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.