Programme Salon Suisse 2012 - biennials.ch

Night One
Tuesday 28 th August
7:00 pm
Common Images: Architecture and
the Iconic Turn.
Panel discussion with: Iñaki Ábalos, Barry
Bergdoll, Hélène Binet, Adam Caruso,
Beatriz Colomina, Karin Sander, Miroslav
Šik. Chaired by Philip Ursprung.
Have images helped architecture to
transgress limits of language and culture
and strengthen its role as communicative
element, or are they responsible for a
homogenization of globalized architecture
This panel discussion looks at the
question of image versus text in recent
architectural culture, and asks if the
notion of the image enables us to better
understand architecture today.
Common Images: Architecture
and the Iconic Turn.
Organized by ETH Zurich.
One Morning
Wednesday 29 th August
11:00 am
Switching to Analogue: what is the
influence of Analogue Architecture
on theory and practice today
Round-table discussion with: Christoph
Gantenbein, Penny Lewis, Quintus Miller,
Stanislaus von Moos, Steven Spier.
Chaired by Rob Wilson.
What has the legacy of analogue
architecture been for architectural
culture both in Switzerland and internationally
This discussion considers key
concepts coming out of analogue architecture
and its teaching – in attitude to
site and the city, to ideas of ‘old-new’ and
‘atmosphere’ in architecture – and its
connection to the work of Aldo Rossi and
Robert Venturi, seeking to reassess
its influence and relevance to theory and
practice today.
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