Buchner Bründler Architects: Constellation - Correlation
Lecture by the authors: on Thursday, February 14 at 5:00 PM / Student Church of St. Family – Karla IV. Street 22, České Budějovice
Exhibition opening: on Thursday, February 14 at 7:00 PM / Gallery of Contemporary Art and Architecture – House of Art of the City of České Budějovice
The exhibition lasts: February 15 – March 16, 2019
Curator: Michal Škoda
As the first of three architectural exhibitions this year, we have prepared a project by the Swiss atelier Buchner Bründler Architekten from Basel.
The fundamental theme of Buchner Bründler's work is the consideration of the city as a built form and living organism, with a primary characteristic being a dialogue with the environment. They always respond to the context of the place, and through a sensitive approach, they try to integrate into it, complement existing buildings, and develop a functioning whole. They place great emphasis on precise craftsmanship and the elaboration of details. Many of their buildings have emerged from participation in architectural competitions, which Buchner and Bründler consider a kind of research component of their practice, allowing them to experiment with new materials, discover new structural possibilities, and develop the typology of buildings themselves. In addition, direct commissions for private buildings, with their smaller scale, offer a shift in priorities and new possibilities for thinking.
Among many already realized buildings, we can mention, for example, the residential and commercial building Volta Zentrum, which revitalized part of the city thanks to the polymorphism created in the urban environment. The Hotel Nomad, which creates an atmosphere of grandeur with its historical facade. A remarkable house within a house, resulting from work that respected the ancient farm in Linesciu. In the case of the extension of the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisiu, they show how the impact of assertive construction on existing buildings is reduced by beginning the construction underground.
The architecture of the Buchner Bründler atelier does not succumb to the return of formalism, as each project develops its own identity. What unifies the created architecture is the method or approach to construction, including conceptual work on spatial programs, clearly formulated craftsmanship, and appropriate material usage. The search for an honest solution with regard to material leads, for example, to the use of seemingly outdated raw concrete, which creates a sense of safety with its atmospheric density and intensity.
The Buchner Bründler Architekten atelier was founded in Basel in 1997 by Daniel Buchner and Andreas Bründler. In 2003, they were admitted to the Federation of Swiss Architects (Bund Schweizer Architekten) and subsequently acted as visiting professors at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne) in 2008 and 2009. From 2010 to 2012, they worked as visiting lecturers in design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich).
Daniel Buchner, after training as a construction draftsman from 1984-1987 in Berneck, studied architecture from 1988-1989 at the School of Civil Engineering in St. Gallen (Ingenieurschule St. Gallen) and then from 1989-1993 at the School of Civil Engineering of both Basels (Ingenieurschule beider Basel). After finishing his studies, he worked from 1994-1997 at Morger & Degelo Architekten in Basel. He was born in 1967 in Berneck, Switzerland.
Andreas Bründler, after training as a construction draftsman from 1984-1987 in Zug, studied architecture from 1989 to 1993 at the School of Civil Engineering of both Basels (Ingenieurschule beider Basel). He then worked at the Miller & Maranta atelier in Basel from 1994-1997. He was born in 1967 in Sins, Switzerland.
The České Budějovice exhibition “Constellations – Correlations” presents a precisely installed sequence of images that challenges the visitors' perception and serves as an impetus for re-evaluating conventional ways of presenting architecture. The selected constellations of images in designated rooms stimulate dialogue between individual projects and buildings. Visitors can seek similarities, relationships, and differences in the constantly mixed, combined perception of images. The process of comparative observation reveals aspects that are opposite, mutually contradictory, or related.
This experience reflects the architecture of the Buchner Bründler atelier. The mutual relationships are comparable in the sense that each individual project is more a development of the individually prevailing circumstances than governed by a returning formalism. A typical feature of each design is its response to changing contexts and unique urban and atmospheric conditions. The buildings have a bond with their location, which stands out each time.
Eight projects can thus be compared: large urban designs alongside smaller buildings focusing more on inner depth than on outer complexity. The comparative way of looking at things serves as a sensory tool of knowledge, where alongside the architecture itself, the specific conditions of the exhibited works stand out in the process of viewing from various directions.
The images of the buildings are not silent witnesses on the walls of the gallery, merely providing immersion into the depicted reality. They enter the room and become objects: objects that seek direct, visual, and physical confrontation with the viewer.
The exhibition is a challenge for viewers to perceive the architectural work of the Buchner Bründler atelier with a new approach and more intensively through their sensory perception and imagination. The depicted details of the buildings become almost tangible, their strong physical presence with precise details and intentionally created constructions entering the viewer's consciousness. Individually formulated and dominant materiality is presented through the buildings themselves, revealing the mutual relationship between various urban structures and solutions. The exhibition of the Buchner Bründler atelier is, like its buildings, an experiment in spatiality and perception.
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Exhibition opening: on Thursday, February 14 at 7:00 PM / Gallery of Contemporary Art and Architecture – House of Art of the City of České Budějovice
The exhibition lasts: February 15 – March 16, 2019
Curator: Michal Škoda
As the first of three architectural exhibitions this year, we have prepared a project by the Swiss atelier Buchner Bründler Architekten from Basel.
The fundamental theme of Buchner Bründler's work is the consideration of the city as a built form and living organism, with a primary characteristic being a dialogue with the environment. They always respond to the context of the place, and through a sensitive approach, they try to integrate into it, complement existing buildings, and develop a functioning whole. They place great emphasis on precise craftsmanship and the elaboration of details. Many of their buildings have emerged from participation in architectural competitions, which Buchner and Bründler consider a kind of research component of their practice, allowing them to experiment with new materials, discover new structural possibilities, and develop the typology of buildings themselves. In addition, direct commissions for private buildings, with their smaller scale, offer a shift in priorities and new possibilities for thinking.
Among many already realized buildings, we can mention, for example, the residential and commercial building Volta Zentrum, which revitalized part of the city thanks to the polymorphism created in the urban environment. The Hotel Nomad, which creates an atmosphere of grandeur with its historical facade. A remarkable house within a house, resulting from work that respected the ancient farm in Linesciu. In the case of the extension of the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisiu, they show how the impact of assertive construction on existing buildings is reduced by beginning the construction underground.
The architecture of the Buchner Bründler atelier does not succumb to the return of formalism, as each project develops its own identity. What unifies the created architecture is the method or approach to construction, including conceptual work on spatial programs, clearly formulated craftsmanship, and appropriate material usage. The search for an honest solution with regard to material leads, for example, to the use of seemingly outdated raw concrete, which creates a sense of safety with its atmospheric density and intensity.
The Buchner Bründler Architekten atelier was founded in Basel in 1997 by Daniel Buchner and Andreas Bründler. In 2003, they were admitted to the Federation of Swiss Architects (Bund Schweizer Architekten) and subsequently acted as visiting professors at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne) in 2008 and 2009. From 2010 to 2012, they worked as visiting lecturers in design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich).
Daniel Buchner, after training as a construction draftsman from 1984-1987 in Berneck, studied architecture from 1988-1989 at the School of Civil Engineering in St. Gallen (Ingenieurschule St. Gallen) and then from 1989-1993 at the School of Civil Engineering of both Basels (Ingenieurschule beider Basel). After finishing his studies, he worked from 1994-1997 at Morger & Degelo Architekten in Basel. He was born in 1967 in Berneck, Switzerland.
Andreas Bründler, after training as a construction draftsman from 1984-1987 in Zug, studied architecture from 1989 to 1993 at the School of Civil Engineering of both Basels (Ingenieurschule beider Basel). He then worked at the Miller & Maranta atelier in Basel from 1994-1997. He was born in 1967 in Sins, Switzerland.
The České Budějovice exhibition “Constellations – Correlations” presents a precisely installed sequence of images that challenges the visitors' perception and serves as an impetus for re-evaluating conventional ways of presenting architecture. The selected constellations of images in designated rooms stimulate dialogue between individual projects and buildings. Visitors can seek similarities, relationships, and differences in the constantly mixed, combined perception of images. The process of comparative observation reveals aspects that are opposite, mutually contradictory, or related.
This experience reflects the architecture of the Buchner Bründler atelier. The mutual relationships are comparable in the sense that each individual project is more a development of the individually prevailing circumstances than governed by a returning formalism. A typical feature of each design is its response to changing contexts and unique urban and atmospheric conditions. The buildings have a bond with their location, which stands out each time.
Eight projects can thus be compared: large urban designs alongside smaller buildings focusing more on inner depth than on outer complexity. The comparative way of looking at things serves as a sensory tool of knowledge, where alongside the architecture itself, the specific conditions of the exhibited works stand out in the process of viewing from various directions.
The images of the buildings are not silent witnesses on the walls of the gallery, merely providing immersion into the depicted reality. They enter the room and become objects: objects that seek direct, visual, and physical confrontation with the viewer.
The exhibition is a challenge for viewers to perceive the architectural work of the Buchner Bründler atelier with a new approach and more intensively through their sensory perception and imagination. The depicted details of the buildings become almost tangible, their strong physical presence with precise details and intentionally created constructions entering the viewer's consciousness. Individually formulated and dominant materiality is presented through the buildings themselves, revealing the mutual relationship between various urban structures and solutions. The exhibition of the Buchner Bründler atelier is, like its buildings, an experiment in spatiality and perception.
More information >
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