03.09. - 23.10.2022

Die Schweiz: Ein Abriss

Opening: 2/9/2022, 7 PM

Curated by Countdown 2030 
In Switzerland, over 500 kilograms of construction waste are produced every second   through the demolition of buildings. The building industry is thus responsible for 84% of waste in the country. Landfills are filling up faster than new sites can be found. The current swiss measures are not enough to achieve the goals of the Paris climate accords. The solution for this problem consists in pre serving, rebuilding, and repurposing existing buildings. Demolitions of buildings and their replacement with new constructions should, whenever possible, be avoided and can no longer be considered the first and most obvious option.  The exhibition ‘Die Schweiz: Ein Abriss’, curated by the Collective Countdown 2030, aims to draw attention to the consequences of the swiss culture of demolition.
Part of the 2022 edition of ‹die Architekturtage› festival
 

Demolition Atlas Switzerland
Where does this mass of construction waste come from? What kind of buildings are being demolished? The Demolition Atlas of Switzerland aims to answer these questions. Among other things, the entries in the atlas will form the basis for the exhibition.

 

 

Exhibition Flyer: here
Accompanying Program: here

The exhibition ‘Die Schweiz: Ein Abriss’ is supported by:

Exhibition Supporters:
Bundesamt für Kultur BAK
Pro Helvetia
Zirkular
baubüro in situ ag
Kanton Zürich Baudirektion Hochbauamt
Pensimo Management AG
Bundesamt für Energie BFE
Kanton Basel-Stadt, Amt für Umwelt und Energie
Kanton Baselland, Amt für Umwelt und Energie
Senn AG
Erne AG
Basler Kantonalbank
sia schweizerischer ingenieur- und architektenverein
Huggenbergerfries Architekten
SIGA
amrein giger architekten
Minergie
Hans und Renée Müller-Meylan Stiftung

Exhibition Partners:
Faust Witt Architekten
iart
dfour
nerak
ETH Zürich, Professur Konstruktionserbe und Denkmalpflege, Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg
urban equipe
ZAS*
ZIMBAS


Media Partners:
Architektur Basel
Bajour
Tsüri
Hochparterre
Baublatt
Schweizer Heimatschutz
Espazium
Tec21
Tracés
Archi
 

 

Upcoming exhibitions

19.09.2026 - 03.01.2027

Tony Fretton: Practice

Opening: 18/9/2026, 7 PM

The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum is proud to announce PRACTICE, a retrospective exhibition of selected projects of architect Tony Fretton (b. 1945, London). He established Tony Fretton Architects in London in 1984, which ran until 2024. His published texts on architecture are numerous, and he has taught extensively, including as Chair of Interiors Buildings and Cities at the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft, and as guest professor at GSD Harvard, ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne. He lives and works in London.

Fretton’s buildings and projects are presented at S AM through texts, photographs and drawings. Together, they show Fretton’s practice as continuity of reflection on the existing environment, including the social, cultural and political dimensions of the city and what lies outside it.