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Peter Märkli is a Swiss architect, he lives and works in Zurich . Since 2003 is also a professorship at the ETH Zurich and since 2013 a visiting professor at the school of architecture in Moscow MARCH. During 1972-77 he studied architecture at the ETH Zurich. He learned next to the architect Rudolf Olgiati and the sculptor Hans Josephsohn. In 1978 Märkli started his own office in Zurich. His most notable building is La-Congiunta museum.
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Introducing Die Liebe zur Architektur (For the Love of Architecture), a series of five online talks curated by the Swiss architect Peter Märkli. The series is bookended by two talks that Peter Märkli has recorded in German with English subtitles. The first, Mein Stoff für Fassaden (My Facade Material) deals with his approach to the design of facades, with particular reference to his use of proportional systems. The second, Projekte in Arbeit (Work in Progress), focuses on recent work developed by his office including the refurbishment and expansion of Bahnhofstrasse 3, Zurich.
In between these lectures, there will be three contributions from other speakers, who Peter Märkli has invited to participate in the series; Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan of Zurich-based Lütjens Padmanabhan with MOS Architects, Momoyo Kajima, co-founder of Atelier Bow-Wow and Adam Jasper, a post doctoral researcher at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta). The series is supported by Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Cultural Fund in the UK.
PROGRAMME
Peter Märkli: Mein Stoff für Fassaden
Tuesday 06 April, 19.00 > Watch here
In the first talk of the series Mein Stoff für Fassaden (My Facade Material), Märkli deals with his approach to the design of facades, with particular reference to his use of proportional systems.
Lütjens Padmanabhan in conversation with MOS Architects
Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan of Zurich-based Lütjens Padmanabhan will discuss the exchange of architectural ideas between Europe and America with Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample of the New-York based MOS Architects.
Momoyo Kaijima
Momoyo Kajima, a former student of Peter Märkli's, will discuss the work of her practice Atelier Bow-Wow in a talk given in Japanese with English subtitles.
Adam Jasper
Adam Jasper, a post doctoral researcher at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) will discuss the influence of painting on Peter Märkli's practice.
Peter Märkli: Projekte in Arbeit
The series concludes with a final instalment by Märkli focusing on recent work developed by his office including the refurbishment and expansion of Bahnhofstrasse 3, Zurich.