Swiss architect Roger Boltshauser exhibits for the first time in the Czech Republic
České Budějovice – The Czech Budějovice House of Art today opened an exhibition featuring works by Swiss architect Roger Boltshauser titled Response. This is his first exhibition in the Czech Republic. The architectural creation is represented by models and large-format photographs of completed buildings. Drawings, which are often records of ideas for buildings, are also on display. Visitors can feel the materials that the architect uses for his constructions. Boltshauser promotes compacted earth as a building material, said the exhibition curator Michal Škoda to ČTK. The exhibition will run until September 8.
"The exhibition is a cross-section of Boltshauser's work and his studies, but it is not a portfolio. It aims to show the essence of the work that responds to the question of sustainability. Therefore, it includes not only examples of his finished or ongoing buildings but also drawings that allow the viewer to see how the author thinks and what inspires him in architectural creativity,” Škoda stated. It is precisely the emphasis on sustainability that led Boltshauser to experiment with compacted earth as a universal and easily accessible material. In 2021, he built a lookout tower at the Ziegelei brick museum in Cham, Switzerland, made of compacted earth.
Roger Boltshauser founded the company Boltshauser Architekten AG in 1996 in Zurich. In addition to working for his firm in Switzerland, he has also taught at universities in his field, including in Germany. As an architect, Boltshauser focuses significantly on public spaces, such as town halls, research laboratories, schools, sports centers, and even zoo facilities.
The exhibition is accompanied by a related event titled Without Worries in Space, which will take place on June 26. It will be a workshop for parents with children aged three and older. "I will first introduce the exhibition to the children and parents, providing them with inspiration for their own creations. Then, participants will create various shapes from the clay, which they will use to assemble a house,” said instructor Šárka Kosová to ČTK.
"The exhibition is a cross-section of Boltshauser's work and his studies, but it is not a portfolio. It aims to show the essence of the work that responds to the question of sustainability. Therefore, it includes not only examples of his finished or ongoing buildings but also drawings that allow the viewer to see how the author thinks and what inspires him in architectural creativity,” Škoda stated. It is precisely the emphasis on sustainability that led Boltshauser to experiment with compacted earth as a universal and easily accessible material. In 2021, he built a lookout tower at the Ziegelei brick museum in Cham, Switzerland, made of compacted earth.
Roger Boltshauser founded the company Boltshauser Architekten AG in 1996 in Zurich. In addition to working for his firm in Switzerland, he has also taught at universities in his field, including in Germany. As an architect, Boltshauser focuses significantly on public spaces, such as town halls, research laboratories, schools, sports centers, and even zoo facilities.
The exhibition is accompanied by a related event titled Without Worries in Space, which will take place on June 26. It will be a workshop for parents with children aged three and older. "I will first introduce the exhibition to the children and parents, providing them with inspiration for their own creations. Then, participants will create various shapes from the clay, which they will use to assemble a house,” said instructor Šárka Kosová to ČTK.
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