The richness of cultural exchanges between Italy and Switzerland, especially in terms of architectural culture, is the framework within which this publication was conceived and structured. The editorial project retraces and expands some of the themes addressed during the first seven years of the Swiss Talks, born in 2017 as a cultural partnership between the Istituto Svizzero and the architecture magazine Casabella.
The topics, each forming a chapter of the book (Zurich-Milan and return;
Architecture in the Age of Tourism;
A new life;
Architecture as a cultural crossover;
Experimental architecture;
Art and architecture), are addressed by the invited authors through emblematic projects and short explanatory texts. The diversity, including generational, of the personalities involved reflects and enhances the multiplicity of points of view that is intrinsic to Swiss culture. Avariety of attitudes that also characterises contemporary architectural discourse, reflected in an inclusive and plural book form.
Francesca Chiorino (born 1978 in Biella) is an architect, an author and a curator. She studied at Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia and ETSAB Barcelona. She published books and critical texts in magazines and monographic volumes and she has been invited lecturer in conferences. Since 2005 she is member of Casabella magazine editorial board. In 2011 she opened her own architecture studio, and since 2013 she has been involved in conceiving a national architecture award aimed at young architects.
Federico Tranfa (born 1966 in Milan) is an architect, an author and a curator. He studied at the Polytechnic of Milan and in Denmark, at the Aarhus Arkitektskolen. In 2002 he opened his own architecture studio with Laura Pasquini, with whom he shares the main professional assignments. Invited lecturer in seminars, conferences, institutions and universities, he published critical texts and essays in magazines and monographic volumes. Since 2013 he has been editor of Casabella and since 2016 member of the editorial board.
Edited by Francesca Chiorino and Federico Tranfa.
Essay by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani.
Contributions by Francesca Chiorino, Maria Conen (Conen Sigl), Irina Davidovici, Roger Diener (Diener & Diener), Tom Emerson (6a), Catherine Gay Menzel (GayMenzel), Maria Kahn, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Elli Mosayebi (EMI), Anna Puigjaner (Maio), Armando Ruinelli (Ruinelli Associati), Maria Saiz (Rapin Saiz), Christian Sumi (Burkhalter Sumi), Francesca Torzo, Federico Tranfa, Günther Vogt (vogt-la), Selina Walder (Nickisch Walder), Nemanja Zimonjic (TEN studio).
2024 (publication expected by 4th quarter)
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
17 x 24 cm (softcover)
ISBN : 978-2-493283-25-2
EAN : 9782493283252
forthcoming
