Panel Discussion, Annemarie Burckhardt and Karin Gimmi
Organizer: Assistant Professor's Chair Stalder
Date : Thursday, 25. November 2010
Time : 17:00
Location : HIL H 40.9
“Seriously, we are going to build a new city.” This sentence stems from one of the most regarded manifestos of the Swiss postwar years: Achtung: Die Schweiz. When the red pamphlet appeared in 1955, it caused a national sensation. In it, its authors—the writer and architect Max Frisch (1911–1991), the sociologist Lucius Burckhardt (1925–2003), and the historian and essayist Markus Kutter (1925–2005)—issue a stern warning about the country’s increasing sprawl and propose the creation of a 30,000-person model city as an antidote to “Americanization.” The work would prove a vital contribution to debates about Swiss urbanization and the role of the utopia in architecture and urban planning.
After an introduction by the art historian Karin Gimmi, the artist Annemarie Burckhardt—the long-time companion of Lucius Burckhardt—will talk about how the manifesto came to be written and its historical background.
Organizer: Assistant Professor's Chair Stalder
Date : Thursday, 25. November 2010
Time : 17:00
Location : HIL H 40.9
“Seriously, we are going to build a new city.” This sentence stems from one of the most regarded manifestos of the Swiss postwar years: Achtung: Die Schweiz. When the red pamphlet appeared in 1955, it caused a national sensation. In it, its authors—the writer and architect Max Frisch (1911–1991), the sociologist Lucius Burckhardt (1925–2003), and the historian and essayist Markus Kutter (1925–2005)—issue a stern warning about the country’s increasing sprawl and propose the creation of a 30,000-person model city as an antidote to “Americanization.” The work would prove a vital contribution to debates about Swiss urbanization and the role of the utopia in architecture and urban planning.
After an introduction by the art historian Karin Gimmi, the artist Annemarie Burckhardt—the long-time companion of Lucius Burckhardt—will talk about how the manifesto came to be written and its historical background.