09.05. - 23.08.2015

Bernard Tschumi. Architecture: Concept & Notation

The exhibition is an adaptation of the first great European retrospective on this influential theorist and practitioner Bernard Tschumi, which was first shown in 2014 in the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Bernard Tschumi, born 1944 in Lausanne, has exerted a decisive influence as an architect and architectural theorist on contemporary architectural discourse in the past decades. Numerous drawings, sketches and collages grant a comprehensive overview of his most important buildings and projects. Supplemented by numerous items from the archives and by film documents, the exhibition showcases in equal measure his theoretical and his practical works. It casts light, in particular, on the processes that accompany the transfer of his ideas and concepts into architectonic projects.

Bernard Tschumi essentially represents an experimental (and today once again current) understanding of architecture, honed in a dialogue with disciplines such as film, art and philosophy.

Accompanying Programme:

08.05.15, 7 PM: Opening
11.05.15, 7 PM: Bernard Tschumi in conversation with Jacques Herzog
21.05.15, 6 PM: Public Guided Tour
04.06.15, 6 PM: Public Guided Tour
12.06.15, 11:30 AM: Excursion: 11:30 AM Manufactury Vacheron Constantin (Plan-les-Ouates) / 3 PM Concert Hall Le Rosey (Rolle)
18.06.15, 6 PM: Public Guided Tour
24.06.15, 10-12 PM: Wednesday-Matinée
09.07.15, 6 PM: Public Guided Tour
11.07.15, 11.30/16 Uhr: Excursion Parc Zoologique de Paris, guided by Bernard Tschumi
23.07.15, 6 PM: Public Guided Tour
06.08.15, 6 PM: Public Guided Tour
20.08.15, 6 PM: Public Guided Tour

Warmest thanks to the supporters of the exhibition:

Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung
Graham Foundation
 

Upcoming exhibitions

27.09. - 09.11.2025

SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook

26.9.2025:
5.30 PM Book Launch, 
7 PM Opening


The Stiftung Architektur Schweiz SAS (Swiss Architecture Foundation) presents the second edition of the Swiss Architecture Yearbook (available from September 26)!
An independent selection committee chose 30 projects and four special mentions from a pool of 158 nominations. The accompanying exhibition at the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel showcases Baukultur from all regions of Switzerland. The show is an invitation to reflect on central questions in contemporary architecture: Which topics are relevant today? Which projects demonstrate exemplary solutions? And what might the future hold for building in Switzerland?
Exhibition Curators: Andreas Ruby and Yuma Shinohara
 

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