Not only the profession of the Architect and Master Builder developed as a result of industrial revolution, but that of the Building Engineer as well. During the collaboration of these disciplines there arose a tradition of long, controversial debate between their conflicting priorities. Today’s architectural tendencies are evidence of a form generated design that show little regard for structural realities. In Switzerland however, remarkable buildings and projects have been realized within the last 20 years that point to a multidisciplinary collaboration with a strong dialogue of debate. The exhibition CONSTRUCTOR’S DIALOGUE searches for traces on the conditions, possibilities and limits of this dialogue.

With contributions by :
VON BALLMOOS KRUCKER ARCHITEKTEN / MARCEL MEILI, MARKUS PETER ARCHITEKTEN / JÜRG CONZETT INGENIEUR / JÜNGLING UND HAGMANN ARCHITEKTEN / DR. SCHWARTZ CONSULTING / RISTIAN KEREZ ARCHITEKT / DR. LÜCHINGER + MEYER INGENIEURE / KNAPKIEWICZ & ICKERT ARCHITEKTEN / AGPS ARCHITEKTEN / WGG SCHNETZER PUSKAS INGENIEURE / FÜRST LAFFRANCHI INGENIEURE / WALT + GALMARINI INGENIEURE / CHRISTIAN PENZEL, ARCHITEKT / RISTOPHBAUMBERGER, PHILOSOPH / CHRISTOPH WIESER, ARCHITEKTURTHEORETIKER / AITA FLURY, ARCHITEKTIN