Europaallee Baufeld F
April 18, 2012 | Architecture
Hosoya Schaefer were a finalist in the competition for the Baufeld F in the Europaallee development in Zürich. 15 international teams had been invited for the first round.
Interview Learning from Tokyo
March 26, 2012 | Interview
Homegate TV made an interview on the occasion of the Learning from Tokyo Exhibition.
Learning from Tokyo on Baunetz
March 23, 2012 | Publication
Baunetz.de featured the Learning from Tokyo exhibition and symposium in their weekly special issue no. 263.
Lecture at GreenCity
March 14, 2012 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer presented “City Futures” at an event organized by Combosition, Bern, for Losinger Marazzi at the site of their new development “Green City” in Zürich Manegg.
Learning from Tokyo on Hochparterre
March 12, 2012 | Publication
Hochparterre visited the symposium and exhibition. Read about their five learnings here.
Learning from Tokyo opening
March 9, 2012 | Exhibition
«Learning from Tokyo» is a symposium and an exhibition in Zurich – organized by the «Learning from Tokyo»-Group in cooperation with Architekturforum Zürich – that showcases small scale housing projects by young, creative architecture offices in Japan.
Urban Reset
March 5, 2012 | Interview
Interview by Angelus Eisinger and Jörg Seifert in “Urban Reset” published by Birkhäuser.
ARL Toronto
March 2, 2012 | Architecture
In collaboration with Winkreative, London, Hosoya Schaefer Architects are involved in the design of four new train stations in Toronto for the Air Rail Link project between Pearson Airport and Union Station.
Lecture Helbling Symposium
January 25, 2012 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer gave a presentation “City Futures” at the “12. Helbling Banken Symposium” at the Baur au Lac in Zürich, Switzerland on January 25, 2012 organized by Helbling Corporate Finance.
LEARNING FROM TOKYO
October 11, 2011 | Exhibition
“Learning from Tokyo” is an exhibition and a symposium planned for spring 2012 in Zürich that showcases small scale housing projects by progressive architecture offices in Japan.
Archi-Neering Design Exhibition 2011 Tokyo
September 22, 2011 | Exhibition
Hosoya Schaefer Architects was invited to exhibit the project, L(e)ichtraum, at the Archi-Neering Design Exhibition 2011 in Tokyo.
Wil-West
September 9, 2011 | Urban Design
Hosoya Schaefer in collaboration with IBV Hüsler, Nüesch Development and Robin Winogrond Landscape Architects was commissioned to prepare a masterplan for a site next to Wil (SG), Switzerland.
Swiss Pavilion Expo 2012 Yeosu
September 6, 2011 | Exhibition, Media
Hosoya Schaefer in collaboration with Exponential Group, Shanghai and Luxoom, Berlin have been selected by Präsenz Schweiz as one of five teams to prepare a proposal for the Swiss Pavilion at the World Exposition 2012 in Yeosu Korea.
Butterfly House
August 31, 2011 | Architecture
Hosoya Schaefer Architects are commissioned to design a private house in Ain, France. Construction of the house is scheduled to begin in spring 2012.
Badrutt’s Palace Hotel
August 30, 2011 | Architecture
Hosoya Schaefer Architects together with projX management gmbh, Pontresina, were commissioned to propose a new restaurant design for the Badrutt’s Palace Hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Lecture at Joint Alumni Conference
August 9, 2011 | Lecture
Presentation at the dinner hosted by the Fulbright Alumni Association on the occasion of the Joint Alumni Conference (JAC). The conference will take place in Zürich on September 30 at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue.
Red Dot
July 27, 2011 | Awards
The project “Universum der Ozeane” produced for and with ZDF in collaboration with Shiftcontrol, Copenhagen, and Unity Studios, Aarhus won a Red Dot Design Award / Communication Design 2011.
Universum der Ozeane App
July 25, 2011
The project “Universum der Ozeane” or “Ocean Worlds” is now also available as an iPad App. The App has been commissioned by Hörzu Wissen / Axel Springer Verlag under license from ZDF Enterprises and has been developed for the iPad in collaboration with Unity Studios, Arhus.
Crystal Palace Opening
July 4, 2011
The first building in the Smartinska Partnership Masterplan has been completed. With 90m height, the Crystal Palace is currently the highest building in Slovenia.
Jury Golden Pencil
July 3, 2011
Markus Schaefer was a jury member at the Golden Pencil Awards in Slovenia. The Golden Pencil is awarded each year by the Chamber of Architects and Planners (ZAPS) to the best project of its members.
Andermatt Swiss Alps
July 1, 2011 | Architecture
Hosoya Schaefer was commissioned to design a villa type for the Andermatt Swiss Alps Resort.
“Standortmosaik Zürich” or The Ecology of Access
June 27, 2011 | Essay, Publication
Schaefer, Markus: “’Standortmosaik Zürich’ or The Ecology of Access” in: Anthos 2/2011, June 2011
Markenhaus Vorarlberg
June 17, 2011
Markus Schaefer was a jury member at the competition “Markenhaus Vorarlberg”. This competition was organized by Tourismus Vorarlberg and planned and coordinated by Hans-Joachim Gögl.
Nominated for German Design Award
June 1, 2011 | Awards
The project “Ocean Worlds” produced by Hosoya Schaefer Architects for ZDF has been nominated for a German Design Award (Designpreis Deutschland) awarded by the German Design Council. This prize is the biggest honor in German Design.
Metropolitankonferenz Zürich
May 6, 2011 | Lecture
Hosoya Schaefer will show their analysis of the metropolitan region of Zürich at the Metropolitankonferenz, on May 6 at the Technopark Zürich. This meeting is organized by the association of cities, municipalities and cantons also called the Metropolitankonferenz.
Metrobild Zürich
May 4, 2011 | Research, Urban Design
The Metrobild (image or concept plan) for the Metropolitan Region of Zürich has been commissioned by the Metropolitan Conference of Zürich. This conference is a cooperation of municipalities, cantons and cities in the region of Zürich with the aim to further improve the region and its location factors.
Harvard University
April 29, 2011 | Lecture
Hiromi Hosoya concluded her advanced options studio at the Graduate School of Harvard University with a final review. The studio studied the site of the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan and proposed strategies, masterplan proposals and architectural projects for its redevelopment.
Columbia University
April 20, 2011 | Lecture
Hosoya Schaefer Architects have been invited to give a presentation in the seminar on graphic narratives by Michael Rock at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning an Preservation.
Global PechaKucha Day – Inspire Japan
April 16, 2011 | Lecture
Hiromi Hosoya participated in the Global PechaKucha Day which was held at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University. The 20×20 presentations were focused on 3 main themes INSPIRE, JAPAN, RECOVERY.
Post2000Talks
March 29, 2011 | Lecture
Isabelle Bentz presented the Mobiglobe project at the Post2000Talks at the Galeria Luis Serpa Projectos, Rua Tenente Raul Cascais 1B, 1250-268 Lisboa, Portugal.
iF Communication Design Gold Award 2011
March 18, 2011 | Awards
The project “Universum der Ozeane” produced for and with ZDF in collaboration with Shiftcontrol, Copenhagen, and Unity Studios, Aarhus won an iF Communication Design Gold Award 2011 in the category online / offline application.
Serious Games Award 2011
March 7, 2011 | Awards
The project “Universum der Ozeane” produced for and with ZDF in collaboration withShiftcontrol, Copenhagen, and Unity Studios, Aarhus won the bronze medal in the Serious Games Awards 2011.
Apartment Building Wallisellen
January 31, 2011 | Architecture
Proposal for an apartment building in Wallisellen. The building takes advantage of the local building code on a small site to propose terrace apartments for seven parties.
New Metabolism
January 19, 2011 | Research, Urban Design
Hiromi Hosoya is teaching an advanced options studio at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. The studio with the title “New Metabolism” is researching possibilities and generating projects for redeveloping the site of the World Exhibition 1970 in Osaka.
Baby Rems
January 19, 2011 | Publication
Metropolis Magazine published an updated lineage of former collaborators of Rem Koolhaas.
Europaallee – Baufeld F
January 15, 2011
Hosoya Schaefer Architects have been invited by the Swiss Federal Railways SBB and the city of Zürich to participate in the competition “Baufeld F”.
Between Content and Context
December 3, 2010 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer and Hiromi Hosoya gave a lecture at the ETH Zürich on territorial planning and urban design.
Interview in Domus China
December 1, 2010 | Interview
WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR CHINA’S ARCHITECTS
Markus Schaefer was interviewed by Brendan McGetrick for Domus China.
INSELTERRASSEN
December 1, 2010 | Urban Design
MASTERPLAN INSELSPITAL – BERN, SWITZERLAND
This masterplan competition was organized by the department of real estate and buildings of the canton Bern together with the hospital “Insel”. Hosoya Schaefer Architects were one of nine international offices which pre-qualified for the competition.
Annual congress of Slovene architects and Spatial planners
November 11, 2010 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer participated at the annual congress of Slovene architects and Spatial planners with a short presentation and participation at a panel discussion.
Digital Realities
October 25, 2010 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer is participating in the 3d symposium with the title “Human, Space and virtual Reality” at the Perception Lab of the University of Applied Sciences OWL on October 29, 2010 . The symposium invites professionals who driven by diverse motivations are working in the area of virtual spaces. The title of the lecture is “Digital Realities”.
Nominating Jury Ecola Award 2010
October 15, 2010
Markus Schaefer was a member of the nominating jury for the Ecola Award 2010. Ecola – the European Conference of Leading Architects – organizes a biannual competition regarding the use of plasterwork in architecture.
Interview with Jürg Conzett
October 2, 2010 | Interview
Hiromi Hosoya interviewed Jürg Conzett in Chur, Switzerland, 2010 for Journal of Architecture and Building Science published by Architectural Institute of Japan.
Universum der Ozeane
October 1, 2010 | Media
Hosoya Schaefer Architects and shiftcontrol, Copenhagen, in collaboration with unitystudios, Aarhus completed an online application for zdf.de. The game accompanies the three-part documentary “Universum der Ozeane” with Frank Schätzing on ZDF’s TerraX and allows the visitor to explore the oceans in a dive robot or five different avatars.
Universum der Ozeane
October 1, 2010 | Publication
Publications of the online application “Universum der Ozeane”, Germany, 2007
Venice Biennale – German Pavilion
September 11, 2010 | Exhibition
Hosoya Schaefer Architects were invited to make a contribution to the German Pavilion curated by Cordula Rau, Eberhard Tröger and Ole W. Fischer.
Metrobild Zürich
September 1, 2010
Research and spatial planning project on the metropolitan region of Zürich for the “Metropolitan Konferenz Zürich”
Beyond Rational
August 30, 2010 | Exhibition
Hosoya Schaefer Architects were invited to exhibit an installation at the newtech Club, Schlieren in Switzerland.
VENICE BIENNALE – L(E)ICHTRAUM
August 29, 2010 | Exhibition
Hosoya Schaefer Architects were invited and is exhibiting an object titled “L(e)ichtraum” at Austrian Pavilion entitled “Austria: Under Construction” designed and curated by Eric Owen Moss. The exhibition will be open for public from August 29, 2010.
Switzerland 3.0
August 26, 2010 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer gave a presentation at the Switzerland 3.0 meeting at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich.
Contractworld Award Jury
August 18, 2010
Markus Schaefer was member of the Contractworld Award Jury. The award ceremony will take place on January 15, 2011 in Hanover, Germany.
Skolkovo Innovation Center
August 12, 2010 | Urban Design
Markus Schaefer is acting as an adviser for urban design and planning to Maxmakers, Zürich, who has been charged with preparing a development strategy for the new Skolkovo Innovation Center.
Digital Realities
August 8, 2010 | Essay
Schaefer, Markus: “Digital Realities”. in: Archithese, no.4, Juli/August, 2010
Sustainable Urban Patterns
July 16, 2010 | Research, Urban Design
Swiss National Science Foundation, National Research Programme NRP 65 – Joint Research Project “Sustainable Urban Patterns (SUPat)”
Ljubljana zoning plan approved
July 5, 2010
The city council of Ljubljana approved the new zoning plan for the city of Ljubljana (IPN). The Masterplan of the Smartinska Partnership prepared by Hosoya Schaefer in collaboration with the city, the private landowners and its team of consultants became law.
Opening Mobiglobe
July 2, 2010
Autostadt, the themepark and communications platform of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, opened a new installation “Mobiglobe”.
MOBIGLOBE FILM
Research and film project on sustainable mobility for Autostadt, Wolfsburg by Hosoya Schaefer Architects, 2010
VERTICAL FARM
July 2, 2010 | Research
This study has been prepared by Hosoya Schaefer Architects to illustrate the concept of vertical farming. The project is featured in the Mobiglobe 3.0 films which the office produced for Autostadt / Volkswagen.
Exhibition Station Area St. Moritz
July 1, 2010
The Rhaetian Railway Company in Switzerland announced the results of the test planning it commissioned for the area of the St. Moritz railroad station.
VERTICAL GARDENS
June 22, 2010 | Architecture
Hosoya Schaefer Architects was invited to participate a competition to design the building complex on the edge of the central park planned in the Masterplan Smartinska implemented by Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG in 2008.
Oslo Triennale Competition Jury
June 17, 2010
www.oslotriennale.no Markus Schaefer has been nominated as the head of the jury for an idea competition in Oslo held on the occasion of the Oslo Triennale. The competition “MAN MADE REFORMULATE” looks at how can architecture solve the challenges of tomorrow. “The intention of the competition is to challenge the participants on how to exemplify [...]
Exhibition in Ljubljana
June 15, 2010
The Slovenian Chamber of Architects opened and exhibition with architectural and urban design competitions of the last years. The exhibition opened on June 15 at the Museum of Architecture and Design, Castle Fuzine, Ljubljana. Hosoya Schaefer is represented with the Project Smartinska Partnership Masterplan, a 230 ha urban design competition, for which they received the [...]
Capital City
June 5, 2010 | Essay
Schaefer, Markus and Celik, Matevz: “Capital City”. in: Oris-Magazine for Architecture and Culture, no 62, June 2010
“Statements on Innsbruck” at AUT
June 1, 2010
The AUT in Innsbruck invited three urbanists to give a statement on Innsbruck followed by a panel discussion.
Oslo Association of Architects
May 27, 2010 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer gave a public lecture at the Chamber of Architects in Oslo. The lecture was organized by OAF (Oslo Association of Architects) in Oslo.
THE ESSENTIAL HOUSE
May 10, 2010 | Research
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien – Architectural Design Studio by Hiromi Hosoya, 2010
The Future of Urban Wellbeing
April 13, 2010
Rogier van der Heide, formerly of Arup Amsterdam and currently Chief Design Officer at Philips, hosted a round table discussion with the topic “The Future of Urban Wellbeing”.
SWISSCELL PAVILION
March 30, 2010 | Architecture
Hosoya Schaefer is asked to design a temporary office space using “SwissCell” material in Zollverein, Germany.
WORKSHOP IN TOKYO
March 10, 2010
Hiromi Hosoya organized and conducted a student workshop between Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien and Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo in collaboration with Prof. Tom Heneghan, Mitsuhiro Kanada, and Makoto Yokomizo. The workshop was held during May 10 -14, 2010 at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
MUOTAPARK
March 9, 2010 | Urban Design
MASTERPLAN “MUOTAPARK” – BRUNNEN, SWITZERLAND
Urban design competition 2010
URBAN MUTATIONS ON THE EDGE
March 8, 2010 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer spoke in the lecture series, “Urban mutations on the edge – classifying emergent phenomena in developing territories” at the chair of Marc Angélil at ETH Zürich. Title of the lecture was “Re-”.
1st ex aequo – St. Moritz Station
February 8, 2010 | Awards
“Sun Peak”, the project proposed by Hosoya Schaefer and IBV Hüsler AG for the RhB railroad station in St. Moritz has been chosen as the basis for further area development together with the project developed by GMP, Germany.
CONGRESS CENTER ZÜRICH
February 1, 2010 | Architecture
Hosoya Schaefer was commissioned by the city of Zürich to study potentials of one of the sites for a new congress center to be planned in the city.
Airport Engadin
January 17, 2010 | Publication
Publications of the project “Airport Engadin”, Samedan – St. Moritz, Switzerland, 2008
Partnership Smartinska
January 1, 2010 | Publication
Publications of the project: “Masterplan Partnership Smartinska”, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2008
Mobiglobe 3.0 – Film
December 23, 2009
Hosoya Schaefer concluded a first series of interviews for a film project for Volkswagen including Jaime Lerner, Pooran Desai, Dickson Despommier and the Smart Cities group around William Mitchell at the MIT Media Lab. blm Hamburg is responsible for the film production. The project will be public at the start of May, 2010.
ST. MORITZ STATION
December 18, 2009 | Urban Design
Urban design study 2009 – selected as a basis for planning proposal
“Sun Peak”, the project proposed by Hosoya Schaefer and IBV Hüsler AG for the RhB railroad station in St. Moritz has been chosen as the basis for further development together with the project developed by GMP, Germany.
ZDF News Studio
December 14, 2009 | Publication
Publications of the project “ZDF News Studio”, Mainz, Germany, 2009
The (im)perfect City
November 18, 2009 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer speaks at the Executive Campus HSG in the “St. Galler Forum für Baudienstleistungen entlang dem Lebenszyklus von Gebauden” on “The (im)perfect City”.
Balkanology – Architekturzentrum Wien
November 11, 2009 | Exhibition
Hosoya Schaefer Architects were invited to exhibit Šmartinska Partnership, a mater plan project in Ljubljana at the Architekturzentrum Wien, Austria.
BONSTETTEN
November 7, 2009 | Architecture
Competition 2009 – 2nd Prize
This housing complex has been commissioned by a developer for a village near Zürich with a large traditional housing stock and very strict building regulations.
Wie wirklich ist die Wirklichkeit?
October 28, 2009
Panel discussion organized by the Chamber of Architects of Bavaria at the Haus der Architektur in Munich with Gert Heidenreich,writer, Munich, Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Michaela Krützen, Lehrstuhl Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, Markus Schaefer, MScie, MArch, Architect, Hosoya Schaefer Architects, Zürich. Moderated by Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi, Institut für Soziologie, [...]
Urban RESET
October 22, 2009 | Lecture
International Conference: “urban RESET. How to Activate Immanent Potentials of Urban Spaces” at the Hamburg HafenCity University. Markus Schaefer speaks about “Urban Planning between Form and Performance” in Block 4:” Economic Perspectives” moderated by Prof. Gernot Grabher. [Flyer]
“Re-”, Kornhausforum
October 15, 2009 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer speaks at the Kornhausforum in Bern in the lecture series “Schöne neue Welten” organized by the Bern University of Applied Science on “Re-”.
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien
October 1, 2009
Hiromi Hosoya is appointed as university professor for the platform of “ecology, sustainability, conservation” at the Akademie der bildenden Künste for 2009 – 2011.
NATURE MUSEUM ST. GALLEN
August 6, 2009 | Architecture
Competition to design a nature museum in St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2009
ZDF Heute Studio – On Air
July 17, 2009
The new ZDF Heute Studio is on air. Working with Shiftcontrol in the context of a larger development team, Hosoya Schaefer were involved in the concept phase being responsible for key innovations such as the information space, storyboarding in a game environment or the use of pictogram fonts. Watch ZDF present the new studio. [More]
ZDF NEWS STUDIO
July 13, 2009 | Media
Hosoya Schaefer Architects has been part of an interdisciplinary team working on the new heute news studio at ZDF. The brief was to create a studio that allows new ways of moderating newscasts on TV, but has implications also for online and other new media.
3RD PRIZE – COMPETITION AARBURG
June 11, 2009
Hosoya Schaefer Architects received a 3rd prize in the competition for a station development in Aarburg, Switzerland in 2010.
Global Phenomena of Automobility
June 8, 2009 | Essay
Hosoya Schaefer Architects: “Global Phenomena of Automobility”. in: transit, Band I – Triebkräfte der Architekturentwicklung, Juni 2009, p. 122-127
Mobiglobe
June 4, 2009 | Publication
Publications of the project: “Mobiglobe”, Autostadt, Wolfsburg, 2005
Smartinska Partnership – Presentation
May 18, 2009
Markus Schaefer presents the Smartinska Partnership masterplan at the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce.
“Why Cities? – Mapping and Reality”
May 11, 2009 | Lecture
“Why Cities? – Mapping and Reality”, lecture on city planning at the chair of Information Architecture at the ETH Zürich. The lecture was taking place in the newly built Value Lab where now also a version of Mobiglobe produced in collaboration with Shiftcontrol is installed. [podcast: link]
Centrope Dialogue – Exhibition
May 5, 2009
“2. Centrope Dialogue – Living in Centrope 2020″ with an exhibition of the first Cities in Motion studio – “Centrope” at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna taught by Markus Schaefer and Stefan Gruber with Jeff Kenworthy. [link]
Steel Construction Forum
May 5, 2009 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer speaks at the Stahlbauforum in Baden, Switzerland. [link, pdf]
Kunstareal München
April 17, 2009 | Lecture
Markus Schaefer speaks at a conference on the “Kunstareal München” in Münich, Germany. [link]
Salon des Recherches
April 3, 2009
Markus Schaefer is on a panel at the “Salon des Recherches” with Ruedi Baur, Clemens Bellut, Vera Kockot of the Masters Degree program “Design Culture” at the ZhdK and Günter-Karl Bose from the HGB, Leipzig. [link]
Smartinska Partnership
March 27, 2009 | Essay
Schaefer, Markus: “Smartinska Partnership Ljubljana”. in: Urbana Prenova, Drustvo urbanistov in prostorskih planerjev Slovenije, Ljubljana 2009, p. 103-106