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BDE Architekten – Archhöfe Winterthur
A monography on one of the most noteworthy new buildings in Switzerland
One building – three uses
Building in an urban context
BDE Architekten
Founded in 2002 by Phil ipp Brunn-
schweiler, Matthias Denzler and
Oliver Erb. Amadeus Dorsch joined
BDE Architekten as a partner in
2010. Their projects include the
rectory Steinhausen (2005) and the
parish hall Wiesendangen (2007)
– which received the architecture
award for the region Winterthur –
among others. At the moment they
are working on several projects,
among them the bus depot Grüze-
feld in Winterthur, the residential
and retail development Schloss-
berg in Baden as well as residen-
tial buildings at the lake in Arbon
and in Winterthur.
Winterthur has undergone a structural change during the last decades from an industrial working-
class town to an attractive urban agglomeration. The architectonic face of the city has meanwhile
changed as well.
The building of the Archhöfe played an important part in this, closing off the station square at its
southern end and thereby taking up an attractive inner-city location. The eye-catching monolithic
building combines shopping center, service sector and residential development under one tent-
shaped roof. This makes the Archhöfe an impressive example of multifunctional architecture as
well as a construction successfully planned and incorporated into a grown urban surrounding.
The book presents the project in plans and pictures, an essay by architecture critic Hubertus Adam
and further documentations. Its beginnings date back to a competition in 2003, when BDE Archi-
tekten, who secured the project back then, were still an up-and-coming team. Today, ten years
later, they have grown to be a renowned architectural office.
BDE Archi tekten – Archhöfe Winterthur
Hubertus Adam (ed.)
With texts by Hubertus Adam, BDE
Architekten and Fritz Schumacher,
and photopraphs by Christian Schwager
German
approx. 112 pages
approx. 160 color illustrations and plans
24 x 28 cm
Linen hardcover
Euro (D) 46.–, Euro (A) 47.30, CHF 58.–
ISBN 978-3-7212-0891-7
November 2013 BDE ArchitEktEn Archhöfe WinterthurhErAusgEgEBEn von huBErtus ADAm
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Riken Yamamoto. How to make a city
Pioneering concepts for a dense urban architecture
Selected works by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto
Vernissage and grand opening of exhibition at the Architecture Gallery Lucerne on October 16, 2013
Riken Yamamoto (*1945) founded
the architectural office Riken
Yamamoto & Field Shop in 1973.
Projects l ike the Yokohama Public
Housing, the Future University
Hakodate or the Yokosuka Museum
of Art have gained international
attention. One of the recurring
themes in Yamamoto’s buildings is
the importance of the public
space, the possibil ity of social
interaction. From 2002 to 2007 he
was a professor at Kogakuin
University and from 2007 to 2011
he taught at the State University
Yokohama. Since 2011, Yamamoto
has been a partner professor there
and also holds a special chair for
graduate studies in the area of
constructional engineering at the
University of Nihon.
The works of Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto are of outstanding importance in contemporary
Japanese architecture. His aim is to always integrate the social aspects of an assignment into his
architecture.
The publication How to make a city focuses on Yamamoto’s long-standing involvement with the
topic of the dense city. The book, published along with the exhibition of the same name at the Ar-
chitecture Gallery Lucerne, picks up on several selected newer works of the office Riken Yamamoto,
among them the project The Circle at Zurich Airport. This project originated from a competition in
2009, which Yamamoto won despite a large number of international submissions.
The multifunctional building complex, whose inner organisation adapts medieval city structures in
a modern form, is based on Yamamoto’s research project on the Local Community Area, which is
also presented in the publication. It explores surprising as well as fascinating possibilities for the
aesthetic and sustainable design of dense urban structures.
Riken Yamamoto.How to make a city
Architekturgalerie Luzern (ed.)
With an interview by Hubertus
Adam with Kees Christiaanse,
Hiromi Hosoya and Riken
Yamamoto
German / English
32 pages, approx. 30 i l lustrations
and plans
22 × 27.4 cm
Softcover with dust jacket and
Japanese binding
approx. Euro (D) 25.50, (A) 26.20,
CHF 32.–
ISBN 978-3-7212-0888-7
October 2013
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ARCHITECTUREniggli 3
DESIGN
Left: Axonometry project “Im
Hard”, Ateliers für Gestalter,
1934
Below: Rock house, Sassalto
Centovalli, exterior view
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Alfred Altherr junior – Protagonist of Swiss Living Culture
The first publication on Alfred Altherr junior – a pioneer of furniture design
Vernissage and book presentation at the Forum of Architecture in Zurich on
November 7, 2013
Design+Design is a platform for
the cultivation of design culture,
especially vintage design. They
are based in Baden and regularly
host the Vintage Furniture Salon,
which features international gallery
owners. Joan Bil l ing and Samuel
Eberli believe that originals from
their different time periods exude a
certain energy and soul.
www.designunddesign.ch
Alfred Altherr junior made his mark in the area of modern Swiss architecture as designer, architect,
museum director, lecturer and exhibition designer. Joan Billing and Samuel Eberli from
Design+Design reviewed and researched the comprehensive estate of this protagonist of Moder-
nism. They paved the way for a striking publication that puts Altherr and his work back into the
spotlight.
Already in his early years, Altherr was able to realize his first design for a steel tube lounger at the
company Embru in Rüti. He gained relevant experience during his internship with Le Corbusier
and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. Altherr played an important part as an advocate of Swiss living cul-
ture He was a co-founder of the award “Die gute Form” and founder of the first “objective fur-
nishing design advice center” in Winterthur. His aim was to promote the new lifestyle not only to
the young Swiss but also to the older generation.
This publication shows that design culture is able to consolidate past and present. With texts by
Alfred Altherr, Arthur Rüegg, Michael Hanak, Susanna Koeberle, Peter Lepel, Claude Lichtenstein
and Juho Nyberg.
Alfred Altherr junior – Protagonist of Swiss Living Culture
Design+Design (ed.)
With texts by Alfred Altherr, Arthur
Rüegg, Michael Hanak, Susanna Koe-
berle, Peter Lepel, Claude Lichtenstein
and Juho Nyberg.
German
approx. 132 pages
approx. 107 illustrations
21 x 27 cm
Softcover
Euro (D) 29.80 , (A) 30.60, CHF 38.–
ISBN 978-3-7212-0893-1
November 2013
ARCHITEKTUR
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006Ein Protagonist der Schweizer WohnkulturEine Einschätzung zu Alfred Altherr
Text: Joan Billing und Samuel Eberli Bilder: Nachlass Alfred Altherr
Obwohl das Schaffen von Alfred Altherr junior (1911–1972) unzählige Ausstellun- gen im In- und Ausland, Pu-blikationen, Bauten und
Möbel umfasst, wird sein Werk erst heute wieder allmählich entdeckt und erstmals in einen Kontext gestellt. Sein vielschichtiges Lebenswerk zählt zu den modernen An-strengungen zur damaligen neuen Wohn-kultur und ihrer Verbreitung.
Aufmerksamkeit wird heute vor allem den lautesten Mitmenschen zuteil – und auch ohne Unterbruch eingefordert. Egal, in welcher Sparte: Es werden Stars erkoren und gefeiert. Für den jungen Alfred Altherr, aufgewachsen in einem protestantischen Haushalt, dürften vor hundert Jahren an-dere Prioritäten prägend gewesen sein als die Selbstdarstellung. Sonst wäre es heu-te kaum nötig, ihn ins ö�entliche Bewusst-sein zurückzuholen, und sein Werk wäre schon längst aufgearbeitet. So jedoch ist Alfred Altherr junior kaum mehr bekannt – ganz im Gegensatz zu einigen seiner Ar-beiten, die heute noch unsere Umgebung
mitgestalten, wie zum Beispiel die Garten-bank, die für die «Landi» 1939 entstanden ist. Unaufdringlich und ohne Schmuck, fast puritanisch, aber bequem steht sie noch heute in vielen Parks und an ö�entli-chen Wegen.
Dass Alfred Altherr in seiner frühesten Ju-gend ausreichend Aufmerksamkeit und auch das nötige Rüstzeug erhielt, ist dank der Stellung seines Vaters als Direktor der Kunstgewerbeschule und des Kunstge-werbemuseums Zürich anzunehmen. Durch einen Bekanntenkreis im Bereich der Pro-tagonisten des Neuen Bauens in Deutsch-land, des Bauhauses, des Deutschen Werk-bundes sowie der Schweizer Design- und Architekturelite jener Zeit kam der noch sehr junge Altherr auch mit der damals modernsten Art der Möbelherstellung in Kontakt: der Produktion von Stahlrohrmö-beln. Es lag nahe, dass Alfred Altherr sich früh für den Weg des Architekten und De-signers entschied. Mit nur 20 Jahren konnte er bei der Firma Embru in Rüti sei-ne erste eigene Entwicklung einer Stahl-rohrliege ausführen. Embru war zu jener
Zeit der Tre�- und Angelpunkt der Prota-gonisten der europäischen Moderne. Ent-würfe von Marcel Breuer, Werner Max Mo-ser, Le Corbusier, Alfred Roth und Alvar Aalto wurden dort ausgeführt.
Ebenso positiv dürfte nach seiner Bau-zeichnerlehre das Volontariat bei Le Cor-busier und Pierre Jeanneret in Paris von den Zürcher Architektenkreisen um Karl Moser vermerkt worden sein. In dieser prägenden Zeit, als die Pioniere der Mo-derne die Gesellschaft und ihr Umfeld zu verändern begannen, fand Alfred Altherr nicht zuletzt durch die Freundschaft mit dem japanischen Architekten Junzo Saka-kura bereits mit 19 Jahren in Paris zu sei-nen grundlegenden Positionen, die ihn sein Leben lang begleiteten und seine Lie-be zur ostasiatischen Kultur und Architek-tur stärkten. Dies wiederum brachte ihn über 30 Jahre später dazu, eine beach-tenswerte Publikation über die japanische Architektur herauszugeben.
Vollständig in den Stand des selbsterwer-benden Architekten nach moderner Prä-
01 Alfred Altherr, in der Zeit um Paris
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DESIGN
Left: Airport Berlin Branden-
burg, signage and orientation
system for indoor and outdoor
areas
Below: Site plan for the electri-
city plant in Berlin’s city center.
Laser-engraved in acrylic
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Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg
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1 : 1 – Signage, Orientation, Identity
How are you going to find your bearings at the new Berlin airport?
Award-winning signage and orientation systems by Berlin-based office Moniteurs
Founded 1994 in Berlin, the office
Moniteurs is today headed by three
partners – Heike Nehl, Sibylle
Schlaich, and Isolde Frey. Moniteurs
develops concepts for the visual
communication of companies,
institutes, organisations, and NGOs.
They also design print and digital
media as well as graphical spatial
elements . Their aim is to illustrate
content in an easily comprehensible
form, convey dates and facts and
include people and their needs when
creating designs.
1 : 1 – Signage, Orientation, Identity is a special book. It not only describes the projects of the
last ten years and the way of working of the communications design company Moniteurs, but the
projects are also graphically brought into focus: in this way the book shows Moniteurs’ orientation
systems on a 1:1 scale. The concepts of individual projects are presented in short, concise texts
with many photographs and infographics, while an interview with the three owners of the company,
Heike Nehl, Sibylle Schlaich and Isolde Frey, gives an insight into their approach.
Moniteurs has existed since 1994. In addition to the design of signage and orientation systems,
the focal points of the company include information design and corporate design. This range is
reflected in the diversity, depth and precision of the projects. Many of them have received awards,
including the red dot award for the design of the orientation system for the “Aufbau Haus”, and the
Iconic Design Award 2013 for the “Potsdamer Platz” orientation system. The BMW Plant Orientation
System project was included in the touring exhibition of the Goethe Institute The Dimension of
Surface – Communications Design in Germany.
1 : 1 – Signage, Orien-tation, Identity
Moniteurs (Ed.)
English/German
224 pages
144 illustrations
23 × 28.5 cm
Softcover with flaps
Euro (D) 49.80, (A) 51.20, CHF 62.–
Englisch edition:
ISBN 978-3-7212-0890-0
German edition:
ISBN 978-3-7212-0889-4
October 2013
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Leitsysteme Orientierung Identität
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Zwei große Unternehmen haben ihren Sitz im Aufbau Haus: Die
„Aufbau Verlagsgruppe“ und „Modulor“ – ein Materialanbieter,
der als „Planet Modulor“ weitere Dienstleister aus Kreativ-
industrie und Handwerk ins Haus holte. Die Themen der beiden
Hauptmieter – Schrift und Material – bildeten den Ausgangs-
punkt für die Gestaltung des Orientierungssystems. An seiner
Herstellung – so die Idee von Moniteurs – sollten Handwerker
des „Planet Modulor“ beteiligt sein. Das Konzept der „mate-
rialisierten Schrift“ präsentiert sich nun in Form von gefrästen
Zeilen aus beschichteter Trägerplatte. Die einzelnen Zeilen
sind leicht auswechselbar und können bei Mieterwechsel gut
verändert werden. Kombiniert werden diese mit dreidimensional
anmutenden Kennzeichen auf der Wand. So entsteht bei aller
Vielfalt der Mieter ein übergeordnetes Erscheinungsbild, das
dem Haus seine eigene Identität verleiht.
Aufbau Haus
Leit- und Orientierungssystem
Fassade und Innenbereich
Berlin 2011
Auszeichnungen
European Design Awards 2012
reddot design award 2012
Bundesdesignpreis 2012
(nominiert)
Auftraggeber
Moritzplatz 1 Entwicklungs-
gesellschaft mbH
Architektur
Clarke und Kuhn
freie Architekten BDA
Nutzfläche
17.500 qm
110
1 : 1 Flughafen
Berlin Brandenburg
> Seite 64 Abflug 07Flughafen
Berlin Brandenburg
> Seite 64 > Seite 54 Digitaldruck auf Folie
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Neue Schriften. New Typefaces. Positions and Perspectives
Fascinating insights into the world of type design
Petra Eisele studied Art History and
German Studies. Research associate
for the History and Theory of Design
at the Bauhaus University Weimar.
She has been a professor of History
and Theory of Design at the FH
Mainz since 2006.
Isabel Naegele studied Visual Arts
at the HfG-Offenbach; in 1983 she
started studying Medicine in
Frankfurt a. M. Doctorate at the
Goethe University. Since 1999,
professor of Typography and Basics
of Design at the FH Mainz.
Annette Ludwig has been director
of the Gutenberg-Museum Mainz
since 2011.
Neue Schriften. New Typefaces. offers insight into the fascinating world of type design. Positions
in contemporary type design are presented in words and pictures: key protagonists offer insights
into their thinking and working, take a position on current developments under the new technical,
aesthetic and socio-political conditions.
While in the 1970s just a few hundred new typefaces were published, today we can choose from
tens of thousands of fonts — with an upward tendency. This publication, however, shows that cur-
rent type design is not subject to randomness or a fashionable hype. Seventy different type designs
present an overview of current developments. For the exhibition Call for Type. New Fonts. New
Typefaces. at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, twenty typefaces were chosen and expanded on in
very personal reflections by their designers, which take the form of interviews in the book. From the
rich international cosmos of typefaces, the book presents experimental type designs, based either
on a spontaneous idea or the concept of an individually chosen design project; there are display
fonts with a small range of styles or typefaces for books with large type families, which, often over
a number of years, were developed systematically with passion, endurance and an unswerving
attention to characteristic detail.
Therefore this publication not only documents a high professionalism, but also a great and passio-
nate enthusiasm as the driving force of today’s type designers.
Neue Schriften. New Typefaces.Positions and Perspectives
Isabel Naegele, Petra Eisele,
Annette Ludwig (eds.), a project by
the Gutenberg-Museum Mainz
German/English
258 pages
numerous type specimens
17 x 22.5 cm
Swiss brochure
Euro (D) 29,80, (A) 30,60, CHF 38.–
ISBN 978-3-7212-0892-4
November 2013
TYPOGRAPHYniggli 9
PHOTOGRAPHY
Left: Plates by Phil ip Leutert
Below: Blitzl icht-Skulpturen by
Dominique Teufen
BENTELI10
Innovative pictures by young photographers
The winning works on tour in Switzerland:Lausanne, L’Elac, October 10–19, 2013Winterthur, Jungkunst, October 24–27, 2013Basel, Galerie Oslo 8, November 28, 2013 until January 5, 2014Roadshows, photo slams ... more info: facebook.com/verband.vfg.
The vfg, association of photographic
designers, and vfg pool represent
creative professional photography.
Their main goal is to spark and fuel
discussion surrounding the
photographic image and promote
professional photography in all
areas. The high quality of Swiss
professional photography is awarded
with a prize each year, thereby
arousing attention for the photogra-
phic image in the public.
www.vfgonline.ch
The vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis is a competition for young photographers living in Switzerland and
has been hosted by the association of photographic designers (vfg) annually since 1995. Anyone
up to the age of 39 and/or who has been active as a photographer for a maximum of three years
can take part. The award is meant as a stepping stone and forum for talented young photogra-
phers. Pictures and concepts of the ten best works of the 17th edition are presented in this publi-
cation with accompanying commentary from the jury. They offer a fascinating insight into the work
of young Swiss photographic artists of today.
The jury of this year’s edition was comprised of: Lukas Frei (Manager Creation, Scholz & Friends
Schweiz AG, Zurich), Hannah Frieser (photographer and curator, New York), Ute Noll (Photo Director
at Du Magazin and curator, Stuttgart), Roberto Raineri-Seith (photographer, curator Krinein.org,
Locarno), Jules Spinatsch (artist, Zurich/Vienna).
vfg Award for Young Photographers 2013
Christoph Kern, Ferit Kuyas,
Roman Weyeneth (eds.)
German/French
68 pages
69 color i l lustrations
20 x 26 cm
Softcover
Euro (D) 17.50, (A) 18.–, CHF 22.–
ISBN 978-3-7165-1785-7
September 2013
PHOTOGRAPHYBENTELI 11
vfg Award for Young Photographers 2013
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