Swiss Talks. About and Beyond
10.07.2025 H19:00
Hochparterre Bücher, Schöneggstrasse 27, Zürich
10.07.2025 H19:00
Hochparterre Bücher, Schöneggstrasse 27, Zürich
The talk will be held in English at Hochparterre Bücher AG, Schöneggstrasse 27, 8004 Zürich
Free admission
Conversations on Architecture. Swiss Talks. About and Beyond / Conversazioni sull’architettura. Swiss Talks. Intorno e oltre
Istituto Svizzero is pleased to present the book ‘Conversations on Architecture. Swiss Talks. About and Beyond’, published in collaboration with the Caryatide publishing house, with scientific curatorship by Francesca Chiorino and Federico Tranfa.
The book documents the Swiss Talks organized by Istituto Svizzero, focused on architectural relationships between Switzerland and Italy, and organized in collaboration with Casabella Formazione, curated and led by Federico Tranfa from 2017 to 2022, and by Francesca Chiorino since 2023.
‘Conversations on Architecture. Swiss Talks. About and Beyond’ was created with the aim of presenting a significant fragment of the Swiss Talks cultural project, which, since 2017, has promoted Swiss architectural culture in Italy by organizing public meetings in Milan, Rome, Palermo, and Venice.
Introduction and greetings by Maria Böhmer (Former Head of Science, Research and Innovation at Istituto Svizzero)
Conversation with Elli Mosayebi and Federico Tranfa
BOOK INFORMATION:
Curated by Francesca Chiorino and Federico Tranfa
Contributions by Francesca Chiorino, Maria Conen (Conen Sigl), Irina Davidovici, Roger Diener (Diener & Diener), Tom Emerson (6a), Catherine Gay Menzel (GayMenzel), Maria Kahn, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Elli Mosayebi (EMI), Anna Puigjaner (Maio), Armando Ruinelli (Ruinelli Associati), Maria Saiz (Rapin Saiz), Christian Sumi (Burkhalter Sumi), Francesca Torzo, Federico Tranfa, Günther Vogt (vogt-la), Selina Walder (Nickisch Walder), Nemanja Zimonjic (TEN studio).
Essay by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani.
Date of publication: November 2024
English/Italian edition
Size: 17×24 cm
Number of pages: 144
Price: 32€
ISBN : 978-2-493283-25-2
Publishers: Caryatide, Istituto Svizzero
Biographies
Elli Mosayebi (1977) studied architecture at the ETHZ, where she graduated in 2004. In 2005, together with Ron Edelaar and Christian Inderbitzin, she founded the studio EMI Architekten in Zurich. In 2007 she undertook a research project on the works of the Milanese architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni. From 2012 to 2017 she held the chair of architectural design and housing at the Darmstadt Technische Universität, and since 2017 she has been Professor of Architecture and Planning at the ETHZ.
Federico Tranfa (1966) is an architect, author and curator. He studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, where he graduated in design in 1992, and in Denmark, at Arkitektskolen in Aarhus. In 2002, he opened his own architecture studio with Laura Pasquini, with whom he shares the main professional assignments. He publishes texts and critical essays in specialized journals and monographic volumes, has been editor of Casabella since 2013 and a member of the editorial board since 2016. He is the creator of Swiss Talks and has been its curator for six editions.
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