At the end of 2018, the ETH Studio Basel Contemporary City Institute closed its doors, but the work created in the framework of this unique constellation continues to hold great relevance for architects and urban researchers. With this event, we are (re)launching ETH Studio Basel’s main publications as open access and making them available to a broad public on this website. Together with collaborators, assistants, and students, we will reflect on our projects and experiences, discuss what we have learnt, ask what is still relevant today, and explore how we continue to develop and apply the concepts and methods of the ETH Studio Basel.
To see the video recording of the launch event, please click here.
The original web archive presented here offers a detailed insight into the research and pedagogy of ETH Studio Basel between 1999 und 2018. Each year, two design studios were offered by two teaching groups, the first led by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, and the second by Roger Diener and Marcel Meili. Experts and collaborators supported the teaching, of which urban sociologist and geographer Christian Schmid made a central contribution.
The investigations at ETH Studio Basel and documented here in the archive focused on three main topics: Switzerland and its specific urban character, portraits of international cities, and territorial research comprising the analysis of extended urbanisation in different world regions.
Prof. Jacques Herzog, Prof. Pierre de Meuron, Charlotte von Moos, Marija Blagojevic, Julian Oggier, Prof. Marcel Meili, Prof. Roger Diener, Christian Mueller Inderbitzin, Mathias Gunz, Vesna Jovanović, Liisa Gunnarsson, Lisa Euler, Martino Tattara, Metaxia Markaki, Natasa Maglov, Claudio Kuenzler, Yves Guex, Ligia Nobre, Shadi Rahbaran, Christina Holona, Simon Hartmann, John Palmesino, Ann-Sofi Rönnskog, Bart Lootsma, Esther Dürrholder, Emanuel Christ, Martin Josephy, Pascal Kallenberger, Anne Schmidt, Monika Streule, Ying Zhou, Milica Topalović, Manuel Herz, Rolf Jenni, Jasmine Kastani, Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid, Isabelle Abele, Franziska Singer, Valentin Buchwalder, Philipp Frisch