Francesca Belloni

In the residential neighbourhoods of Zurich, the collaboration between EMI Architekt*innen and Christian Hörler intertwines architecture and art in a silent but profound dialogue. Hörler's sculptural interventions, integrated into the projects, transform matter into visual and spatial narration.

In Mulegns, a village of 16 inhabitants and a tower: Tor Alva intertwines baroque memory and 3D printing. A symbol of the Zuckerbäcker and ETH research, it combines art, technology and territory in a visionary work 30 metres high. An algorithmic dream in the heart of Grisons.

In the essay by the co-urator of Archi | 02, the relationship between art and architecture is investigated through historical examples and contemporary projects in which the boundary between the two disciplines becomes porous. A journey between experimentation and public commissioning, collective vision and individual poetics.

In the heart of the Zellweger park in Uster, the new Kunsthaus of the Walter A. Bechtler Foundation hosts a monumental installation by Walter De Maria. Art and architecture are integrated in an urban ecosystem where the exceptional becomes part of everyday life.

In Minusio, the Sanctuarium Artis Elisarion has been reborn thanks to a redevelopment project by Inches Geleta. A new underground foyer dialogues with the visionary legacy of Clarism, transforming the museum experience into a sensory journey through light, matter and spirituality.

With School Models, Florian Graf transforms the Hofacker schoolyard in Zurich into a playful and reflective landscape. Somewhere between play and architecture, the scale model sculptures mix up the proportions and invite children and adults to rediscover the school space with new eyes.

In Göschenen, the new Kunsthalle designed by Burkhalter Sumi fits into the alpine landscape like an avalanche wedge: a concrete shell that protects only two works of art, transforming a bare hall into a place of radical vision. Between silence, disorientation and material tension, art and architecture confront the force of the landscape.

Schönheit als Summe von Unvollkommenheiten, die Suche nach dem perfekten Mörtel und das Verhältnis zu einer äusserst speziellen Mandantin: Yvonne Farrell und Shelley McNamara, die Gründerinnen von Grafton Architects und Gewinnerinnen des Pritzker-Preises 2020, erzählen von ihrem Schaffen zwischen Denken und Praxis.