samuel Dématraz, filmmaker. Presentation and discussion.

Friday 17 June7 pm Salma Samar Damluji: Inspired by ingenious design. Presentation and discussion.

Saturday 18 June4 pm Manuel Herz: The Pavilion for the Western Sahara. Guided tour.7 pm Bill Bouldin: About emergency dwellings. Presentation and discussion. 9 pm Dominique Fleury, film-maker: Hors-Champs d’Oliviers and Diary Under Siege. Films.

Let’s buildSalon SeptemberThursday 8 September7 pm Daniel Grataloup: The cement gun in self-build. Presentation and discussion.

Friday 9 September10 am Daniel Grataloup. Workshop.1 pm Architectural tour. Tour guided by Leïla el-Wakil, Salonnière. A visit to the Villa Foscari (Malcontenta) by Andrea Palladio. Meeting point: Vaporetto stop Zattere.7 pm Ahmad Hamid:2 Design = ½ Cost + Beautiful2. Presentation and discussion.

Saturday 10 September10 am Daniel Grataloup. Workshop. 7 pm Mariana Correia: Local knowledge and capacity building through community engagement. Presentation and discussion.

7—10 SeptemberAmmar Abo Bakr: Mural. During the Salon, the young Egyptian artist, Ammar Abo Bakr will be painting a mural that makes use of some of the naive motifs common to the villages of Upper Egypt. Venue: Campo S. Agnese.

Thursday 26 May6.30 pm The hell of reinforced concrete. Drama written by Hassan Fathy (1964), Campo S. Agnese, world premiere played by Emmet, directed by Nicholas Weeks (University of Geneva).7.15 pm An Introduction to the Salon Suisse: Leïla el-Wakil, Salonnière. Opening State-ments: Anna Heringer, Martin Rauch and Simón Vélez.

Salon SuissePalazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi Campo S. Agnese Dorsoduro 810, Venicebiennials.ch

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g Ev

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lon

May

Let’s digSalon OctoberThursday 20 October7 pm Peter Vetsch: Bio-climatic underground houses in Switzerland. Presentation and discussion.

Friday 21 October7 pm Mahnaz Ashrafi: Troglodytic settlements in Iran – the case of Maymand. Presentation and discussion.

Saturday 22 October7 pm Maximous El Antony: Coptic troglodytic churches in the Muqattam. Presentation and discussion.

Let’s reduceSalon NovemberThursday 24 November7 pm Paul Humpert, LVPH: Small is beautiful. Presentation and discussion.

Friday 25 November 11 am Paola Viganò and Cyril Veillon, Archizoom, EPFL: The Horizontal Metropolis – a radical project. Guided tour.7 pm David Adjaye and Ellen Baxter: New typology for affordable housing. Presentation and discussion.

Saturday 26 November7 pm Let’s keep the door ajar. AJAR featuring Aude Seigne, Bruno Pellegrino, Daniel Vuataz, Guy Chevalley, Julie Guinand, Manon Reith. Closing Performance.

Statements, Streaming, Summarieshochparterre.ch/salonsuisse

be

at theSalon Suisse

Let’s digSalon October

Underground architecture exists somewhere between myth and reality. It is a type of construction used since the dawn of history, for security, comfort and practical reasons, with humans digging dwellings down into the earth or converting caves into housing, cities and places of worship. Reinterpreting these troglodytic models in contemporary architecture remains a challenge today, but nonetheless there are numerous adventurous spirits willing to explore and exploit this field to help solve issues of construc-tion and energy costs.

16

Thursday 20 October7 pm Peter Vetsch: Bio-climatic underground houses in Switzerland. Presentation and discussion. A key troglodytic architecture pioneer today is Swiss architect Peter Vetsch, who has built more than ninety bio-climatic houses in Switzerland and in other countries, all half-buried underground. These variations on post-war ‘bubble houses’ are created using shotcrete and by being only partially buried in the soil, give the impression of nature and culture in perfect balance. Some today even claim that such bio-climatic houses can be built for just € 10,000 by their users, so saving both money and energy!

Max

imou

s El

Ant

ony,

Egy

pt: p

riest

, art

his

toria

n.

Born

in A

lexa

ndria

El A

nton

y is

a s

enio

r mon

k

at S

t. A

ntho

ny M

onas

tery

, Red

Sea

(Egy

pt).

He

got a

Dip

lom

a in

Con

serv

atio

n an

d re

stor

atio

n

of Ic

ons

and

pain

ting

in M

osco

w a

nd s

tudi

ed

Chris

tian

art a

t Lei

den

Univ

ersi

ty a

s w

ell

as M

useu

ms

stud

ies

at U

CLA

(Los

Ang

eles

). As

di

rect

or o

f St.

Ant

hony

Mus

eum

(St.

Ant

hony

M

onas

tery

, Egy

pt),

he b

elon

gs to

the

Inte

rna-

tiona

l Ass

ocia

tion

of C

optic

stu

dies

and

is

Mem

ber o

f the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Cou

ncil

of M

useu

ms

and

Vice

-pre

side

nt o

f the

Frie

nds

of th

e Co

ptic

m

useu

m A

ssoc

iatio

n. H

e is

Con

sulta

nt o

f the

Co

ptic

Pro

ject

(CUL

TNAT

), co

nsul

tant

of C

onse

r-va

tion

and

rest

orat

ion

of th

e Co

ptic

mur

al

pain

ting

(ARC

E), a

nd Le

ader

of t

he e

xcav

atio

n at

St

. Ant

hony

Mon

aste

ry (E

gypt

).

Saturday 22 October7 pm Maximous El Antony: Coptic troglodytic churches in the Muqattam. Presentation and discussion. To the south of Cairo in the Muqattam mountain hides an important complex of churches and places of worship where Coptic communities still gather together today. Many stonecutters continue to embellish these places by creating magnificent religious scenes carved directly into the rock walls. The priest and scholar Maximous El Antony will present this amazingly rich and vivid heritage, linking it to the history and survival of the Coptic community.

Pete

r Vet

sch,

Sw

itzer

land

: arc

hite

ct. V

etsc

h gr

adua

ted

from

the

Staa

tlich

e Ku

nsta

kade

mie

Dü

ssel

dorf

(197

0) b

y Ha

ns H

olle

in u

nd J

osep

h Be

uys.

He

wor

ked

in D

üsse

ldor

f and

Zür

ich.

He

foun

ded

his

own

office

in 19

74 in

Zur

ich,

firs

t in

Zum

ikon

and

then

in D

ietik

on. P

ione

er o

f ear

th

dwel

lings

sin

ce th

e se

vent

ies,

his

real

izat

ions

ar

e ce

lebr

ated

wor

ldw

ide.

His

revo

lutio

nary

ar

chite

ctur

e is

eco

-frie

ndly

and

allo

ws

a pe

rfec

t sy

mbi

osis

with

nat

ure.

He

uses

sho

tcre

te to

bu

ild o

rgan

ic s

pace

s w

hich

spa

re e

nerg

y.

Mah

naz

Ashr

afi, I

ran:

arc

hite

ct. I

rani

an a

rchi

tect

, As

hrafi

gra

duat

ed w

ith a

mas

ter f

rom

the

Fine

Ar

t Fac

ulty

of T

ehra

n Un

iver

sity

in th

e fie

ld

of a

rchi

tect

ure

(199

3). S

he b

egan

her

car

eer i

n Ira

nian

cul

tura

l her

itage

con

serv

atio

n. S

he

got h

er P

hD fr

om th

e IA

UG (G

enev

a; 2

008)

con

-ce

rnin

g tr

oglo

dytic

arc

hite

ctur

e in

200

8. W

hen

she

retu

rned

to Ir

an, s

he c

ontin

ued

her p

ract

ice

on tr

oglo

dytic

her

itage

. She

was

als

o a

scie

ntifi

c ch

air d

urin

g tw

o in

tern

atio

nal c

onfe

renc

es o

n tr

oglo

dytic

arc

hite

ctur

e in

201

2 an

d 20

16 th

at

wer

e he

ld in

Iran

. To

this

day

, her

wor

k as

a

man

ager

of c

ultu

ral l

ands

cape

of M

aym

and

led

to

insc

ribe

this

site

on

Wor

ld H

erita

ge Li

st in

201

5. Friday 21 October7 pm Mahnaz Ashrafi: Troglodytic settlements in Iran – the case of Maymand. Presentation and discussion. The Iranian plateau contains one of the richest concentration of troglodytic dwellings anywhere in the world. Different types coexist, some underground, others located in the heart of mountains and ongoing scientific research is trying to better understand the structure and functioning of these sites. The village of Maymand, recently classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is discussed as an example of the ongoing inhabitation of these ancient sites and their adaptation to the contemporary world.

Thursday 24 November7 pm LVPH: Small is beautiful. Presentation and discussion. Paul Humbert from LVPH, an emerging young Swiss practice based in Fribourg, which is involved in many different types of construction in Switzerland and abroad, presents their small-scale housing built on limited budgets. These exceptional projects in the Cantons of Vaud and Fribourg will act as prompts to discuss and question the economic dimension of architecture in rich countries like Switzerland.

Let’s reduceSalon November

The forgotten concept of frugality seems now to be a veritable precondition for our continued survival on this planet and indeed of that of Earth itself. Implying turning our backs on useless luxury and wastage of resources and raw materi-als, in architecture it means questioning the way we build and finding answers to its costs, be they monetary, social or ecological. How can we build smartly and for the poorest amongst us? This Salon addresses these questions and ends in an artistic synthesis linking this quest to creativity.

Paul

Hum

bert

, Sw

itzer

land

: arc

hite

ct. T

he S

wis

s ar

chite

ct, P

aul H

umbe

rt, g

radu

ated

from

EPF

L in

19

98. H

e wo

rked

in P

ortu

gal f

or s

ever

al y

ears

be

fore

he

cam

e ba

ck to

Sw

itzer

land

and

foun

ded

his

arch

itect

ure

office

LVPH

with

his

cou

sin

Laur

ent V

uille

umie

r. Be

fore

add

ress

ing

urba

n th

emes

and

var

ious

pro

gram

s, th

e offi

ce w

orke

d fo

r a lo

ng ti

me

on s

mal

l sca

le p

roje

cts

in ru

ral

cont

exts

, whe

re a

rchi

tect

ure

mai

ntai

ns a

st

rong

link

with

nat

ure.

Thro

ugh

the

broa

d ra

nge

of th

eir a

ctiv

ities

, LVP

H se

eks

the

poet

ic th

roug

h a

sim

ple

and

radi

cal a

ppro

ach

in a

rchi

tect

ure.

Friday 25 November11 am Paola Viganò and Cyril Veillon, Archi-zoom, EPFL: The Horizontal Metropolis – a radical project. Guided tour. This exhibition investigates the concept of the ‘horizontal metropolis ’: its space, traditions and authors and its relevance today as a charged eco- logical and social design issue. Beyond a sim- plistic centre-periphery opposition, this concept reveals the dispersed condition as a potential asset, rather than a limit, to the construction of a sustainable and innovative urban realm. It explores scenarios and de-sign strategies for the recycling and upgrad-ing of city-territories in a radical project.

Paol

a Vi

ganò

, Sw

itzer

land

: des

igne

r, pr

ofes

sor.

Paol

a Vi

ganò

is F

ull P

rofe

ssor

in U

rban

The

ory

an

d Ur

ban

Desi

gn a

t the

EPF

L of

Lau

sann

e w

here

sh

e is

dire

ctor

of t

he L

ab-U

sin

ce 2

013,

and

Pr

ofes

sor i

n Ur

bani

sm a

t the

Uni

vers

ity IU

AV

of V

enic

e; s

he is

als

o co

-fou

nder

– to

geth

er w

ith

Bern

ardo

Sec

chi –

of S

TUDI

O. P

aola

Vig

anò

lect

ures

in m

any

inte

rnat

iona

l sch

ools

of A

rchi

-te

ctur

e, is

key

note

spe

aker

in in

tern

atio

nal

sym

posi

a an

d m

embe

r of P

hD ju

ries.

Her

mor

e re

cent

rese

arch

inve

stig

ates

new

form

s

of u

rban

ity a

nd th

e m

ain

ratio

nalit

ies

that

st

ruct

ure

them

.

Cyril

Vei

llon,

Sw

itzer

land

: art

his

toria

n. B

orn

in

Laus

anne

, Vei

llon

hold

s a

Mas

ter o

f Art

s fr

om

Paris

8 U

nive

rsity

(199

6). H

e w

orke

d in

vid

eo a

nd

tele

visi

on p

rodu

ctio

n (P

aris

, Gen

eva)

unt

il

2005

, whi

le b

eing

invo

lved

in e

xhib

ition

s an

d pu

blic

atio

n pr

ojec

ts. H

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ache

d at

the

Art a

nd

Mul

timed

ia S

choo

l in

Frib

ourg

, ope

ned

a co

n-te

mpo

rary

art

gal

lery

in L

ausa

nne

in a

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith Lu

cy M

acki

ntos

h, a

nd p

rodu

ced

sixt

y

art a

nd a

rchi

tect

ure

exhi

bitio

ns, s

ome

of th

em

in Z

uric

h, Lo

ndon

, Sha

ngha

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Dub

ai. S

ince

20

08, h

e ac

ts a

s th

e di

rect

or o

f the

exh

ibiti

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spac

e ‘A

rchi

zoom

’ (EP

FL),

and

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co

mpr

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sive

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ons,

con

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nces

and

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18

Saturday 26 November7 pm Let’s keep the door ajar. AJAR featuring Aude Seigne, Bruno Pellegrino, Daniel Vuataz, Guy Chevalley, Julie Guinand, Manon Reith. Closing Perfor-mance. The Swiss literary collective AJAR, founded in 2012, is a group of young French-speaking authors who promote a redefinition of the writer’s status: based on collective work, sharing of knowledge, mutual critique and group activity. This creative performance, in both French and English, is specially designed for the Salon Suisse and focuses on the main questions of our program – reuse and recycling, bio-climatic techniques, self-build, human need in architecture, tradition-as-modernity, ‘small is beautiful’, minimal dwelling standards for all – transposed in an artistic way.

AJAR

, Sw

itzer

land

: lite

rary

col

lect

ive.

AJA

R–

Asso

ciat

ion

de J

eune

s Au

teur

-e-s

de

Suis

se

rom

ande

(Ass

ocia

tion

of y

oung

Fre

nch-

spea

king

Au

thor

s) w

as c

reat

ed in

201

2 by

Sw

iss

writ

ers

who

thou

ght u

nity

wou

ld e

nsur

e be

tter

vis

ibili

ty

and

succ

ess

in li

tera

ry a

ctiv

ities

suc

h as

pub

li-ca

tions

, wor

ksho

ps a

nd p

erfo

rman

ces.

Fou

r ye

ars

late

r, AJ

AR is

com

pose

d of

18 a

utho

rs w

ho

publ

ish

indi

vidu

ally

and

col

lect

ivel

y on

a re

gula

r ba

sis,

in S

witz

erla

nd a

nd a

broa

d. F

or m

ore

info

r-

mat

ion:

jeun

esau

teur

s.ch

.

7 pm David Adjaye and Ellen Baxter: New typology for affordable housing. Presentation and discussion. Conceived as an oasis for children and families in a neighbourhood beset by poverty, the Sugar Hill Pro-ject was developed by the New York-based nonprofit organisation Broadway Housing Communities (BHC), and designed by architect David Adjaye. Located in New York City’s Sugar Hill historic district, legendary home of the Harlem Renaissance, this visionary commu-nity revitalisation initiative leverages the synergies of affordable housing, early childhood education and an innovative cultural institution, the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, to create meaning-ful and lasting change for under- served children and adults. Architect David Adjaye and Ellen Baxter, BHC’s founder and executive director, will discuss their partnership in realizing the potential of this ambitious development, financed through a mix of public and private funding and only made possible with grassroots community support.

Davi

d Ad

jaye

, UK:

arc

hite

ct. A

djay

e wa

s bo

rn in

Ta

nzan

ia a

nd tr

avel

led

in A

fric

a an

d th

e M

iddl

e Ea

st d

urin

g hi

s yo

uth

befo

re s

ettli

ng in

Lond

on.

He g

radu

ated

in A

rchi

tect

ure

from

the

Roya

l Co

llege

of A

rt (1

993)

, set

up

his

first

off

ice

in

1994

with

Will

iam

Rus

sel b

efor

e re

form

ing

it

as A

djay

e As

soci

ates

in 2

000.

Adj

aye

Asso

ciat

es

now

has

four

inte

rnat

iona

l offi

ces

cond

uctin

g pr

ojec

ts th

roug

hout

the

world

. His

mos

t pre

stig

-io

us c

omm

issi

on to

dat

e is

the

Smith

soni

an

Inst

itutio

n’s

Natio

nal M

useu

m o

f Afr

ican

Am

eri-

can

Hist

ory

and

Cultu

re. H

e is

con

cern

ed w

ith

the

soci

al re

spon

sibi

lity

of A

rchi

tect

ure,

esp

ecia

lly

visi

ble

in th

e Su

gar H

ill P

roje

ct in

Har

lem

, a n

ew

typo

logy

for a

ffor

dabl

e ho

usin

g.

Elle

n Ba

xter

, USA

: fou

nder

of B

road

way

Hous

ing

Com

mun

ities

(BHC

). El

len

Baxt

er h

as b

een

com

mitt

ed to

figh

ting

pove

rty

and

hom

eles

s-ne

ss in

New

York

City

and

nat

iona

lly fo

r mor

e th

an 3

0 ye

ars,

and

is a

pio

neer

of t

he s

uppo

rtiv

e ho

usin

g m

odel

now

in w

ide

use

arou

nd th

e co

untr

y an

d gl

obal

ly. In

1983

, Bax

ter f

ound

ed th

e no

npro

fit c

omm

unity

-bas

ed o

rgan

izat

ion

Broa

d-wa

y Ho

usin

g Co

mm

uniti

es (B

HC) w

hich

toda

y le

vera

ges

the

syne

rgie

s of

hou

sing

, edu

catio

n an

d th

e ar

ts to

cre

ate

mea

ning

ful c

hang

e fo

r un

der s

erve

d ch

ildre

n, fa

mili

es a

nd s

ingl

e ad

ults

in

New

York

City

nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds b

eset

by

pove

rty.

BH

C’s

mos

t rec

ent i

nitia

tive,

the

visi

onar

y Su

gar

Hill

Proj

ect,

is p

oise

d to

ser

ve a

s a

mod

el fo

r po

licym

aker

s, fu

nder

s an

d ot

her d

evel

oper

s co

mm

itted

to a

ddre

ssin

g th

e ur

ban

hous

ing

cris

is

and

brea

king

the

cycl

e of

gen

erat

iona

l pov

erty

.

Residential house, Pampigny, Switzerland, 2011, photo & ©: Jérôme Humbert, architecture: LVPH

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Alberto Magrans, Senior Managing Director, Laufen Bathrooms AG

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PublisherSwiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Hirschengraben 22, CH-8024 Zurich, prohelvetia.ch

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to all

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n Su

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