What if
Opening: 24/11/2023, 7 PM
Lost, rejected, stalled or changed... There is a vast number of architectural designs that continue to be talked about in Switzerland, even though they have never been built. The S AM takes a look back at them and constructs a utopian-dystopian image of what Switzerland could have been.
The exhibition is conceived in dialogue with:
Architektur Forum Ostschweiz, Architekturforum Biel / Forum de l’architecture Bienne, Architekturforum im Touringhaus Solothurn, Architekturforum Obersee, Architekturforum Thun, Architekturforum Zürich, ArchitekturForumBern, Archives de la construction moderne (Acm) und Archizoom, Archivio del Moderno, BauForumZug, Das Gelbe Haus, FAR Forum d’Architectures, Forum Architektur Winterthur, Glarner Architekturforum, gta Exhibitions, Istituto Internazionale di Architettura (i2a), Fondation Pavillon Sicli, Schaffhauser Architektur Forum, Teatro dell’architettura, ZAZ Bellerive – Zentrum Architektur Zürich.
Photo: Federal Palace extension, Bern, sketch Mario Botta (1991), Mario Botta Architetti
The exhibition and publication ‘What if’ is supported by:
Cooperation Partners:
gta Archiv ETH Zürich
Archives de la construction moderne EPF Lausanne
Archivio del Moderno dell'Academia di Architettura / USI
Research Partner:
Le Concours Suisse