Swissnex Window #3: SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook

In collaboration with the Swiss Architecture Museum (S AM), Swissnex in Japan presents Swissnex Window #3: SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook, Switzerland's first architecture yearbook. The publication features 36 selected projects from 129 nominations across the country. Initiated in 2023, this traveling exhibition fosters dialogue on pressing topics in Swiss architecture, such as sustainable construction, while highlighting the exceptional quality of Swiss architectural work.

Through an engaging series of posters, the event seeks to inspire visitors with outstanding examples of Swiss architecture, fostering connections and dialogue on an international scale.

Supported by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and Adecco, SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook invites visitors to explore the creativity and excellence of Swiss architecture through this one-of-a-kind exhibition.

We invite you to book a visit on your preferred date and come explore the exhibition.

Artistic Direction

Daniel Kurz

Historian and Architecture Critic

Daniel Kurz (*1957) is a Zurich-based historian and architecture critic. He studied history at the University of Zurich and, in 2008, his PhD dissertation was published under the title Die Disziplinierung der Stadt: Moderner Städtebau in Zürich 1900 bis 1940 (Disciplining the City: Modern Urban Planning in Zurich from 1900 to 1940), with a new edition released in 2022. He writes primarily on issues related to housing and urban planning. From 2012 to 2021, he was editor-in-chief of the journal werk, bauen + wohnen.

Artistic Direction

Andreas Ruby

Director S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

Andreas Ruby (*1966) is an architectural publicist, curator, book publisher and, since May 2016, director of the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum. He studied art history at the University of Cologne. He and Ilka Ruby founded the architectural publishing company Ruby Press in 2008, with which he has realised over twenty book projects as an editor and publisher, some of which have won awards. In parallel, he has taught architectural theory at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, at Graz University of Technology, and at ENSAPM in Paris.

Direction

Yuma Shinohara

Curator S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

Yuma Shinohara (*1991) is a curator at the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum. Before joining the S AM, he held editorial and curatorial positions at Storefront for Art and Architecture, Ruby Press, the Academy of Arts Berlin, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. At the S AM, Shinohara has curated the exhibition Make Do With Now (2022) and co-curated the exhibitions SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook (2023), Beton (2021), and Swim City (2019). He has lectured and served as visiting critic at institutions such as the EPFL, ETH Zurich, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Technical University of Vienna. He graduated in comparative literature and society from Columbia University in New York.

This program addresses Sustainability Development Goals

  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Partner

  • Swissnex
  • S AM
  • Werk, bauen+wohnen
  • BSAFSA
  • Adecco

Contact

Fiammetta Pennisi

Head of Art-Science