Lucius Burckhardt
Lucius Burckhardt
Exhibition and educational program for the
Pavilion of Switzerland at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia
A collaboration of
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Herzog & de Meuron and gta Exhibitions
Information event
13 March 2014
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL, gta exhibitions
12.45am: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung (ETH Zurich)
2.45pm: Lehrcanapé with lectures by Markus Ritter (Editor of Burckhardt writings, Basel) and Prof. Martin Schmitz (student of Burckhardt and publisher, Berlin)
Workshop I
14-16 April 2014, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, with Asad Raza
Workshop II
18 May 2014, ETH Zurich, Alumni-Pavillon Polyterrasse, with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Tino Sehgal and Philippe Pareno
Workshop III
29 May 2014, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, with Mirko Zardini (Canadian Centre for Architecture)
Architecture Biennale 2014 in Venice
7 June – 23 November 2014
On the occasion of this year's Swiss Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale in Venice curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and commissioned by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Herzog & de Meuron are collaborating with gta exhibitions on an experimental presentation of Burckhardt's work. In the early 1970's Burckhardt was visiting professor at the Architecture Department of the ETH Zurich and had an important influence on the study of architecture. Burckhardt established the importance of sociological questions in architecture education and founded the non-hierarchic lecture and discussion format Lehrcanapé. «Lucius Burckhardt» is an education program involving the students of the Architecture Department as mediators of the legacy of Burckhardt for the exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion later this year.
Photos: Sandi Paucic, Daniela Meyer
