Swiss IAP offered a pathway:
- To create and establish data that could be used to design and create a Hospitality Scene in and for Basel
- To identify the distinctive products of Basel, notably places and spaces
- To understand the specific qualities of a place that make it unique
- To eventually use the data to explore potential site and conditions, and to investigate possibilities through technology and design to contribute to making a better world
Itinerary
- Day 1 – Visit to Herzog & de Meuron in Rheinschanze and Helsinki
- Day 2 – Visit to H&dM works: Schaulager, Museum of Natural History, Vitrahaus, Vitra schaudepot
- Day 3 – Meeting Directors of Vitra and tour Vitra Campus: to see and document works of: Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Nicholas Grimshaw, Alvaro Siza, Jean Prouve
- Day 4 – Meeting Director of Swiss Architecture Museum
- Day 5 – Visit Beyeler Museum
- Day 6 – Visit Novartis Campus and see works of:
Herzog & de Meuron, Frank Gehry, SANAA, David Chipperfield, Rafael Moneo, Peter Markli, Diener & Diener, Fumihiko Maki, Yoshio Taniguchi, Rahul Mehrotra, Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Frank Gehry - Day 7 – Visit studio Basel
- Days 8-10 – Architectural Studios: Visit Miller Maranta, Visit Manuel Herz, Visit Rahbaran Huerzeler Architects
- Day 11 – Return to Singapore
This trip was led by Professor Erwin Viray and Adjunct Assistant Professor Jason Lim.
