With the question "How do we create a sustainable building culture?" Countdown 2030 called on Swiss architects, landscape architects and urban planners to present their vision of architecture and city with an image and a short explanatory text in view of the climate and biodiversity crisis. The result should illustrate where things could go and make people want to help shape such a future.

A selection of the submissions will be shown as part of the Swiss Art Awards and in our contribution to the exhibition "Critical Care", March 25th - August 29th, 2021 at the Zentrum Architektur Zürich. Two panel discussions will take place parallel to the exhibition.

"How do we create a sustainable building culture?"

Thu, June 17, 2021, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m., in the ZAZ

Discussion participants
Prof. Barbara Sintzel (FHNW Head of the Institute for Sustainability & Energy in Construction),
Kerstin Müller (architect and energy expert, member of the management of the construction office in situ),
Roger Boltshauser (architect, owner of the Boltshauser Architektur office)
Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert (Head of the Institute for Sustainable Construction, ETH Zurich)

Moderation
Claudio Meletta and Sarah Barth (Countdown 2030)

"What visions are there for a climate- and biodiversity-friendly future?"

Thu, July 1, 2021, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., in the ZAZ

Discussion participants
Stefania Koller (architect, board member of Neustart Schweiz),
Tabea Michaelis (landscape architect and urban planner, member of denkstatt),
Prof. Dr. Elli Mossayebi (architect and professor of architecture and design, ETH Zurich),
Christian Schmid (titular professor of sociology at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich and researcher at ETH Studio Basel/Institute for Contemporary City)

Moderation
Friederike Kluge and Isabel Borner (Countdown 2030)