Below is our schedule and some pictures from DS10′s Unit Trip to Switzerland which took place from the 15th until the 18th November 2012. We would like to thank all the following people for their generosity.
-Thursday 15th: Visit of the ETH University’s CAAD groups. Presentations by Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenberger, Ammar Mirjan of DFAB (Gramazio and Kolher) and Philippe Block of the Block Research Group. Party at Gonzo Club in Langstrasse.
– Friday 16th: Walk through the city and SPA day at the Thermalbald & Spa Zurich in the former Hürlimann Brewery designed by Althammer Hochuli.
-Saturday 17th: Early train to Lausanne. Visit of the EPFL university Laboratory for Timber Constructions – IBOIS. Presentations by Markus Hudert and Christopher Robeller. Visit of the EPFL campus and workshops with Mitch Heynick. Visit to the Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA.
Pictures by Dan Dodds, Luka Kreze, Phil Hurrel, Jake Alsop and Arthur Mamou-Mani.
Above: Presentation by Philippe Block of the Block Research Group
Above: MLK Jr. Park Stone Vault, Austin, TX, USA Project by the Block Research Group
Above: Ammar Mirjan of DFAB (Gramazio and Kolher) showing us the robotic facility
Above: Ammar Mirjan of DFAB (Gramazio and Kolher) showing us a brickwall assembled by a robotic arm.
Above: Presentation by Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenberger
Above: Waterjet cut, Folded aluminium structure made by EPFL students.
Above: One of the IBOIS research structures with Markus Hudert
Above: Mitch Heynick showing us the Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA.
Above: Moustaches floating at the Thermalbald & Spa Zurich
Above: Emma Whitehead learning that the ETH campus is larger than expected.
Above: Freitag Recycled Shipping Container Store in Zurich
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