Programme Salon Suisse 2012 - biennials.ch
Programme Salon Suisse 2012 - biennials.ch
Programme Salon Suisse 2012 - biennials.ch
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Nights Six & Seven<br />
Open <strong>Salon</strong><br />
Tuesday 16 th October<br />
Wednesday 17 th October<br />
5:30 pm onwards<br />
Come, talk ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture<br />
on Corb sofas over a drink.<br />
Night Eight<br />
Thursday 18 th October<br />
6:00 pm<br />
Bird’s Nest. Herzog and De Meuron<br />
in China, 2008. A Film by Christoph<br />
S<strong>ch</strong>aub and Mi<strong>ch</strong>ael S<strong>ch</strong>indhelm.<br />
akku worms eye © Gruppe<br />
Following the design and construction of<br />
the 100,000-seat National Stadium for the<br />
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games over a five<br />
year period, this documentary shows how<br />
Herzog and de Meuron, the Basel-based<br />
ar<strong>ch</strong>itects, found themselves working with<br />
China’s largest state construction company,<br />
artist and ar<strong>ch</strong>itect Ai Wei Wei, lawyers,<br />
and countless government bureaucrats. It<br />
explores the complex and often difficult<br />
negotiations and communications between<br />
two cultures, two ar<strong>ch</strong>itectural traditions<br />
and two political systems.<br />
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