Switzerland - an Urban Portrait: Vol. 1: Introduction - Vol. 2: Borders, Communes : a Brief History of the Territory - Vol. 3: Materials

Book 1Introduction Switzerland – Presented in Terms of Networks, Borders, and Differences15 – Introduction41 – Networks49 – Borders115 – Differences135 – Conversation: Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili163 – Theory: Christian Schmid225 – ColophonBook 2Borders, Communes. A Brief History of the Territory245 – Introduction251 – Surfaces, Deposits: Seven Forms of a Divided Switzerland285 – Border, Cell, Treaty: A Thesis on Autonomy307 – Imprints: The Roman Border System as a Palimpsest in Medieval Space321 – Germanic Land: The Reshaping of Roman Territory by Germanic Farmers339 – Cooperatives, Communes: The Parallel Formation of the Confederation and the Commune383 – Crystallization: The Consolidation of Form431 – Autonomy and Difference: The Composed Territory455 – ColophonBook 3Materials for an Urbanistic Project479 – Introduction487 – Metropolitan Regions500 – Economic Growth and Economic Productivity513 – Lake Geneva Metropolitan Region561 – The Metropolitan Region Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg605 – The Zurich Metropolitan Region649 – Networks of Cities671 – The Urban Ring of Bern701 – Network of Cities, Central Switzerland719 – The Urban Network of the Lakes737 – The Quiet Zones767 – The Western Quiet Zone: Gros-de-Vaud and Lower Alpine Area of Fribourg797 – The Central Quiet Zone: The Napf827 – The Eastern Quiet Zone: Appenzell – Toggenburg865 – The Quiet Zones899 – The Alps919 – Is the Matterhorn City?929 – Alpine Fallow Lands945 – Safien Valley961 – Wassen979 – Calancatal/Val Calanca1007 – ColophonSwitzerland’s Urban Potential: A Thesis Map Designing a new national map of urban topography for Switzerland. The classic volume Switzerland. An Urban Portrait was published in three languages by Birkhäuser Verlag in 2005 and has lost none of its relevance to this day. The result of several years of research by ETH Studio Basel, this three-volume work contains explorations of the multiple layers and facets of Swiss towns and cities by renowned architects Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, and Christian Schmid, as well as possible and/or desirable scenarios for the future development of country's main cities and its Alpine region. It also includes maps of urban topography. Leading Swiss architects examine Switzerland's built environment An important contribution to the discussion of how Switzerland might look in the future Visionary urban topographies in a globalized world Contient un chapitre consacré à la métropole lémanique (vol. 3, p. 513-559). Autres auteurs: Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, Christian Schmid. Représentations géographiques et cartographiques des quatre régions linguistiques, des cantons ainsi que de toutes les communes de Suisse (p39-224) Contient tout un chapitre sur le Gros-de-Vaud (p. 767-795), ainsi que des données chiffrées relative aux séjours touristiques, Diablerets, Montreux, Château-d'Oex, Leysin, Villars (p. 899-916). Read more... Abstract: Top Swiss architects create a new urban topography for Switzerland. Read more... For many years The ETH Studio Basel--"Institute for the Contemporary City has been analyzing Switzerland's culture, geography, history, economics, transportation, urban life, and architecture. This ground-breaking project has finally been collated into the three volumes of Content: Vol. 1: Introduction. -- 231 p. Vol. 2: Borders, communes, a brief history of the territory. -- 461 p. Vol. 3: Materials. -- 1015 p. Urban potential map. -- Cop. 2005. -- 1: 500 000. -- 1 carte dépl. What has happened is unbelievable, indeed almost inconceivable.