Landscapes and Structures
dal 14/4/2011 al 16/7/2011
Segnalato da
14/4/2011
Landscapes and Structures
Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel
The photographs presented in this exhibition are the result of various joint forays made by the engineer Jurg Conzett and the photographer Martin Linsi throughout Switzerland. From the urban agglomeration areas around Basel and Zurich the journey leads through Graubunden, over the Susten Pass and finally into the cantons of Ticino and Wallis.
Swiss Contribution to the 12th International Architecture Biennale in Venice 2010 and Newly Adapted by S AM for the Presentation in Basel.
Infrastructure buildings have shaped the image of Switzerland; they are of central significance in creating a kind of
cohesion throughout the entire country. Inscribed in the landscape with the ambition of architecture the Albula
Railway, Susten Pass or bridges by Hans-Ulrich Grubenmann & Robert Moser, Robert Maillart, Alexandre Sarrasin and Christian Menn are considered as masterpieces of civil
engineering.
At the same time there are also countless other such structures – bridges, footbridges, tunnels, retaining walls,
roads – that are hardly ever noticed and at most are only briefly perceived in passing. The photographs presented
in this exhibition are the result of various joint forays made by the engineer Jürg Conzett and the photographer
Martin Linsi throughout Switzerland. From the urban agglomeration areas around Basel and Zurich the journey
leads through Graubünden, over the Susten Pass and finally into the cantons of Ticino and Wallis. Deliberately
visited along the way are structures ranging from the incunabula of civil engineering to unspectacular facilities.
The subjective viewpoint of a prominent engineer was decisive in the selection of works and definitive examples,
which in any case served as inspiration for his own work. In this respect photos of Conzettʼs own bridges
are provided alongside his historical sources of inspiration.
Originally presented in Venice the exhibition has been adapted by S AM Swiss Architecture Museum to its own
exhibition space in Basel.
The exhibition is supported by:
Basel Stadt, Bau- und Verkehrsdepartement Abteilung Tiefbauamt; Basel Stadt, Präsidialdepartement Abteilung
Kultur; BSA Bund Schweizer Architekten; BURRI public elements AG; L. + Th. La Roche-Stiftung; GGG
Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige; Gremper AG; Karl Bubenhofer AG; kt.COLOR AG; L. + Th. La
Roche-Stiftung; Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Eidgenössisches Departement des Inneren EDI, Bundesamt
für Kultur; sia Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein; swissarchitects; Rapp Gruppe; Zumtobel Licht
AG
Regular tours of the exhibition are open to the public on the following Thursdays, 6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.: 21 April;
5 May, 19 May; 2 June, 16 June, 30 June; and 14 July.
Press contact:
Elena Fuchs - Communications and Marketing Tel: 0041. (0)61 261 1413 Fax: 0041.(0)61 261 1428 press@sam-basel.org
Opening: Friday, April 15th 2011, 19.00 H
S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum
Steinenberg 7, P.O. Box 911, CH-4001 Basel