#oberengstringen

'Freibad Zwischen den Hölzern', open-air swimming pool Oberengstringen, Zürich, Switzerland; 1964-65

Werner Stücheli as the architect, Pierre Zbinden as the landscape architect

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House Guth Oberengstringen - Dietikon, Zürich, Switzerland; 1988

Bétrix & Consolascio (Marie-Claude Bétrix, Eraldo Consolascio) (photographs by Häuser; G. Gisel)

«Collecting does not merely mean accumulating, but loving, valuing, choosing, knowing when to acquire something... You can also define it as a technical pastime – the fun of gluing together – a kind of non-academic inquisitiveness, a whim of the trade? All these forms, pannels, holes, all these visions of day and night are pieces of a mirror, incidental signs, uncertain results changing with every change of humour. Collecting also means, an activation of the unforeseen, measuring trivial things. And in spite of being attracted by the rule, useful and necessary as it may turn out to be, we always think we can divert from the object. So here it is, our bet. What is requisite for a rule and an unforeseen encounter to provoke a spark?» (M.C.B. and E.C. about a series of drawings of the southern facade).

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Oberengstringen: Diensthund erschnüffelt Kokain!

Oberengstringen

  Bei einer Fahrzeugkontrolle sind am Montagmorgen (29.10.2018) auf dem Rastplatz Oberengstringen acht Kilogramm Kokain sichergestellt worden. Die beiden Insassen sind festgenommen worden.

Gegen 7.45 Uhr kontrollierten Verkehrspolizisten zwei Insassen eines Personenwagens. Es ergab sich der Verdacht, dass es sich bei den beiden Männern um Drogenkuriere handelt und sich…