In a time of polarisation and conflict, we want to open our house to continue the conversation.A Swiss Embassy is many things. It is the ambassador’s private home and as such, it belongs to the world of housing. It is also a government building that serves as a tool to represent Switzerland’s values and interests, a building for official meetings and events.

In the design studio EVERYTHING YOU NEED, will work on new cooperative apartment buildings along the train tracks between Zurich and Olten.

In the design studio FOREVER YOUNG, we will work on the transformation of a neighbourhood in the village of Buchs, located between the historic village core and the commuter train station.

In the design studio EVERYTHING YOU NEED, will work on new cooperative apartment buildings along the train tracks between Zurich and Olten.

In a time of polarisation and conflict, we want to open our house to continue the conversation.A Swiss Embassy is many things. It is the ambassador’s private home and as such, it belongs to the world of housing. It is also a government building that serves as a tool to represent Switzerland’s values and interests, a building for official meetings and events.

In the design studio OUR HOUSE, we will work in the Limmat Valley, part of Zurich’s industrialised periphery. The students will transform a small-scale industrial structure into cooperative housing.

In the design studio EVERYTHING YOU NEED, will work on new cooperative apartment buildings along the train tracks between Zurich and Olten.