We aim to seize economic requirements to transform constraints into levers, producers of qualities. These may well be tangible or intangible, prosaic or poetic, constant or unstable, general or occasional... As long as they are initiated by the economy and located far from any rationality. Creating generosity, “excesses” that make the strength and uniqueness of a place.

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We aim to seize economic requirements to transform constraints into levers, producers of qualities. These may well be tangible or intangible, prosaic or poetic, constant or unstable, general or occasional... As long as they are initiated by the economy and located far from any rationality. Creating generosity, “excesses” that make the strength and uniqueness of a place.

The search for a lifestyle centered on comfort, i.e. free from any form of constraint, fatigue or effort, has become an absolute ideal.Comfort no longer serves only to satisfy our real needs, but is the core of an economic, social and psychological logic in which our sense of well-being is based on the accumulation of practical objects and the systematic use of technology.

We aim to seize economic requirements to transform constraints into levers, producers of qualities. These may well be tangible or intangible, prosaic or poetic, constant or unstable, general or occasional... As long as they are initiated by the economy and located far from any rationality. Creating generosity, “excesses” that make the strength and uniqueness of a place.

AIRA fish asks itself: "What is water"? We can answer this question in its place. We can describe what it feels like to stand in a thunderstorm or go swimming. But can we just as easily answer the question: "What is air"?

We aim to seize economic requirements to transform constraints into levers, producers of qualities. These may well be tangible or intangible, prosaic or poetic, constant or unstable, general or occasional... As long as they are initiated by the economy and located far from any rationality. Creating generosity, “excesses” that make the strength and uniqueness of a place.

We aim to seize economic requirements to transform constraints into levers, producers of qualities. These may well be tangible or intangible, prosaic or poetic, constant or unstable, general or occasional… as long as they are initiated by the economy and located far from any rationality -creating generosity, “excesses” that make strength and uniqueness of a place.

We aim to seize economic requirements to transform constraints into levers, producers of qualities. These may well be tangible or intangible, prosaic or poetic, constant or unstable, general or occasional… As long as they are initiated by the economy and located far from any rationality. Creating generosity, “excesses” that make the strength and uniqueness of a place.

We aim to seize economic requirements to transform constraints into levers, producers of qualities. These may well be tangible or intangible, prosaic or poetic, constant or unstable, general or occasional… As long as they are initiated by the economy and located far from any rationality. Creating generosity, “excesses” that make the strength and uniqueness of a place.

Visibility and its Hidden Dimensions:If something catches the eye, what is next to it will be mechanically less looked at. For a light to appear, it has to emerge from the surrounding darkness. And what attracts the light often leaves its surroundings in shadow. Hence an implacable theorem: the visible is always born from the invisible.

Architecture that allows for multiplicity would be one that allows for economy and optimality, while also opposing the quest for the univocal standard, the isomorphic module and strict repetition. Otherwise, we fall into the trap of reproducibility: each copy is less sharp than the last. Avoiding this means defining places, spaces, constructive systems, assemblies that are as sharp as each other.

When one dismantles a car, one is first struck by the diversity and hierarchy of its parts. The largest components - doors, hood, chassis - form the outer shell that defines the vehicle’s exterior image. As the dismantling continues, one reaches the internal systems: radiator, gearbox, brakes, transmission. Then, moving closer to the engine, the parts become ever smaller, down to elements of extre

The lecture series of the Institute of Design and Architecture - in the FS21 provides students with an overview of the various positions of the teachers within the IEA (Institute Design in Architecture).

The lecture series of the Institute of Design and Architecture - in the FS20 provides students with an overview of the various positions of the teachers within the IEA (Institute Design in Architecture).Further information is available atwww.iea.arch.ethz.ch.