Archizoom (EPFL)

Last updated
Archizoom is located in the SG building, on the campus of the Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne. EPFL Stalingrad 2.jpg
Archizoom is located in the SG building, on the campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.


Archizoom
Archizoom (EPFL)
Location EPFL Campus
DirectorENAC


Archizoom is an architecture museum settled on the campus of EPFL, in Lausanne, Switzerland. It provides a public programme of exhibitions, lectures and events for the ENAC Faculty.

Contents

History

This programme was created in 1974 [1] by Edith Bianchi, [2] a graphic designer who wished to both complement education at the school of architecture and communicate about architecture to a general audience.

In 2007, with impetus from architect Harry Gugger, then associate of the firm Herzog & de Meuron and professor at the EPFL, the scope of the gallery was broadened and it was renamed Archizoom. [3]

Mission

Under the leadership of the new director and art historian Cyril Veillon, the Archizoom gallery focuses on the interdisciplinary aspects of the architecture and highlights its close relationship with art, science, engineering and the humanities. Borrowing architecture critic Paul Goldberger’s words, Archizoom’s programme addresses the question of ‘why architecture matters’. [4]

Exhibitions

Archizoom produces around 4-6 temporary exhibitions per year about international and regional architecture. Archives of all exhibitions since 1974 can be consulted on Archizoom website.

Lectures

Archizoom hosts around 12-15 events (lectures, symposium, exhibition openings, guided visits, workshops for kids) per year related to the exhibitions and on the cultural dimension of the built environment. The lectures are usually recorded and broadcast on Archizoom YouTube channel.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lausanne</span> Capital city of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne</span> Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland. Established in 1853, EPFL has placed itself as a world class university specializing in engineering and natural sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Lausanne</span> University located in Lausanne, Switzerland

The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities in the world to be in continuous operation. As of fall 2017, about 15,000 students and 3,300 employees studied and worked at the university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university, which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with other universities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ETH Zurich</span> Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich

ETH Zurich is a public research university in Zürich, Switzerland. Founded by the Swiss federal government in 1854, it was modeled on the École polytechnique in Paris, with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists; the school focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, although its 16 departments span a variety of disciplines and subjects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Archizoom Associati</span>

Archizoom Associati was a design studio from Florence, Italy founded in 1966. The group that founded the studio consists of Andrea Branzi, Gilberto Corretti, Paolo Deganello and Massimo Morozzi ; later in 1968 the group was joined by Dario Bartolini (designer) and Lucia Bartolini (designer).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SANAA</span>

SANAA is an architectural firm based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1995 by architects Kazuyo Sejima (1956–) and Ryue Nishizawa (1966–), who were awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2010. Notable works include the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion in Toledo, Ohio; the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York; the Rolex Learning Center at the EPFL in Lausanne; the Serpentine Pavilion in London; the Christian Dior Building in Omotesandō, Tokyo; the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa; the Louvre-Lens Museum in France; and the Bocconi New Campus in Milan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucy Mackintosh Gallery</span>

The Lucy Mackintosh gallery was a commercial contemporary art space located in Lausanne, Switzerland between 2004 and 2013. It exhibited Swiss and international contemporary art and artists. The gallery also regularly invited designers to present their work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HEC Lausanne</span>

HEC Lausanne, also called the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. Since 1911, HEC Lausanne has been developing teaching and research in the field of business and economics. The school is considered one of the best business schools in Switzerland. HEC Lausanne offers Bachelor, Master, and PhD degrees, as well as executive education, including a part-time Executive MBA, short, open courses, and tailor-made programs for organizations.

Marc Vincent Kalinka is an Italo-Russian artist who began his career as visual artist in 2003 with a deep research on personality alterations producing the works “Ham let it be” and “Who is supposed to be who”, where physical and language techniques were used to build a new form of communication through modified states of the personality.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nitza Metzger-Szmuk</span> Israeli architect and preservationist

Nitza Metzger-Szmuk is an Israeli architect, and Emet Prize laureate in architecture for her work on documentation and preservation of Tel Aviv's White City. She also received the Rokach Prize in 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rolex Learning Center</span> Campus building in Switzerland

The Rolex Learning Center is the campus hub and library for the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Designed by the winners of 2010 Pritzker Prize, Japanese-duo SANAA, it opened on 22 February 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Philippe Rahm</span>

Philippe Rahm Dipl. EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Switzerland 1993 is a principal architect in the office of Philippe Rahm architectes, based in Paris, France. His work, which extends the field of architecture from the physiological scale of the body to the climatic scale of the city has received an international audience in the context of sustainability.

Museum of Architecture or Architecture Museum may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Balelec Festival</span> Music festival in Switzerland

The Balelec Festival is the largest musical event organized by students in Europe. It is usually the first open-air music festival happening in Switzerland each year during Spring. It is organised by volunteers on the campus of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne near lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland around the beginning of May.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Musée Bolo</span>

The Musée Bolo or Swiss Museum of Computer Science, Digital Culture and Video Games is a private museum dedicated to the digital revolution. Its exhibition space is located on the site of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Romandy, Switzerland. Its main storage area is located near Lausanne Train Station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lausanne campus</span>

The Lausanne campus or Dorigny university campus is a large area in Switzerland where the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and several other institutions are located. It is in Dorigny, towards the west of Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva. The site is about 2.2 kilometres wide and 31,000 people study and work there.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Kerez</span> Swiss architect (born 1962)

Christian Kerez is a Swiss architect, architectural photographer and a university professor.

Roberto Gargiani is an Italian architectural historian and a full professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrick Moser</span> Swiss writer, translator, art historian, and museologist

Patrick Moser is a Swiss writer, translator, art historian, and museologist. He is the founder and curator of the Museum "Le Lac" Le Corbusier.

References

  1. Archizoom's online archives
  2. Retrospective of the posters designed by Edith Bianchi. "Edith Bianchi, 35 ans d'affiches d'architecture", Lausanne, April–May 2008
  3. City of Lausanne, official website "Archizoom: Making better use of space"
  4. Presentation leaflet of the museum and its exhibitions from 2007 until 2011. "Why Architecture Matters", Editions Archizoom, Lausanne, 2011

46°31′16″N6°33′52″E / 46.52124097°N 6.56439599°E / 46.52124097; 6.56439599