Name: Switzerland – an Urban Portrait
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ISBN: 9783034608664

Eine neue Landeskarte der urbanen Topografie für die Schweiz Der Klassiker Die Schweiz – Ein städtebauliches Portrait wurde 2005 beim Birkhäuser Verlag in drei Sprachen veröffentlicht und hat bis heute nicht an Aktualität verloren. Als Ergebnis einer mehrjährigen Forschungsarbeit des ETH Studio Basel wurden die vielschichtigen Aspekte der Schweiz von namhaften Schweizer Architekten und Soziolgen: Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, Christian Schmid erforscht, künftige mögliche und/oder wünschbare Szenarien für die wichtigen Metropolitan-Regionen und für die Alpenregion entworfen und in Landeskarten der urbanen Topograﬁe in drei Bänden erfasst. <UL> <LI>Bedeutende Schweizer Architekten analysieren die Schweiz neu </LI> <LI>Ein wichtiger Beitrag zur Diskussion, wie die Schweiz in Zukunft sein könnte </LI> <LI>Visionäre Siedlungstopografien in einer globalisierten Welt </LI></UL>

Designing a new national map of urban topography for Switzerland. The classic volume Switzerland. An Urban Portrait was published in three languages by Birkhäuser Verlag in 2005 and has lost none of its relevance to this day. The result of several years of research by ETH Studio Basel, this three-volume work contains explorations of the multiple layers and facets of Swiss towns and cities by renowned architects Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, and Christian Schmid, as well as possible and/or desirable scenarios for the future development of country’s main cities and its Alpine region. It also includes maps of urban topography. <UL> <LI>Leading Swiss architects examine Switzerland’s built environment </LI> <LI>An important contribution to the discussion of how Switzerland might look in the future </LI> <LI>Visionary urban topographies in a globalized world </LI></UL>

Schweiz; Switzerland; Stadtplanung; Urban planning; Raumplanung; ETH Studio Basel; Herzog De Meuron; Diener Diener; Christian Schmid; Meili; Kartografie

switzerland; urban planning; ETH Studio Basel; ETH; Herzog de Meuron; Diener Diener; Meili; Chrstian Schmid; cartography; urban processes

City and town planning: architectural aspects

Vol. 1: Introduction; Vol. 2: Borders, Communes – a Brief History of the Territory; Vol. 3: Materials

Switzerland – an Urban Portrait

Designing a new national map of urban topography for Switzerland.  The classic volume Switzerland. An Urban Portrait was published in three languages by Birkhäuser Verlag in 2005 and has lost none of its relevance to this day.  The result of several years of research by ETH Studio Basel, this three-volume work contains explorations of the multiple layers and facets of Swiss towns and cities by renowned architects Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, and Christian Schmid, as well as possible and/or desirable scenarios for the future development of country’s main cities and its Alpine region. It also includes maps of urban topography.   Leading Swiss architects examine Switzerland’s built environment  An important contribution to the discussion of how Switzerland might look in the future  Visionary urban topographies in a globalized world

Designing a new national map of urban topography for Switzerland.  The classic volume Switzerland. An Urban Portrait was published in three 

Switzerland – an Urban Portrait | Vol. 1: Introduction; Vol. 2: Borders, Communes – a Brief History of the Territory; Vol. 3: Materials | 2005 | BIRKHÄUSER

Switzerland – an Urban Portrait

Vol. 1: Introduction; Vol. 2: Borders, Communes – a Brief History of the Territory; Vol. 3: Materials

Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, Christian SchmidEdited by: ETH Studio Basel - Contemporary City Institute

Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, Christian Schmid
Edited by: ETH Studio Basel - Contemporary City Institute