Living Europe 2012

Rapperswil, Switzerland : The Rapperswil Jona Museum by MLZD Architects and Kunst(Zeug)Haus 

Bregenz : Kunsthaus : Peter Zumthor 

More hiking in the Alps and one of the coolest "rope" bridges I have ever seen by Jurg Conzett: Viamala Gorge 

Hiking through the Swiss Alps and a Paspels School by Olgiati 

By using a mass and void relationship study, a shifting of space east and west created pockets of outdoor areas that have a direct relationship to the existing buildings and allow the addition to open up to the outside. 

The concept involved using the apparent conceptual geometry of the site to inform the location, shape, and circulation of the addition. The geometry was derived through building location, existing paths, major axis, and other pre-existing conditions.

Traveled to Vrin, Switzerland to look at contextual architecture. Specifically architecture by Gion Caminada. Here is a school gym, cattle housing, and standard living house design.

Vrin, Switzerland : Panoramas of the Alps

Disentis, Switzerland : Swiss Alps 

Night shots of Lucerne, Switzerland with Calatrava's train station

Lucerne, Switzerland

The Rolex Learning Center : Lausanne, Switzerland 

Zentrum Paul Klee Auditorium and Connection to Landscape : Bern, Switzerland 

Bern, Switzerland _ more Zentrum Paul Klee, some swiss box architecture, and a cool ceiling light that takes the shape of all countries of the world

Zentrum Paul Klee : Renzo Piano

Stayed a night in La Tourette : Corbusier's search for humanity through architecture post WW2

Florence and II Duomo