With Schweizweit, arc en rêve looks at the European architectural scene. Since the second half of the twentieth century, Switzerland has been an outstanding hotbed of architectural design. Schweizweit looks at how contemporary architectural design is evolving in the country: an evolution that also can be observed elsewhere in Europe, beyond the borders of Switzerland. Schweizweit offers a snapshot of architectural production in Switzerland today. Although the image of Swiss architecture, especially from an international perspective, remains heavily influenced by the minimalism of the 1990s, current reality at regional level is far more diverse. Schweizweit forms a visual atlas of recent architecture in the country, produced in collaboration with 160 firms operating in all the regions of Switzerland?
The exhibition has been built around three questions put to architects:
Which of your projects do you see as most important in terms of architectural production in Switzerland
Which recent design by another architect do you find particularly significant?
Which vernacular building or spatial situation has inspired your conception architecture
Schweizweit, according to Andreas Ruby, powerfully reveals the positive architectural potential generated by the cultural, historical, linguistic and geographical differences that so sharply characterise Switzerland.
Schweizweit takes the form of a vast visual panorama presenting the work of Swiss architects.