{"title": "Thomas Bachmann & Marco Volken – Nicht gebaut", "start": "2026-11-05T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Orell Füssli Buchhandlung Kramhof", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture", "literature"], "description": "An event at the Orell Füssli Buchhandlung Kramhof in Zurich where Thomas Bachmann and Marco Volken present their work on unbuilt major projects. They shed light on sixteen spectacular projects that were never realized – such as a motorway interchange in Zurich or a giant ski arena in the Prättigau – between technical revolution, megalomania and fascinating dreams of the future. Bachmann is a geographer, musician and author with several publications, while Volken is a freelance photographer and author who has written numerous illustrated books and non-fiction works on alpine subjects. The event is organized by Orell Füssli Thalia AG.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/thomas-bachmann-marco-volken-nicht-gebaut-122749/", "official_url": "https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/lesung-literatur/buchvernissage/thomas-bachmann-marco-volken-nicht-gebaut-zuerich-7516409685827663672.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0654938612e3276db55843eb411f8d7be9d7800df48a6c4543ce560500de5d18-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Orell Füssli Buchhandlung Kramhof", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "LECTURE SERIES DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE: NEW ARCHITECTURAL GENERATION SWITZERLAND", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg", "address": "8093 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A lecture in the lecture series «ASSEMBLAGES – NEW ARCHITECTURE IN / FROM SWITZERLAND» by the Institute for Design and Architecture (IEA) at ETH Zürich. 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The architect, working between his native Gifu and metropolitan Tokyo, shows how he treats demographic shifts, obsolete industrial facilities and regional waste streams as generative constraints rather than limitations. He frames this approach through the «Non-Modern Hybrid», arguing for the critical necessity of «re-assembling» our built environment as he moves between the «House», the «Shed» and the «Field». The event is hosted by plenty.online, Frano Karlovic and ZAZ BELLERIVE and will be held in English; the bar is open before and after the lecture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/house-shed-field-32101/", "official_url": "https://www.zaz-bellerive.ch/fcl-booklaunch-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/808746d5097800b6adcd293666fee270bec5fd5b47edcc58b5881a86d76ef53b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Übersehene Akteure der Vorfabrikation", "start": "2026-11-13T11:45:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg", "address": "8093 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A guest lecture by Adrian Pöllinger on the actual assembly processes of modern prefabricated lightweight buildings, using the example of Jean Prouvé's workshops in Maxéville and a rural school from the 1950s. It is hosted by the Chair of Construction Heritage and Monument Conservation of Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg as part of the lecture series «Future Monuments». The lecture turns to the often overlooked actors of assembly, showing what creative role site erectors could take and what conflicts between industrial building methods and local craftsmanship were played out.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/ubersehene-akteure-der-vorfabrikation-69073/", "official_url": "https://www.langenberg.arch.ethz.ch/diskurs/uebersehene-akteure-der-vorfabrikation/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dd93c3e13dcd76d6812b2cc3ed465e2b2eaae0174ef47b2a853918315a9bd2a7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Gespräch zu Heidi Buchers «Bodyshells»", "start": "2026-11-18T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Haus Konstruktiv", "address": "Limmatstrasse 268, 8005 Zürich", "price": "Die Teilnahme ist im Museumseintritt inbegriffen – keine Anmeldung erforderlich.", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "A museum talk about Heidi Bucher's work «Bodyshells». Mayo Bucher and Sabine Schaschl discuss the work, after which the book project «Mayo: The Project» is presented. Participation is included in the museum admission and no registration is required. The event is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/gesprach-zu-heidi-buchers-bodyshells-100160/", "official_url": "https://www.hauskonstruktiv.ch/en/events/534175?title=gesprach-zu-heidi-buchers-bodyshells", "image": "https://noky.io/images/453206dda27b8e2e7a8d04bd01f242b310391553e790b0a861a1434b0b628771-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Department Lecture by Lina Ghotmeh: \"Architecture Matters: An Archeology of the Future\"", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-17T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A lecture at ETH Zürich. The architect Lina Ghotmeh speaks under the title \"Architecture Matters: An Archeology of the Future\" on her subject. The field is architecture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/department-lecture-by-lina-ghotmeh-architecture-matters-an-a-69082/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/967f3955cbfb85d3d28ae076d2a197bae313c1b6968fc69677714778f0375ef0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "\"Forget me not!\"", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Helmhaus", "address": "Limmatquai 31, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Free admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "A spontaneous, moderated event titled \"Forget me not!\", a plea for 800 works waiting to be rescued from oblivion. Participants are invited to pick a work they personally want to champion, and the chosen works are then paired with their choosers: why this one in particular, and what makes it so memorable? Afterwards, the group discusses which three cases were the most convincing. The event takes place at the Helmhaus on the Limmat river.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/forget-me-not-97610/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2f276e6337f09cc729f46c1f9e17f3995d294c8eaece38fd9a452dc1097554b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Flächensuffizienz: Wie viel ist genug?", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Karl der Grosse", "address": "Kirchgasse 14, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei, mit Anmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture", "society/housing"], "description": "A panel discussion on floor-area sufficiency in housing, held in the rooms of a cultural centre in Zurich's old town. It is organised by zawonet (zahlbar wohnen netzwerk), which this year explores how living space can be used efficiently, shaped communally and built sustainably. The panel features Ricarda Pätzold of the Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik and Claudio Meletta of Stereo Architektur, moderated by culture and architecture journalist Karin Salm. The panellists give short inputs and then discuss with the audience, and entry is free with registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/flachensuffizienz-wie-viel-ist-genug-31162/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}