Exhibition
Organizer: gta Exhibitions
Date : Thursday, 29. March 2012 to Thursday, 26. April 2012 Mo-Fr 8-22, closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Location : Architekturfoyer, HIL, Hönggerberg, ETH Zurich
Opening and book release with lecture:
28 March 2012, 6:30 p.m., Auditorium E3, HIL
Plaster is regarded as a prestige material in contemporary construction. Modern rendered surfaces are generally produced using standard processes as part of systems incorporating façade insulation. But the material and aesthetic value of plaster extends far beyond its conventional applications. A research team at the ETH Zurich has investigated the creative diversity underlying the production of rendered surfaces – a topic that is still rarely taught at architectural schools.
The exhibition, based on the eponymous publication, showcases the remarkable breadth of plastering processes and techniques. Using numerous examples, it sets out to show that plaster is anything but homogeneous. Displayed together with the tools used to make them, the rendered panels reveal the relationship between granularity, material thickness and application technique, providing a practical demonstration of the different materials and surfaces. There are plaster-rendered surfaces from a wide range of sources: from recent productions – by firms such as Hild und K, Munich and the Zurich-based EM2N and Romero & Schaefle – to representatives of techniques both new and old, some of them rediscovered, created using detailed formulations developed and tested at the ETH Zurich. The items on display form a visible and tangible complement to the simultaneously published book containing in-depth information on plaster finishes.
An exhibition by the Institute gta in collaboration with the chair of Architecture and Technology Annette Spiro, Faculty of Architecture, ETH Zurich
Catalogue:
Über Putz. Oberflächen entwickeln und realisieren
Ed. by Annette Spiro, Hartmut Göhler, Pinar Gönül
22 x 28 cm, brochure, 304 pages, approx. 300 ill. in colour
ISBN 978-3-85676-301-5
72.00 CHF / 60.00 Euro
Information and orderings
Main sponsors:
Schweizerischer Maler- und Gipserunternehmer-Verband SMGV
Saint-Gobain Weber AG, Dättwil
Other sponsors:
Greutol AG, Otelfingen
Sto AG, Niederglatt
Keimfarben AG, Diepoldsau
Meier-Ehrensperger AG, Zürich
Max Schweizer AG, Zürich
Supported by:
Karl Bubenhofer AG, Gossau
Flumroc AG, Flums
Pavatex SA, Cham/Fribourg
Organizer: gta Exhibitions
Date : Thursday, 29. March 2012 to Thursday, 26. April 2012 Mo-Fr 8-22, closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Location : Architekturfoyer, HIL, Hönggerberg, ETH Zurich
Opening and book release with lecture:
28 March 2012, 6:30 p.m., Auditorium E3, HIL
Plaster is regarded as a prestige material in contemporary construction. Modern rendered surfaces are generally produced using standard processes as part of systems incorporating façade insulation. But the material and aesthetic value of plaster extends far beyond its conventional applications. A research team at the ETH Zurich has investigated the creative diversity underlying the production of rendered surfaces – a topic that is still rarely taught at architectural schools.
The exhibition, based on the eponymous publication, showcases the remarkable breadth of plastering processes and techniques. Using numerous examples, it sets out to show that plaster is anything but homogeneous. Displayed together with the tools used to make them, the rendered panels reveal the relationship between granularity, material thickness and application technique, providing a practical demonstration of the different materials and surfaces. There are plaster-rendered surfaces from a wide range of sources: from recent productions – by firms such as Hild und K, Munich and the Zurich-based EM2N and Romero & Schaefle – to representatives of techniques both new and old, some of them rediscovered, created using detailed formulations developed and tested at the ETH Zurich. The items on display form a visible and tangible complement to the simultaneously published book containing in-depth information on plaster finishes.
An exhibition by the Institute gta in collaboration with the chair of Architecture and Technology Annette Spiro, Faculty of Architecture, ETH Zurich
Catalogue:
Über Putz. Oberflächen entwickeln und realisieren
Ed. by Annette Spiro, Hartmut Göhler, Pinar Gönül
22 x 28 cm, brochure, 304 pages, approx. 300 ill. in colour
ISBN 978-3-85676-301-5
72.00 CHF / 60.00 Euro
Information and orderings
Main sponsors:
Schweizerischer Maler- und Gipserunternehmer-Verband SMGV
Saint-Gobain Weber AG, Dättwil
Other sponsors:
Greutol AG, Otelfingen
Sto AG, Niederglatt
Keimfarben AG, Diepoldsau
Meier-Ehrensperger AG, Zürich
Max Schweizer AG, Zürich
Supported by:
Karl Bubenhofer AG, Gossau
Flumroc AG, Flums
Pavatex SA, Cham/Fribourg