2013 Wallenberg Award; Achtung: die Landschaft Research and Travel

Wallenberg Travel Award 2014

Carly Gertler

Switzerland / Italy Achtung: die Landschaft

Carly Gertler 2013 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipient Switzerland / Italy ACHTUNG: die Landschaft

Thanks to Christian Stayner for his guidance, plenitude of knowledge and constant support as well as the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation for providing me with the possibility of this experience. My gratitude for the time made possible by the award, and the knowledge gained from my experiences, is abundant and full.

In 1955 Max Frisch, Lucius Burckhardt and Markus Kutter published Achtung: Die Schweiz, a warning about the increasing sprawl throughout the Swiss landscape and a plea for a new and more controlled level of urbanity.

Fifty-eight years later, the level of alarm against the increasing levels of urban sprawl has not diminished and yet single-family houses and low-density settlements still continue to cover the Swiss landscape. Openly alluding to the book of 1955, ETH Studio Basel maintains a research project Achtung: die Landschaft, which attempts at offering a different yet radical alternative to the problems of land, landscape and resources consumption that contemporary forms of urbanization imply.

From September to December, 2014, I chose to honor my Wallenberg Travel Award by participating in the ETH Achtung: die Landschaft research project through my ongoing degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Under Professors Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, I was able to expand my understanding of the relationship between the city and its surroundings within the socio-economic and political conditions specific to Switzerland.

Supplementing this research, trips throughout the larger Swiss territory as well as nearby regions of Italy and France brought a closer lens to slowly study the specifics of the built environment.

This book will visually elaborate on both the research and the travel experiences, vacillating between examples of domestic architecture, cultural institutions, curated landscapes, insularities in the built environment, and overlapping infrastructures and domestic spaces.

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ETH Studio Basel

Morger & Delego Architekten

Basel, Switzerland

The Nordic Pavilion Giardini, Venice Biennale

Sverre Fehn

Venice, Italy

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The US Pavilion Giardini, Venice Biennale

William Adams Delano and Chester Holmes Aldrich

Venice, Italy

Theatre du Jorat

Henri Maillard

MÊzières, Switzerland

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Theatre du Jorat

Henri Maillard

MÊzières, Switzerland

MFO-Park

Burckhardt + Partner and Raderschall Landschaftsarchitekten AG

Neu-Oerlikon, Zurich Switzerland

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Piuskirche

Franz F端eg

Meggen, Lucerne Switzerland

Piuskirche

Franz F端eg

Meggen, Lucerne Switzerland

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CitĂŠ du Lignon

Georges Addor

Geneva, Switzerland

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CitĂŠ du Lignon

Georges Addor

Geneva, Switzerland

CitĂŠ du Lignon Housing Entry

Georges Addor

Geneva, Switzerland

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The Therme Vals

Peter Zumthor

Vals, Switzerland

Swiss Landscape

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Vals, Switzerland

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Swiss Landscape

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Vals, Switzerland

Hotel 7132 Carpet colors and wall

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Vals, Switzerland

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Hotel 7132

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Vals, Switzerland

Swiss landscape

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Vals, Switzerland

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Swiss Landscape Vertical farming irrigation

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Vals, Switzerland

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The Therme Vals

Peter Zumthor

Vals, Switzerland

Villa Le Lac

Le Corbusier

Corseaux, Switzerland

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Villa Le Lac Mother’s bedroom view

Le Corbusier

Corseaux, Switzerland

Villa Le Lac Mother’s bedroom view

Le Corbusier

Corseaux, Switzerland

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Villa Le Lac

Le Corbusier

Corseaux, Switzerland

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Villa Le Lac Mother’s bedroom color

Le Corbusier

Corseaux, Switzerland

Villa Le Lac Bathroom ceiling

Le Corbusier

Corseaux, Switzerland

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House in Balsthal

Pascal Flammer

Balsthal, Switzerland

EPFL Rolex Learning Center

SANAA

Lausanne, Switzerland

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EPFL Rolex Learning Center

SANAA

Lausanne, Switzerland

EPFL Rolex Learning Center

SANAA

Lausanne, Switzerland

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The Goetheanum

Rudolf Steiner

Dornach, Switzerland

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The Goetheanum

Rudolf Steiner

Dornach, Switzerland

The Goetheanum

Rudolf Steiner

Dornach, Switzerland

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The Goetheanum

Rudolf Steiner

Dornach, Switzerland

The Goetheanum

Rudolf Steiner

Dornach, Switzerland

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Apartment construction

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Uster, Switzerland

The Danish Pavilion Giardini, Venice Biennale

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Venice, Italy

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Giardini, Venice Biennale Ticket Booth

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Venice, Italy

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The Austrian Pavilion Giardini, Venice Biennale

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Venice, Italy

Central Pavilion Courtyard Giardini, Venice Biennale

Carlo Scarpa

Venice, Italy

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Brion-Vega Cemetery Entry

Carlo Scarpa

San Vito d’Altivole, Italy

Brion-Vega Cemetery Entry

Carlo Scarpa

San Vito d’Altivole, Italy

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Brion-Vega Cemetery

Carlo Scarpa

San Vito d’Altivole, Italy

Brion-Vega Cemetery

Carlo Scarpa

San Vito d’Altivole, Italy

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Brion-Vega Cemetery

Carlo Scarpa

San Vito d’Altivole, Italy

Brion-Vega Cemetery

Carlo Scarpa

San Vito d’Altivole, Italy

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Siedlung Halen Bedroom

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

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Siedlung Halen Basement

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

Siedlung Halen Basement

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

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Siedlung Halen

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

Siedlung Halen

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

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Siedlung Halen

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

Siedlung Halen

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

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Siedlung Halen

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

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Siedlung Halen Public pool

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

Siedlung Halen Public pool

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

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Siedlung Halen

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

Siedlung Halen

Atelier 5

Kirchlindach, Switzerland

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Romainmotier Abbey Church

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Romainmotier, Switzerland

Romainmotier Abbey Church

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Romainmotier, Switzerland

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Housing

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Pratteln, Switzerland

Logistic Center

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Pratteln, Switzerland

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Logistic Center

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Pratteln, Switzerland

Logistic Center

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Pratteln, Switzerland

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House and Plantzer Plant

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Pratteln, Switzerland

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Schweizerhalle

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Muttenz, Switzerland

Schweizerhalle

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Muttenz, Switzerland

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House in Elie Gouret

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Elie Gouret, Switzerland

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Schweizerhalle

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Muttenz, Switzerland

Schweizerhalle

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Muttenz, Switzerland

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Construction Site

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Pratteln, Switzerland

Unbuilt / Built Edge

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Pratteln, Switzerland

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Freidorf Housing commune

Hannes Meyer

Muttenz, Switzerland

Book produced by Carly Gertler in December 2014 for the use of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. All photographs property of Carly Gertler.