EUROPAN BELGIQUE/BELGIË/BELGIEN 143, rue ... - Europan Italia

Project owners
Georges Albert, head of cantonal Housing Office, Genève
Public authorities
Benedetto Antonini, Spatial planning division, canton of Ticino, Bellinzona
George Ganz, general secretary of the Swiss Conference of Public Works, Spatial Development and
Environmental Protection directors, Zürich
Michel Ruffieux, architect, head of Development and Construction Division, city of Geneva
Fritz Schumacher, cantonal architect, Basel-City
Brigit Wehrli-Schindler, head of Urban development department, city of Zürich
Teaching and research
Prof. Dr. Patrick Aebischer, president of the Federal Polytechnical School of Lausanne
Prof. Jean-Claude Badoux, civil engineer, former president of the Federal Polytechnical School of
Lausanne
Prof. Dietmar Eberle, architect, professor, Federal Polytechnical School of Zürich
Prof. Dr. Jean-Bernard Racine, geographer, head of Geography Institute, Lausanne University
Cultural personalities
Prof. Christoph Allenspach, professor at the School of Arts Décoratifs de Zurich, journalist, Freiburg
Köbi Gantenbein, chief editor, Hochparterre, Zürich
Dr. David Streiff, head of Culture federal office, Bern
Architects
Françoise Archambault, architect, Geneva
Oleg Calame, architect, Geneva
Kurt Gahler, architect, representing the Swiss Technical Union, FL-Schaan
Silvia Gmür, architect, president of the Swiss Architects Federation, Basel
Jacqueline Hadorn, architect, Town Planning Office, city of Bern, Thun
Daniel Kündig, architect, president, Swiss society of Engineers and Architects, Zürich
Daniel Niggli, architect, Zürich
Sites and prizes available
Just this once, Swiss do not propose any site for the session Europan 8.
But Swiss architects who meet the general requirements of European participation can register for any of
the 75 sites proposed by the 19 participating countries of Europan 8.
Legal provisions for foreign architects
In Switzerland, competitions are open to any architects located in Swiss or in any country belonging to the
ones that signs the OMC agreements on public markets and if architects meet the following requirements:
- to have a diploma or a diploma equivalence with the Zürich and Lausanne federal polytechnical schools,
or with the Institute of Architecture of the Geneva University (IAUG or EAUG), or with High Specialized
Studies (HES or ETS).
- to be registered with the architects professional register REG A or B (Swiss Foundation of engineers,
architects or technicians Registers.
In Europe, the swiss conditions are available ; therefore, European conditions precise more in details the
requirements for partnerships.
Implementations
Europan 1
1 - Jacques Richter. Lutry, draft on a mixed program, housing-craft. Yverdon-les-Bains, development of
multi-purpose dwellings prototypes “SWHOME”. Lausanne, construction of two “SWHOME” villas.
2 - Pascale Volait / Pierre Bureau. Neuchâtel, “Street furniture” competition in 1990 : 1-st prize,
construction follow-up for 72 bus shelters for the Société générale d’affichage, the city and the Neuchâtel
public transportations. Neuchâtel, draft and feasibility study for an apartment building “Europan” type with
28 dwellings.
3 - Ivo Frei. Zürich, draft of a residential area for Oerlikon Bührle.